The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-02-21

O'Clock this morning. The Montpelier
House aud Adams Hotel are still depending
on stoves for heat, but will probably be
able to light furnace fires by Saturday
morning.
Dr. ii. 5. Boardmans costly electrical ma
chine is not damaged az was at first sup
posed. IL is now in working order
One phase OF the library question was in
cidentaly settled by the food. The old
books from the Montpelier Public Library
were stored in the basement of the Kellogg
Hubbard Library and were ruined by the
water.
Some people have the idea that Police
men Demeritt and Wood did not do their
duty in arousing people to their danger last
Tuesday night, Such is not the fact These
officers, with other watchmen were on the
alert during the evening and were at the
opera house when the lecture was over to
notify business men OF the danger OF flood
ed cellars. When the water began to rise
| rapidly just before midnight, they sounded
| the fire alarm and did everything in their
| power TO rouse people to the danger that
| faced them.
Steam pumps were at work on the new
Langdon building, corner Main and State
streets, all through Thursday night and to-
| day, and the water is nearly out OF the
basement. 1t will be possible to heat the
| boiler some time this afternoon. Pumps
| will also be put at work o-day on the other
new block on Langdon street.
DODGE BRIDGE NEIGHBoRHooD.
Superintendent Roberts aud his men are
still making good Roadway in their task OF
| breaking the ice jam in the Winooski by
opening channel for the ice to pass down
| stream.
But those who have visited the scene
near the Dodge bridge on the road to Barre
agree that the situation there eclip5es that
in the other direction as TO possibility OF
damage should we have thaw.
IL .s.NN gfrt vraHl N4YQx
after leaving Dewey park in the direction
of Barre the valley bordering on the river
| is one mass of ice to a considerable extent
piled several feet in height, AS the car
runs along near the Aldrich place the iceis
piled on either side up to the car windows,
and one onders how Superintendent An
drus aud his men were able to get through
in such d short time. The quick clearing
of the tracks is explained by the fact that
the employees ave aged twenty-seven hours
continuous labor in doing this work, begin
ming IL while the water was still high
enough to float away the huge cakes of ice
Fl al this not been done the railroad men
aver that it would have taken many days tC
have effected Passage as Is evident when
one sees the track OF the Montpelier and
Wells River road which at present are Gov
cred from the Dodge crossing for distance
of several rods beyond with ice several feel
in height.
The electric railways steel bridge neal
the Dodge crossing was battered consider
ably, several of the steel braces being
warped and twisted as though they haC
been wire. 1t is believed the only reason
this bridge was not carried away at tht
same time as was the wooden highway
bridge which adjOined it on the lower side
was because 1t was eighteen inches higher
on its abutments.
The remnants Of the wooden bridge arr
sea tered all along the way down stream a
far as the Benjamin farm. The Montpelie
and Wells River railroad trestle, which wa
JUS. below the bridges mentioned, is ais,
scattered along the banks. Men are at worl
to-day recovering what heavy timbers cal
be reached or this trestle bridge all tina
remains is one connected rail, whose bolteC
Joints held, while the other was bent dowl
stream as though is were ha rpm.
Town Clerk Wilbur Brown Of 8erlil
with an assistant, was at the Dodge bridge
abutments today taking measurements TO
q new wooden bridge which will be put il
place as soon as it can be constructed.
Workmen are constructing a spur nea
the Barre Transfer with which the Well
River line TO Barre can be connected &,
that the trains on that road may be rul
over the Central Vermont track from tina
point to Barre.
Al the Pioneer village and near the ca
barn the condition is similar to that nea
Dodge's, but not SO serious. The Copsol
idated Lighting Company's plant has beef
cleared pretty freely from the ice jam
Superintendent w. E. Laird said thi
morning that the gas making apparatus a
the gas house had been 50 repaired that ga
will be furnished to users this evening.