The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-12


Of rS:shA e~p.io-sserm az sant1cAes-Ls
IN [F,om the Philadeiphis North American, Sept . !
ia Asn Id matter OF no hlrlc interest to ascertai
with much precision possible, the effect viii
It The calamirous floods Of July and September W
have, together on This years supply OF snthrdcii
we present the following estimate, being the resi-
! OF a careful calculation and comparison with Il
j business OF last year, as done BY the three publ
t WORKS upon which we are here directly dePendel
Tor our supplies -
The Schny iki canal, last year, brought dow
4e9 80 tons Up TO the 3ls OF August Of this veal
" mad received 2oO, lO2 tons, OF which We may es
innate hat there was lost, during the two reshet
on. nan 81 ihr shipments Of The weeks Just pre- ce
Ding, Say l5 lU2 Ions This leaves for the quantit,
sciuay bfoOght 10 The city, only 265, 900 toas OF
<24,zeO tons less than the quantity brought down
IL 1872 ana ss we cannot eulate upon the canal
hehg IN working condition again this year, we
must take the above quantity of 22 80 ton as the
dencif III The supply OF 1850 compared with that
OF iei9 In The last mentioned year, the Lehigh
company brought down S0l ,246 tons Up to the
3ls OF August of TINS year, il had received 5U2 1874
tons. OF which there was lost by two freshes sav,
l5,OOO tons; leaving 4S7, 1874 tons the quantity
| actuslly received. II estimated that the Leh,gh
VIII resume work in tour weeks from to- lay, the
9Th OF September that is, on or about the 18th of
October, leaving, Till The close of the season, six
working weeks, during which the canal can sup
ply, at Is, GOO tons a week, 10000 tons in all
making, with the fTeiehts brought down to the 2ls
Of August, total of 6S7 1911 tons or 1854 O52 less
than the supply of 1919, Adding this to the de-
a
| of 1886, 3;s2 tons for both companies together.
The Reading railroad brought down, last year,
| l,0S ,S6l tons The business of this year COM
prsea 10 the 3lst of August ST. l62 tons brought
| down. The road will resume operations on the
| 10th from which time We may compute ten weeks,
till the 10th Of November, Of aetive work at r. 600
tons per week, or 10000 tons in all making a
total supply from the Reading railroad, up to the
time mentioned. of ,237, l62 tons; being excess
Of l39, 3Ol tons the bushes, Of last year. De-
Quoting this excess of the railroad supply from the
| al do hat L..
that there remains balance of 249,03l tons, or in
round numbets, $50 600 against the business of
this year, as compared with that OF 1919.
woIa pp s.0 CERTAIN ah inc
sources this year, will be short at least 80 900 tons;
and we are Informed that the Delaware a nd Hud.
son Company will have great difficulty in keeping
their supply up to that of last year, and in fulfilling
the contracts made last spring The periods as
sgred for the resumption of business by the Lee
high and Reading Companies are the earliest pos
l0,0O0 tons to the deficit. And in allowing 42,O 900
tons week, consecutively, as the supply by the
railroad, We have estimated the highest power of
the machinery, and the utmost activity in loading
tie cars at the mines and in discharging them at
Richmond.
1t has been suggested that, in order to increase
shipme nts as much as possible, the supply Of the
city should be put of to late period as practi-
cable; the fact being apparent that the railroad can
bring down coal for the local consumption at the
period when the demand for shipment is lessened
VI suePehoeu W
respondence of the PHILADELPHIA Bulletin Sept 10
READING, September 7.
