The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-20
PADUACH FEARS
REPETITION Of
AN INUNDAT|ON
News Democrat breads Possible, But
Not Probable, Incidents Of
Last Spring.
CAIRO ABSOLUTELY SECURE
BEHIND IMPROBABLE WALL
Impossible to Top Cairo Levees
Without Inundating Al Percent
Of Whole United States.
Cairo Comparative Stages.
February Is, 1918 ......... 26. 2
February IS, 1914 ........ 20. 5

CeUTudTy ~, l0lt ......... ". y
| Padueah is in dread of a possible,
but not probable recurrence of the
disastrous flood conditions OF 1913
which inundated that city with
water 10 the depth of from TO -
feet causing actual and incalcuab,e
damage in material way and
/ through loss of business.
While Paducah is thus reminded
of the terrors of last spring through
which Cairo emerged without one
drop Of water entering the city,
Cairo is serene today and absolutely
safe from repetition Of the Incl
dents of year ago, due TO the erec-
( tion ar1 construction Of an imprcg-
nablc ievee system recently added at
a cost of $1,000,000 to the ore
already here and which successfully
withst0od the floods of 1912 and
1913 and all previous high water
! stages.
In tne construction of the addi-
ticnal strength, height was added
the lcvee system OF the City CT
iCairo, it being raised to a sixty foot
grade, while the Cairo Drainage
District was elevated to IS feet.
Also ali railroads have taken precan-
tions aud elevated their roadbtds
away above any possible high
waters, this insuring unimpairel
traffic in and out of the city at all
times.
Engineers have stated that a SIX
ty foot stage of water in the rivers
would mean the inundation of every
city, with the exception of Cairo,
| NatcheG and Nicksburg, in the en-
tire Mississippi and Ohio valleys cX-
tending from Pittsburg to Cairo and
St. Paul to New Orleans, such col,
| tingency being a physical impos5i
bility for the reason that the Gs-
sembling of such a congestion OF
water IN the two valleys would mean
q spread Of water covering nearly
II percent of the area of the United
states.
The following from the Paducaa
lNews-Democrat of Thursday is es-
dence of tho terror that pervades
that city over q possible disastrous
repetition of last spring:
"If conditions arc criterion tn,
IOhio valley is destined to have an
other Hood the coming spring, and
it is .luc to make its appearance in
the next six weeks. What proper
tions this food will reach are prob
lematioal, as it is too far ahead tt
lGive any accuratc prediction, but
the important forecasting stations
Especially the government bureau il
| Washington, have indicated that
flood is certain to come again in thu
spring Rain fell all day Wednes
day AID was falling heavily early
this morning.
In the mountains of the heal
waters SHOWS have been heavy, ant
the entire valley to Cairo, Ill.,, re
Gently was covered with largt
snow, which has been followed b,
rain. Tho rain Wednesday wa
steady and will tend to aggravas
conditions, as If it. was generi.
will bring off the snow and swell al
streams and rivers.
ca disturbance of marked enerc
was ccntered Wednesday mornin
y over the southwest and extended /
q projecting finger northeastwar
across tile central valleys to tn
lower lake region. Rain attende
this disturbance and extended easi
ward to the Mississippi and frol
Iowa southwark to the gulf. Thef
has been rapid rise in temperatul
in advance of this disturbance an
temperatures now are unseasonabi
high over the central and gu
states. The pressure is high oVt
= the Atlantic and east gulf state
: also over the Dakotas and Canadia
western provinces. Another stor,
is moving in on the Pacific Goa.
: and is causing rain over the Paeij
states. The indications are that III
ICnncItrdnd Do