The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-06-24

~ the cat creek sewer. just v.s' of
the municipal bridge, The Frisco
tracks, north and west OF jh, h. igy.
wore being covered by wain- that
swept down from both tho IiIls on
either sid, ~ tuy tracks
tn" Tulsa v~atyrNork. station.
west o. th. city. was wy. protected
from Il possible overflow OF tN. river.
the recently built lpto, causing the
excess uf rain 90 flow towards the
river The Sand Springs ItIIwav
tracks from The city % uoir uruucr
appeared safe hu' near Nruuor. tho
arroyo that drains that billet area,
was threatening TO sweep Out both
the CuIN'r,s of Oh" Katy aud the
sand SPRINGS tracks
IcNcc Protects WatcrwurLs.
Little danger was feared h' city
autn"ritlo. during the night. either
OF West Tulsa hoing flooded. or
water reaching the filtration plant,
west uf the city. They reported that
the lcv"o recently bul't. would proc
i'ot Oh. Nt.riWork- station. uu oss
zine river reached tho 1s-fuut mark.
which was considered probable.
Although every section Of the city
reported soWcls DlogsDd with water
anu Q 100. I.I l|II I|N ff"N4|IkH NfI.'l.
bile lakes. no general report Of
houses > eing flooded and damaged
were received up TO 9 p. m.. while
At that hour. two years ago. tho
volume Of r1inw1t,r had swept a
togrihl" path through the roeidcntia.
section Of the city. from Elg.u across
Detroit, Cincinnati, Boston ana Main
street. from Tenth To- Eisu'oouth
streets.
Sewer system in Good shape.
Last night there were numerous
reports of plenty Of water 40 the
streets, but the improvement. IN tho
city sewer system that have been
made since 1918, appeared TO be
taking care Of tho excess Of wa er
in wonderful shape.
The police had reports Of numcr-
cars being stalled iu low places.
such as y.aduct crossings. that
the Friso and Katy maintain az
Denver; underneath the Midland
Valley at Fifteenth. between Balti-
more and Carolina. and at other
ISOLATED places.
Automobiles Marooncd.
A. 6 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
G.. :. N]ouukmau commissioner OF
water ana srWyrs, and Lou Reese.
superintendent of the water depart
Wont. mad "a "Trip uypr the city To
ascertain the condition of catch ha-
sins located Mt low intersections. At
sixth and Norfolk the basin was
filled with Iuhbish and water stood
about two feet deep in tho inter-
section. Several automobiles were
marouncd in tho water, but were lat
err pulled ont 10y a team Of horses.
The Denver aveuu" subway held
about five feet OF water. prohibiting
its use by automobiles. \ jitucy bus
had died" in tho subway when the
water reached the motor. The bus
was towcd out by "A truck that came
20 its assistance.
At Fourth and Main streets the
storm sewers could not accommodate
the extra amount or water. ana the
surplus swept up onto the sidewalks
Car Service DcnioraliJCd.
Several NOklahuma Union street
cars worc hold up AT Firm and FL
gin, whore the water was too d"ep
AT the Intersection to permit street
cars 70 c"osS- Tulsa street Railway
ears were stopped for l. minutes
about 3 O'Clock when the power went
off.
N0unkman expected to find the
south part Of the c.;y IN worse con
ditiou from tho rain than any other
part. hut ho found the scwcrs AK
irr care of the surplus AZ Eight