The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-22
RECORD RAINFALL
IN MINNEAPOLIS
FEW MONTHLY TOTALS EXCEED
THAT OF TWO DAYS.
Chamber Of Commerce Men Feared
Damage to Crops, but Only One I'm
favorable Report Comes in-But They
Haven't Heard from the Workhouse
Potatoes. ~

In the last two days 1856 inches Of
rain has fallen in Minneapolis and its
vicinity. This amount of precipitation
is equaled or exceeded by only thirteen
monthly totals appearing on the wealth
er bureau record. which goes back to
1887. :
The. Chamber Of Commerce map,
shows l.4S inches for. Minneapolis and
1.64 for st. Paul, for the twenty-four
hour period ending at s I'm. today.
Grain men watched the reports from
the Red river valley with great inter
est. for the valley in some localities is
already too wet, and a rainfall like that
experienced here would have been bad,
hut the only unfavorable report came
from Moorhead, and that was not, bad,
only 90 inch coming down.
Wires Tell of Rain.
Fifty Geographic reports from Min
married., make crop conditions highly
favorable. Milbank, 8. D.. had 1:34
inches of rain, Aberdeen only IL, Bis
marck .O2, Rapid City 10, Duluth .1S.
The Canadian northwest had l.52
inches at. Calgary, 20 at Medicine Hat,
and light rains at Swift Current, Bat
tleford, Q'Appelle and Winnipeg.
In the southwest the drought. cry go
ing up from Kansas, that had raised
wheat prices several cents, and sug;
gested dollar wheat again, was checked
by general distribution. Des Moines
had q good shower and reported rain
thruout Iowa, and Lincoln sent the
same advices, covering Nebraska. The
winter wheat got. a, good soaking. The
| Midland elevator line had rain at nine
| teen southwest stations. The following
southwest points, that had been send.
ing reports of drought and damage te
winter wheat, got rain last night-Has
tings and Omaha, Neb.: Manhattan
City, Hutchinson, Wichita, Newton ant
and Kansas city, Mo, Red Cloud, Neb.
had almost five inches and there was
washout nearby.
Workhouse Crop Suffers.
Almost the entire crop of potatoes OF
the Minneapolis workhouse farm will
have to be replanted, as the heavy rail
washed them away. They were planted
only a few days ago, and now are ly
ing in heaps In the low places on tn
farm. This will cause little %inconven
fence at the ~workhouse, for the extr;
work will keep the prisoners busy an,
WALL AoO NCIdS IL C4op w oAy OAIOAG.
The extension car line running to tn
workhouse was out Of service for sew
eral hours, because of a washout a
Shingle creek. The rain washed san
on the tracks and workmen had to b
called. to shovel it. away. Traffic wa
resumed at midnight.
Considerable damage was done by tn
water at the east end Of the Thirty-see
ond. avenue bridge. The approach
the bridge was washed away and it wi
probably take several days to repair tn
damage.
Bassett's Greek Rises.
Bassett's creek is away up as a COZ
sequence Of the heavy rainfall Of ye'
terday, and has.fooded the low countr
south of Western avenue and west {
Lyndale. In some Of the houses j
this locality the water stood a fol
above the floor. but aside from causi1
some Inconvenience to the tenants tt
food gives NJ concern. Overfows a,
rather common in the Bassett's cree
valley, and every time it rains hard tt
residents move their household effec
to the upper story until the water T
e cedes.