The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-24

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.rv which continued to work al
,fourh the basement was Hooded,
Iii suffer practically the same
/ rrses as they did two years ago.
IN Rosenfield stated that the
uridee & Iron works will not be
ME TO begin work again for an
osher week. Meanwhile Offices are
eng maintained at the Rock Is
ana Chamber of Commerce rooms.
other losses were suffered by
..s,dents who lived in small homes
- and near Mill street in the flood
astricts. No estimates on the to-
81 amount OF loss which will re-
.rlt could be made today. The
rater crept up higher Saturday into
First street, Davenport, and filled
Easements OF many of the big bust
ress houses there, as well as on
mis- side of the river.
Thousands of people Travelled
atsr the government bridge yester-
a,v by machine, street car, and
i talked along the flooded districts
/ Al the Iowa side. Hundreds of
! aaople in the last several days Wis
,tsd the west end of Rock Island to
sse the water-covered streets and
oserturned shanties. 1t will be at
last a week before the river has
entirely receded.
Island Bridge Out.
Campbell's island bridge broke
from It's moorings on the island
de at 9:45 o'clock yesterday
morning, and the entire structure,
nearly 500 feet long, swung around
aud settled, pointing downstream,
against the Illinois shore.
Save for fragments of timbers
letting 90 when the break oc-
CURED, the bridge remained intact,
Shortly after the collapse crew
OF men from the TRICKY Railway
company dashed the bridge to
trees with cables to prevent it
from floating down stream
The movement of the bridge re-
suited IN no damage other than the
destruction of a tree and the dis
turbing of soil on the Illinois side,
due to the terrific strain. 1t is not
surprising that the bridge held to-
gether, according to an official Of
the Tri-City Railway company, con-
sidering the substantial way in
which 1t is constructed. The SUI
perstructure is laced together
with stringers and additional
strength is provided by the rails.
One of the rails, however, snapped
| In two, while the other rail with
stood the strain without breaking.
Cottages of fishermen along the
Illinois side had been moved tarth :
or back when the rising water
threatened to submerge them, ami
therefore they were out of the path
Of the bridge when it swept against
the shore.
Future Plans Undecided.
The first bridge to Campbell's
klsland was built 10 years ago.
Since that time the bridge, under
fsoing frequent remodeling, has
been virtually replaced.
Whether an attempt will be made
to rebuild the present structure or
whether a new bridge will be con-
|structed officials of the company
were not in position to state to-
|dsy.
For years there has been an in
s.Stent demand for a bridge for
vehicles and pedestrians in addi-
/ ton to a street car bridge. This
|will probably be a propitious Tina
for taking steps to meet this de-
lmand 1t will cost about $4,000 to
build a new street car bridge.
Several families residing on the
island are practically isolated.
Telephone service has been cut off
temporarily. and beats are the only
means of transportation.
Levees Holding.
Aledo, April 24.-At noon today
lciances we're bright that the levee