The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
.BAssETiT CREEK Is
Still IN REBELLION !.
BRYN MAWR rs PRACTICALLY
CUT OFF. ~.
Dwellers Along Purling Stream Survey
Floods from Second Story Windows
and Communicate with Outside World
by Means of Ropes-Water Supposed
to Be Falling a Little.


in obtaining view Of the swollen
waters Of Bassett creek and the over
flow meeting it is holding in the Bryn
Mawr sink-hole, but gasoline launch
would be better. -. { +
According to Policemen Harry Mel
son, who IS acting as ferryman for the
tenants Of an apartment house at First
and Humboldt avenues N, the water has
fallen twenty inches since day before
view there is still enough Of it to make
an imposing spectacle Tho the residents
who have been living in: the second
story for five days are inclined to over
look its scenic value. ~ =. -, -
: ia. House Cut OF. i =
The Salo and Thorpe apartment
house at the southeast corner Of First
and Humboldt avenues N, is still cut
of. from the mainland by q strip Of wa
ter third of a block wide and four
families living on the ground floor NOV
ed out when the water invaded the
lower floor. The other three are living
with the people in the second story. A
system Of RATS has maintained COM
munication with the mainland most Of.
the time, but yesterday, owing to- the
high wind, the Inhabitants were oblig-
ed to depend upon the row boat line
conducted by Patrolmen Nelson and
Gerno. .5: +: s.: - ~ @fsz,> -. !. n
:: When the water first came in, it rose
to the height of, the .windowsills on the
first floor, but yesterday it had dropped
to within two inches of the floor. The
structure has settled and the, roof is
in bad condition in consequence, Mr..
Salo estimates the damage to his half
Of the building at $500. 49, -- ~,- .-
s-:.... Sewers Work Nobly. .,=
That the sewers in this neighborhood
are working fairly we'll is evidenced by
the fact that even when the waterline
was above the stills Of the basement
northwest corner, the sewer, ten feet
below the water level, was able to carry
off all the water which came in. around
the SASH There has been no back flow
in the submerged basement of the
apartment building. The street sewers
| are occasionally clogged by waste paper
and other refuse, but were working yes
terday afternoon. One small house on
First avenue is, completely cut off and
has been abandoned by it's tenants.
Ey;s<s,..7s Roads Not Dusty.
Going out along the Cedar Lake
Mawr district. The condition of. the
watershed in the district explains the
swelling of the creek. The turf on the
banks sloping to the creek is reduced to
mud and is so saturated that the water
flows on, the surface in streams. The
roads, are in almost impossible condi-
| tion,' tho an automobile passed the Bryn
Mawr clubhouse yesterday afternoon.
It was running at high speed and, while
visible from the front. was efectually
concealed by a spray Of mud as soon as
it was past the spectator. - :"
| Turning to the right from the creek
into the Bryn Mawr territory it is pos.
sible to cross the bog on the Osseo track
of the Great Northern, which is barely
fort Of the water. Streetcar communica
1 tom is effectually cut off at the Bryn
Mawr bridge. The water at the west
end is mid-thigh deep and there is s
foot Of water over the sidewalk for 6
block beyond. - 49, ,:
49,. Bog Rises, TO Surface. : ....
The bog is flooded: with backwate1
! from the creek, but the greater part OF
ing on the surface Portions Of Thu
/ bog g upper crust, which were detached
by the frost last winter, have broker
! from their moorings and are drifting
toward the river. -
Dead dogs are noticeable and un
pleasant feature Of the food. They cal
not be .classed as flood victims. as tn
bodies. FIVE Of which were fshed on
by the police, for sanitary reasons, ar
in a condition which indicates a dennis
sometime prior to the inundation. Sew
eral more departed CANNES are STRANDED
along the flood line and add a nausea
ting touch to the Venetian landscape.