Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-02
Meeting of the Citizens OF Port
Royal and Vicinity i'm Regard TO
Cleaning Out Red River.

Meeting of the Citizens OF POr
! Royal aud Vicinity i'm Regard to
Cleaning Ont Red River.
There was a large meeting of tn,
!. citizens of Port Royal and vicinity
Saturday, Oct. 3, to form plans foi
the removal of distractions to nav
igation in Red river from that point
to its mouth. The Chairman of the
committee, DIR. n. L. Northington
called the meeting to order. Capt
F. P. Gracey, one of the principal
advocates of the enterprise, was
present and delivered forcible ad.
dress, demonstrating the practibility
of the undertaking and showing the
great benefit it would prove to the
surrounding country. Other re-
marks were made, favorable to the
cause, after which it was
Resolved, That the distractions in Red
river between Port Royal and Clarlzsvile
shall be removed.
Resolved, That Red river shall be divided
1 in sections of two or more miles, with "A Su-
| perintendent 10 each division, and, in event
/ vision than the superintendent of said di-
/ vision can perform, that on consultation
/ with SopefIntehdents OF other DIVISIONS, ne
shall hire labor TO complete such work.
/ Resolved, That all bills paid for labor or
! provisions shall be paid by the Treasurer,
/ after approval by the Chairman.
a committee was appointed, con-
sisting of Robert Weatherford, Jas.
+. Gaines, T. T. Northington, J. G.
Warfeld, T. J. Frey, G.. w. Ford
and J. w. Lockert, whose duty it
should be to divide the river in Sec
tions and appoint superintendent.
The said committee after consulta-
ton decided to do all in their power
to promote q public enterprise, and
to that end would "sail' from Port
Royal Thursday, the 10th inst,
with small fleet of skiffs and en-
deavOr to make the ''perilous de
scent" Of Red river.
The following amounts were sub
scribed 1866 in money, 40 days in
work, 81 in provisions.
It. f. Northington was elected |
Treasurer.
Thanks were returned to Capt.
Gracey for his presence and liberal
subscriptions; also to Mr.. j. C. Ken
drick.
The culinary accomplishments of
Squire Rogers were discussed over
barbecued meats. He received a
vote of thanks.
Thanks were returned to the /
GAINESVILLE papers for their kindness
in giving publicity to former meet
ings. They were requested to pub
lish these proceedings and receive
another vote.
n. l.. NORTHINGTON, Chm'n.
Port Royal, Tenn, Oct. 9Th, 1873.
The committee whose duty it was
to divide Red river in sections, and
appoint Superintendent for the
same, have the following report to
make:
We left Port Royal Thursday, the
10th, inst, and descended the river
as far as Trigg's Ford, a distance of
probably rs miles. We saw proper
to make bat four sections. Section
No. l extends from Port Royal to
Murphry's trap, miles. We
counted y trees, 8 logs and drifts,
which seemingly should be re-
moved also Que trap. Section No.
= extends from MurphY's trap to
the "Cave Spring." A. miles. 1t has
81 trees, + logs and , drifts to be re-
moved. Section No. extends from
the Cave Spring to Bradbury's
trap, q miles. 1t has p trees and
. formidable fish traps for removal
and Bradbury's. Section
No. /, Bradbury's to Trigg's,
miles. This last section will require
as much work as any Of the former
ones. In addition to the foregoing
there will necessarily have to be
some trimming of tees, though
many of those counted for removal
would doubtless be better only
trimmed.
Resolved by the COMMITTEES appointed by
the meeting held at the church at Port
ROYAL Oct. ), 1878, after having surveyed the
river to Trigg's, and laid of the river in four
tend from Port Royal to MurphyS fish dam,
five miles; section No. from Murphy's
trap to the Cave Spring, four and One-half
miles; No. from. Bradbury : to Trigg's ford,
two miles and whereas We think il best to
commence work as soon as possible,
Resolved, That we appoint Monday, the
2lst Of October, to commence work, and that
the following gentlemen be appointed 10 .
take charge OF said sections and commence
the cutting and clearing out Of timber, and
that Il man be appointed to hire and take .
charge of six or more men and clean out the !
fish dams and drifts, and that this commit
tee meet again on saturday, the 26tl inst-N
for the purpose of consulting * 10 the pro-
greSS Of the work and taking such steps as
we may deem best o further the work.
Resolved. That the hands that work on ! ,
the fish dams are 10 be allowed one dollar
per day ami a pint of whisky, and said
hands are to furnish their own provisions.
We appoint for the first section
T. +. NOrthingtOn and w. ID. Fort !
and Robert WuatherfOrd as assist
ants; for the second section, j. 6.
and James w. L0ckart,
John Hancock and Hart Northing-
ton as assistants for the third see (
ton, J. II. Achey, and George
Ford and Rufus Gardner assistants.
Resolved, That said superintendent be
to keep an account of the work
done, and also what remains to be done on /
their respective sections, ana report the
same to the meeting to be held by the COM
mittee on saturday, the 18th of October.
i. f. NORFHINGTON,
!. F. GAINES,
T.. FREY,
&. W. FORD,
J. q. WAKEFIELD.
The following are the subscrip-
tons for cleaning out Red river
from Port Royal to Trigg's:
!. G. Warfeld. 50 90
w. y. Gaines ........ p 90
Robert WeatherfOTd > 90
T. F. Northing1on .. 10 90
W D. Fort - - Is 90
PettuS * Kendriclx ............ ......... 10 90
F. Z. Gracey p 90
Ross Bourne % 90
A. +. Hewlett 20 90
q. f. Adams ................ 10 90
John Rossou ............. ....... 10 90
X. r. Carney 90