Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-09-27
RISE CHIEFLY DUE TO LOCAL
RAINS AND Likely TO SUBSIDE
QUICKLN-LENEES ALONG RAIL
ROAD WASHED OUT SOME.

While the Rio Grande may rise per
haps a few inches more ut lower Valley
points. vet it is evident the stream will
Subside BY tomorrow, With practically no
damage from the present high water.
The Rio Grande 1T Brownsville was on
a %standstill this afternoon. there having
been practically no rise since This morn
ing At : o'clock. Reports from Rio Gran
DC City this afternoon indicate the river
there has fallen four feet since the crest
Of the rise-26 feet. which was reached
there at 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The river has also fallen at sam For
dyce.
The fact that the stream is falling at
Rio Grande. indicates that the rise has
been chiefly local and not due 10 any wide
spread fall Of rain over the maintain
watershed along the san Juan river in
Mexico, which empties into the Rio
Grandc Just above Rio Grande City.
Hence with the cessation Of the rain, the
iood il likely 10 recede quickly.
The rise at Brownsville since ypster-
day up to 3 p. m, was about eight feet.
The total Of the present rise here il es-
timated to be about 14feet. There being
no river gauge here there is no exact
record.
with the exception of an overflow ut 4
small place called CIoSner. i'll Hidalgo
county. there have been no reports If
oyeriows at any point since the rise has
been in progress.
\ lcvce about a half mile up the river
from the International bridge at Browns
Vile has been absolutely washed away
lnh the water III flowing over ana into y
resaca near there. "A gang of one hun
drcd men worked III the place until ]
o'clock last night, but were not able to
Stave of the rush OF the water. Another
attempt was made 10 build up the lcvce
until no,n today. but the work was aban-
doncd.
City Engineer j. WI Davis, who li
rcctcd the work. stated. this afternoon
hat there is probably no danger to the
surrounding country in an overflow. as it
would take ut least two days at the pres
.nnt rate to fll the reS1ca. Even then
thcrc in y lcvcc two feet high around tho
le~Qca, and before the depression IL filed
he crest i'll the rise ut this point viii
more than likely have been reached. con
sidcring the reports that the stream is
falling at sam Fordycc and Rio Graude
'CitT.
Engineer Davis stated also hat when
.hc riso has past hr viii insist on the con
-fructinn -0f y GOOD lnvoc where the cm.
bankmcnt was washed away yesterday.
About q quarter mile # he leocc has been
DESTROYED. and it is his intention to re.
quest the rebuilding Of the same length
of lcvcc work.
Reports received up to ? o'clock thiS
afternoon by the Southwestern Tclc-
graph & Telephone CO.. say the rise at
sam Fordvce is - feet and falling; Mi>-
sion Isl feet and rising slowly; McAllcn
IL feet and rising slowly.
Roma. about twenty miles above Rio
Grande City reports p feet ana falling.
The gauge at The San Benito pumping
plant recorded 1910, and rising slowly.
Reports from various points i'm III"
Valley. away from the river INDICATE hat
the untrv il wei covered with Standing
water a@ \ result MI tho heavy rains Tho
Arroyo Colorado seems so fair not to have
been greatly affected by thr rains.