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Show Tennessee River at Flood Sfce at Girt tanoooa; Railrosds in the Souili pered ty Water, While Trecls .. i ' Kansas Are Dloclied by Snov 1 ; ;CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. 2t The Tennessee liver at this point is rising rapidly, and)the danger line, thirty-three feet, will probably be reached in a few hojirs This is the highest stage in five years. - ... MEMPHIS, Tenn Not. 21 The flood rituation as regards the. railroads was somewhat improved today in. the ease of one road the Southern which - resumed re-sumed its traffic into Memphis, thus relieving the Frisco of the burden of handling the southern traffic. . Conditions, however, as far as the j Illinois Central are concerned, show no improvement. Although - the - Illinois Central is greatly hampered in its north-;, era traffic on account of -the weakening of the Wolf river bridge, the oCciaS of -the railroad say its lias'souta-'is open to traffic. - - The Louisville k Nashville has had no washouts, but the heavy trains Jiave delayed a -.number -of their passenger trains. . r . The Nashville ft Chattanooga. road is entirely ont of business, but hopes .to resume before night. The financial loss to the railroads flur- ing the past four days has. been heavy,-while heavy,-while business interests of Memphis-have Memphis-have been much interfered with.- During the night rain fell in torrents and the precipitation continues this morning, although the, downpour is not quite, so heavy. - Street ear. service, is ( bodly crippled. . - . ' - ' |