. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . y heavyand continuous rains, proved too muchfor the Kaw river. The mighty Mis-souri up to and beyond the danger line,unable to care for this addition, combin-ing with the lesser Kaw worked havocamong the many industries that havegone to make Kansas City what it is. Among the heavy losers were the Mis-souri Pacific, Sante Fe, San Francisco,Rock Island, Burlington and UnionPacific Companies, and prompt restora-tion of traffic brought about by stupend-ous effort on the part of the officialsof th
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . y heavyand continuous rains, proved too muchfor the Kaw river. The mighty Mis-souri up to and beyond the danger line,unable to care for this addition, combin-ing with the lesser Kaw worked havocamong the many industries that havegone to make Kansas City what it is. Among the heavy losers were the Mis-souri Pacific, Sante Fe, San Francisco,Rock Island, Burlington and UnionPacific Companies, and prompt restora-tion of traffic brought about by stupend-ous effort on the part of the officialsof the lines centering in Kansas City,will fill an earnest page in the historyof railroading. After a flood 7 feet in depth, with acurrent ranging from 8 to 14 miles perhour pouring its avalanche of dirt andwreckage for days over a yard equippedwith an interlocking plant such as is inuse in Kansas City subsides, there iswork to do and lots of it. The dailypapers spoke of railroad officers whopumped hand-cars into holes, the waterrising to their breast, searching withprod poles for bridges that might be.
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