The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-11-19
TEE ..por,, No MORE.


The teFrors of the Pot have been an
nihilated, and now. thanks to the
skIllful execution By MrJ H. Den
mis-, the contractor, of the we'll devils
ed plan of improvement made by Co.
lionel w. B. Cav, the superintendent
of the isaETovsmsnt Of the Tennessee
River. tbislame whirlpool exists
OnST ia the mss q of old river men.
The plas Improvement con-
sisted sing cutting down the
point of land ahich projected into
the river and caGse3-sbe DETECTION of
the current SO u the water could
have free passss y in a direct line
when the river was up. At the time
of the recent rise the work was not
quite completed, but 1 learn from
Mr.. Brown. Who has resided ct this
point for thirty years. and who may
for aught know, be the proprietor
of the identical log cabin which so
impressed the gentleman from the
French Broad, before alluded to, with
the liveliness of the country, that at
the recent rise the river was 13 feet
above low water mark. At tbis stage
the 'Pot" has hitherto been a seri-
Gus obstruction, and for any person
10 sttempt to cross the Whirl il q ca
noe was certain death. But 60 sffsc-
tual were the labors already ezpend-
ed at this point that, Mr.. Brown in
forms me, thore vas not the sign of
a whirl during the high water, and
that canoe could be safely padded
anywhere about the Pot.
Such results are highly gratifying
to all who have the Improvement Of
the Tennessee river at heart, and
who appreciate the magnitude of the
interests involved in it's opening to
navigation throughout it's whole
length, as they >re calculated to in
spire confidence in the complete sue
cess of the entire undertaking.
TIE SUCK.
The work at the suck is also max
ing good progress, although owing to
the greater difficulties sncopntered
at this point (the work of excavation
being required to be carried four feet
below loU-water mark, instead of
three feet above it as at the Pot), the
ultimate results of the improvemsnt nt
are not yet apparent, neither can they
be until the work is completed, be-
cause the obstruction here is a bar
of huge powders, contracting the
water way, and making the river re-
semble mill-race, and as long SIS
enough of the bar remains to act az
a dam the removal of the remainder
does not produce its proper effect
The work of excavation under water
is done by a dredge, but dredging
gravel and sand, when, as here, the
gravel stones weigh two and three OIL
even seven tons each, is rather try.
ing to the strongest machinery, anC
frequent brsskages have necessitsted
many temporary suspensions Of the
work for repairs.
Something more than two thirds o
the amount required to be taken from
the bar has already been excavated
but the season of high water is nov
too close at hand to warrant any ex
pectation that the work will be finish
ed this season. but by the frst of Sep
tenber next, the Suck, as an obstruc
ton to navigation, will, like the Pot
be numbered among the things tina
were.
Then, il Congress will only pro
vide for the construction of 6 cana
around the Muscle Shoals, 3 few
/ years will witness the growth Of sucl
a commerce on the Tennessee river q
few of the tributaries of the Missis
sippi have ever borne. T. B. Z.