Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-13

prove great help in getting rid oil
water and protecting the power house
The latter is also to receive additions
which will prevent trouble when high
water comes.
A new guard lock of concrete and
up-to-date in every respect is to be
built and work has been progressing
rapidly on its Golfer dam. AS this is
the safety of the mills below and a
necessity to all of our water powers in
this city, the structure will be made
SO strong and durable that there will
be no trouble from that source in the
future. The Chicago, Milwaukee g.
st. Paul Railroad company, which
has track running down the east
end of the guard lock, which has al
ways given much trouble during nigh
waters, proposes to arrange improve
ments so as to make it impossible to
have any more trouble in the future.
1t will be well towards freezing up
time when the guard lock is COM
pleted. The electric company is gen.
Grating electricity from its steam
power plant, and this will have to be
continued until the guard lock is far
enough along to allow of a head of
water being raised in the pond.
A Golfer dam has been run across
the river from Clarke's island to the
Plumer island of sufficient height to
give the Heinemann Lumber company
enough water to float logs i'm their
pond at the old Alexander Stewart
Lumber company's mill.
The HI. E. McEachron Touring mill
is again in operation. Before the
flood the company had commenced on
extensive improvements. This work
was seriously disturbed, and there
was considerable damage done by the
high water, but all has been put in
shape sufficiently to resume opera
tionS.
The railroads which were very
heavy losers by the flood have been
doing all in their power to put their
lines in shape for traffic. The st.
Paul has had small army of men at
work in places from Tomahawk to
Wausau and below this city, and for
the past ten days trains have been
running, though not on schedule time,
as in many places a very slow speed
is maintained. The recent rains have
seriously hindered the company in it's
work and softened up the fills so that
they became dangerous, and trains
had to be held up until conditions
changed.
The G. & N. w. r. r. Co. had it's
tracks all washed out on Shingle
street, below the guard lock, next to
the river, and since the flood has been
hauling in sand, rock, ETC., filling up
and placing the street and switch
tracks as before. This is an enorm-
Gus work, as the strip washed out is
about 100x200 feet. The second high
water of the past week has seriously
impeded this work. Friday and Sat-
urday the crews stopped on the filling
and directed their work in saving
what had already been done. This
was effectually accomplished by haul
ing in rock and building of abutments
xrh tho cfr
enough to do any damage. Both rail
road companies have tracks running
over this washout, but the G. & N. w.
Co. is doing the work of repairing.
This will perhaps be the last washout
that will ever be had at this place.
As long as can be remembered there
has been trouble along this street at
every high water Now it is proposed
to put in a concrete retaining wall.
The G. & N. w. and G. NJ. Sc ST. p.
Railway companies bridge running
across the river from the west shore
of the Wisconsin river to the Barker
& Stewart mills was destroyed by the
flood, and this has seriously affected
the shipping facilities at the Curtis &
Yale factory, Mortenson & Stone mill,
Wausau Box & Lumber Co., Wausau
Canning factory and other concerns.
These institutions asked the city
to allow the railroads to build tenn
porary track for about a block along
First avenue from the Curtis & Yale
factory south to the G. & N. W.
Ry. track, but the council and
business concerns refused to allow
this, and it has necessitated these
factories hauling their goods to cars
at the falr grounds and to cars at the