The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-24
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Busy Scenes Along PacoIet River.
Wrecking Companies ut Work.

The Spartanburg Journal saws 2
busy scene greeted the visitors Thurs.
DAY along the banks OF the recent
turbulent Pacolet river where the
fury OF the waters worked such ey-
CenSlVe obstruction. At the Cliftons
and at Pacolet scores or laborers are
busy cleaning away debris and recover
ing cotton and the mill products from
lne mud and wreckage. The Hit
salvage Company has fifty to seventy
hve men at work, securing the river
banks and the receSScS Of the stream
looking Tor cotton, many bales of
which are being recovered.
The plan of the Clifton Company for
securing what machinery they can
from the river is tOdrain the big pond
extending from the site Of the de-
stroycd Mill No. , TO Mill No. |. The
work will be i'm charge of n salvage
company from New York who will put
force OF men to work at an early date
TO drain the pond and search i'm the
mud and debris for any machinery
thaI can be found The same com
pany Will also receiver as much of the
property of the electric railway as
possible. The electric company Will
lose at least one mile of track AT Cliff
ton. The trolley wire and rails are.
however, being recovered as rapiCIly MS
possible
lhe machinery on the Immediate
sites of the Clifton Mills will be re-
covered by j. Il. Garfunkel of Column
bla who will begin work on next Mon
DAY morning. Mr.. Garfunkel has pur-
chased all the scrap iron that may he
found among the wrcckage while the
mill company will retain such machin
cry as can be used. The big tiy wheel
AT Mill No. which weighs about
1000 pounds has also been purchaS-
ed 10y MIR. Garfunkcl. The wheel was
broken To pieces by the force OF the
Hood and is absolutely useless to the
company.
By next Monday the banks Of the
river Will bc crowded with busy work
men who will repair as far as possible
the storms work of destruction. Later
on work Will be started by the mill |
company repairing Mills Nos. and |
:. The Southern Railway was one of |
Ile heaviest losers in the county by |
Jhe HOOD OF June 6. \ prominent !
railroad man says that the Southern /
alone VIII lose half million dollars |
The roads will lose more than their .
let earnings from the entire state !
Tor the current year on account of .
the flood damage, treStleS washed |
away, etc.
cent of the mill operatives have left !
the Clifton Mills and Pacolet having |
secured other jobs. AT one time last |
week there were no less than seven !
loon mill representatives at Clifton !
mill laDOr from CIlG TalES on rfit Ofcfa-
tives. 1t is said that some OF the
operatives have evinced Il marked de-
gree of unwillingnesS 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
Hood occurred has proven a very for
tunate circumstance for had 1t Oc-
Cured in winter or early spring much
additional suffering would have been
entailed. The cars of the electric
comany continue to carry many viSi-
tors to Clifton, but il will probably be
only few weeks before the signs of
wreckage are completely obliterated
and the big storm will have been
thing of the past.