Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-29
LoWLANDs ABOVE DAM FLOODED
ALTHo GATES ARE OPENED
TO GIVE FREE WAY.
WATER IS EIGHT FEET
ABOVE THE LOW MARK
Rise Of Sixteen inches Recorded Dur
ing the Night, and Water is Still
Risins-Linn Creek overfows Bank
and Was Still Rising During Night
More Water Expected.

The long expected season of high
OF the winter months. has arrived, and
the Iowa river is now booming as the
Ice has begun to move. At 10 o'clock
today the water stood eight feet above
low water mark. and was still rising. A
rise Of sixteen inches was re.oroed
during Thursday night. The lowlands
above the dam are flooded, despite the
fact that the big gates at the concrete
dam were raised in order to provide q
free way for the escape Of the water.
The water is moving in great volume
over the dam.
The water today is higher than it
was last fall. and the worst has not
yet arrived, in the opinion of Superin
tendent Hans Madsen. of the city
pumping station. The detention hos
pital is surrounded by water, and the
retaining wall at the north side. at ,he
lower end near the hospital. is over
flowed.
Ice Going Out Rapidly.
The ice is going out of the river rap
idly, and late Thursday afternoon it
was feared that there would be danger
of gorging at the gates Of the Center
street dam and possibly doing some
damage to the Ge,IIi. Councilman DoTi'
Lamb had men on the scene to prevent
this, and kept a man on duty all night
to dislodge any ice that might acculn-
ulate. Despite the efforts to prevent
the lodging some ice had gathered at
the gates today and was piling up. In
Asher creek the ice has not yet started
to move.
Current Swift Over Lowlands.
Over the loWlands up the river the
current is swift. and the water IS
pouring from the La.Piant farm over
the land where the old city pump
house Is situated The city's pipe line
is covered with water, but Mr.. Madsen
said today he did not believe it was IN
any danger as yet. A swift current
was running under the new concrete
bridge on Center street. The helds
adjacent to the Joe Long farm are iln-
der water, and Mr.. Long reported to-
day that the old Benson dixie was
showing q break.
l. :. Linn Creek Also High.
The recent warm. days sent Linn
creek out of its banks Thursday after
noon. and while a small fall was no.
ticeable during the night. the water
began coming up fast again today and
had risen about a foot by 10 O'Clock.
The pasture land between Third
avenue and Center street is all under
water, and today employees of the Min
neapolis & st. Louis railway were at
work moving timbers from the car
shop yards to prevent them being
swept away should the water get very
high. Large cakes of ice are being car
ried down the creek.
According to G. H. Ruth, OF the
Marshall Oil Company, the high water
in the creek will not damage the OIL
company's plant. altho one building is
directly on the creek bank. A solid re-
tanning wall that was build is protect
ing the oil company's property. and Mr.
Ruth does not look for any inconNen-
fence as a result of the high water.
Manager r. w. McCreery. of the
Western Grocer Mills, did not antici-
pate today that the water would cause
any damage to the Western Grocer
plant unless it should show a rise OF
three feet. Mr. McCreery did not be-