The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-18
Continued Downpour Causes sTrouble
for Roads; Frisco Bridge Near
Mustang Damaged but
Traffic Resumed Today
R. |. STRUCTURE AT
UNION CITY FIRM
Step Taken by Company to Combat
Tricky Stream Effective; Katy
Trains are Detoured
Through Here

When old man Noah sent tn
famous dove out on its record-break
ing flight in search OF dry land ant
celebrated its return with the olive
branch, he is said TO have put W
orders of annulment against all floods
from that day until the Angel Gabriel
acting as drum major, waves his bator
for slow music. In event this r'ec'
OF ancient history may have been
right Noah certainly overlooked
good, large bet when he failed to in
clude western Oklahoma in his list Of
stop orders.
In evidence Of this the wires OF the
modern telegraph are recording tales
OF bridges out and railway tracks sub
merged and embankments transferred
from this state to the gulf coast
country.
Saturday afternoon II rained. Also
Saturday night and Sunday morning
And the waters came down from the
west and from the north and comm.
gled with those from the east and the
Frisco bridge across the South Ca
madam was not. Also, was not a num-
ber OF bridges across the streams over
which the Katy perambulated in its
journey from St Louis to the cities OF
southern Oklahoma and northern
Texas.
Two spans OF the west approach TO
the Friscos bridge across the Ca
madam went out and all trains between
Oklahoma city and Quanah we're an
nuled in consequence Working night
and day. driving pIling and laying
steel the Frisco got its first train
across the Canadian at l2:4o o'clock
this afternoon. Trains from all points
south over the Frisco are reported
running an average OF six hours late
on account Of soft and dangerous
tracks.
The Santa re, on It's main line, had
trouble IN the Arbuckle cavern, but
reports from its Chickasha offices
state that trains were again rupning
through on time. The Oklahoma Cen
tral line is in operation, and Katy
trains. which we're detoured last night
from McAlester into Fort Worth and
Dallas over the Rock Island by way
of Oklahoma City. FL Reno and Chick
asha. are said 70 be running over the
santa Fe tracks from Ada into Fort
Worth today
The Rock Island bridge across the
Canadian held through the flood and
Is reported to be in sound condition TO-
day with little danger pending. The
Rock Island has been taking extra pre-.
cautions in making this bSid se safe
Hundreds of tons OF granite blocks
have been dumped into the edge OF the
river along the north approach TO the
bridge proper. False work has been
built piles driven. track laid and tons
of boulders embarked between the
pilings In addition TO this, yesterday
afternoon, the roadmaster and his
assistants had a number of flats
heavily loaded with stone. run oui
mon The false work and chained te
the tracks. thereby adding to the sta
bllity and flood.resisting force OF the
protection.
The chickasha Gas & Electric com
pany report everything in safe condi
ton al YER Nelant on the "ash''a
Telcphote reports from their power
house however, state that the stage
of witer is four feet and eight inches
ove,i the dam and steadily rising
Ffs h ! o'clock this morning to noo'
today the guage at the power hous'
registered rise Of six inches. NJ
danger is anticipated.
information available at the offices
of the Rock Island, states the worl
of rendering the Canadian bridg'
permanently safe will continue.
II is rumored. but nothing definitel,
learned. that the Frisco may at al
early date take steps to replace tn
piling approaches TO the canadial
bridge with reinforced concrete an