The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-05
AN EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS

| hSicCdDiy W previous dTIdDStuCut
the Mayor and all the members of the
City Council, except Cook and Reitz
together with Mrs j ames b. Cunning.
ham, Engineer softhe3 indianapolis
water WORKS. sMr. John j. Chandler
Captain bob Hail. o Captain f. p
Carson, Recorder Nelson. Jacob s.
Lowry observation-disclosures Of
| the city and few others, took pas
sage on tie propel Tor n, Minyehng ,
/ and proceeded up the river on a tour
ofaobssryatiens a. careful observa-
ton, of he bar g. IN IN frentoof the city
was N ade and we were somew hat SUR
prised to; discover that there is stih q
wide lohannel fonfting then bar NEARLY
square aero s.. opposite the upper end
of the sawglogs, and that in addition,
there are Hone nero two smaller, chan
nels through o5whichz there is quite a
eulr3tdesn current a nR, that. the, channels espe-
peeiatly the 'lsidersaohss seem TO be.
rapidlyacutting ofgthe bar. boa ~ /, e. e.
Not 'iingef espeeialinterest transpir-
ed untifTw we reached 3lthe gravel
bug, which is az work at the head of
the tow. head, where the propeller
landed an empty barge and stopped
for few moments to allow the party
an opportunity to witness the process
of digging gravel. The boat then,
proceeded to the lsaadaaf the bayou,
and landed .dyBefefs going ashore a
nice hinclh was served in the dining
room of the Minyoung,- after. which
the party debarked and proceeded to-
examine the Situation about the head
Of the bayou After a careful exam
ination Of the entrance to the bayou
and its surroundings, it was generally
agreed that to reopen it would be
work of great magnitude and vast
expense, and by some the proposition
was deemed wholly impracticable
not only on account of the magnitude
and expense Of, the undersakings hptu
from the fact that it would sbe likely
to meet with decided opposition from
the. Elandhdlders along the bayou and
on the Island, and would lead to in-h
terminable litigation A few of the
party, however, insist that if the
timber was removed around the en-
trance to the bayou and along its line,
and ifsdwing dam were constructed
from the Kentucky Shore, short
distance below the. mouth of Green
River to turn the channel into the
bayou the first high water would
clear the bayou out and washssthe
sand bar away from before the city.
Considerable timeiwas spent in dis
cussing the matter, When the party
again embarked and after running up
to the mouth of Green River and OBJ
serving the topography of the shore,
the boat was put about and the party
started down stream When they
reached the point where the waters
of the late flood seemed to be cutting
way the land on the Kentucky
shore, and where some suppose there
is danger of the river forming a new
channel that shall leave Evansville
out 10 the country, the party again !
landed, and made careful examina-
ton Of the several cuts for some dis
lance along the shore. - Ess%s = .
1t is trueseyidenees were manifest
of the great power of the water that
poured through during the recent
food. In some places deep excava-
tons have been lscooped out by the
action of the water, and IN other
places heaps of sand have been piled
up. In the deepest. and perhaps
what might otherwise have been the
most dangerous crevasse, an immense !.
pile of drift, massive logs and trees, |
rails, ofireWood, timber, hewn and /
sawed, and an ipdescribable assert.
meht ofomaterial has lodged, and will
never be removed except BY, frer and
blythe end Of the next food win no
aoub tEBe 2bfnieD deep beneata ath e |
drifting sand. The most sensible
view of the whole case is, that
this situation on the opposite
side of the river, is blessing to this
city, for which we should continually
give thanks 1t is natare's own sew
erage, by which our city is preserved
from inundation and deluge
The expedition returned to the