The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-25
PADUCAH BADLY
CRIPPLED WITH
THE HIGH WATER
Wholesale Business District Feels Ef-
feet Of Encroaching q
Waters.
CELLARS ARE INUNDATED
Pumps Set Going at Several Down
town Business Places -one
School Basement Flooded.
LIARS ARE INUNDATED

Absolutely secure behind an i'm
pregnable leyee system tried and
true. and which will be greatly en-
larged and strengthened by the ex-
pend.ture OF $75O,0o0, Cairo today,
with the food waters al our gates,
pursues the even tenor Of existence,
retail and wholesa trade being at
high tide, and yet there aro around
and about us cities that are suffer-
irg.
While every Cairo.te will dep Y
sympathize and deplore the injury
that may result to these it is with
some satisfaction that there exists
no alarm in the city, the water hay
ing had no appreciable effect on the
city itself or the Drainage District.
paducah is badly crippled by q
stage OF water registering a conn
parative less stage. than here.
The following two items from the
Paducah Evening Sun of Thursday
and the Padncah News-D Democrat Of
Friday tell Of the deplorable condi-
tions as they existed in that city on
those two days.
Back water and the frequent rains
are interfering with the regu ar at
tendance of the public schools. The
rains keep the grounds muddy, and
in the outskirts Of the city many
small children are unable to attend
the schools. The back water which
fills all the hollows about the
city, make it necessary for the pupils
to walk many extra blocks to reach
the school bui dings.
Flood water this morning flooded
the basement OF the Jefferson build
ing. The water was so deep that X
was impossible to make fire in
the furnace and as result no SEES
sion of the school was held today.
The sewer drains slowly. 1t Is ex-
pected that the cellar will be dry
by Friday. Another foot of water
will interfere with the furnace at
the Washington building. The base
ment Is now connected with the
sewer and the water is backing up
into the basement The school was
not connected with the storm water
sewer last year, and no difficulty
was experienced with the high
water Paducah Evening Sun.
With stage of forty-seyen feet
and seven tenths registered on the
government guage at Paducah at
three o'clock this morning prospects
for more water in the Ohio and Ten
nessee grow brighter--or gloomier,
as the case may be. The. river is
climbing slowly toward Broadway,
and with the general rain over the
Ohio river valley yesterday and
night before last it seems more than
possible that last springs stage will
be reached here.
Pumps have been set going at sew
eral downtown business Places yes
terday and the staccato bark of gaso-
line engines kept the night alive,
The who esale district at Second and
Washington street Is preparing to
live through another ineonvenient
visitation from father Neptune, and
goods stored near the ground are be-
ing moved to higher and drier loca-
tionc.
With less than half foot required
to practically shut off shipments
from the north via Metropolis, H.,
local representatives of the Illinois
Central and Burlington railroads are
anxiously awaiting the arriva. of the
crest Of the Ohio river flood, which
has now passed the highest mark
predicted by veteran rivermen and
the government forecaster The rise
of three-tenths OF foot in "a hours
has resulted in Washington street
from First to Second streets being
flooded, while the marine ways are
practically out of commission. How
ever, the dry docks at the foot of
Jefferson street are running with a
normal force employed. though the
docks are almost against the to-