Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

pi luse anu iron WORKS mas peeh v"
ming for the past few tays. The latter
two plants are SITUATED south oil the
oil cloth works and are on lower
ground.
The detention hospital which IS
south OF. the bridge and iron WORKS
can be reached only with boat or
in hip boots. Mill street is COW
cred with one to fiv, feet OF water
from the slough east d it. The slough
is led from the Mississippi river at a
point mile south the bridge and
iron works.
Tracks Threatened.
The D. r. |. & n. v. tracks on First
avenue, are threatened. Because of
the high water the river is choppy and
small breakers are cirrying away the
embankment. Stone walls along the
embankment have bppled into the
river and the earth is being washed
away by the waves
Fear that the TRACKS would be I'M
dermined has caused officials to place
Sandbags on the rive side of the en-
bankment.
There is no danger that the water
will go over the lcvee at the Rock Is
land Sand & Gravel company station
at the foot of Nineteenth street. The
approach to the ferry dock at the foot
of Eighteenth street has been moved
further inland and is high and dry.
Today marks the beginning of the
third week that the Davis power plant
at Sears has been idle. Backwater
from the Mississippi river in Rock
river has caused the stream to rise be
low the dam to a point about fifteen
inches from the top of the dam, The
Mississippi will have to fall four feet
before operations can be resumed as a
siX-foot head is required to operate
the plant
Rock river above the dam is not
unusually high for this time of the
year.
Burlington DetOurs Trains.
Burlington officials announced this
morning that it had become necessar!
to detour trains to Clinton by way Of
Barstow and Denrock, because of the
food situation. Under the new ar
rangement, stub trains are made W
here to meet the regular passengers a
; Barstow
, In place of train No. 81. nortt
bound, which formerly left Rock IS
Davenport, leaving there at 10 O'Clock
Rock Island at 1920 and Moline a
| 1880, for BarstoW, where the passen
gers are transferred to the regula
: Denrock
The same plan is used for train No
{ Al, north bound evening passenger
the stub being made up here and back
) ed to Davenport, leaving there at 6 2
m. Rock Island at $40 and Moline a
: $50, making connections at BarstoW
, Under this arrangement none of tn
I Irregular trains on the Burlington, run
hIllS bct" ttii pl' I dul anu ~. Louli
come into Rock Island, but tri-cit.
: passengers are being cared for by tn
, stub arrangement.
Milwaukee road officials here an
5 nounced today that the two trains be
, tween RoCkIsland and St Paul were be
ing detoured on the Illinois side of tn
river, by way of Fulton and Savanna
III.
The service between Rock Islam.
and st. Paul over the Rock ISLAM
lines is not affected by the high waite
in the Mississippi as the road operate
further inland from the stream thai
does the Milwaukee and Burlington
Muscatine Island in Danger.
Muscatine, Iowa, May with tn
waters of the Mississippi within sew
eral inches of the top of the Louis
county levee the entire lower part 0
Muscatine island is in imminent dan
ger Of complete intimidation today
Breaks were discovered during tn
night at two points on the high EN-
bankment at a point about nine mile
below this city but heroic efforts re
suited in the closing of the gaps
The gravity of the situation prompt
ed an almost complete cessation Q
business at Wapello, Iowa today who
80 leading citizens, including man
business men, banded themselves to
gether as relief party and proceede
TO the levee district, where they join :
100 more workers.
With the water tapping the top G
the levees it is now hoped to wall on
the flood by means of sand bags Nor
than fifty thousand sacks have bee
placed between here and Port LOUISE
The south part of this city is nov
fully five foot below the level of tn
river but through the activities of sew
eral hundred workers the embank
ment has been strengthened to the ex
tent that little danger exists With
\ the city limits now. The east part c
/ Muscatine is flooded by back waite
i which has spread over many acres i
the factory district, bringing to a com
4 plete cessation all factory operation
A i'll that portion.
! A rise of another foot may cut o
& rail communication with Muscatin
entirely.
At Clinton, Iowa.
Clinton, Iowa, May 4.-The stage
water at Clinton this morning wa
17.9 feet above low water mark.
Forced from their homes by the Ri
4 ing waters, residents of Beaver Islam
portion of the city, fed to the mali
land or TO nejphborS' homes climate