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This condition has been remedied by the new span of bridge, making 

 the opening at least one hundred feet wider than it was before the 

 flood. The passage way under the bridge now seems to be sufficient 

 for any future flood approximating the last one. 



Outside of the immediate White River valley, the county had 

 expenses totaling $8,000. A bridge across Scott's Creek, above 

 Martinsville, four miles from the river, cost $3,500. The grade 

 across White Lick Creek, west of Mooresville was repaired at a 

 cost of $700. Elsewhere over the county the repair work amounted 

 to $3,800. Thus the total expense to the county itself was $20,000. 



The road leading northwest from Martinsville across White 

 River valley was washed out. The part between the river and the 

 city of Martinsville, a stretch of 3,900 feet, has been replaced by 

 pavement. This structure is undoubtedly flood proof. Pavement 

 brick slushed with cement has been laid upon an eight-inch con- 

 crete bed. Curbing on a level with the pavement has been sunk 

 three feet into the ground on each side. Cement sidewalks three 

 feet wide have been placed on each side of the curbing. The entire 

 structure is more than thirty-three feet wide. It was built by 

 Washington Township and the city of Martinsville at a cost of 

 $20,000. (See figure 47.) 



It was found almost impossible to get the exact cost to the 

 railroads of their repair and construction work within the area 

 investigated. The amounts given, therefore, are estimated; they 

 are rather conservative, as the writers have no intention of exag- 

 gerating the actual conditions and losses. Mr. Carmichael, section 

 foreman of the section west of Martinsville on the Vandalia Rail- 

 road, estimated that the cost to put back the grade and track of 

 the one and one-half miles washed out, was $10,000, and that the 

 one and one-half miles north of Martinsville cost an equal amount. 

 The Interurban Line was injured as much, if not more, than the 

 Vandalia Railroad north of Martinsville; therefore, a safe estim^ate 

 of the expense to the Interurban Company v/ould be $10,000. 



The city of Martinsville itself suffered considerably during 

 the flood, since the water ran swiftly through the main streets. 

 No houses were actually carried away, although the water was in 

 several hundred of them. Damage to the furniture could not be 

 estimated unless a house to house canvass was made, and even then it 

 could only be approximate. Mr. J. W. Anderson, the present mayor, 

 estimated that the expense of the city in taking care of the people, 

 in feeding them during the flood, in cleaning up the streets after 



