Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-17

tCoTTeSPoHdeHee of The Sfarl
lHE eusQUEHANNA TAKES RIsE- LUMBER
MREckERs-'O r." LOss-Lock-HAvEN-A
hED-sHIRTED COAMUSIIY-FARNINe AsD NIx
ING LASDs-lNDlcATIoxs OF A Revival or IHK
SPECULATIVE FEvER-AN OcroGESARIAN ~
Flooring FOR WILD LAND.
FALLoN HOUSE, Lock-HAvKS.
LINTON county, Pa, May 10, ISG0.
DKAR STAR: This has been an exciting day
with the Lock-Haveners. The rain has been
pouring In torrents for the past twelve hours and
the Susquehanna has risen with unusual rapiditv
threatening to food the town as In 1877. when
immense damage was done not only at this pojn,
but all along the river In consequence Of The
rise, the river this afternoon is filled with eau
logs, which have broken away from boous and
rafs up stream. According to lumber law or
usage, all logs caught bslobc a boom byipo TN
Genus salvage per log to the catcher, and as the
logs are worth on an average four dollars aniece
1t will be perceived that IL is worth while ~, ~
owners to pay handsomely for the Catching so
day, despite the falling sheets of rain and the
SS..inIg VINO, the river is alive with men and
ooys In boats or on anchored RATS fastenn mo- will
k-Poles ppon the loose logs as they shoot dovn
tne currents and forming them into rafts secn,e
them oy ropes to the bridge or to any STATIONARY
oCJect. Inc strain, however, Is so enormous thst
rope after rope gives way and the freed los bnI,v
on tnelr way down the river-perbaDs 70 h.
oroug bf ~ again by the big boom at Williams
port, wenty-seven miles below. Enough are
ard
wreckers To make good Job of IT, and one ACTIVE
hoy, In particular, win clear $50 by his AFTER
Moons WORK j was amused by the sinouI.,
facility with which these river-men distjng7,Ish
as faf as they can see them, the logs OF an1 mar,
ueuiar orand Of ownership-as the 80 r ;, fog.
Of Philadelphia con, pany. bv the nec,,i'ss
,nsnne, IN which they are peeled and butted.
noHced al one point where a rescued raft had
oeen moored 10 telegraph post that the St.
Eau moved me loot OF the post some four feet
Ssns1ougn me so1tsned earth, the top Of the post
being held In position by the wires f0S'
fne Immense quantity Of lumber seen along III.
river In coming up as well as the amount sf4oai
Oy THIS mood, gives one idea of the vast tim her
resources OF this (west) branch of the snxnns.
is ,h omPetent judges tell me, however, that
future with the same prodigai hand n will bs
wen mig exhausted In ten years time "
Lock-haven Is the county town Of ciin,o,
county-has population Of 1000 or 4. zoo neonis
ana ls an active business place The iumhs,
trade 10 the main business of the pIacs ,nd a.
staple goods Of the stores seem To be ,.Jisb,,,.
WATERPROOF boots, and raft-rope Yet ia a nne
agrcultural country, the valleys especiaIIv ard
most OF the mountain ranges are. suf,icisn,I,,
rounded to he susceptible Of cultivation To m,
very submits Farming land within ten miles
OF THIS place Is worth from SIS to 500 per acre
ana where thers are indications of mineral n,o,
b h we price goes mp, Of course, to a much en-
nancea ngure. The speculative fever thar pre
.sS oeiore the money crisis seems to be re-
70 some extent hereabouts; and since I
nhis. sv,so Eefe, several parties from PhiladsI-
gone up river land hunting fo"''ei nave
One white-haired old -.,r..ou.,.,
a. 80 Is waiting at the Fallon IIousa ~,
IsIh 70 mold up, and II Constantly, no,io ~, ~.
titIss He 49, maps and old swarrsntee;
. A. nronrs-x q $500 surveyor and assistant
sile exploring. week or two