The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-01
MAY RUN TO $4,000
Estimated Loss To The County By
The Recent Floods.

The damage sustained by the bridg
es, culverts and highways of the
county in last weeks storms will pro
badly aggregate from twenty-five TO
forty thousand dollars, according 10
estimates made by the county board
of supervisors. The board members
and the county engineer have been
Igiving their entire time for the past
several days to investigating the
complaints which have been pouring
in, from all over the county and they
finj tEat the damage done by the
| floods was enormous Bridges and
culverts have been washed away anl
destroyed, dirt approaches have been
washed out, new fills damaged and
IincalCulable injury has been done to
the roads. 1t is impossible to make
iany accurate estimate OF the damage
done until the repairs are completed
| One of the most lamentable portions
of the damage is that to the roads
and II cannot be computed in figures
In many places the grades have been
washed away and several of the roads
are even yet impossible. In some
iparts OF the county the amount OF
rain which fell seems almost unbe-
| lievable. One of the pioneer resi-
dents of Richland township told the
county supervisors that he had never
| before seen Buckley creek so high
in 81 years OF his residence there,
| Richland was one of the hardest
struck of any of the townships and
the damage there was enormous
A partial list of the bridges and
Iculverts destroyed or damaged in tho
storms is given below:
i Union Township-Bridge over Buck
creek on the Ryan place northeast OF
New Sharon, 4S foot steel span dis
lodged and wrecked. tresses broken.
wooden approaches at each end car
ried Off, estimated damage $500
Dirt approaches washed out at an
other Buck creek bridge p of mile
north Of this one. Approaches washed
out at two bridges south of Brown
Itown school.
Adams Township 49, Dirt carried
away from boiler at bridge near the
lH. j. Hasselman place, damage about
1850. Approaches washed away at
bridge northwest of Joel Briney
place. Two culverts washed away
at the Mrs Lofland farm. A 24-foot
wooden bridge north of the Charlie
Hull place carried of. A bad wash
out at concrete culyert east of Lacey
lat the L. c. McDonough place.
Monroe Township-Fills and lining
damaged on bridge over Middle
creek and one over a smaller creek
on the Alice Ragan place.
i White Oak Township - Bridge at
Margaret Jarvis place north of Rose
Hin, damaged Boiler washed out on
bridge at the Wadsworth farm east
of Rose Hill Fill settled on south
Iapproach to North river bridge on
White Pole route. Boiler culvert
washed out at Lathrop place south Of
. Rose Hin.
East Des Moines-Five bridges and
, culverts gone, no estimate OF dam
I, Iage.
West Des Moines--Two bridges out.
Gariield-Eight to ten bridges and
ICuIverts out
Cedar-Two or three bridges out.
Jefferson--None. sU
Black Oak wnship--Bridges No,
II a3nd No. lS out, iii out at No. "a,
No, IA damaged; three large Culverts
and several small ones damaged.
Madison Township--Nos. and as
out and six small Culverts gone.
Scott TOwnship-Approach to Belle
fountaine bridge damaged, No. 81 out
and several Culverts out or damaged.
Prairie Township-No. 26 on Mid
IDLE creek out, bridge south of No. 26
damaged, No II out, 80 and 80 dam
aged. 1O4 to 1906 culverts out.
Observation-Disclosures No. 8, 10, 81, So,
20, 20, Ga Is and SO out or badly dam.
LACED. Large number of culverts also
Iout.