Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
MILLIONS OF Loas.
How People Down the Peninsuia
nre Fronting by the Pennsyivanta


How People Down the PeninsuIa
are ProfIting by the Pennsylvania
Floods.
Centrevilie, Nd, Observer.
'Ips an ill wind that blows nobody
good, is ali axiom that could not have .
better illustration than in the case OF the
recent great storm. While the inhabi-
tants of the mountainous sections OF
Pennsylvania and Maryland are well nigh
ruined by the effects of the great storm,
it will result in great pecuniary benett
to a large number of the residents or
this and Kent counties. This is due 20
the immense quantities of logs, sawed
lumber and drift stuff which was forced
down the Susquehanna river into Ohesa-
peake Bay from the extensive lumber
regions surrounding Williamsport and
Conowingo, Pennsylvania, by the great
rise of water. Millions upon millions OF
feet of logs, lumber, 30, were thus
forced into the Chesapeake Bay,
impeding navigation and rendering
travel over that body Of water extremely
dangerous. Because of the direction OF
the wind, the stuff was driven on the bay
shore OF Kent and Queen Anne's counties
and into Chester river. On the bay sno
in the mouth OF the river, the sight was
one seldom witnessed and could not but
impress a spectator with the magnitude
and awful effects of the storm upon our
neiehbors TO the north On the bay shore
of Kent Island from Kent Point to Love
Point, there is mass of drift, composed
largely of logs, averaging l6 feet in length
extending out from the shore from 20 to
100 yards. At Jackson's creek nearly the
entire surface OF that body OF water Is
covered with the wreckage and from this
creek along tie shore up TO the mouth OF
and into Queenstown creek, there is q inaHs
OF timber extending out into the river
fully 100 feet. Persons owning the
shores have been busily engaged in secur-
| ing the lumber, and il proper estimate
of the amount secured could be had IL
yould seem incredible. That the salvage
/ on lumber saved will be OF great peou-
MARY benefit to those who secured It can
be imagined; receiving as they do, rs
cents for each log saved, in the event
that they are properly marked and iden-
titled, and the owner Of the shore adveT-
tises the logs. 1t is estimated that the
logs which came ashore on my Lords
GIFT FARM of William Mckenney.
tenanted by Charles Taylor, ESQ.,, will II
reclaimed, net these gentlemen from
$S, 600 to $1,000. This is independent
OF the sawed planks, shingles, laths,
sashss, &C., OF which there is tremen-
doue quantity. In Queenstown creek,
large quantities of timber, sawed lumber
and drift stuff were driven in by the
wind. Business was practically aus-
pended in Queenstown, the merchants in
some instances closing their establish
ments to embark in the profitable bust-
ness Of log-oatcbing. All along the
shore of Blakeford, Waverly, The
Hermitage and Piney Point there are
tremendous quantities Of material, an
experienced gentleman estimating that
there are one million logs on the shores.
It Is difficult TO imagine the variety OF
articles in the mass of drift. Household
articles of every description, chairs,
tables, mattresses, bedstsads, pictures,
cooking utensils, in fact everything used
in house that would float. Among
articles that have come ashore are
barrel of whisky, reported to be extra
fine, barrel Of lard, several barrels OF
coal oil, cases of canned corn, a
box OF dried apples, railway OF
Jaw mill, shingie roof, house frames, &c.
Several drowned cattle and hogs hsve
floated ashore and some parties think
thew have detected the odor OF deoaying
human flesh, but no bodies have yet been
found. What the monetary value Of the
yreekaRe will be to our citizens is hard
to estimate, but it is thought the salvage
fses will amount to at least one-half mill
lion dollars In this county.