Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-30
DAMAGE DONE BY WATER,
Numerous Reports from High Water.
C0urtenay Mills Suffer.


days along creeks and other water
courses. While the water in sections
has been very high, still the damage
TO low lands will not be anything like
the last serious freshet G905), as
the waters that have gathered this
year are of a much less destructive
nature. Then there was q tendency
to rush and wash, while this year the
streams have simply overflowed their
banks and the water has risen grad
ually, eliminating one of the worst
features of the previous freshets.
Still, there will be considerable dam
age to crops and property. We have
been able to gather the following
facts concerning losses at present:
Bridges Washed Away.
McMahan bride (1OS feet long)
over Cane Creek.
Wigington mill bridge and race.
This is located on Cane Creek, near
West Union. The roadway near the
bridge is reported practically de-
stroyed, large sections of the hill
side along which it ran being COM
pletely washed away and the roadbed
| destroyed for long stretches.
The HUI Is Cor Pieper), Thompson
| and Baptize bridges are about the
only ones left on Cane creek over
which travel to Walhalla and West
Union usually comes, the Burns Mill,
| Werner and Wendelkin bridges being
swept away. The Bells Mill bridge,
on the Tamassee road, is also washed
| away. Supervisor Foster states that
| he will he able to have this latter
bridge replaced and ready for traffic
| some time to-day, thus giving an
| opening for travel into Walhalla from
| that section.
1t is also reported that the Ivester
| bridge, on North Cane Creek, has
been washed away.
Power House Flooded.
The power house of the Walhalla
Light and Power Company was
| flooded to<a depth of 4 05tfeet. The,
power house stands 12 feet aboSe
normal water mark, thus showing a
rise Of % feet at this point. The
electrical machinery has been flooded
completely, the water standing up to
| the caves Of the building. The plant
| was forced to close down at 4 o'colck
Tuesday morning, at which time the
water had begun flooding the wheel
| house.
Jas. H. Darby, who spent Tuesday
| at the power house, reports seeing
trees two feet in diameter, twisted
and washed up by the roots and car
| ried down stream from the vicinity
OF the power house.
Courtenay Mills Flooded.
Word comes from the Courtenay
Manufacturing Company by tele-
| phone this morning that their mill
has been flooded to the height of the
| tops OF looms in the lower weave
| room. There were 1886 looms COM
pletely covered by water AT the
| time report was made 10 us the man
| agement stated that it was impossible
| to give an estimate of the damage,
though it is not thought to anything
like approximate that Of the freshet
| of 1903, when the water reached the
overhead shafting in the lower weave
| room. The boiler house was also
| flooded this time, but the warehouses
escaped. in 1903 the warehouses
were flooded to considerable depth.
Owing to the conditions prevail
ing as result of the high water the
Courtenay Mills were closed down
Tuesday. 1t is possible that they
Will be able to get the mill running
by tonight, but it may be Thursday
morning before operations can be be-
gun.
I'm Other Sections.
Very high water is reported in the
| Little River and TamaSsee sections.
| but general damage conditions not
| reported.
Coneross creek was not very high
| in this freshet, but the lower bottoms
were covered to a considerable depth.
Two bad landslides are reported on
the Stumphouse Mountain road, MAX
ing the public road exceedingly hard
to travel
Cane creek in the vicinity If Wal
halla was three feet higher than dur
ing the freshets Of 1903 and 1905.
Public roads throughout upper
Oconee are reported in badly gull
lied condition. 'Uplands have been
badly washed and terraces destroyed
Walhal'a Rural Routes Nos. /, 2,
ana were unable to make their
complete mileage. The Salem star
route did not carry yesterday
The auto mail service was put into
operation from Walhalla to High
lands as usual Monday, operating out
on schedule time, but the automobile
had not returned up to o'clock
Tuesday morning, when a second car
was started out. This returned early,
as it could get no further than the
kuhtmann place, about II miles
above Walhalla. This car made an
other start at p. m. Tuesday and
managed to reach Russell's late in
the night. Owing to high waters on
Chattooga the car was stopped about
a mile this side Of RuSsells and the