The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-12
THOUSANDS OF LOGS ADRIEI
ARE PLOTTING DOWN THE RAGING
CONNECTICUT.

River Full OF Them-Navigation of the
River Greatly Endangered Thereby-rhe
Effects of the Zig Freshets Up North.
Hartford, June 1.-THE Connecticut
river was full of floating logs this af-
ternoon and the water was rising 2
inches an hour At noon, Wednesday,
the register at the steamboat dock at
the foot of State street marked 81. At
3 the water showed the mark to be 1871,
showing a rise of 70 feet in the past
forty-eight hours.
Such rise during the month of June
is not within the recollection OF any
one now living. The only flood record
ed in Geer's Directory in June, is IN
the year 1912. The last rise of any ac-
count in the river was in March, 1896,
when the flood reached 26.4. the high
est for six years.
The high land along the river bank
was thronged with people this after
noon viewing the novel sight and wait
ing with eager expectancy the arrival
opposite the city of the boom of logs
which broke at o'clock this morn
ing at Holyoke. At IL o'clock the logs
began passing Thompsonville, and at
2 o'clock they were still floating past
that point and were viewed by hun
dreds of people. The logs were well
scattered, although there were punches
which contained twelve to fifteen and
in some of the punches there were 100
The logs were owned by the Connec-
ticut River Lumber company g. Fred
Smith, the secretary of the company,
engaged boats along the river to pick
up what logs they could, but 1t is prob
able that hundreds of them will hnd
their way to the sound.
Agents of the Hartford and New
York Transportation company were
busy this afternoon accommodating in
formation about the state of the water
and the position Of the logs. All the
tow boats were tied up at Middletown
early in the day, and navigation will
cease until the danger from the floating
logs is past. The New York boat,
scheduled to leave at p. M, was load
ed from the upper landing of the dock,
on a level with the Valley railroad,
the lower floor being flooded. 1t was
not known when the Times went to
press whether the boat would attempt
to make the passage down the river
to-day or not. 1t depended upon the
nature of the log boom.
The new home of the Hartford Yacht
club near the foot of Grove street is
surrounded by water, which is three
feet deep on the lower floor. The usual
approach by way of Grove street is cut
off, and members of the club have to
go through Commerce street, by way
of the private land between Grove
street and the power house of the street
railway company, cross the tracks of
the Valley Railroad company, and
walk the plank to the barge Daisy.
Forty boats, owned by members Of
the club, which have been anchored
opposite the club house near the East
Hartford shore, were threate by the
floating logs, and some of them lifted
their anchors, owing to the big rise,
and foated down stream. All We're
picked up by steam launches and lowed
to places of safety in Hockanum river
The Lucy F. and Syndicate were used
to tow the boats down the river. Cap
tain Munger worked like beaver" to
get the boats into safe quarters and
none of them was injured. Captain
Tom Smith took his Hoodoo down I'M
ger Sail. Ile lOAOlCS, Llie OOllIl L. Val
lahan association steamer, which was
anchored opposite the boat house near
the bridge, floated down stream, but
was picked up and taken back to a
sheltered spot near shore.
In East Hartford some Of the lower
roads are submerged and some of the
vegetable gardens on low land in the
meadow district are under water.
Commissioner c. w. Roberts and En-
gineer Graves, Of the bridge commits
sion, are watching the bridges and will
give warning Of any weakness that
may be caused by the Jam Of logs.
None is expected.
At $3.50 the first Of the logs reached
Hartford
The drive Of logs, which is on the
way to the sound, Is a large part of a
drive continuing 2S000.000 feet. The
boom at Holyoke which was relied up
on to stop them, broke at o'clock this
morning The big mass Of logs first
broke the boom at BELOW Falls We'd
nesday night; was augmented at Tur-
ners Falls by more logs, and broke
the boom there; passed the incomplete
boom at Mt. Tom, below Northampton,
and reached Holyoke last night. There
thew were held until this morning and
about 100000 feet finally were saved.
A temporary boom has been construct
ed at Springdale, Just below Holyoke,
and many will be caught there, but the
greater part has already passed
A FIvE-FOOT RISE AT MIDDLE
TOWN.
Middletown, June 1.-THE Connect
cut river at his point has risen five
feet above the high water mark and
is rising at the rate of an inch and a
half an hour. The steamboat company
has moved from its ground floor apart
ments on the water front to the upper
stories Very little wreckage is float
ing in the river and no serious damage
has been done.
REAL ESTATE NOTES
Contracts were awarded yesterday