The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-17
STORM CUTS ALL
RAILROADS EAST
STREETS SUFFER

STREETS SUFFER
Continued from First PaEe,)
extent Of the damage learned, officials
Of the road said.
The Frisco's telegraph lines went
down near Holly Springs about 5 O'Clock
Sunday night and no word had been
received from the train dispatcher at
that place since, so that the extent Of
the trouble east Of Holly Springs could
not be learned here. A local train was
sent out Of Memphis 1t S:45 am. Mon
day toward Holly Springs. All other
trains east were annulIed.
The Frisco reported very little trou-
Bile on its western lines, most OF its
trains running nearly on schedule.
Illinois Central lines north reported
no serious trouble and practically all
schedules We're being maintained. The
Illinois Central lines south reported
washouts in the vicinity OF fernando
and Oakland, and trains south were de-
toured over the Y. & M. V. lines to
Jackson. Trains south due out of Mem
phIs last night were held until about 4
am. In order to determine whether or
not the tracks were safe. Since that
time trains south have been leaving
over the Y. & M. V. according to sched-
ule.
The Y. & NJ. V. railroad reported no
trouble.
Telephone lines TO Nashville and 9TH
or points cast Of Memphis are down as
a result of the storm. Repairs are be-
ing made as rapidly rs possible n
the CumbeTland Telephone company ex-
poets to re~-establlsh communication
within a few hours.
City Streets Suffer.
Locally the damage was confined
mostly to the washing Of graveled
streets, some damage to wood block
pavements in the downtown section, the
flooding Of thousands of cellars when
the water choked up the storm sewers,
and considerable damage to the Lake
view and Raleigh Springs lines of the
Memphis Street railway. :
Billion Gallons on City,
Commissioner Quinn stated that he
and the city engineering department
estimate that a total damage of $50, 900
was done to the city streets. This of
course takes into consideration the
damage to the streets and the costs of
replacing gravel and the labor expense
Of putting the streets back in the same
condition as they were before Sunday.
~ boIiA bA AhNAN VI AiiS NANNiAA " wv
Sunday rains, Engineer. Hull of the
street department, Monday figured the
total amount of water drained by the
west watershed of. the city, Basing his
figures on the report of Q inches of
water he computed that nine inches
drained westward from 5000 acres OF
land, the territory drained westward,
! 1906, SOC, 900 gallons was carried away.
Each acre has 1850 square feet, and
8. inches Of rain Is y of a foot. This
makes 32, $40 cubic feet Of water to
each acre, making a total of approxl-
mately 1863, $50, 900 cubic feet Of water
drained. There are approximately
eight gallons to a cubic foot OF water
and by this computation a total of
l,306, 800, 900 gallons was drained
through the west watershed,
The delegation to the Legislature and
others who had planned to swoop down
on tho capitol for the opening of the
Legislature were unable to get away
Monday due to the washouts OF the
Louisville e. Nashville and Nashville,
Chattanooga Il st. Louis railroads.
However, they hope DO get away some
time during Monday night or Tuesday
morning,
On the Raleigh Springs lines, beyond
Binghamton, a section OF track from 700
to 500 feet long Is washed out and all
traffic on that part of the line was
HiuHHtu HuIudN IOOnt
Throughout all of Sunday afternoon
street car traffic ON half IA dozen lines
was practically suspended, owing to the
overlooking of tracks and the filling up
Of the subways,
Two Gar Lines Gut.
All lines were opened Monday morn
Ing, however, except the Lakeview and
Raleigh Springs,
There are two washouts on the Ra-
leigh Springs lire, M just beyond
Blnghamton, the other about a mile
west of Raleigh, The cars on
the line were operated Monday
Of B~lnghamton. II vas stated at the
offices OF the company that it may be
possible to reopen the line to Raleigh
by nightfall. but 1t may be Tuesday be.
fore the entire line is In operation.
Two serious washouts or the Lake.
view line will keep that out certainly
until Tuesday night and possibly unit
some time Wednesday. One washou'
occurred near the Memphis Rice mil
in the Noneonnah bottoms, and tho
tracks were under water there all day
Monday.
4 still more serious situation Is the
overflow from Horn Lake creek neal
Lakeview, There the tracks are over
flowed for thousands of yards and there
Is no possibility of repairing the dam
age until the water from Horn Lake
creek subsidies.
The county roads in that section arr
also overlooked and there will be M
travel from Lakeview to Memphis fol
several days In all probability,
Water Main Breaks.
The breaking Of a water main a
Trigg avenue and the Y, 4 NJ. V. rail
road tracks flooded n large section o
| South Mpmnbig SUNDAY Owing IN thi
great amount of water which flowed
from the main and the heavy rainfall
II was at first impossible to ascertain
where the main had broken. Man,
thousands Of gallons OF water flowel
through the streets before the breal
was located.
Employees Of the water company shu
off the supply during the night an,
residents in that section and in other
fed by the main, were without q waite
supply, However, the break was re
paired Monday morning.
+. A. Mantel, city chemist, dispatche'
a chemist to the scene OF the break I
make an examination of the water t
ascertain IL there is any pollution as
result Of the break. Water department
officials assert that there is little like
lihood Of contamination,
one of the two large concrete hridNe
In Riverside park sank several fec
sunday and can not be lsed until tn
park forces are able to wise It, II he
find 1t impossible to IA ke the span
will have to be torn av Ay and anothe
one erected in its stead
Streets Badly Da naged.
Many thousands 0 dollars damag
was done TO the city treets and count
roads.
The city engineers i%office Monday re
; ported that the greatest damage wa
t done to the gravel and wood bloc
/ streets. The extent Of the damage, III
} engineers say, win not be known unit
, later in the day when the inspector
return and report at the office, TT
wood block ut Madison and Marsha