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<br />'. <br /> <br />FLOO D IIU.lAG ES <br /> <br />o <br />0) <br />~ <br />-..J <br /> <br />At the time o:f the :flOOd 01' 1904 there were snen bridges aerOGB <br /> <br />the river at Trinidad proper. They were the Main street, Animas Street, <br /> <br />~., <br />:' ", <br />. ' <br />, <br /> <br />II:..... <br />5/ <br /> <br />D. & R. G. W" Commercial street, Chestnut street, C. & S., and Linden <br /> <br />Avenue bridges, 10 ~ted in that order down str8llID.. Both r&.ilroad bridges <br />were washed away. together with the commercial Street bridge. which l!lrried <br />an elecrtrio line in addition to road and :foot paths. The Main Street and <br /> <br />Linden Avenue bridges were seriously It\maged and left high and dry by the <br />shi:fts 01' the obanniJ1. The Animas street bridge ~d one abutment washed <br /> <br />away. The Chestnut street bridge was damaged to the extent that it oould <br /> <br />rJ!J.rry no tzoa1'i'ia. The total estimated dIl.IIII1ge to City bridges alone _s <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />about $125.000.00. The Gas CoInpany sustained a loss 01' $3000.00. Loll8es <br /> <br /> <br />to indivi<h1al property owners 'll&S $45,800.00. On the irrigation works the <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />damage amounted to $76,400.00. Rep1Aelllllent 01' zoe.ilroad bridges WI1s esti- <br /> <br />mated at $100.000.00. The gral:1d total with added miscellaneous losses WIlS <br /> <br />approximately $450.000.00. <br />In 1926 the individual flood damagee Sustained was $21.000. d1image <br />tr> irrignUon works $37.500.00, City o:f Tr1nilt\d $20.000.00. Trinidad <br />Electric $3.000.00. :farm lands $5.000.00. las Animas County $10.000.00 or <br /> <br />'co, . <br />"J <br /> <br />a grand total o:f $96.500.00. <br />The next 1'lood 01' 1942, which was the largest on record. da~ged <br />railroad rights-ot_y and bridges an est1m/l.ted total 01' $450.000. indivi- <br />dl.Ial losses at '50.000.00. Trinidad Gas and EleCltriCl esUmated loss o:f <br />$75,000.00, Western Union $15.000.00, City o:f Trinidad $100.000.00, Irri- <br />gation works $125,000.00. MiSllel1Aneous $25.000, or a grand total 01' <br />$815,000.00. <br />All oommuni~tion :frCllll one side of the river' to the other was ~to1':f <br /> <br />" <br />.~ <br />~j <br />I I;] . <br /> <br />:::~ <br />;:.; <br /> <br />~.~ <br />c' <br /> <br />and business was at a standstill. Sewers were ologged with silt which pro- <br /> <br />"1 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />...' <br />", <br /> <br />~.: <br /> <br />:-.1 <br /> <br />.~ ".' ," . <br />