Show TIVO 10 ROADS inke us II SerIous Jam iii Chicago River ChIcago Feb bIg freIght Amazonas ot of Duluth lays Jammed across the Chicago river at aI the railwAY bridge near Eighteenth street forming a dam against which a great field neld of at floe noe Ice pressed sed and under which the stream rushed In a torrent The Tho controlling works lit at Lockport had to be shut down on last lut evening and traffic on two rail and Chicago 8 block blocked d temporarily The passenger and freIght trains were released d by being switched over the Chicago estern Indiana anti ond St Charles AIr Line The accident to the Amazonas which happened at noon yesterday sIsal Jar hat to that which betel the Jel Jesse e Spalding ten da days ago and It revived the apprehensions of at the drainage trustees as to the menace to ion b by the increased current of the river They declare that It if a now flow of cubic feet a minute Is to be main lamed the current cannot be kept down downto to one and mile un hour unless the center pier bridges are reo re removed moved moed the tunnels tunnel low lowered red And nd the river widened at several points point It If this work Is not done tw two ot of the trustees declare navigation will be Impaired seriously It not destroyed Several attempts by powerful tugs tUSI to remo remove the I futile It ItIs Itis Is estimated thAt butt It will take itt At least twelve hours to 10 sta stop p the current In the river and tu tug men declare no further attempt will be made to relea release the thele steamer le er until the subsided |