Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-23

NO THROUGH TRAINS UNTIL TUESDAY
The Canal PrO6GbIy closed for tho seGson-Ho0 i.,
the boats Of the HFTSeSOn tIRe escaped Nte ee-
stTltctiOn--No liUos lost b. the Storm
Never perhaps since the construction of the
Delaware Railroad, has the place where II
crossed what was the DelaWaIe q Sliesa S 49,
sent. We speak Of the canal ln the past SENSE |
and it Is ~assuredly right and proper Tor, |
standing upon the railroad, and looklnR on
both sides, almost as Tar as the eye can reSvn' y.'
nearly every trace Of the canal has been oblt-
Grated as completely as II It never existed
THE stream is gone, and In its place Is seen q
long, broad expanse OF dark, red SAND, WIN
here and there a pool of rapidly. stagnetlng
water, showing how fearful must have been
the force of the tempest, to thus carry away
whole acres OF ground. end deposit them ia
the bed of the canal, for the distance OF nearly
two miles. AZ IG& SQA 81
As we stated above, the place presents
busy aspect. Nearly two hundred men, are at
work, repairing the huge breach made Inthe
road lust this side of the bridge. Here
large stone abutment was swept away, eogetn-
er with huge quantities OF earn, ie9EIng IA "a
excavation between the end of the bridge, ana
the unbroken track, about 400 feet Wldes ana
varying from 1910 GO feet deep. This breach
the wOrkmen are now enCageo IN sISso sI.,.o
ming with q large trestie DrluSe' . oOluo
are engaged in piling the, loose earth
mn. in order to make the founda-
TON for the trestle others are preparing the
framework others still were yesterday AFTER
noon, working
IN TWELVE FEET OF WATER,
LAYING the heavy stone and wood fOuDdatloh,
which is to support the upper END Oh tne olH
bridge and the end of the trestle brldge which
Joins X AS above stated, the canal has been
almost entirely filled up with earth, put JUST
here at the most important point there re-
mains portion of it no larger tnan an Orulno .to
ary duck pond, while above ana DerUm1 r0S,Dsct act
enough to support the heaviest fouhdatloh.
| The men here will be kept at work DAY ana
night and by Monday morning, II not before
| it is expected to have the road IN running COZ
dItion. The work, however IS greariy IeVaIu-
ed by the difficulty in R-prOcuring timber.
BELOW THE CANAL,
a large force il also at work, repairing the
damaged culvertS of which there are several
4 The most serious is between MiddletoWn anC
St. AIMS where q culget vas Washed com
pletely out, leaving preatb about l1O ~ Woe
that Ali the breaks bstWeen the canal bridge
and Townsend will berepalred by MONDAY
"'''' ALONG TA4 CAHAL, z
the work Of repairing 4hs damage, has no y
been vigorously commenced. The Work WI
J soon begin, however, but with the utmost en-
deavors on the part of the Company, itls no
, sunDOsed that the canal will be in condltlO
{ for operation this season. Great dlmcnlt.
will be experienced in. cleaning it out. IN
earth viii have 20 De aug ont gnu ~
as 1t will be impossible to get boats or scoM
near enough to the Obserueted portions 10 d
of any practical service.
There are two breaks in the canal just aboV
n St, Georges, and some distance feom the lock
. Fortunately, these breaks occurred about min
n o'clock On w Nednesday eYeningIand several hou
e before the dam Of the feeder gave way. 1t n
e there breaks that caused the damage to the bOa'
Al but the loss would have hsen much greater
10 thev had not been carried into the meadows b,
y fore the great rush Of water took place. III
boats now on the wrong side Of the tow pat
some of them being two or three hundred ts
N from the canal, are as follows: Eleven schoone
Id three Of which are much broken; fifteen barg
er loaded with coal, Of which i've VIII scarce
ia betwoTth repairing. There are leit IN the can
. and iammed together, eighteen schooners al
thirty barRes; some Of these are also badly wrec
a. ar Messefs! Gaston Is tAcAIAhon, Of DaItimo
Lr the owners of many of these barges, estims
Id their loss ct shout $35OOO
Dr.. In addition to the vessels, 70 ia nnmbeT, thC
ne we're 4S RATS Of lumber belonging 10 Capts
Churchman Ieh embedded in the canal, causi
- loss Of about &25, 900. Mr.. s. B, Garrison,
of Philadelphia, has IL RATS scattered around
ter such way that it will cost $4,000 TO pick
the pieces.
up THE PEACH GROWERS DEsPoNDENT.
81 To the peach growers Of the State this stopp
"a Of travel over ths Delaware Railroad is most
in astrous Their peaches, fully ripe and. matuI
~. are all ready for tha MARKET Whsn tie main Ol
s1I of transportation il snddsnly stopped, and mi
~ OF them viii be compelled I'd see large quanti
;ch Of fruit rot before their eyes, The case Is
- one. Despite the utmost endeaVors TO ship
fruit by water 1t is expected that, until the rOa
in running order, the loss TO the growers
.. amount to sl0O. 900 per day, and perhaps NOR
SHIPPING THE FRUIT BY WATER
4 The river boats, were there ten times as m
our. ~ are now running, could do thriving busi
for the next few days, in conveying peaches /
the points along the Delaware Bay, TO BaItim
Phhadelphia and New York markets. FarT
hill arc now nauling their peaches 10 PORT Penn,
bay Hook Mahon's Ditch, Little Greek Laud
mort Leips:c and other places that have water con
re- | ton with the cities. But here the want of
las felt, hnd ithepreseut number cannot beg
,sn- carry thepeaehes Wheh,Win be bfought TO
V wharVes for shipment.
ieen f-f TWO TRAINS FER DAY,
and one each way, are ran from Townsend 70 Del
nui- and many peacees ara thus shipped. From
ford the fruit is transferred to boats and seI
8 to ItS deStination. Prom Delmar. the cars are
opt ped oVee the Eastern Shore Railroad, TO Cris
e 70 Here the fruit is sent by boat 70 Baltimore,
Dooy VIM. Thompson, Superintendent OF the Ea
=. Shore Railroad, and Of the Steamboat Conn
inc is endeaVoring TO have another large boat pu
cart the route between CEisfsld and Baltimore.
;. efforts viii doubtless be successful, and theI
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