The Republican journal., 1901-12-26
AFTER THE STORM.
Repairing Damages. Arrival of Delayed
Mails. Trains Running Again.

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Repairing Damages. Arrival of Delayed
Mails. Trains Running Again.
| The first Western mail received here afte,
the storm of Dec. 18th was on the 100.
train Thursday, Dec 18th, when Il. M
Prentiss, clerk on the Belfast & Burnham
Il. P. O., brought in the letter mail which
had been at Burnham since Sunday morn.
ing. The first hand-car to come over the
line from Burnham to the washout at Thorn.
dixie was Thursday morning, and brought
the bridge builder, Smith. 1t was followed
at once by another car with the mail. The
paper mail was left at Burnham, as it
could not be brought on the hand-bar.
Bridge builder Smith of the Maine
Central came to Thorndike Thursday and
as necessary timber could not be brought
from Waterville or Bangor on account of
Washouts on the main line, he ordered what
was needed at Vose & Sayward's mill in
Ihorndike. This firm had a quantity of
logs cut in the woods nearby and a crew
was at once put on to haul them out and
saw them, while other men were set at
work clearing the ground at the washout
and getting ready to build temporary
trestle work across the place, which is go
feet wide.
Thursday afternoon the steamer M. & NJ.
brought quantity of the mail which had
been stalled along the line, and had been re-
worked and sent to Brunswick for distribu-
ton to Belfast and the points on the Maine
Central east of Waterville, which were
sent via Bangor. This included both letter
and paper mail.
Wednesday afternoon Orrin J. Dickey
and Chas. A. Harmon went to Rockland and
bought the surplus Boston Globes and Her.
aids of that morning, which sold rapidly
here Thursday morning ON the street at 5
cents per copy They were the first Boston
dailies seen here since the Sunday issues.
The American Express Co. sent its Bel
fast matter to Rockland by rail and thence
by steamer Penobscot, which arrived here
Thursday morning. There were lively
times in the express office when it arrived.
The express matter which was caught on
the Maine Central at Burnham remained
there until Saturday, as there were wash
outs on all sides and the car could not be
moved any where.
The express matter which arrived at
Burnham the morning of the storm was
brought to Thorndike by hand car and
came in on the regular train Saturday fore
noon.
The first through mail by train left here
Saturday on the 1.20 train and was forward
ed to Waterville by hand car to connect
with the night Pullman bound West. The
Sunday newspapers arrived here about
O'Clock Sunday evening by the usual
conveyance. The first train from beyond
Thorndike arrived here Sunday evening
about O'Clock. 1t was a mixed train of
passengers, mail, express and freight.
The mail included the mail matter due here
Saturday night and that which arrived at
Burnham Sunday morning and was due
here Monday morning. No through regis
tered mail was received or sent out until
Saturday, when Postmaster Brown made
up registered pouch for Boston.
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY,
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to repair the damage done the roads in Mont
vile.
A good deal of damage was done to the
roads and bridges in Winterport, and the
Marden bridge was carried away.
In Liberty but one bridge was damaged
washouts in the roads.
Ike bridge in Frankfort village was car
ried away and all travel goes by the Point
bridge around Treats Point. The road
leading from the wharf up to the Hollow
was badly washed.
Word has been received in Bangor by
telephone from Long Island that at least l.
500 logs are streWn along the shores there
from Dark Harbor to the head of the is
land. They are safe unless heavy sea
kicks up and throws them from their posi-
ton. Word from Castine is to the effect
that the eastern shore of the bay and
through the narrows below Bucksport is
bristling with logs drifted down with the
anchor ice. Crews are at work attempting
to save the sticks that have been caught on
the shores between Bangor and Bucksport.
In Thorndike the Sayward bridge near
the station was wrecked, and the highways
terribly washed and quilted, which, in the
coming spring, will mean vast amount of
labor and expenditure of money. One Gel
lar here under a store which was used for
storing apples, potatoes, ETC., had about
three feet of water in it, which proved
damaging to the contents stored; 100 barrels
of apples besides potatoes, ETC., were
thoroughly soaked Four men worked with
two pumps for three days to lower the
water.
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