The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-23

in his craft. waiting. One. two. three
shock the stream. a cloud Of water spranE
| up. strangely beautiful After a moment
| the great brown logs rose suddenly TO the
surface from below. one after the other,
like levtathans OF the deep.
Thorpe and Tim Shearer nearly always
i slept in q dog tent at the rear; though
!! occasio usLly they passed the night at Dam
Two. where Bryan Molonsy and his crew
/ We're already engaged In sluicinE the logs
| through the chute.
The affair was simple enough. Long
booms arranged In the form of an open
Y guided the drive to the sluice gate.
through which a smooth apron of water
rushed to turmoil in an eddytns pool be-
low. The men .rampled steadily back
wards and forwards on the booms. urging
the logs forward by means OF long pike
poles to where the suction could seize
item. Below the dam. the push of the
suice water forced them several miles
down stream. where the rest OF Bryan
x Mnioneys crew took them In charge.
Thus through the wide gate nearly
three-quarters OF a million feet an hour
could be run. and at length the last OF
the loss drifted into the wide dam pool.
The rear had arrived at D7m Two and
Thorpe scongra' ulated himself that one
CHAPTER XVIII.
The rear had been tenting at the dam
for two days. and was about ready to
break camp, when Jimmy Powers swung
across the trail to tell them of the big
Jam.
Ten miles along the river bed, the
stream dropped over little half-fails into
narrow rocky gorge. It was always IN
I anxious spotfor river drivers. The pluns-
ing of the logs head-on over the fall had
50 souged out the soft rock below. that
ar eddy OF great power had formed in
tfre basin Here IN &.a!:e #es ali #effnr-s tho
- n, had formed. The bed WAS completely
tilled far above the level of the falls. by
tanglc that defied the jam crews best
efforts.
The rear at once took the trail down the
lrivera Thorpe and shearer and Scotty
Parsons looked over the ground.
Without delay the entire crew was set
to work Nearly a hundred men can pick
Ii great n1any5iogs in the course of a day
Several times the jam started. but always
I#..p.uececI.. before the motion had become
Irresistible.
Wen have to shoot shearer reluct
antly decided.
Th, men we're withdrawn Scotty Par
sons cut a 9saplirg Twelve feet long and
Trimmed It, Big Junko thawed his dyna-
n,tte at little fire. opening the ends of
IN e5 pa clsaGes# in order that the steam gem
Grated might escape When the powder
was warm ScottV bound t-"esr " 5tsf = he
cartridges around the end of the sapiing.
adjusted a fuse in one of them. and soap
sd the opening to exclude water Then
BIB Junko thrust the long iaveln down
into the depths of the jam. leaving thin
stream of smoke behind him as he turned
*awax.s ZiszacSinE awlswardly over the jam.
t.1e long ridiculous tails of his brown cut
away coat floppins behind him as he
Icaped a scantamoment later the hoarse
dynamite shouted
Great chunks of timber shot to an in
conceivable height: entire logs lifted bodi-
" into the air with the motion of fish
jumping; a fountain of water cleaned
against the sun and showered down In fine
rain The Jam shrugged and settled. That
was ALL the shot" had failed.
The men ran forward. examining curl
ol,sly8 the great hole In the log forma-
ton
..Nye.n have to flood her." said Thorpe
So all8the gates of the dam were raised
and the torrent tried its hand 1t had
no effect. Evidently the affair was not
one OF violence. but of patience. The crew
went doggedly to work.
Day after day the clank. clank. ciink
Of the peaveys sounded with the rest-
larty OF machinery. II was cruel Hatu
work; a man who has lifted his utmost
strength into a peavey knows that. Any
but the Fighting Forty would have grllH-
hled.
Collins, the bookkeeper, came up to
view the tangle. Later photograph
from Marquette took some views. and
by the end of the week number or
curiosity seekers were driving over every
dav TO see the Big Jam ~ certain
Chicago Journalist in search Of balsam
& hea III Of lungs even sent to his paper
a little item This: unexpectedly. brought
Wallace Carpenter TO the spot
The place was an amphi.heatre for
sI,ch as chose to be spectators. they
could stand or sit on the summit Of the
gorge cliffs, overlooking the river, the
fan and the jam.
Al last @Shearer@ became angry.
..We'va been monkeytng long enough,
said he. ..Next time we'll leave a CEN
ire that viii go out Wen shut the
dams down tight End dry-pick out two
wings that'll start her"
The dams were first run at fun speed.
{ ana then shut down Hardly drop OF