The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-28
WILL Be NO FLOOD.
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over, a district that does not affect the
Kaw. Varying amounts of rain fell
at all the stations reporting but IN no
place was a heavy fall received.
Reports from Abilene show that the
| Smoky Hill is up about five feet
above the normal stage. The kaw
river rose 80 feet at Kansas City and
is now two-tenths of a foot above
| bank-full stage.
| The local observer says that the
river at Topeka cannot possibly rise
more than one foot from the rains
that have fallen. The wind shifted to
the northwest last night, giving prom
Use of fair weather.
! Tracks Under Water.
| With tracks 70 feet under water in
many places and bridges washed
away, the Santa Fe railway is being
| confronted with real problems on the
| Missouri division Detailed reports
| of the destruction by the near cloud
| bursts were received every minute this
morning by C. w. Kouns, of Topeka.
general manager. In several in
stances, repair work cannot be start
| ed until it stops raining, or until the
waters recede.
Just east of Kansas City, Mo-.
near the Missouri river bridge, severe
slides caused difficulty. Only one of
the double tracks could be used and
trains are running over the west
track. AT Carrollton the connection is
broken. A near cloudburst at D
o'clock this morning put the main line
of the Santa Fe temporarily out of
commission. A report from there says
that LOO feet of track has been wash
ed away and that the water is two feet
over the track and very swift. Super
intendent Allison wired Mr.. kouns
| that repair work will begin promptly
as soon as the rain stops.
East of CarrOlltOn. a bridge at Har-
din, Mo, had the embankment at each
end washed away, just west of Crook
ed river. The trouble at Hardin is not
serious.
Train Service Suspended.
The Leavenworth & Topeka rail-
road is not being operated today Be
tween Oskaloosa and Osawkie, 100
feet of track has been washed away.
On the Atchison branch of the
road, 500 feet a half mile north of
Valley Falls was washed away and
the water is 4 inches above the rails.
Detouring Trains.
The Kaw river water is over the
tracks at Holiday. The track is not
in a dangerous condition, it is said
A quarter mile of track near Law
renee is covered with water.
Santa Fee through trains arc being
detoured over the Burlington from
Kansas City to Bucklin, 100 miles west
of Fort Madison, Ia.
Reports in Topeka today. say that
the water is only few inches below
the Carrollton depot flooring.
But with these Santa Fe reports
from Oklahoma and Kansas.
The Oklahoma Central branch of
the Santa, which has been in state
of tumult for weeks and practically
disabled by rains for several days, is
now clear. Water has receded on the
Southern Kansas divisions and the
general managers office is devoting
all of it's attention to the trouble on
the main line in Missouri.
No II. L. Trouble in Kansas.
of the Rock Island here said this
morning that trouble from wash
outs is reported over Kansas. The
Rock Island lines in Missouri are
having some difficulty, particularly
in the neighborhood of Pleasant Hill.
Rumors Start Scare.
Wild rumors last night of water
north of Soldier creek from d break
in the dykes around the Reform
school district brought many resi-
dents of the Taylor tract and Garfield
place from their beds at midnight,
ready to move from their homes to a
higher place.
report late last night had Soldier
out of its banks on the south side of
Garfield park, but the creek has re-
manned almost at a standstill since
yesterday evening.
The creek is out on the lowland
near Menoken. three miles to the west
y
to bring any danger of a flood at To-
peka. AS long as the river remains at
its present stage there is no reason to
appreherd any danger from the creek
Indian creek was on rampage
nearly all day Thursday but it was
falling last night.
Shuas5anunga left it's banks in
Quinton Heights at midnight last
night but the water has receded rap
idly since that time and the creek is
we'll within its banks this morning.
At Manhattan.
A slow drizzling rain started falling
at Manhattan this morning early and
will probably continue all day. The
total rainfall here for the month of
May is 800 inches. exceeding the
The rain, however, has come so slowly
that the water has had time to run
off The Kaw and the Blue are both
up about five feet. The normal stage
of the Kaw is feet and it now stands
at 11.3 feet. Both rivers are rising
very slowly this morning.
At Junction City.
Rain amounting to five-eighths of
an inch fell at Junction City last night.
The fall ceased early this morning but
the sky is still cloudy and the prospect
is for more rain there today. The
Smoky Hill river raised 1.2' feet but
the rise was balanced by a fall of one
foot in the Republican last night. A
rise of three feet will put the river
out on the lowlands but an eight foot
rise would be necessary to cause any
serious damage- The small creeks
have been out of their banks and have
caused some damage to farm lands
near Junction City.
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