Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-18
CLEANING HOUSE.
Maine Working Her Way Out
the Storms Debris.
Train Servi:e Slowly Being Resumed
and Damage Repaired.
Many Places Still; Cut OH. Rivers Re.uroino n
Natural Limits.

and the west arrived. this evening, over
the lower route. The road is working
between here ana Oakland and from
there on. Trains are running fairly
regular Mail. passengers and exrress
We're carried across to Oakland by team
and sent west from there. today. Ne
10 left Oakland in the morning for Por,-
land, No. 3 ran from Oakland in the
evening TO Skowhesan, returning di-
fectly TO this city and leaving hero rs
NO. at regular time. $50. for Portland
and Boston. Communication with tht.
west over the back road is row fa;riy
good. The Skowlegan branch is work
ing. The road east is still blocked al
Clinton and It is thought tha; it cannot
be fully repaired in less than TWO
weeks. although some kind CT comma
nication may be established with nan-
Sor sooner. The upper route is also
still blocked.
There is bad trouble at WINSTON. The
ballast was washed from under the
track and the track IS very crooked and
uneven. large crew of men. all there
are obtainable. is at work there. 1t will
probably take several days to get the
road open to Augusta.
The Maine Central bridge at Wins
low is all right. not having budeed an
inch. The Old wooden bridge during
Monday night. tioated off the piers ana
struck the iron bridge piers. 1t is rest
ing there easily and no danger to the
railroad bridge is apparent. This line
is blocked below the station ana wash
cuts farther down.
The water has gone down about l.
feet during the day All the houses in
Winslow and Waterville that We're sur
rounded by water arc now free and the
people are back.
The mills are getting into running or
der again. not much damaged. Eol-
!inGsWorth * Whitney We're practically
running fun blast, this afternoon ANA
evening. No serious damage was suS-
tained there.
The Lockwood cotton mill is still
DOWN on acc0rlt of damage TO the
canal dam, but this was not damag II
so much as expected Work has been
commenced on the repairs which will be
completed in about Two weeks. when
the mill will be running again. The
lSllhiIlS was loi u bIi ipi4i iil'' ''P ~
the dam for about 500 feet and the
stringers and lower part Of the dam IL
iured The crib work is not badly
damaged and can b. repaired at once.
The head gate was not damaged. The
canal was draired as much as possible.
today. and repairs are being rushe".
The electric power stations are agin
running and the electric ears and lights.
The cars run all day regularly, the
lights were good and strong in the
evening. The street lights We're @ooi
and strong in the evening. The street
lights were not affected by the storm.
but gave excellent service all through.
Walter Bridges. the brakeman in
iured above Benton. Monday, is resting
comfortably. The reported fracture Of
a leg is a mistake. He was cut about
The head and his side was injured. and
he was also injured internally, some
what seriously He will recover.
The Maine Central is straining eveFy
nerve to repair the damage and IS hir-
ing every man in sight GOOD progress
is being made.
The country roads are still in very
bad shape and there is scarcely any
travel over them. The present pros
rect Of Christmas trade is bad and the
INGREDIENTS are discouraged. They eX-
meet that they will be left with large
stocks on their hands,
There is a prospect tonight OF Il Dig
snow storm. 1t has been showing some
and is very cold. If a big storm comes
The trains will probably be blocked Tor
davs if not weeks Two drivers of pa
na, teams who went to Sllowhegan.
;u., oat hack. today. They
,cara held in SkOwhegan by the danger
ous condition Of the bridges, not beng
allowed to cross them until today 1h"E
arrived all right after very nara uflNeS.
THE nnople stranded in the city nave
haan getting out. today. some py teams
and some by train over the lower fou1S-
rho worst is now over and every one
;s feeling better. All records were
broken. and the longest blockade on
,ho Maine Central ever known is now
rho Somerset railroad is blocked but
-, bridges were lost. Several cuiNertS
,,.ra washed out. The worst troupie
:; hatwaen Solon and Bingham
paynolds' saw mill in Winsiow Is Tree
u..+er No serious damage IS
.xnected. although the extent CANNOT
- estimated as yet. There is lots OF
-, :, the mill. doors and windows are
,,,,,rep carrier washed away ano some
to- lost. although not so many as
f,st reported The mill yard must De
n1.ared of ice before much work ca,
he 1one. There is lots of it there ana
,,,.,, .re at work on it. today. IL Is
not thought that the machinery OIL 'he
mill has suffered much.
The Mutt family. living on 1uakias
island in the Kennebec above tai''iT,u .,,,
bave had very narrow escape ne
water covered the island anu io'e VI.
tho foor Of the house There "as ~.
foot of dry land for them 20 say on
during the night ana they 'iau ~ 81
"u' . 30 ron of tables and chairs all
vi 80. They fired guns to attract at
iiiSH' ~ main land and finally