The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-08


OF Its local trains and are running
merely the two through trains each
way between Kansas City and Denver.
The Santa Fe is also handling all
the through trains for the Rock Island
west and southwest. The southwest
trains are carried to Hutchinson from
Kansas City and then transferred to
the Rock Island tracks. The Rock L.
land Colorado trains are handled b.
the Santa Fe from Kansas City to Abb.
lene, via the Union Pacific to Salina
and Colby and to Denver over the Rock
Island tracks
The Rock Island and Union Pacifo
lines in the north central part Of the
state are water bound and no trains
are running.
Glenn Family NIarooned.
At the Glenn farm. which is haie
mile west of Tecumseh the house =
entirely surrounded by water. Mr..
Glenn telephoned to the State journal
at 8 O'Clock this morning saying that
the water was three feet deep in the
road. However, the house stands up
rather high and it will take rise o1
two or three feet before entering the
house. The family of five cannot get
out now except by boat. but Mrs. Glenn
says they expect to stay with it, .eels
ing sure that the water will not get
high enough to damage the house.
Water Plant Still Above Water.
Owing to rumor that the city
water works was endangered, and
would shut down at noon. hundreds o4
people have been calling up the plant
by telephone this morning. to the
inconvenience of those ir charge.
superintendent Shaw telephoned to
the State Journal at 10 o'clock re-
questing that the falsity of the rumor
be bulletined.
"It will take a rise of nearly four
feet to interfere with the fires at the
pumping station" he said, "and the
regular pressure will be maintained
until the fires go out. The only dam
ger, and that is a slight one. is that
| the water will undermine and break
some of the pipe lines"
Water in Valencia.
At Valencia, IL miles west of To-
peka, the water was a foot deep in the
postoffice at 10 o'clock. A slight cur
rent was flowing through the village
| near the Rock Island depot and the
water was still rising. Guy Kiene. the
postmaster. had to move his. family
and all the goods out of his store. The
people living in the bottom have all
moved to higher ground. The water il
in nearly all the buildings and .resi-
| dences.
No Possibility of Repetition of 1908.
| Kansas City, Mo-; June 8.-The Kaw
river continues to rise and there are
indications of its being out of its banks
at this point within less than "a hours.
/ The gauge shows a level of 20 feet
above normal, a rise Of one foot since
o'clock yesterday afternoon and the
rapidity Of the rise seems to be stead
| lily increasing. Several hundred fam
lilies in the river front districts OF
Armourdale and Argentine suburbs OF
| this place, have moved to higher parts
| of the cities and moving still continues.
Business houses and wholesale estab-
! lishments in the west bottoms Of Kan
sas City are moving their stocks to up
per floors or hauling them to other
quarters of the city to save them in
| case of a repetition of. the floods Of
1904.
| According to the weather bureau Of
| fee at Kansas City there is no proba-
! bility Of a repetition of the flood Of 1904.
Observer Connor's Statement Today.
P. c. Connor, in charge of the local
station, gave a statement to the As
sociated Press this morning in which
| he set forth the likelihood of a re-
turn of such conditions. He said:
with such conditions as prevail
along the upper tributaries of the Kaw
and Missouri rivers, all Indications
point to a rise of at least six feet at
this point in both rivers, by Wednes-
day morning. This will mean the wa
ter will be out of the river banks from
four to five feet. The 'Kaw waters
| which registered 20 feet this morning,
a rise of one foot since yesterday az
ternoon lacks but a foot of reaching the
danger point.
THE rise seems to grow rapidly. and
there are chances for a good overflow
even before Wednesday. The Missouri
river registers 21 feet and is rising
even more rapidly than the kaw. There
are prospects of it's reaching its danger
point, 25 feet, within the next "a hours.
1t has risen Is feet since yesterday
The highest flood stage in 1904, was 80
feet
II O'clock Special River Bulletin.
At IL O'Clock the government
weather station in this city issued the
following bulletin relative to river and
weather conditions in this part of the
state:
Reports from observations made
this morning indicate a further rise
in the river at Topeka of from two to
three feet above the stage this morn
ing.
This will make stage of from ~
to 2S feet on the government gauge
by Tuesday morning.
This will be about two feet above
the high water of 1904 and about five
feet below the flood of 1908.