The Osceola times., 1875-09-11

thhn ever Oe'ore, ana the water q
this city would have been fully fou
feet higher than that of 1867. S,
much Tor tho two great outlets anC
no rain in the lower valley, which
will always be thus protected BY
,hs grand cutoff at the bolton
which can hurt no one, no matte,
how much rain may fall there o.
how little water way escape through
crsvassos, or how much ram may
fall above, or how much snow ant
ice may melt and como down from
tho upper valley, as was the case it
1882 and 1873, aud this unprece
dented year. Or the other hand
we have invariably had high wa
ter whenever we have much RAIN
in the south, as in 1928 l4-52-
5S-67-7i. If people will only
look at these facts they may begin
TO see whether or not southern
rains have anything to do with
overhows.
We Will proceed upward with
our work 50 as to save the upper
valley also, and the river be not
permitted to rise as high by 12 or
10 feot mt this place a. 1t now rises.
To do this We must go on incrsas.
ing the capacity tor overflow IN the
lower section until it becomes, un.
der all conditions and circumstan-
ces, greater than the actual ovor.
flow At the upper end.
To illustrate Will not a two
inch pipe at tho bottom of a barrel
discharge more water than can
como in at the upper end through
Il one inch pipe, or to reverse these
pipes, precisely y as would the Iovse
builders do, by closing all the out.
lets At the lower end, would de
crease tho capacity for outflow,
which would SOON not only fill tho
barrel, but run it over, as does the
Mississippi, when the overflow is
greater AT the uppor end than the
outflow capacity OF tho one single
mouth.
But to resume. Now that we
have the river perpetually lowered
ut New Orleans II feet, thoa out.
let's will not only bs ia order, but
without danger Of divsrting the
river from its present course above
New Orleans, Bonnet Carre, Pass
Menchnche, New River, bayous
Gouia and PIaquemlno Morganzia,
and the great outlet Ln,anache can
be opened as so many bloeders, re.
ducing ihe volume OF water in the
Mississippi at the mouth of Red nv.
er fully 20 feet; II feet at Vicks.
burg and feet at Memphis. Then
the next step would DO to go above
Alexandria some IS miles, where,
with canal 10 or Is miles long,
passing through low, fiat, plney
woods country, the food tides oi
upper Red river could, in going so
or 80 miller, be diverted through
the 'Culcasicu' river INTO the gull,
where the fall would be 60 feet,
which would soon cause the canal
to wash out as large as the river.
This would relieve the Atchafyla'
so that 1T could with safety conduc,
into the gulf all the waters Of the
bwer Red river, the Ouachita, bay.
Gus Bartholomew, Mason Tcnsas,
Roundaway, Clay and many other
tributaries.
Thus vast volumes Of muddy wa
ter could be diverted from tho Mis-.
by opening many bayous,
from near Pine Bluff on the west
side Of tho Arkansas river, down
to Napoleon, and from there on
down the Mississippi to near the
mouth Of Rcd river, which would
connect with the above named and
other streams, after being cleared
out and TO some extent strai gtten.
ed, would conduct from tho Missis.
sippi as much muddy water ns tho
outlets from Red river to New Or
leans, and after deposlting the sed-
iment in the lowest swamps, pass
on down Tia. Atchafyls perfectly
clear to the gulf AT the same
time in order to keep all this water
out Of the Mississippi, the mouth
OF Red river should be closed by n
dam, secured with locks, either
there or up at Grand cutoff, 20
miles above, so a. not to Interfere
with the present channel OF COM
merce.
So much for the ou.let and divis.
ion OF river system by which we
have not only lowered the food
tides OF the Mississippi fully 90 feet
al NIcksburg, and in all " or fl
teen feet at Memphis, and 6 or s
feet at Cairo, but open the way by
which the Wabash valleys, the
American bottom, the Sny and Hi.
rois river bottoms, may be freed
from overflow by opening what wo
will now term 'waste water sluics
ways, which relieves tho river Of