Lancaster Daily Intelligencer

How The Track Will Be Cleared.

Columbia, Feb. 14.—Through the kindness of Supt. Wilson Brown, the writer descended the Columbia & Port Deposit railroad to Turkey Hill, where further progress by rail was stopped by the biggest ice gorge that ever formed along the southern part of the Susquehanna river. It extends from Turkey Hill to Safe Harbor, but between the hill and Buzzard's Point it is the worst, ranging in height from 25 to 35 feet. It is packed so solidly that many days will have come and gone before the blocks are cleared. The road bed in many places is ruined, and at a point near Buzzard's rock, only the rails remain to show that the locomotive once passed along that part of the river, for the ties and road bed have been washed away. The plan to be followed by Supt. Brown is as follows: The gang of repairmen under his charge will work through the ice to Safe Harbor; when that point will have been reached it is probable the road will be open through to Port Deposit, for Supervisor Murphy is working northward from the lower end with a large gang of men, and Boss Carpenter Brooks is trestling the bridge at Pequea; when that is finished he will repair the Safe Harbor bridge. How long it will require the three gangs to meet at Safe Harbor is not known, but hopes are entertained that the connection will be made in a week's time. The road is now open from Columbia to Turkey Hill, and this morning trains were running between these points.