The Detroit times., 1909-04-30
SUBURBS SUFFER
SEVERELY from
Bis STORM
Cellars Arc Flooded, Walks -
merged and Street Car servioo
Cut Of in Highland Park aud 81
Old Fairview.
Telegraph and Telephone Compazios
Have Much Trouble With SERVES
More Rain During Day.
Did it rainf
Ask the man who has to foot the

Did IL rainf
Ask the man who has to foot the
bills.
Ask any resident of Fairvicw or
Highland Park. or the Detroit United
railway.
And the worst OF IL Is, the deluge
Is not over yet. Although the sun
came out and made thipgs lok real
springlike. Friday morning, more show
ers are scheduled on the weather
mans program.
Locally the storm. which aImost
reached the proportions OF q cloud
burst late Thursday night and contin-
ued internationally until sunrise. did
much damage, particularly IN the
suburbs. Highland Park and old Fair.
view residents were the worst suffer
ers. Cellars were flooded, sidewalks
submerged. and street car trafic seri-
ously interrupted. Both the. Wood
ward and Jefferson lines were Obliged
to resort to plub service in order to
take care Of the the trafic.
Out in Highland Park the street
railway tracksw ere covered by more
than two feet OF water from the new
Ford Motor works to Shell dairy.
and II was impossible for city oars to
get through. even Friday--mornings
after the rain had ceased. Outbound
cars stopped at the southerly edge OF
the lake" and then backed to the
loop at the city limits. Two cars
maintained a plug service between tho
submerged section and Palmer Park,
and passengers who'd esired to trans
fer from one plug line 70 the other
oh ~ a
distance. Fortunately the walkav IT,
the most part, were high end dry. !, y
The same condition prevailed out
Jefferson-ave.. between Montclaire and
Hamilton-aves., where water covered
the tracks to a depth OF eight ipokoG
Ior more. Cellars In this neighborhUo1
lwere filed the top, An soene ~
Istances, and residents who nerx &CfoG
Ito remove perishabl4 aftIcle8 fkI
them the night before had occasion "a
Iregret their short-sightedness.
So great was the volume or water
that the Fairview pumping station waa
wholly inadequate to cope with the
situation and was simply put out OF
business temporarily. II resumed Cd
erations, Friday morning. however, and
the water soon began to recede. More
rain will bring a repetition OF the
trouble.
The Pope Baking Co.., at Jefferson
and lie May-aves., lost considerable
stock as a result of the food, includ-
ing large quantities OF chocolate and
raisins, In anticipation OF the deiuge
the stock had been placed on the top
shelves in the basement. but the
downpour was so heavy that the water
rose almost to the main floor OF the
shop. filling the cellar completely.
In some of the lower sections of the
district residents were practically ma
rooned in their homes and those with
out rubber boots or q rowboat were
| In bad way.
The Palmer park loop. where Log
Cabin cars turn around, was all under
water. Friday morning. as was most
Of the surrounding territory. The eel
Lar of Ardussi's roadhouse, Woodward
ave. and the Six-miie road, was hood
ed to depth OF three feet. The hood,
however. did not seriously interfere
with the suburban car trafflc. as their
motors are built higher than those or
1.-THE city cars. On the latter many
motors were burned out. and the dam
age TO the company on that score will
| be heavy.