Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-05

Altho the Iowa river still is out OF
Its banks, and the lowlands are flood
| ed, the waters are receding both at
| this point and at Marietta. The latter
point, which is the flood gauge for on
| coming torrents at the Center street
dam, showed a fall of eighteen inches
at noon today over the high point Of
| Tuesday. Here, at the same time the
waters had receded little more than
! a foot The fall at Riverview park had
| been about the same as it was here.
| With these encouraging conditions
| however, there may be more water to
| be contended with, from the fact that
at Eldora all Tuesday night rain fell
necessarily. With the ground so
watersoaked it is logical to presume
! that all of this water will find its way
to the river, and will cause the river
at this point to remain high for sew
eral days.
Center Street Bridge Goes Out.
Late Tuesday afternoon the last
bridge out on the mill road went out
with the high water, and the road it.
self was under water for a long dis
lance.
Beginning a short distance beyond
the river bridge water overlooked the
road almost to the first iron bridge, the
north approach of which was so badly
undermined that bags of sand were
placed TO protect it.. Between this
bridge and the concrete bridge oppo-
site the new dam, the road again was
under water, and on north from there
to the last bridge the same condition
prevailed
The bridge washed away was an iron
structure with a concrete floor. North
of where the bridge stood 10V feet of
road was washed away and was still
washing badly today. From there on
north the road was cut thru in at least
two places. The Center street road
was flooded from the end OF the city
limits almost to the Estel corner.
Not as High as in 1851.
Altho the river is not as high now as
it was during the memorable food Of
July, 1881, it is a foot higher than the
big food Of June, 1902. when the Cat
ton family had to be moved three times
within short space Of time. The
water, according to records in possess
sion OF Engineer Hans Madsen, of the
city pumping station, lacks twenty
inches Of being as high now as it was
in 1881.
However 1t was high enough. and
had 1t gone much higher the citys
pumping station would have been en-
dangered. AS it was the water got
into the pump pits at the station and
interfered with the operation of the new
big pump. This water was seepage
thru the foundation of the building
Third Avenue Under Water.
The Third avenue road both north
and south of the river bridge is under
water, and the graveled road north of
the bridge to the corner Is washed
badly. From Riverv!ew park into Bin
ford Park place for a distance of a
block the ground is covered From
there on east everything IS under
water. Marion street is under water
from Tenth avenue east to the big
bluffs back Of the Country Club and
on the opposite side Of the stream, and
East Main street is under water from
Twelfth avenue east
The bridge that went out on Third
bayou north Of the river bridge.
Disposal Works Suffers.
The Atlas Disposal Works, which Is
on the old city sewage disposal plant
property, is surrounded by water and
will sustain a heavy loss. Several head
/ OF hogs were drowned, and efforts
were being made today to save several
head Of sheep kept on the property.
| Men with boats were working this fore
noon to remove the sheep to place OF
| safety.
The animals f. the R,yervtew pa-s,
zoo were moved to higher ground. The
chickens on the place took refuge In
| the ha,ynnow.
M. c. Malvin. sos Marion street, who
lives on the Btnford farm, will suffer
| a severe loss. The entire Binford farm
| Is under water excepting the house
and barn. The acreage sowed to wheat
probably will be a total loss.