The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-25

d there thus far a1e safely cared III; NJ,
WeyeFhAu1er thinks there Ia more than 100.
100000 there, an equal number at the Della
reservoir, and 10000, 600 in the Paint
creek creek . dan; and, e. 9sr as b known even
Jump creek and the 'paain NiTsr for eo,ae
distance up to the stream No advices have
been received from Little Falls, but Mr.
Weyerhauser believes that everything is safe
there. The ends of the Paint Creek dam are
falls here. Mr.. Weyerhauser says that bis
900 on the livef, akd he estimates tRat II
will cost at least 500, 900 to make the re-
pairs From $25; 900 to $4,000 will be
smaller dams above he thinks are pretty
generally gone, but has no positive informa-
nation. The storm he believes to have been
MOST SEVERE ON ThR EASTERN TRIBUTARIES
OF the river. He has heard from the West
fork and the Court d Ourelle, and everything
is all right in that direction, but the STORM
seems to have been along the East fork and
the Flambeau, where the water must have
fallen in torrents. A telegram from Hay
ward states that no damage is done there.
large proportion of the logs now in the
when the water falls. OF the 600 900, OO6
on the river, Mr.: Weyerhauser estimates that
fully 800, OOO, 900 are 50 high up on the
banks that they will have to be
hauled into the river again Little, If any,
more lumber will be cut on the Chippewa
this year, and there are enough logs from
Little Falls down to start the mills waiting
their supply from the Chippewa next year
He believes that the winter will have to be
occupied in hauling the stranded logs into
the river again, and that the lumbermen
VIII probably have to do Their logging before
that this work should be d6ile before going
into the %o6ds to get ailotlier start for next
winter With the watef falleh ii6 more than
at the present time, y ~... VS.:
Nc LOGS ARE SCATTERED ON THE BANKS
two and three hundred feet out Of the water,
and high and dry. He does not. estimate
the damage, to-. the Chippewa Numbering
cDmpany's mill and buildings here at more
than 81 600, although the yard and sur
.rroundngs present the sorriest sort of sight
inc work OF repair of boiler and of yard has
been commenced, but will occupy several
weeks The partially demolished buildings
will be repaired. Some of the improvements
swept away were made on the basis of the
flood of 1880, and above the high
water mark then. Mr.. Weyerhauser says
affair is that it is almost impossible to pre-
pare against the recurrence of similar disas-
ters. The flood will limit the lumber pro-
d1ction OF the Chippewa to about 125, OOO,-
OUO feet on this years stock. and accomplish
what it was hoped to do by the combination
w 'A~O Uo"n AA0 lIliIs Ac I'LL HlOT0 OF leSs
injured, but the most serious loss will be to
the logging company in the damage to its
improvements along the river: A new dam
recently built at Pike lake, it is believed is all
right The estimate of a damage of $780,
600 is only approximate, and tie actual loss
it is not at all unlikely, will far exceed that
amount An enumeration of the losses in
CnlppeWa Fails gives an aggregate of about
500, OOO A large number Of stores and res
licences were either swept away or damaged
The county board are receiving bids for the
reconstruction OF the river bridges, which
will be completed in sholt time. The bod
les of an old couple named Rogers, who lived
about three miles below the city, were found
inside their house, which was washed away.