Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-03
.JEWETT CITY
Highest Water in Twenty Years Stops Aspinook BIeachery-TextiIe Com pany Suffers $2,ooo Damage by Floods and Gae-Masonic Banquet Plans.

Jewett City is getting its breath after the terrible rain and wind storm of Sunday. The high water now is claiming the most attention. On the Aspinook dam at o'clock Monday af- ternoon the water was at its highest and registered five feet and five inches. This is the highest water since the dam was built, about 90 years ago. There was eight feet of back water on the wheels: the belts were taken of, and the big bleachery was still all day and probably will not move a wheel today
 Two years ago there was 51 inches of water on the dam, which is the nearest to Mondays record. The big belts were taken off last in March. 1903. The Aspinook mana cement will be ready to run as soon as the water will permit.
 Highways Damaged.
 Probably as much damage was done to highways in Hopeville as in all the other places in town together. Two hundred loads of gravel were washed out of the fill near the new bridge work on the old VOluntown road south east Of Clark Pallner's farm. The road Is closed to travel. the water backed up and carried tons of IS inch ice up on to the plowed ground in the fields
 The cupola of the Hopeville school house was blown off and landed several feet from the building.
 At Ransome Reads in Lisbon a tree blew down and in falling took away one corner of the roof and demolished a hencoop.
 Telephone Service Crippled. Monday morning there were 1S of the local telephones out of commission and all the toll lines except to Norwich Every attempt was made by the tele- phone people to make necessary re- pairs and re-establish the crippled ser vice. The beef firm in Putnam which makes large sales here every Monday was unable to get it's customers here by telephone and MT. Bradley came in by rail.
 Crowds have been at the Lisbon bridge and the Aspinook dam all day viewing the sight of the highest water for many years. Shipmans grove and Reads island were nearly all under water.
 Loss s2,ooo. The Textile Novelty company came in for the largest amount of damage their loss being fully s2.000. About half the roof was ripped off. The au- IomatC sprinklers were set off and be- tween the torrents of rain and the showers from the sprinklers everything was dTeuChed The damage to colors alone was over $1.000.
 There is hardly an end to the list oi minor damage. Many windows were blown in and signs torn down. IT short, everything that was not secure ly fastened changed it's base. Sawmili InsecureIy Anchored. At the last report Monday evening the Calvin Wilcox sawmill below the railroad bridge was holding to it's moor ings. The boathouse above the Aspinook l dam was pretty well out to sea Mon- day evening, but still held on. A big pine tree split and in falling dana aged several buildings at John Potters or the GlaSgo road. The drainage sys- tenn of the borough worked in gooc shape and high water in several low places was not traceable to defective sewerage.
 Borough Briefs. 4 s1eighing party of p from Baltic and Taftville visited the home of Ma poleon Narcotic Saturday evening. The Silver Links circle of the Kings Daughters met at Miss Dorothy PauPs on Monday evening
 The only religious service in the borough Sunday evening was at the NJ. E. church. There were 19 present