The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-08

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A constant stream of drays. trans |
portation wagons and all sorts OF |
vehicles set in laden with household
and other effects with cows and other |
! live stock led behind. families and
| dogs and pet animals following on |
| foot, in vehicles or by street car. all |
mainly going across the Melan arch
bridge to the South side where rela- |
| tives and warm friends gave all assist |
ance and shelter.
Whether the great alarm was round
| ed or not, it existed and the fortunate
| people of Topeka cared for the unfor-
| tunate and threw open their homes as
| they did during the great flood or nve
| years ago.
| Many of the merchants and resi-
dents of the North side staid up all
night watching their property but by
| 10 o'clock Sunday night practically
| everything in the perishable mercan-
| tile line in the way of boots. shoes. dry
goods. ETC., had been taken out of the
Easements and off the ground floors
up above what the merchants feared
| might be flood water.
| Wholesalers Exercise Foresight.
Parkhurst, Davis company, Seymour
Packing company, the Wolff Packing
company and other large institutions
in the lower ground near the Kansas
river bridge on the south side of the
| river worked large forces putting the
! stuff in their Easements on the upper
floors.
The street cars continued to cross
the street railway bridge until about
O'Clock this morning.
| While at the present writing the
river is still rising, the indications from
the west are favorable.
4 A telegram from Junction City at
| o'clock this morning says the Repuhli-
can has fallen foot during the night.
The weather indications say as above
stated that the rain is over in the val
ley Of the Kaw.
The Sunday Bulletin.
The weather bureau bulletin, issued
by Observer Jennings, at o'clock Sun
day afternoon and which caused the
general movement to get above any
possible water conditions and which
was posted on the State Journal win
dow Sunday afternoon, read as follows:
"At this hour. Sunday. p. m, the re-
ports from the rivers above indicate
further rise of from four to six feet at
Topeka by Monday night.
This will make a stage of about 26 feet
by the government gage.
During the flood of 1903 the water
reached 32.7 feet on the government gage
here.
During thet high water of 1904 it
reached 25.7 feet.
, According to the data furnished by the
city engineer at 23.5 feet on the govern
ment gage the water would be on level
with the fire station in North Topeka. At
26.3 feet 1t would be on level with the
U. p. tracks in North Topeka. At 24-o feet
it would be on a level with the street in
front of, Seymour's packing house.
with no more heavy rains the present
high water will slightly exceed the 1904
and be six feet below that of 1903 This
will probably overflow a large part Of
North Topeka lying north of the U. P.
tracks.
River stage at p. m. today, Sunday,
is IA.
ct. B. JENNINGS, Section Director"
Little Loss at Parkhurst- Davis.
A stitch in time saves several thou
sand. is the theory Of Mr.. w. H. Davis,
of the Parkhurst-Davis Wholesale Gro
Gerry company. Therefore, instead ot
losing thousands of dollars worth of
merchandise, as the firm did five years
ago, the loss will be comparatively light
this time. All day Saturday a large
force of men were busy removing mer-
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building on First street, and when two
feet of water broke into the cellar last
night, only a small amount of goods
were soaked. The merchandise was all
moved to the upper. floors and the COM
pany is now prepared to Withstand
siege of several feet more Of water.
The Wolff Packing company will be
a heavy loser, even in this slight flood.
| Early this morning the boiler rooms
| were flooded, knocking out all the ma
chinery. The property will be severe
ly damaged by the collection of mud
and silt. Several small structures on
the river bank adjacent to the plant,
have floated away.
Even before the backwater from
Soldier creek had reached Kansas
avenue On Saywell street last night,
Little Russia the foreign district
east of the city proper. was under
water The residents of that district
carried out their housenoio goods,
having been warned in time. Some of
them were camping on the railroad
grade this morning, in the hope that
the water would soon recede and per-
nit them to reoccupy their dwellings.
Little Russia Is in the danger zone,
as it is located on the lowest part of
the town, and very few of the houses
are more than one story in height. The
Russian village is also in the direct
track of the middle current should
it break through west of town.
The slight flow of water in Soldier
} creek this morning is toward the west,
or UP stream, the height of water in
the river at the mouth of the s,ream,
! preventing any drainage.
Trouble in Handling Trains.
The railroads converging in Topeka
| are reporting great amount of
, trouble in the handling of trains on