The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
AFTER The FLOOD.
Busy Scenes Along Pacolet Riy-
OF. Wrecking Companies at
Work.

A busy scene greets the ylsltor today
along the banks of the recenE turbulent
Pacolet river where the fury of The
waters worked such extensive de-
struction. At the Cliftons and al
Pacolet scores of laborers are bus.
cleaning away debris and recovering
cotton and the mill products from the
mud and wreckage.
The HIT Salvage Comany has nifty
TO seventy-ive men at work, securing
the river banks and the recesses OF the
stream, looking for cotton, many bales
OF which are being recovered.
The plan of the Clifton Company fo1
securing what machinery they can from
The river is to drain the big pond ex,
tending from the site Of the destroyed
Mil No 8, to Mill No. l. The work
viii be in charge of; salvage COM
pany from New York who ViH put
force of men to work at an early date
TO drain the pond and search IN the
mad and debris for any machinery
that can be found.
The same company will also recover
as much of the property Of the electric
raiIway as possible. The electric COM
many viii lose at leass one mile OF
track as Clifton. The trolley wire
and rails are, however, beingsrecoysr-
ed as rapidly as possible. .s
The machinery on The immediate
s1tas Of the Clifton Mills will be re-
covered BY J. B. Garfunkel OF Coium-
bia who viii begin work on next Mon
i7ay morning. Mr.. Garfunkel has
purchased all the scrap iron that may
Be found among the Wreckage while
The mill company will retain such ma
chinery as can be used. The big fly
wheel at Mill No. 8 which weighs
about 100000 pounds has also been
purchased By Mr.. Garfunkel. The
WheeI was broken to pieces by the
force of the food aud IS absolutely
useless to the company.
By next Monday the banks OF 6ne
river VIII be crowded with busy WORK
men who Will repair as far as possible
the storms work of destruction. Later
on work will bs started by the mill
company repairing Mills Nos. 1 and z.
The Southern Railway was one OF
the heaviest losers in the county by
tIls food Of June 6. 4 prominent rail-
rad man says that the Southern alone
VII lose half million dollars. The
roads will lose more than their net
earnings from the entire state for the
cnrrent year on account Of the food
damage, tressles washed away, etc.
1t is now estimated that 25 per cent.
OF the mill operatives nave left the
Clifton Mills and Pacolet, having
secured other jobs. At one time last
week there were no less than seventeen
nil representatives at Clifton and
Racoiet who had come to secure mill
labor from the ranks Of the opera
hves. &c is said that some OF the
operatives have eyinced marked de-
gree Of unWi.lingness to leave their
homes for other mills, thinking that
If they remained they would be the
recipients of aid from The relief com
mittee.
The time of the year at which the
food occurred has proven q very for
nnate circumstance, for had it occur
red in winter or early spring much
additional suffering would have been
entailed.
The cars Of the electric company
continue TO carry many visitors to
Clifton, but it viii probably be only
few weeks before the signs OF wreckage
are completely obliterated and the big
storm will have been thing OF the
mast. -Spartanburg Journal June IL.