The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-21
PROPERTY0
CADDO STREET
IS DAMAGED
FLOODS SWEPT THROUGH THE
STORES IN SOME INSTANCES TO
A DEPTH OF 1s.INcHES. NEED
FOR LARGER SEWER.

For the second time within a few
years the city fathers have been made
/ TO realize the necessity of a bigger sew
er on Caddo street between Second
avenue and the Rock Island freight
house. For the second time within
this period property owners along this
street have had their places of bust
ness flooded by the overflow, and
goods to the value of many thousands
of dollars have been lost
I Even at the present time there are
judgments hanging over the city OBJ
tanned through the courts for damage
done property on this street by former
floods, and there were intimations this
morning that more suits would be
filed. Several city officials were going
over the situation with property own
ers this morning and they may be able
to effect a settlement without a resort
to the courts.
1t would not require many such dam
age settlements as these, to pay for
an adequate sewer and no doubt as
soon as the funds for such purpose are
available, one will be built.
In some of the stores on this street
the water reached a depth of twelve
inches and in one store the mark was
much higher than this Owners of
stores were doing their best this morn
| ing to preserve as much of their stock
as possible, but even at that there
will be several thousand dollars worth
Of goods ruined.
Telephone Service Crippled.
! Rural and long distance telephone
service out of this city was badly Grip
pied on account of lines being down
this morning. Up to noon long dis
tance service could only be had with
Madill and Pauls Valley. A large force
OF men was sent out and will make
repairs as rapidly as possible. In view
of the immensity of the storm, local
service was remarkably good and but
few complaints were made.
Train Service Badly Crippled.
Train service over the Santa Fe was
badly crippled on account of the wash
outs north and south of Ardmore. This
noon a notice was posted in the hotels
Fe north would be resumed probably
between 4 and o'clock this afternoon.
Southbound service between and 4
O'Clock. Frisco, Rock Island and O. n.
NJ. e p. officials report that their ser
vice is but slightly impaired on ac-
count OF washouCs which were repair
ed before regular trains reached the
scene.
Heaviest Rainfall Since 1902.
In going over the records OF the
local weather bureau for the past IA
years, it shows that the next heaviest
rainfall recorded in any "a hours pre-
vious to last night, was on October II,
1915, when the records show that $50
inches fell. The rainfall last night was
$50 inches.
Benevolent Society Clothing Needy.
A call was made early this morning
on the Benevolent society for clothing
by the Mexican families who were
driven from their homes on south
Washington street last night u suits
were issued and the families made as
comfortable as possible under existing
circumstances. All their clothing and
bedding was water soaked but most
of it can be restored.
A family of IL was reported living
southeast of the city on the banks of
Coal Creek who had six of the children
down with pneumonia when the flood
hit them and took the cabin in which
they were living off into the flood.
They were all rescued by neighbors
without loss of life made as comfort
able as possible and the Benevolent
Society asked to help them. Mrs. Cur
tis Immediately took charge and will
render them all assistance necessary.
Any citizen can render a service to the
Benevolent Society by assisting them
in this work until the situation is re-
lieved.
Caddo Street Merchants Will Sue.