Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02
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seems, instead Of decreasing as
hoped for and prOgnOsticated BY
many, there has been 4 steady in.
road By the river, until the point
only measures, where Il is caving
most, barely twenty-One hundred
feet, furnishing abundant evidence
that there Is no diminutiOn in cav.
ing, but on the contrary a steady
and increasing gain.
This threatened evil has long
oveFhung our city, and In q great
measure has retarded her progress
and advancement, capital, ever zen.
sitive, fearing investment where
the liability and risk of q rapid de-
probation Ia values Is probable.
Vicksburg possesses no ordinary
advantages for trade and commerce,
seated at the foot of the great
YazOO Valley, commanding it's
commerce, and with her lines
Of railroad reaching East and
west, and undoubtedly she will
command and control the tete de
pOnt on the Mississippi OF the
Southern Pacific Road +: situate aud
surrounded by a country the most
fertile the sun ever shOne upon, IN
fact everything points to her future
as q blight one.
To meet this evil and overcome
II, TO quiet this feeling Of uneasi.
ness, In such q way that capital will
seek investment here, and our city
take the position that she Is enti-
tied to, naturally ls the desire and
wish OF all who are Of interest and
look for the future progress and
advancement Of our city.
Many plans aud theories have
been advanced and advocated. Our
city by her Mayor and Council have
called on the services Of distin.
guished engineer OF Mobile, TO
counsel as 70 the best method of
averting the impending evil, which
threatens to rob her Of her COM
merce, rot her wharves and empty
her warehouses.
Imbued with this feeling which
seems 10 animate ell, that il posi-
bic relief should be had from this
threatened evil, the writer tres
passes upon your columns TO urge
as a solution otthis most important
question, a plan he believes practi-
cable and expedient.
Accepting the declaration said to
have been made by Col. Stein a.
true, that all efforts TO stop the
river cutting through will be futile,
we are forced TO inquire and seek
for an other remedy.
l propose as a remedy instead OF
endeavoring to bring the river
through Paw Paw Island bend, as
suggested by many, (and we believe
that Col. Stein is now surveying
that route,) that the YazoO River
be turned from its present course,
through Chickasaw bayou into Nc.
Nuts lake, from thence through hi
bayou at its foot, into the Missis-
sippi just above the city.
The whole distance TO be made is
not over five miles, aud through
what wac once, undoubtedly, one
of the outlets OF thG HaZoo River.
The fall and the grade 10 sush
that even now, the YeZoo at its
high water discharges itself partial
ly by this outlet.
Ii you will make an examination
of the map, the feasibility Of this
route will at once be apparent and
manifest. OF course this will ne
cessitate the closing of the YOzoo
below the mouth Of Chickasaw
Bayou, which can be easily done,
and the currents OF the YaZOo
sweeping through this new route
will coon give channel enough Ia
float the largest steamers on the
Mississippi. Now, the result o.
this change in the course OF the Va
ZOO, will be such as TO give secur'
ity for all time to come. Let thu
river 90 through the point oppo.
site, we have a deep enough chan.
mel still before our city that vii
permit any steamer TO come to ouI
wharf, and one permanent and I'm
changeable. Furthermore, a steam
er coming up to our city and dis
charging and from hence going OF
her voyage, will not have to irave
any greater distance than she woult
to. day. II is impossible OF course
without proper surveys TO max,
an estimate of cost, &c. +; but tn
writer believes the plan here sug
gested could be carried Into execu
ton aud completed at q cost no
greater than two hundred Thousand
dollars; and the writer will herr
state that there are reliable ant
J responsible parties who will TAXI
|, the contract at that figure.
The route through from Paw
Paw bend we believe to be ilnprac
ticable, and, If feasible, would Cos
more than the whole city of Vicks
burg would cell for tomorrow
Z And Il is 9 fact acknowledged b!
all bOatmen, that the tendenc,
/ of the Mississippi river is TO &,
/ through Paw Paw Island chute
, thus leaving or turning from tn
bend from whence 1t is proposed +
bring it.
With the hope that. more praC
i, ticable minds will be induced t
look into the matter, and with n
! view Of Causelessly agitating an ez
+ citing subject, the writer Offel
t these suggestions for reflection.
X.
A PHILADELPHIA CASPER Hal
lsER.-Philadelphia is excited owe