The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-27
The eFJoo'dl:|
 at Dallas
Something of the Calamity Endured by the Metrop-
 oils of Texas.

iuittee or ten appointed at a meeting or citizens held in the auditorium of the Commercial club yesterday after noon, three committees were appointed 10 solicit from downtown business houses who have not already contrib uted for the relief of the flood suffer CTS. It has been decided that it will be necessary to raise S25.O0O at once for the relief of the flood sufferers, and Tor this reason the proclamation giv- en below Is addressed to the citizens or Dallas. Mayor s. J. Hay. chairman of both committees, who has the di- rection of the work of relief. made de- posit arrangements at the American Exchange National bank this morning and started at an early hour his work of relief A great many have already been helped. Bedding of all kinds seems to be especially desired After that food. clothing and medicine come next.
 At S:so o'clock this morning the first car on the Mckinney avenue line went through the flood on that thoroughfare just beyond Magnolia street. The water had receded so that there was still some six inches of the muddy tide in the street. but the cars could go through without endangering their motors
 A little later the Lake avenue cars V. which yesterday, was a sea of muddy water
 walk down Carolina street reveals part of the desolation and damage that has been wrought by the flood Yester- days estimate of 500 cottages. here tofore occupied by the poorer class of white people and by negroes as in- undated, Is very conservative. That number can be easily counted, and there Is no telling how many more there are which cannot now be ap- preached without the aid of boat Nearly all of these houses were occu- pied by families the bread winners of which were employed in the various manufacturing establishments which stretch along the river in a semi circle throughout that whole section of the city.
 In this section of the city. probably. the relief committee appointed yester- day, might well begin their work There are hundreds of persons who were em- ployed fin the various establishments who have been thrown out of work by the total loss the owners of tho enter prises have sustained and 1t bids fair to be weeks before they can resume, If they resume at all.
 Probably the greatest loss was sus- tained by the Dallas Cooperage com pany. owned and controlled by K. J. Kiviin, which employed some fifty men. A bran new warehouse, recently erect ed. and filled with fine new barrels. has broken lose from his original position and floated with the yellow tide over 200 feet where 1t has grounded with the falling of the water, There are hundreds of barrels and hundreds of bundles of slaves. hoops and other ma terial for the making of barrels, strand ed high and dry all over that section The engine room. too. has up-anchored and floated away, until 1t has turned on one side, and rests fin that position. fifty feet from where it formerly stood MT. Kivlin estimates his loss at about $15.00o
 One old man. seemingly sixty years of age and more. sat and viewed the scene. Its awful" he said. There are a whole lot of us thrown out of em- ployment, and many of them are in the same position I am in. My rent isn't paid-I didn't make enough last month to pay it all. and owe still five dollars on the present half month. What we shall do for the next month I don|