The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-09
START WORK ON
REBUILDING DAM
SHANNON SPRINGS
City Park Board Hastens Job OF Re.
pairing Damage Caused by Flood;
VIII Use Concrete on Broken
Section, Word.
FLOOD RECEDES OVER
AREAS NEAR CHICKASHA
Washita Dropping Back to Normal;
Anticipate No Further Rise; Rail-
roads Repairing Damage;
start Train Wednesday.

Construction of re.onforced con-
crete fill to replace the earthen one
washed out Sunday afternoon at the
Shannon Springs bathing pool was
started today, according to p. c..
Stacy, chairman of the city park
board.
Fifteen feet OF the Mm was wash
ed out, releasing the large volume
of water which had accumulated in
the pool. The washed out section
was the newest part of the dam and
surrounded the outlet pipe. This
section OF the dam was removed
several weeks ago in order to do
some repair work on the outlet sys-
tenn and was not as firmly settled
as the other part of the dam, John
C. Milliken, city engineer, says.
approximately five hundred dol
lars will be required to repair the
dam, the park board chairman says,
An earthen fill could be completed
at cost of approximately 500, he
said Mr.. Stacy stated that the park
board deems 1t advisable to con
struct a REINFORCED fill which, he
says, should stand all emergencies.
All work on the fill will be done
by the regular workers at the park.
The job will be completed some time
next week If present plans are car
ried out.
Park board officials announced to-
day that Shannon Springs park
probably will not be ready for formal
opening before June 1.
City water will be used if rain
fall during the remainder of the
month is insufficient to refill the
pool The pool was full of rain
water when the new fill around the
outlet gave way. The water gate
was closed.
Flood Waters Recede.
Practically all flood waters In the
negro sections of the city had passed
through the proper drainage chan
nels this morning, leaving beds of
mud and trash in many of the yards.
Traffic has been resumed on all the
principal streets in southtown.
Flood waters east of the Rock
Island right-of-way between Idaho
avenue and Grand boulevard are
fast receding, passing out the drain
age bitches. There are still hun
dreds of acres of land under water,
however. Several houses east of the
rightof-way in the vicinity of Idaho
avenue are surrounded by the over
flow.
Many acres of farm lands east of
the site of the broom corn ware
house southeast of the city are still
under water.
Washita Is Falling.
The Washita river which was on
rampage yesterday is fast getting
back to normal, the Chickasha Gas
and Electric company reported this
morning Yesterday, the companys
guage at the dam registered five
feet six inches. This morning, the
same indicator registered below the
|overflow mark.
Reports received by the company
from Anadarko and other points up
the river state that no material rise
should be expected.
Normal service has not been re-
stored on the Chickasha-Ada branch
of the Santa Fe railway. The local
office was notified this morning that
the bridge between Washington and
Purcell which was washed out prob
ably will be ready for traffic this
afternoon. The damaged track in
the vicinity of Purcell also is being
repaired and will be ready for train
service late this afternoon.
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