Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-23
In Four Hundred Homes tt6
Water Went Into the FirS
Story, Is Estimate Me- T!
By Newspaper Men, 81
DAMAGE IN CITY is
PLACED AT $100
This Is Exclusive Of the State
Capitol; Water Coming
Down Cave Greek But
Volume Is Diminished,
(By The Associated Press,

Phoenix, Ariz.. Aug. 22.-Seven
hundred houses in Phoenix were
damaged by yesterdays flood and
in 400 of these water went into
the first story, according to esti-
mates made by newspaper men to-
day. City Manager Avery Thomp-
son estimated the damage in the
city, exclusive of that done to the
state capitol. at 100000.
Yesterdays flood washed five
new holes in the bank of the Ari-
zona canay. the principal artery OF
the Salt River Valley Irrigation
district, and enlarged the five cut
by Friday nights flood. The ten
cuts now run from 20 to $50 feet
In the Grand canal, the second
large artery of the irrigation dis
trict that was crossed by the flood
on its way from Cave creek to
Phoenix, five breaks were made,
ranging from 10 to 40 feet wide.
Officials of the irrigation district
placed the damage to their canals
at $4,000. They said the breaks
would be repaired and water serv-
ice to the farmers resumed within
two weeks.
Pumps Are at Work,
No estimates of the damage
done outside the city nor of that
to the capitol were available to-
night. Five large pumps were
kept busy drawing the water from
the basement of the capitol today,
but tonight were forced to cease
work because of the mud. At that
time there was about foot and a
half of water and mud in the base
ment.
Water still was coming down
from Cave creek. through the Ari-
zona and Grand canals at o'clock
tonight, but the volume was so d.
minished that 1t was being divert
ed at the Salt River canal. one OF
the smaller canals of the district,
and was not reaching the capitol
grounds. Northwestern Phoenix
was still largely under water. how
ever. People living south of the
Salt River canal were able to re-
turn to their homes today, but
those living north of there in the
flooded area can not yet get to
their houses.
Paved Roads Damaged.
c. G. Cragin, general superin-
tendent of the Salt River Water
Users association. tonight de-
clared that one of the largest items
of damage done by the flood would
be the injury to Marfcopa county's
paved roads. Concrete roads laid
within the last few months and
years were under water for
stretches of three or four miles in
places.
Although only a few holes may
show up in the pavements immedi-
ately. Mr.. Craigin said the water un-
doubtedly so weakened them that
their life will be shortened from a
possible thirty years to probably
three or four years.
Two Trains Depart.
Although repairs to the tracks
Of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railway had not been completed
tonight, two night trains for the
coast left on schedule time. Their
passengers were transferred from
the local railway station to the
state fair grounds, two miles away,
in automobile trucks and there they
boarded another train. These were
the first Santa Fe trains out Oh
here since last night.
Sixty feet of a 120-foot bridge
over the Hassayampa river at Palo
Verde were washed out by flood
in the Hassayampa river yesterday,
according to reports received here
tonight.