. The street railway review . .Miss Mitchener hired a livery horse, donned a waterproofhabit and went without an escort to the scene of the wash-out, where she personally directed the work of the employesof the line in guarding the railway property against dam-age. She then pushed through water half way up on thehorses side, rode to Uhrichsville, and, without dismounting,returned over the route the same day, making a total of 26miles. The road ran its cars through to Uhrichsville after sev-eral days delay and the speedy resumption is due to thepluck and good management of the fair superintende
. The street railway review . .Miss Mitchener hired a livery horse, donned a waterproofhabit and went without an escort to the scene of the wash-out, where she personally directed the work of the employesof the line in guarding the railway property against dam-age. She then pushed through water half way up on thehorses side, rode to Uhrichsville, and, without dismounting,returned over the route the same day, making a total of 26miles. The road ran its cars through to Uhrichsville after sev-eral days delay and the speedy resumption is due to thepluck and good management of the fair father, Major E. C. Mitchener, wired his congratula-tions. At Wheeling, W. Va., the water covered the floors of thepower station and car barn. The cars were removed to apart of the city where there was no danger from the also became necessary to shut down the station and liftthe generators off the foundations and support them on ties6 ft. above the floor. By this course no damage to the ma- 218 ^tMSVl\^4H%l£W. Y BRIDGE AT ZANESVILE, O. chines was sustained. The Hnes of the Moundville, Ben-wood & WheeUng Railway Company were submerged andthe cars operated on portions only of the route for a fewdays. At Evansville, Ind., the river rose to ft. and threat-ened the station of the street railroad company. The MiamiValley Traction Company, of Hamilton, O., suffered severeloss, its roadbed was swept away in numerous places andthe damage cannot be repaired for some time. The floodedcondition of the streets in Marion, O., caused a delay onsome of the lines of the Marion Street Railway pits in the car barn were also flooded. In reference to the flood General Manager Nelson, of theSpringfield (O.) Railway Company, says; We suflrered considerable loss and damage from the re-cent high water. The levee along Buck creek, above ourpower house, gave way and caused our premises to fact there was about 2 ft. of water in our car barn andrepair shop, and
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