Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-03

! Pueblo police were warned to watch
for high water in the Arkansas and
| Fountain rivers this morning at
o'clock. Telephone operators north of
| Pueblo announced that bridges along
| the Denver and Rio Grande railroads
f, were in danger of being washed out.
| A detail of officers went to the north
ern limits of this city early this morn
ing to make an inspection of bridges
along the Pueblo Colorado Springs au-
| tomobie highway.
Water was reported to be dsa bling
| dynamos a the Arkansas Valley Rail-
way Light and Power company's plant
! at /: 20 O'Clock. Light and power lines
in the business districts of the town
were out of conditions at periods of
half hour. Employees of the Pueblo
power plant declared that water was
coming in on the company's property
| located on the banks of the Arkansas
river A power line between Canon
City and Pueblo was reported washed
/ out
Drift wood and logs floating in the
Arkansas river are said to he jamminE
against beams on the Union avenue
and Victoria avenue bridges. Despite
reports of cloud bursts within IL
miles north of this city. the Fountain
river has raised only few feet. Dry
Creek, one mile west of Pueblo. along
/ the Colorado-Eansas railroad which
ihas endangered Pueblo lowlands sev-
eral times during high water Is said to
be running bank full.
Five hundred acres of land west of
| Irving Place was reported under water
| this morning at 2:l5 O'Clock owing to
the over flow of Dry creek, west of,
| and parallel TO, tho city limits. In
truck farming land adjoining the
State Insane hospital twenty acres of
land is said to be under water. The
| Overlooking water from the Arkansas
river is surrounding homes. the lights
water rscedinE.
a section OF sloushs and loulands
between the Colorado. 'Sanssa and
Santa Fe railroads is reported to he
covered iwth water from Dry creek
and the Arkansas river. Railroad inter
section of the Colorado Kansas and
| Santa Fe railroads are covered with
water.
At the lowest point Of the Arkansas
river levecs. on the southern boundary
of the State Hospital gardens the
| water has hccn. flowing over and into
state property for some time. A mum
| her of hogs at the state hospital stables
| are reported to have been drowned.
| At c:Ho o'clock this morning reports
| from the Pueblo police stated that tho
Arkansas river had rcccded inches
| and that there was no further danger
from that source unless more rain fan
| was experienced.
| a cloudburst north OF Pueblo Is
| swelling tho Fountain river at this
time. 2:25 o'clock. Night Police Cap
! tain Jack Sinclair inspected the banks
and levecs of the Fountain and stated
he did not consider the situation scr
| ious.
| This is the most water have ssen
In the Arkansas rivor for fifteen years" p"
| docalrcd Sinclair last night.
| Telephone reports from tho Grove
| District. below Stag levics OF tho Ar
| kansas rivers. were to tho effect that
residents in that section were prcpar-
ing to leave their homes because Of
high water. Water is said TO he flow
ing over the banks OF tho Arkansas
at the SANTA Fc avenue bridge.
NO serious damage could be learned
nj at $50 O'Clock.
1-~Sectiors of Santa Fc railroad track
/ were reported washed out at Maylinc,
| Cimmaron and Coolidge. Kansas last
night by railroad officials In Pueblo
II was announced that the dctour of
\ several transcontinental trains over
\ tho Missouri Pacific railroad between
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