Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-07

with the opening Of the channel into
steanis bayou. the heaviest pressure
was relieved For the moment the
acute danger point was passed orde
spent the next two days In strengthen.
ing the defenses. The men we're able
to take their quota Of meals aud of
sleep. $500
The jam had been successfully held
AZ the iron railroad bridge above Red.
ding. but only by the most strenuous
efforts Braces Of oak beams had
been slnnted where they would do the
most good Chains strengthened the
weaker spots. and on top OF all ton
after ton Of railroad iron held the
whole lmmovably. Nolan had all the
help he required. Every device known
was employed to strengthen the Jam.
For only few hours was the result
In doubt. Then, us tue Clarion julir
lantly expressed IT, Its a hundred
dollars to an old hat she holds
Orde received all this with satisfac-
ton, but with u slight skepticism.
Its u floating jam. and 1t gets a
Duhn tEOtb llobh'N
out. ITS probably safe, but another
food might send II out"
The floods are going down." said
North.
Good Lord. hope so!" said Orde.
Newmark sent word that sudden
NJ OF sickness had confined him 10 the
house.
Now Orde decided to break ont II
channel tbro,,gh the jam itself. This
was n necessary preliminary to getting
the logs in shape for distribution. An
opening was made In the piles. aud the
rivermen. with pike poles aud Iirncirs,
began cautiously to dig their way
through the tangled timbers. The gov.
ernment pile driver. which had finally
been sent up from below, begnn plnc
Ing five extra booms ut Intervals down
stream TO capture the drift rs fast as
II was turned loose. The troubles ap-
peared TO be quite over when word
came from Reddlng that the waters
were again rising Ten minutes later
Leopold Lincoln Bum. the local re.
porter. came tapping In on l,andalls
old white horse. like q second Paul Re-
we're. crying that the iron bridge had
gone and the logs were racing down
river toward the booms.
III just went our" he answered the
eager ordinations OF the men who
crowded around him. That's all
know. II went out. And the other
bridges. Sure. All but the Lake Shore.
Don't know why that didn't 70 out.
No: The logs didn't jam there just slid
right under.'
THAT settles IT," said Welton.
You won't quit?'' cried Orde.
certainly. You're crazy said Wei.
ton. with some asITrity. III they can't
stop u little Jam with iron. what ar,
your wooden defenscs going to amount
10 against the whole accumulation
When those logs hit the tail Of this
!, jam she'll go out before you can wink
Its sure death. and I'm not going 3,
sacrifice my men,
Already the news was spreading
among the workers on the jams. Ordt
saw the government driver below cast
Ing loose from her moorings. A mo
ment later her tug towed her away &c
n side bayou OF safety out OF the ex
pected rush TO the lake.
But we eau hold her. cried Ord,
In desperation.
Its no rse. boy" said old Carlin
Its sure dsalh."
Sure DEATH" Orde laughed bitterly
IAN right: sure death. then. Ism
there n man In this crowd that vii
tackle this sort OF sure death witt
mel"
I'm with you" And me-" sail
Good" cried Orde. You. too
Johnny Sims and Purdy and Jimin,
Powers? Bully boys"
Il reckon you'll need the tug" sait
Marsh.
A dozen more Of Orde's personal fol
lowing volunteered ~
We've got to close that opening frs
thing" said he. Marsh. tow the pin
driver up there"
The opening was to be closed b!
piles driven In groups Of sixteen boun
together by chains. The clumps wer
connected one to the other by a system
OF boom logs and ropes TO interpose
continuous barrier. The pile drive
placed the clumps. while the tug al
tended to the connecting defenses,
"Now. boys" said Orde us his las
word. IF she starts to go save youI
selves the best way You can. Neve
mind the driver. stay on top"
Slowly the tug and her consort nose'
up through the boiling water.
Work FAST Or!e mlled 10 Oh
men ON the pile driver III we en-
/. close the opening before those l,cddln
logs hit us we may be able TO turl
: them into our new channel"
He did not add that II the openin
were not closed before the jam broke
$ as break II would In very few me
{ ments. the probabilities were that bot
pile driver and ing would be destroy
cd. Every man knew that already.
Tom North ordered pile placed |
the carriage. The hammer descended
The work went forward as rapidly a
possible. Four times the jam shrugge
and settled. but four times II pause
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