The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-04-07
SIGHTSEERS THRONG
STREETS OF DAYTON
Stricken Ohio City is Rapid
ly Assuming a Better
Aspect.
CLEARING THE DEBRIS
More Militiamen Than Are
Needed-Public Utilities
Operate.
CLEARING THE DEBRIS
(Staff Correspondent

DAYTON, O., April Under the
able supervision of the Relief Com
mittee of Dayton conditions are rapid
ly assuming a better aspect and indi-
cations at present are that within a
few months Dayton will be built up
better and more beautiful than ever.
The work Of tearing down the walls
of the structures which burned was in
process all day yesterday. Church SER
vices were held in only few of the
churches and all business men were
busy cleaning their stores from the
mud and debris deposited from the
waters of the Miami.
The streets were thronged with
sightseers despite the efforts of the
Dayton officials to keep them out.
Passes to get through the lines are OBJ
tanned on many false pretenses.
Street Car Service.
Street car lines are partially in op-
GRAFTON and the service will be opened
the officials of the company. The
steam cars owned by the National
Cash Register company are still in
operation on the main street of the
city hauling flat cars of mud and deb
ris to the outskirts Of the city or to
points where 1t can be taken out OF
the city. Very few of the houses in
the business section are habitable and
the board Of health viii permit no one
to occupy a house which has not been
inspected by city official.
The Elks' club rooms are being
maintained as an office of the relief
workers and hundreds of sufferers
are being fed there. No water reach
ed the rooms and sanitary conditions
there are excellent.
Too Many Soldiers.
More militia men are now in the
city than can properly be used and
possibly some may be ordered to re-
turn to Toledo. Company II of the mil
itia which has always been stationed
at Dayton has been on duty since the
flood started. Many boys and young
men in Dayton View have enlisted in
the company which is now stationed
at Dayton.
That streets other than brick
streets are impracticable has been
demonstrated in Dayton. Cement and
asphalt streets are greatly impaired
while the brick streets were not dam.
aged by the flood.
The greatest mystery of the flood is
the presence Of tank of crude oil at
the corner of Fourth and Jefferson
streets. The tank Is made of galvan.
| lied iron and weighs 125.O00 pounds
| 1t was situated three miles north OF
Dayton and belongs to the Standard
! Oil company. The force of the flood
carried it to the center of Dayton
The old log cabin on the levee near
Steele high school is left standing and
| to all appearances it Is not damaged
though it was in the strongest current
which swept the city.
! There will be no classes in the low
er grade schools though the junior
and seniors of the high school will be
permitted to complete the terms
work. Many students of the high
school have signified their intentions
of taking work at the ST. Mary's In
stitute east of the National Cash Reg
lister Co. The school is not damaged.
Some Streets Lighted.
Some of the cluster lights are nov
affording some of the streets light al
night. Many of the houses have elec
! trio lights now. The Dayton Natura
Gas company has started operation
and is rapidly repairing old pipes and
mains.
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