The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
IllPRevlSG uB MISSISSIPPI.
TWO PLANS goR S1I WORK.

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Ooe y known - that Of the United
ptates EagtAsers, and tho other as
tnst Of Captain kads, IN" engineer
OF tne Jesties. The first liaa Is
explained In the report OF . COM
miss'o" authorized ~ Congress In
1904 oi which General warren
was president aud General Abbott
. memocr. The report Is anani-
nous. ana 10 further strengthened
oy Tue Iu'i Involvement oi t'encrai
a. a. dumphreye, Chiei OF Engt-
neeFs oi the Army. captain Eads
plan y tne very Opposite OF the
oh'ted States Engineers' Aud u
oased ON theories 20 directly con-
'rasy 70 tne'rs' 'nat Que or tnc
o'aer party mast oe greatly IN
e'ros'
Ane plan Of the commission may
" sa'o ~ rest upon 'he correct
ness OF "nas Is Known as the "out-
!et system, which - explained IN
I's report In tne following WORDS:
A"e p'an cons's.s ~ uos'ract'n9
"o" '"c .'sc' a"u coAuuc'ans "
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snail " "ull'le"' " o.'aS oowH
'"o Ao'o 's's' |" . "e's.. essa's y.
u"ues cc"''o' " 'e.ses' i"c
cou'"'s''o" uots mob however
propose 70 'na.c any "s" ou'le'f'
ou' soys' iney oFc cosrect III
snc0'!' o"' "o a"san'asco"s SITES
AVE- 'nelf cous'r"c'lon cAis'. ~
accoF"''gi! Feco""enu' Tue keep
'ng opc" o' ah eA's'ns nat"r"'
ou'le's' ana especia''y oayo" AZ
cna'aia!a' "''lc'' now "o' only ais-
cnafses neaf'y "'i tue waters o.
nea f'ver' pu' = mrse portioh oi
s"e -, Hoo' ""'e's - '"' "''''ss'pp''
i'c 'o'i''''ss.on 'e'o"'"'c'os 70
pairing INC deiec''ve 'evees; the
closure % 'ne cres"sses, ana tue
'ohp'e''oh " 'he eh''rc ievcc sys.
tem from near C"pe "irardea'',
Sl'sso"f', 10 thc lower emu OF inc
r''er aya inc extension Of .hc
le'ees UP Tue NOUNS 0! me u1Du.
'af'es ana "own 'ne na!ois lar
enoush 70 snaru against pacKwa'cr
Inc commission assumes that the
rc'en'i"" o' a'l INC ho"a wa'ers
"e'"ceh inc icvecs "i'e' th' ere
vases are closcd, VIII increase the
neish' "' 'he water, "aa thus re-
qn're Tue ic'ees 10 W quit m"ch
h'g"er a"d stronger tnan the pres.
eh' ONES II says: III we guard
against the cre'asses oy raising anu
strengthening our levees, an elcva-
ton OF the high water mark, ex-
ac'iy proportiohca 70 the increased
volume, viii be sure 10 occur. To
q quart Of water "A vessel
must have exactly tho requisite
number OF cubic inches, aud a like
principle applies with equal force
to water IN notion" TO meet
this increased elevation Of The high
water mark, II declares that It will
be necessary to build up the entire
system from three to seven feet
higher thnn the great flood ot 1858.
Several hundred miles Of the levees
must he from ten 10 eleven feet
higher than that food. The cost
Df this entiie system Of works Is
estimated BY the commission st
s6.c00.000.
Capiaia Eads published review
of the commissions report last
vear, IN which he states that The
theories and assumptions OH which
Its plan arc based are unqnettion-
sbly erroneous. lie declares that
avery bayou and outlet ofthe river,
Ind INDEED every rivcrin the world
hat flows through q bed formed
BY It's own deposits, prove that the
QUILT system" Is not correct; |
because as the volume Of the stream |
decreases its slope increases. aud, |
lhstracting part Of the flood vol
,me. will therefore inevitably pro-
iuce o higher Hood line. He says
he report repeats the same theo-
les and assumes the existence Of |
he Same conditions IN the river
hat were advanced TO support the
predicted failure Of the jctties, by |