Smyrna times., 1872-05-08
Land Drainage in Kent County.

from an Address upon Land Drainage delivered a,
| depha " e'SoH' O' fhlIa-
me address commences with description Of Ka,
,ir ,t '''Il'd 'h'o thre" strips sections run.
hihs north and south First, a salt water marsh ~,
% containing about $1,000 second the stt,n cor,o
lug The "necks embracing about l7lOao acres ri1 ,h
" oreSt STRIP. containing about oOCOOacres The esti-
80 " acres IN each strip are given approximations
IA" pFOlncS OF the county almost entirely deriv,1 r
agriculture and though considerable arc by NO ~
as 'he' are capable OF being made, being limited h,
- o''' ' w'eh are III" waste Of the salt marsh strp
ana The extensive swamp and lands az the t,
me reclamation OF the salt marsh strp was rofsrr, -
o' surely 10 be achieve, and already iavornh, cou,n
'"e'" portion where some $3.50 ooO acres bav
already been embraced in cm,aankprpts '' nave
RAISING over the strip continuing IN, ..rocL ., III,
eoniers celebrity to the county for It's snoor,, no"
"'aSes reference was made to the erroneous
~ ."e Ge"sraphica iormauon and Topography Of M.
western portion of the county. The neces,t, iar 60
ni' mira strip with accurate leveIiys was ro,nta
out as indispensable premlnaries for estabI,.I,i,r
'e" o' drainage This waterogged region might p,,,lr
~ a. great baSin' the bottom of which wa, loua-
'"e AnlS on each side Instead this it is really ,s
I" o""hS on an extended ridge. elevated
the level OF the adjacent country on IN. sss, .d e
some S1y or seventy feet above tidewater not far of WI
' nu' inns elevated table land be left with water pa,,o
" e uA'on' ana wells often full to their curLs when IN.
lower lands on ITS sides comparatively dry and bov &c.,
w"Il'F There Is no wet land which cannot ba ,bo,ti
r"hed m when aI from he aimed Of even 81, ncb
amt deeper must be prcvidd az" m not
"h me wafer level ana render
non Al present fully half acras
sup Is :" oppressed by surplus ,lIIu
ehnSh grain &" any kind 20 its Cuvo,ion
put upon 1t entail actual loss nor oniv 10
calthul1eSs are The inheritance OF a lar%e anu un
heretofore tilnge in this bo.
70 'hr SANDY ridges with
aoounding IN loan and humus
matter nave been droinat
these forest lands will be
anu Dtcome live and productive
~ AT present. The richest
stare 10 be found rnoor
un"ned they would rival in any in e
Iht subject OF Undertaking. with costs and n-og,s
uSChSS"l anu reference made a adontiop
W tne country ami 10 this locality. all of WIN
a meay ana wet SOILS II is the kew to ali i'm
o drainage - secure health
dhn lh ms connection the evil effect OF mill rn
ac's were anduced to show that
power. '""PP'' l" mus tIan water
raise the money necessary carry out the svspp, NJ
the county ei -,
''iohef 10 De advanced
:" tn'e owning wet lands without havi
ire * done IN England where sums
~ ny lament to he loaned
rose owning wet lands. Ten millions OF dollar Ia 70 h
ht one Time all Of which
ueveu 10 tho
great rs 10 render the public
'etSneht ever made Of public mncn
~, o thS interest bV the borrowers for ca%,s,n
neht mas been wbsat
Oeen doubled in OF
e 'teS region The crops OF all kinds
e"s anu inc value OF the lands
The address concluded with an appeal To the i,b,hi,.
10 suffer themselves to he behind 49,
otner places were making
.os;cn - ny means OF thorough Srost
VI neut county would In few be 49,
II .it without public
nuhy and state the of which ~ me
N' u o'"er advantages, direct and indirect secured "