Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1919-10-27

As result of the great rush of water in Snake river incident to the heavy rainfall of the past few days. the ietty and revetment construction on the east bank of the river channel
 hast been seriously undermined and weakened by the cutting away of the sand surrounding the piling. For a distance of approximately sixty feet inner end of the jetty, the revetment has been deeply undermined by the water and the sand filling has entirely disappeared, leaving huge hole be- hind the sheet piling. The. revetment wall is still intact but is apparently held together only by the heavy bolts | by which it is attached to the round
 pilns forming the chief support of the revetment wall So far as can be asccrtained at present. the round pill
 ing. which was driven much deeper than the sheet pilinG mas not been l
 tinuation of the flood is liable to un- dermine this portion of the structure.
 In this event q large portion of the sea end of the revetment may be car
 ried away.
 l The jctty is also in T precarious state as a result of the water getting
 under the slanting piles. A large sec
 ton near the land end of the structure
 has been all but wrcnched away from Itance of approximately two hundred feet beyond the bcachlinc. the west : crn wall of the ictty is badly dama ged and may give way It any time under the terrific strain to which it is being lsubiectcd The sands has apparently
 been washed away to such extent that the lower ends of the sheet piles com posing the jctty wall are without sup hort and. as in the case of the revet-
 ment. are being held together only
 by the bolts and whaling attached to
 the deeply driven round piles com
 posing the foundation work. The damaged section of tise jetty extends
 from the shore end of the structure
 to approximately 15O feet from the ex- treme outer end. So far as can he ascertained the last hundred feet or sl of the sea end of the jctty is not in iured and the huge cement cap is no
 disturbed.
 The damage commenced Saturday afternoon when the subsistence of thu
 surf kicked up by tho severe storn of the past few days permitted th' I pent up waters of Snake River to com mcnce d hcadlong rush to the sea The heavy rain and warm weathe , Accompanying the storm opened mos s of the frozen streams cmptying int g the river swelling the flow of wate ! to flood proportions. The river wa I frozen to n depth of four or five inche 9 during the recent cold spell and tn [ raise of water lossencd the icy coatin.
 for miles. With the falling off of tn : surf, the ice commenced to move Sat urday morning. presenting the un l usual phenomena of ice going out il ! the fall The ice flow continued fo p several hours but inflicted little dam ' age on the harbor construction, asid ! from carrying away q few detache' {. bling along the jetty. These wer e not attached to the jetty and serve I no purpose, being merely portion O 2 the round piles employed in the con c struction which 1t was found impossi Q b,c in move when the work was com Q pleted.
 At the present time 1t is impossibi Q to estimate the full extent of the dam r age done. although it is easily discern = ;h,o that the cost of repairing is cer
 tain to run into a considerable amoun y There is also the added prospect tha n the jetty has been weakened to sue y extent that it will not be able to with Il stand the pressure of the Ice in tn
 eyent of an ice movement along th
 coast during the winter or heaV
 ice flow from the river next spring
 The council members are said to n considering ways and means to protee e the jetty but there is apparently HUI d than can be done owing to the latenes
 of the season. Mir Carpenter the wa 'i Departmcnt engineer in charge Of tn construction work, departed on tn
 Cordova and the city is unfortunatel
 deprived of his advice and assistance
 The Chamber of Commerce has sent H telegram to Mir Carpenter explainin