Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-19
70 DANGER POINT.
Stage of Water Expected to Reach
There Before Present
Rise Ceases.
ANOTHER FLOOD FOLLOWING
crowd at Suburban Island Cut off BY
Otream Running Over the D. &
S. Tracks.

Already the stage of water in the
Mississippi river at this point has
'assed the figure predicted for it last
week At noon today at the Rock ISL
and bridge the water had reached IL. 65
and 1t is still rising rapidly. though not
IT quite such a rate as has prevailed
or the last As hours. 1t is believed
nat 1t will go above the danger point.
which is Is feet here Last week il
was predicted that there would not be
over 1875 feet here and that would not
arrive till Wednesday.
A rising stage prevails as far north
IS Dubuque, as an inspection of the
bulletin for today shows. II will re.
quire two days for the crest to reach
this city. Then fall is looked for.
but back of the present rise is anoth-
er one on the way caused by rains of
Friday through Wisconsin. What this
will amount TO is not known.
While there is no great danger as
yet for this immediate vicinity much
damage has already been done a few
miles down the river In the lower end
of Rock Island county and in Mercer
county there are thousands of acres of
corn already under water and more
will be before the present rise stops.
Prospects were never better than
week ago for big crop of corn in the
low lands along the river. of which
more and more is being farmed each
year. The season had been a favor
, able one for early planting and the
plants were unusually well advanced
Now it is certain that very little if any.
will be sayed and after the water sub
sides it will be too late to replant and
mature the grain.
Water Over Tracks.
Hundreds of people from the three
cities who went to Suburban park on
| the island below Davenport yesterday
afternoon, had an experience they will
not soon forget The exceeding high
stage of the river had caused the wa
ter to overrun the dam over which the
cars of the Davenport e. Suburban
| road run in crossing to the island. and
during the afternoon there were num-
erous expressions of surprise that the
company should attempt to haul heavi-
| ly loaded cars, to say nothing of trail
ers over such hazardous pass Many
| in fact refused to cross the dam. so
dangerous did it appear The water
was constantly getting higher and fin
ally after the water became so high,
the car service was abandoned and an
| anxious throng was left practically
stranded on the island when the worst
of the storm appeared
Boats Pressed In.
| The management of the d. & S. set
about to secure means of transporting
the big crowd TO the two cities. and
1.-THE ferry Davenport and steamer w.
w. with the Acme barge were secur-
ed. The ferry was put into service at
IOnce. and the steamer w. w. at 9
lo'clOck, after returning from the eXcur-
| sion TO Clinton The two boats were
kept in service until after midnight.
The day was record breaker at the
island, owing to the appearance of the
Helen May Butler band and the VOr-
waertz Singing society, of Davenport
The cars of the ID. & S. carried hun
dreds of visitors to the park. as long
as they were in operation, and from
| 10 o'clock to in the afternoon the
steamer Eclipse made regular trips
The Helen Blair was filled to her ca
pacity on the o'clock trip, and landed
large crowd at the park.
The management has made arrange
ments to have regular trips by the
steamer w. w. beginning today at l
o'clock, and continuing tomorrow and
Wednesday, Small boats and launches
will CONNECT with tho n G. & cars and
take passengers to the park.