Fearing, from the terrible accounts given of the
destruction produced by the late rest that those
engaged In manufacturing on the echuylkill would
not be supplied with coal to carry on their works,
l vent on Thursday As far into the coal region
Railroad, which has . bad break just above Port
Clinton wended my way up to Tsmsqus This, you
points Of export for coal was pleased on my arrival
there, to find that the damage not great it
Of the Iittis sehuykG Company have no. Sssn in
jurtd There was . number Of small dwelling houses
stables and shops carried and soOut thirty lives
lost Understand from the operators here that the
damage the railroad not great the loss OF bridges
will cause the greatest delay In putting the road in
order. The road has been washed in . number OF
places but the operators no OF xous to
avail themselves Of the advanced price Of coal have
turned out en- mdsse, and are at work TO repair the
road, which they have doubt will be in good
ming order in ell the present month. As there
communication from Pottsvilie to Port Clinton by
railroad, returned to Mddlsport In the valley where
learned enough to satisfy self that, uBsss there
!. great energy and the part of the
diff rent companies, there will be short supply Of
coal this season.
From the Philadelphis Inquirer. Sept 1oI
The loss Of life by the recent freshets was more
extensive then was at first supposed. AT Reading
eleven lives were lost-at Tamauqu and its neigh
boihood, thirty-one-at Berwick, Columbia coun-
"; twenty one. The aggregate, indeed, will not
TALL far short OF hundred while the destruction of
proFIty was immense. One estimate gives the
total loss in this way at e. 900 900 This nclude1
not only Pennsylvania, but New York, New Jer-
sey, and other points.
(rrom the Doylestown pa Democrat, sept IO.I
The damages done by the late freshet in the
Delaware, Tohickon, Neshaminy, and other streams
IN our county, has been tremendous The dam
above the factory Of Simon q. Cove, and the flour
mil OF Lucius l.. Walton, on the lngham Spring |
creek, IN Solebury, was broken, letting such an |
angry flood cf wBter down the stream ffightenug |
me n, women, and children, and producing such |
CONSERVATION that has never been win, ssed since
the ne mory Of tie oldest iahaSiisnG William |
Nsylor, who was working in a smith shop an l
island made by the surplus water created by the /
dem above, undressed himself, aud attempted 20 |
swim towards terra firms, but being unable to |
reach II on account Of the swtnsss of the current,
laid hold Of kind of tree, which he succeeded "a
clhmbtring int, where he remained some two
hours, in perfect nude state exposed 10 the petit
ings OF pitess storm, before assistance could be
rendered, and he redeemed from his pcrous situa-
ton.
Umbledy's dam, which is below, was also
Carl, away, the water tearing chasm through
u. that will take long time and Il vast deal of
expense 10 repair.
Samuel sutton, on the same stream, also sustain
ed a great loss, by having a part OF a building
washed away. IL was situated in the borough OF
New Hope, and consisted IN n kitchen attached to
the three story building known as the Hall. which
~ occupied as place Of meeting for the sons OF
Temp. lance, independent Order OF Odd Fellows,
and other kindred societies. Many Of the gardens
of the vicinity were overflown, fences washed
away, &c.
Pidcock, or Neely's creek, was also in a very ex-
cited condition. The water from the source Of the
stresm csme pouring down In torrents, carrying
away the bank Of the canal and making a break
that will require much time aud labor 10 repair.
The breaking OF the canal did extensive damage TO
John I. Nicely, overlooking several acres OF tiili.
bic land which was in high state Of cultivation,
and rendered Il unfit for eli future purposes OF agr
culture. Mr. ". expected his dam 60 break, but Il
withstood the current and 10 safe. Several Of his
n,ighbors estimate his loss at $500.
tFrom the Poughkeepsis, ". j, Journal, Sept. Z
Ie leaN nd a nf ram dsya
Monday night last, raised the waters 81 the Fall
Mil 10 point perhaps higher than they were ever
known to he before, and caused considerable
dsmsge along the course OF the stream through the
village. At the Red Mills the water 10 with
in few inches Of the west bndgr, aud swept
across Snth and Clinton streets. rendering them
almost impossible on Tuesday afternoon, when IL
reached its highest point. The two streets were
soue hat dsrnsprd. Bet gepn the mill and HamIl-