. The Street railway journal . VIEW OF UNION DEPC / FREIGHT YARDS, KANSAS CITY. DURING FLOOD main water supply line was also carried away, and the citywater works pumping plant was forced to close down on Sun-day afternoon, leaving the entire citywithout water from Sunday until Thurs-day night. The Metropolitan Street Railway Com-pany suffered severely. Both of the com-panys power houses, which are locatedupon opposite sides of the Kaw, were rendered useless, and will doubtless remainso for some weeks, as nearly all of tlumachinery was covered by the flood. Aconservative estimate places the lo
. The Street railway journal . VIEW OF UNION DEPC / FREIGHT YARDS, KANSAS CITY. DURING FLOOD main water supply line was also carried away, and the citywater works pumping plant was forced to close down on Sun-day afternoon, leaving the entire citywithout water from Sunday until Thurs-day night. The Metropolitan Street Railway Com-pany suffered severely. Both of the com-panys power houses, which are locatedupon opposite sides of the Kaw, were rendered useless, and will doubtless remainso for some weeks, as nearly all of tlumachinery was covered by the flood. Aconservative estimate places the loss tothe Metropolitan Street Railway Com-pany at $1,000,000. The gas and electriclight service was shut off for two nights,and the street railway service was interrupted for a considerable period, althoughthe cable stations were kept going when itwas impossible to operate the electric cars. Elevations taken of the highest water show that at UnionDepot the Kaw River was 10 ft. higher than the Missouri, one-half a mile below the
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