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the flood had subsided, and in paving a small stretch of one street 

 that was torn up, was not less than S10,000. 



This completes the items of cost coming within the scope 

 of Morgan County. The total estimated expenditure of all the 

 corporations which were injured by the flood was $80,000. This 

 is perhaps as accurate as it is possible to get at present. 



Owen County was exceedingly fortunate in the matter of damage 

 to county structures. No county bridges or road-grades were 

 washed out in the White River region. The grade and approach 

 to the river bridge at Spencer was repaired at a cost of $300, and 

 the approach to the bridge at Freedom was repaired at a cost of 

 $100. This total of $400 is rather small in comparison to the cost 

 in several other counties. 



The railroads in the county, however, were not so fortunate 

 as the county. The estimated cost to the Monon at Gosport was 

 not less than $8,000 in rebuilding the half-mile of grade and track 

 and in repairing the injured pier at the bridge. The Vandalia 

 in Owen County was not injured very much in any one place. In 

 the 'Narrows' above Spencer, some of the track was turned over 

 and the grade slightly washed. A small portion of the grade and 

 track was washed at Freedom. The estimated cost to the company 

 to repair the above damage is $5,000. 



The town of Spencer was flooded in the part next to the river. 

 Little damage was done outside of wetting furniture. Altogether, 

 four houses were moved from their foundations; one house across 

 the river was carried entirely away. This private loss was in the 

 neighborhood of $2,000. The cost to the town of cleaning up the 

 streets after the flood, in repairing sidewalks, and other incidentals 

 was about $1,000. These estimates were given by Mr. Steven 

 Summers, a member of the town board. The total estimated 

 loss in the entire county was, therefore, $16,000, a small amount 

 as compared with the preceding county. 



Mr. C. H. Jennings, Auditor of Greene County, gave the 

 total cost to the county in repair of roads, rebuilding of bridges 

 and grades, etc., as $40,000. Of this amount, $10,000 was spent for 

 bridges. The county bridge west of Bloomfield was being repaired 

 at the time of the flood, and several hundred dollars damage was 

 done which had to be made good by the contractor. Special atten- 

 tion was given to the county road-grade west of Bloomfield. This 

 grade was repaired at a cost of $2,300, but it was graded down two 

 feet lower that it was before the flood. On top of this grade has 



