Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-15
NO MISTAKE.
Twas a Storm S
Is Sometimes Told Of.
Telephone and Telegraph Wires
Down on Ali Sides.
Worst IN This Section for Small On.
TOR Many Years.

The people Of Waterville ratir.a
7u''o"N hiSht' with no special Thought
th't any 'hiilS out of the ordinary
"ouiu happen 70 interrupt the ordinary
routine OF The weeks work and awol1c
to hnd themselves practically isolated
from The outside world. The flakes Of
snow which fell with increasing NM
bois throughout the day, at the an
preach OF night began to tell with
heavy effect on everything Within
their reach, the electric wires being the
principal sufferers. In many parts of
the city. sections of road were crossed
with wires which made travel over the
same dangerous i'll the extreme ana in
some Cases impossible.
fy midnight, the houses which were
iI@ht"d hy the Massachusetts Electric
Light 20, We're III darkness ana. later
III tn" h'"rning, the WatervilIe and
f"lfiifid Light d Power Co. could give
II" better service. The lines of this;
company running, as they do. in a
hofthrrly and southcrly direction. felt
less OF the force of the wind than those
OF the former and. consequently. were,
iii WORKING operation. practically with
vile u Fairfield ,Icctrics have b, en- in
service practically without interrup-
lion, except these caused by the wire
men adjusting the wires. The Mes
S.ilonekcr 60. WAS able to furnish no
il%it up I" Z late hour, Monday night.
Ihr local telephone wires were near
~ all useless. carly i'll the morning, but
by noon about half were in operation
an ut the approach of night, nearly
all
The principal damages. however. as
vit wed from the city have been to the
telephone and telegraph connections
with tn" outside world The Western
i'nion Co. reports that $50 poles on it's
liza" between here ana Bangor are fiat.
\ man who arrived here from Bangor,
this morning. counted 115 poles which
had been thrown by the storm. within
Il distance of 10 miles of each other
SiXtN-four telegraph POLES We're down
between here and Oakland. On the
Neck Road between Benton and Pen
ton Falls the poles are all down. AMI
the wires are shLpelcss mass where
they had fallen. Reliable opinion
states that it will be ut least SO hours
~ l''i' w Stii iNSitii IDetif@oI ny l'it-
graph The wires between here and Au-
gllsta have been adjusted, although
telegraph service is impossible, as the
batteries at both ends of the line are
not connected. The telephone wires
reaching Augusta were in operation.
last evening For a storm which began
so gently and was Of so short duration,
this is certainly rha most remarkable
and destructive which this city has eX-
pericnccd for many years.
Probably at no other time has the
public been put to the Inconvenience
which if has suffered since the storm
began it's ravases, Monday morning.
The damages will be repaired as soon
as human instrucentality can do the
work. and many men Will pass sleep
less nights and days strinSing wires
and erecting poles until 1t Is accom-
plishcd Meanwhile the people ior
whom it is being done will continue 10
make the best of the aggravating con-
ditions There was more or less 1auit-
finding all day Monday and some very
,,npleaeant remarks were heard about
the work which the street department
had been doing on The streets. People >
dispositions were sevtrly tired Wheh
the sensation of vet feet was added 10
tie other prevailing conditions.
A great many cattle ana horses ~
the ncirhboring pastures experienced
the surprise of their lives. M"haiy
morning. This is not exactly case -
cruelty to animals, since their COMM
lion was brought about by the uheN-
ncctcd. and therefore, the unavoidao'r.
,rhc condition Of some of thcs" crea-
turcs however, was pitiful In the eN-
,rcne. and not at all mitiGat"d by tue
fact that they We're victims Oh q"
cumet,nces over which they had no
control.
COiQv COLLEGE.