The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-20
Maximum VIII Be Reached Sun.
day Afternoon.
NOT NEAR HIGH MARK.
* Feet Below Maximum of
This Year.
may Reach Northern Part OF
North Topeka.
RIVER BULLETIN.

IL noon, June 20, 1908.
reports from the upper rivers show
that the Republican has risen .,,o,,.
loot at Clay Center. that the BIua
mas risen foot at Blue Ran,ds .rs
three feet at Manhattan hnt -.
smoky Hill has fallen somexvbat ~
AD1iene. This indicates that the Kaw
Will continue rising slowly at ropeka.
ana probably reach q stage Of frox
Fl to % feet by Sunday afternoon =
night. This will probably put It fntx
the northern part of North Topeka.
Inc city engineers elevations shovp
that a stage of 2O.9 feet would reach
K1ous street at its intersection MIR,
Kansas avenue.
"A stage OF p feet would be k fees
below the level of Kansas ayenue NJ
the fire station In North Topeka. n
would be four feet three inches below
the level of the Union Pacific track.
at the depot; it would also be six feer
lower than the high water mark Of
the 9th of this month and nearly threa
feet lower than the highest stage Of
the river on last Saturday. the 18th.
RIVER STAGES TO-DAY.
a. m. 1872 feet.
Noon, 19.45 feet.
u. b. JENNINGS, Section Director
Reports received from I'D the valley
OF the Kaw indicate another stage OF
high water in North Topeka Sunday
afternoon nj OIL
that the low sections of the CITY NAV
again be flooded to the depth OF a rerv
inches. The Kaw has been steaf5iIv
rising at this point for the past IS
hours as result Of local rains follow
ed by the flood waters which fell in the
valleys along the streams tributary to
At 8 o'clock this morning the povarr-
ment river gauge recorded 1872 feet. a
rise OF 26 feet during the preceding "a
hours. Another reading taken at noon
INDICATED 1874 feet or an additional rise
OF traction over two-tenths of a foot
since o'clock this morning. A nor
tion Of the flood waters which fell
along the valleys Of the tributaries OF
the Kaw have reached Topeka but the
government officials feel that the
greater portion Of the water is yet west
OF Iopeka and will pass the city Sum
day afternoon or night
This prompted them to Issue a spec
lal river bulletin at noon today which
indicates third flood for North To-
peka within ten days though the dam
age done will probably be light COM
pared with either Of the recent over
flows 1t may be that the waters Will
not reach the flood stage feared by the
government weather bureau officials
but even though they should not reach
the 22 foot mark the low sections Of
North Topeka will be flooded.
The break in the hanks of ho ~<veo~.
and the weakened condition of the
banks will permit the waters to over
flow west Of North Topeka at from
20 to 21 feet. The figures Of the gov
ernment observers indicates danger
from back water rather from a break
west of the city and that the same low
districts which are Just now being
drained OF overflow waters will again
be flooded.
There will be no sudden rise or hieh
waves, just a gradual increase in the
waters Of the stream such as have
occurred twice before during the last
two weeks. The figures made by the
government weather bureau officials
do not indicate that water will again
enter any Of the homes in North To-
peka excepting those located in tho
lowest sections.
Reports from points west In the
Kaw valley indicate slight rises in the
Kaw and tributary streams though It
materially affect the river at this
point No rains have fallen in the
state during the past twenty-four
hours excepting in the extreme south
eastern part and the showers in that
part Of the state we're scattering and
light. The forecast for today is fair
weather with higher temperatures
and a repetition of the same for Sum
day.
The following reports were received
over the local and long distance lines
of the Independent Telephone COM
pany:
Wamego, June 20.-The river has
risen rapidly at this point during the
past "a hours as a result of the rains
up stream night before last but no
danger of an overflow is felt at this
point
Junction City, June 2o.-Both
streams, the Solomon and the Re-
publican have been rising rapidly dur
ing the past twenty-four hours.
Manhattan, June 20.-The Blue and
the Kaw rivers are rising slowly at
this point as a result of rains west Of
this point Thursday night. The Kaw
river measured 1876 feet this mornin,
rise of three feet during the past &
twenty-four hours.
st. Marys, June 20.-The Kaw has
risen five feet from the low mark
reached since the flood Of last week
and is rising at the rate of an inch
and one-half an hour.
Tawney May Succeed Sherman.