Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-25
Damages Sustained by Ghe StOFHa
other localities, etc, etc. ~

The usually quiet and primitive town of 81. /
Georges has for the past few days, been the OBJ
jeet of more attention than ever received during
the whole Of It's previous uneventfnl exfs7l
ence 1t is here that the results Of the late te1p
est are seen in their most astonishing character,
and here, since Thursday morning the cuFiOas |
have hocked an constant streams TO view the ter
ritgle effects of ua.u-e's wrath.
Yesterday, the number of visitors was simpIyl
immense. They came from ali directions, IRON
As tar as Dover, on the south, and w Wilmington ON
the north. and from all points along the line end
| IN the vicinity of the canal The st. Georges
| Hotel was thronged throughout the entire day,
with hungry crowds, and the table ia the dialng(
/ room was scarcely empty an hour nom meEAluBI
till night. Vehicles Of all descriptions welo
hitched along the streets, while the occupants
wended their way to the canal their to- gaze
| with open-eyed astonishment, at the strange,
wonderful and almost incohceiVabls sight z. .ot
numbers of stranded vessels and baEges lying on
the medoWs ON both sides Of the road, Az sareney
as If they had here been built, and never KnpNh
any other resting place. -r. = 80 q 7f.-is U
i THE PREsEET OUTLOOK, e - .,aiifV I
is not very encouraging, to say the least, and
mightisr enterprises than the Chesapeake q
Delaware Canal Company might well be appAlfd
at the present state of affairs, This Fas at hEst
the feeling of the Company, but now, tasilasa
THE RRAcTIoN HAS SET ny. aI - a. y,
and the work of reconstructiOn is being prdsseus
ted with all possible zeal aud Vigof. Yesterday
q considerable local force was engaged, and to-day
large number Of WOFkmen are expected from
Trenton, N. J., and other places. The force. VIII
be large possible-numbering probably SEQ OF
600 men-and the canal be made ready for tie
resumption of operations as quickly az Possible.
To this end tho Company, f'..is N gtj
WILL SPARE NEITHER TROUBLE no EXPENSE,
and hopes to have the canal open in q much
shorter time than some people predict. The
above assertions were made 20 the representa-
tive OF GAZETTE, yesterday, by one OF thC
prominent officials Of the Company and they
can be relied upon as being strictly correct
THE WORK OF REPAIRINo,
! / as above stated, will be briskly prosecuted
Operations will first be directed to that pOr
; ton of the canal between st. Georges and Del
lawate City, in which there are several breaks
This work we are credibly Informed, will b
completed by the end of this week, and theI
about twenty vessels which are lying In tn
, canal at the east END of the locks, viii be re
leased from their present forced confinement
and t0wed to the Delaware Bay. .ae q
THE MOST SERIOUS AND DrFFIcULT ,i
, portion of the work, is east Of the locks. Hen
on the north side Of the canal, are 1afR
number Of schOOners and barges, loaded priI
cpally with coal and railroad ties, which a9
so firmly aground, that Il seems Imposslbl
ever to aOat them again. Their release, hos
ever, has been planned, and the planls as e.
lows - aa ssi tst =
HOW THK BOATS WILL BE FLo4TKp orr,
! Just to the north Qi ths OAnql bFidge thege Wu
a ff Z. fesf = . - tN-attN7