The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07

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registered loud knock on the street
commissioner The flood gate placed
IN the sewer at that point was declar-
ed TO De frost. And true enough the
s MaIer was was found to be squirting up
| along the curbing some thirty feet
back from the place of the flood gate,
| the whole street being flooded.
But the report that the water was
gong down in the west part of the
GUY ana consequently could not raise
much more in that vicinity was fast
| gaining a hearing and families who
mad moved furniture out upon their
pofches preparing to move were seen
taking the goods back into their
houses.
On East Side.
The flooded district is not confined
70 south Topeka, but extends beyond
sixth street on the north. Eighth
street Is a waterway from the bridge
70 Locust street, and those who wish
TO visit neighbors to talk the situation
over or go out shopping must resort
to the wading method. Chestnut
sCFeet IS a solid thoroughfare of wa
ter and the current comes dangerous
ly near to flooding the houses. Near
the Sixth street bridge is a little
house where the occupants have
stacked the furniture and have de-
parted for a dryer spot to remain I'M
til the flood subsidies. on Eighth
street IN close proximity to the bridge
one woman was sitting leisurely on
her porch reading a story book, with
the water within an inch or two of
the floor of the porch. If the water
had risen six inches higher this morn
ing pedestrians in crossing the bridge
on this street would have had to
wade.
AS we go to press the water is
Fifty Street Cars Damaged.
Last nights electric storm played !
havoc with the street car system of /
the city, lightning knocking fifty cars |
out of service for the time being. The |
service was so crippled that cars were |
not available for the regular service |
and many passengers were compelled |
to walk to their destinations or wait |
The damage to the street car COM
pany will amount to several thousand /
dollars as each car struck by light /
ming viii require from ten to one hun
dred dollars worth of repairs Besid es
the damage done by lightning the
car service was further Crippled by
mud which washed onto the tracks
in many parts of the city making
them impossible for the time be-
ing.
In other parts of the city the tracks
were under water and could not be
used until the water receded. The
loop in South Topeka was under
water for a number of hours as was
3 stretch of track in North Topeka.
lines put the car service out of COM
mission for a number of hours last
night and this morning. At Tenth
Water on East and West Sixth avenue
and Western avenues as well as at
Third and Polk streets the tracks
were buried under mud and water to
such a depth that the cars could not
pc operated until the water receded
md the mud was removed.
The approach to bridge No. 2 over
Ward creek on the Asylum line went
out early and it will be some time
before the exact amount of damage
;an be determined. At Sixth and Van
Buren, streets the lightning burned an
nch copper cable feeder as though it
lad been as muchhcord.
In speaking of the storm Albert :
Patton, general manager for the street !
ar company, said. 1.-The storm is the !
worst that we have ever experienced :
n this city from the street car stand {
)o1nt though we expect to have the :
ervice in good shape by this even :
Railroads Tied Up. !
The railroads in Topeka are in poor {
ondition for train service today as V
he result of the heavy rains of last I
light. Of the three principal lines, 7
5 able to maintain a full service this
norning. This road has many soft g
racks in Kansas but none are too /
erious to impede the service, although I
he trains are being run under slow I
rderS in many places.
The Santa Fe road has two bad q
IeLcneS OF track In Kansas. q
At Wakarusa this morning there 7
ras a stretch of track running each T
-ay from the depot which was cover y
d by three feet of water, the bridge
yer the Wakarusa' creek being under
bout two feet of water. No trains
ere run over this track in the morn :,
lg.
There is small washout west of /
sage City over Salt creek. This is
OF very serious and will be mended Il
short order just as soon as the n
alter recedes enough to permit. n
At Maxson on the cutoff there is a h
ide for some distance, but this does t
OF interfere with the traffic on this a
ne as the road has a. double tracking
ON Kansas City to Emporia on the 7
1toff. !
The Union Pacific is also in a bad
ay. The tracks just west of Wamego b,
hich are located right on a low bank W
aims were run through there this t.
orning. The Union Pacific trains to II
Id from the west are being detoured u u
ON Manhattan to Topeka via the ~
,od condition. "
Landslide at Calhoun Bluff. er
The long expected fall of the Cal di
pun Bluffs northeast of Topeka took 81
ace during the night. These bluffs Sc
ere cut down to allow the Union 81
acif1c tracks to be laid. Their slid
& down the tracks has been expected ds
r some time. The amount of earth az
men lei THIS morning, however, IS =,
IT sufficient to impede the traffic 81
tween Topeka and Kansas City III
lie fallen earth covers the track
'xt to the bluffs, but the track BIT
hich rms nearest fba river x.-ae ,o+ ca
fected. ne
The Santa Fe has experienced no tn
ouble east of Topeka, although de
ere are generally some soft places Ju
ar Lake View and De Soto In of
issouri the Santa Fe is about the ~
ly road which is handling trains 10
rough to Chicago. According to Ju
Vices received at the general Of