The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-18
THE WATER STILL HIGH.
THE FLOODS EFFECTS AT HART
 FORD AND VICINITY.

Streets Under Wat r-Many Boats in Us2-
 shops and Mills Stop Work-The Raging Connecticut River.
 Hartford, April 17-.The present fresh
 ct beats all records here since 1869. The water is twenty-five feet above low wa. | ter mark, which means an immense amount, which covers an area of many miles in and about the city.
 The water is now up to Front street at Potter, while the aforementioned street is also covered from Talcott near. 1 ly to Morgan street, while from Morgan street to Pleasant the street is under three feet of water. .lu f F {
 In Commerce street from the freight house of the Consolidated road to the bridge over the Park river the water is five feet deep. Potter street is full from the railroad clear up to Front street and in Mechanic street there is over four feet.
 Hundreds of boats are being propell- ed through these streets carrying the sightseers who swarm about the lower section of the city, making the scene much like Venice, if one's imagination Is of the India rubber kind.
 The water is stlll rising. The Pllmp- ton Manufacturing company, which is crowded with government work on en- velopes, had to shut down this morning on account of three feet of water in its engine room. The Jewell Betting com pany Is running, but there are now two feet of water under it's boilers in the engine room.
 At Windsor the Connecticut and. Far mington rivers have flooded the mead ows until the waters of the two rivers have met. At Windsor Locks the streets have been full of people every day this week on account of the high water in the river which necessitated the shutting down of all the mills on the bank of the river. The town has been in darkness at night since Mon- day and will be until the water re- cedes.
 The Hartford street railway has aban- doned running cars between East Hart ford, Burnside, Glastonbury and South Glastonbury on account of the flood.
 IN MIDDLETowN.
 Middletown, April 1.-The tracks of the Consolidated railroad system and branches here are for the most part under water Trains have to move slowly, and the water is nearly high enough in places to extinguish the fires under the boilers.
 The freight depot of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad ic under water and the loss to freight will be heavy. The water stands several feet above the floor At the freight sta ton of the Hartford and New York Transportation company the water is nearly to the roof and everything in the building is damaged.
 The Middletown Coal company's yard is flooded ana 1t has been necessary to vacate their offices. owing to high water. Between here and South Farms the country is inundated and foot passeu- gers cannot go from one place to the other except by a roundabout route. The electric cars are running, though the water on the tracks is several inch es deep.
 / i v ATs ESSEN
 Essex, April 17.-The Connecticut river this morningeis running over all the wharfs in this vicinity, At seven o'clock there were two feet of water in the fire room of the Essex Paint works and the wood-turning shop was also flooded.
 Notes Island, lSeated in the river, was flooded to a depth of several feet The fam&ly which live8on the island remov-. ed their cattle to place of safety and prepared to move themselves if the wa ter continued to rise This afternoon at high tide 1t is expected that the river will reach even higher point. REACHED ITS HEIGHT.
 Springfield Mass, April 17.--The height of the flood has been reached, and the water is falling. At HolyolSe there is no noticeable decrease in the volume of water,