“Not to blow up the dam?”
“Oh, my, no! Going to try and blow a hole in the side of the hill quite a ways up the reservoir to see if they can let some of the water out and relieve the pressure on the dam.”
“When will they do that?”
“First thing in the morning.”
“That will be more news for us, Larry,” spoke Mr. Newton.
“Are you newspaper men?” inquired the man.
“Yes, from the New York Leader,” replied the reporter and Larry was proud to be in the same class with Mr. Newton, though he knew he had not gotten there yet.
“Well, you’ll have plenty of news soon,” the man continued.
“Why, the water’s risen six inches this afternoon. It’s only a foot and a half from the top of the dam now. Then we just got word that a small dam up at a place called Meadeville is liable to burst any minute. It won’t do much damage up there, but the water feeds into this reservoir and if it gets here, which it’s liable to do to-morrow, why, this whole thing will go.”