Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-19

FARMERS are are not alone in their hewail;np
Tue late spring-lumbermen are very aux-
'ou' ior the fate Of their drives. and are no
ginning to believe that there will he no snr;no
al all. The drives are now three weet.
oenina the progress that had been attained
'nis time last year The emf ON tho
o oenonscot river last winter was about la5
oo'ooW Feet, and could this amount no
eh through to market, there would he
large STOCK, for about so 900 600 Fec,
"eIe wintered over. The recent storm
""'ch was rain in Bangor was a liob,
NOW up river, and did not. as sunno.ed
heip the streams any The main river il
e'eh now reported to be falling; il i. not
,sing at any rate. The ice is beginning tn
p'ssk up la the upper lakes. IN, M.osehead
s.iii remains frozen over. On some Of the
streams leading into the Penohscot driving
"'reahv been given Up, for lack of water
gu" unless ihere IL a rain soon the scsnty
supply OF snow water in many other streams
VIII give OUT, leaving the logs stranded mill
another season. There may be a June freshet
put although this would carry through ALI
rugs "hlch shall have reached the main river
at 'hat time, 1t would not help those in the
small streams. There has. however hoe,
Teen better luck in some places. altbou yh its
continuance depends upon the same circum.
stances, to great extent, as does the SUCCESS
OF the drives in the places which are so far
behind time. There are, on many streams.
uanis, which will hold back large volume Of
water. which can be used in greater or less
quantities as desired by the drivers below. A
general advantage has been taken of these
uahls this season, as the water which they
mold Is in many cases likely to prove the sal
walton OF the driyps Tho -.
used, as there is no other supply, neither from
melting snow nor from raip, and considerable
progress has been made. The first Malta
wamkeag drive of 5000 900 feet will be in
the boom. it is thought, in few DAYS
MI D. w. Palmer arrived in the CITY last
evening from the scene of his great driving
operations on Pleasant and Piscataquis rivers
His cut, made in the vicinity of the Gulf"
amounts 10 about 10, 600 600 feet, but the two
drives. forward and rear, contain over IL, 600
OoO feet, the extra 5000, 600 being other
operators logs which Mr.. Palmer has taken
to drive. There are on Pleasant river four
large dams, and Mr. Palmer has so carefully
utilized the water from their ponds that the
forward drive OF 1000. 900 feet of his own
and other logs will reach the Penobscot to
morrow. The rear drive consists of about
10000 feet, and the logs are now being
sluiced through the Gulf with a good pros
pect Of getting them through TO the main
river, and almost a surety of getting 2,000-
900 feet of them to market. There is a crew
Of 30 men on the forward drive. while $50
red-shirters are trying to get the rear through.
There seems to be fair prospect for a
large enough supply of new logs to make,
with the old ones, a good stock for the season.
But it is early yet to figure on these things,
for heavy rain may change the aspect of
affairs at any time during the next week or
ten days. However as the drivers have had
no better luck on the kennebec and st. John
than on the Penobscot, the general inference
is that the supply of lumber will not be large
this year. and that prices will be according
Bangor Commercial