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porary trestle-work. The cost of building a bridge here would 

 be much less than the one west of Washington. The river flows 

 over bed-rock at this place; it is near the bluff line. A bridge could 

 be built easily for $50,000. 



Martin County will be considered next. The repair of county 

 structures was limited to the grade and sidewalks in West Shoals 

 in the White River region. The expenditure here was $300. The 

 town of Shoals itself suffered more than any other town in the area 

 investigated. Forty-four houses were moved from their foundations, 

 eleven of which were carried down the river. Nearly all of these 

 houses were situated in the old valley (see special plate), east of 

 Shoals, where the water swept around the town, washing out the 

 B. & 0. R. R. grade. None of these houses were fine residences. 

 Hon. H. Q. Houghton, who was chairman of the Relief Committee, 

 estimated that the entire personal loss was $30,000. The Relief 

 Committee used $4,500 in replacing, remodeling, and refurnishing 

 the houses. Some kind of a house was replaced in the place of each 

 one that had been moved by the flood waters, with four exceptions. 

 The families of these four showed no interest or disposition to help, 

 and were passed by. 



The B. & 0. R. R. Co. lost about one and one-half miles of 

 grade and track at Shoals and some two miles below. The re- 

 placing of this grade and track cost not less than $10,000. The 

 grade was rebuilt in a veritable levee across the old valley in the 

 eastern part of Shoals, ready to be washed out again by the next 

 flood approximating the recent one. 



The entire value of all that was lost within the White River 

 region of Martin County is estimated at $40,300. This includes 

 the estimated $30,000 loss to the inhabitants for whom $4,500 was 

 spent in replacing their structures. But since the $30,000 loss is 

 the ultimate loss, these figures are counted. 



Lawrence county was far from being fortunate in the way of 

 losses to county and railroad structures. The county bridge at 

 Rivervale was replaced at a cost of $16,484. The span added to 

 the south side of the bridge below Bedford on the Bedford and 

 Mitchell pike cost $4,250. The bridge, which was carried fifty 

 feet up stream by the rapid rising back waters, about one-half mile 

 from the river up Guthrie Creek, cost $3,305. The Salt Creek 

 bridge cost $5,150. The cost to the county in the way of road repair 

 on account of loss due to the flood was about $3,000. The total 

 expenditure of the county itself, therefore, was $32,190. There 



