, 1879-02-14
MISSISSIPPI OUTLETS.


What tho Nonnet Cnrrs Crevnsso iIns uono
tn L"w~r Htla.Isatrrl Ftnotts.
WARRINGTON CirI, Feb. 0.--lEaitor Foraevs
Chronicle: / shall ask the favur for the use
OF your columns to correct eomc statements
mado by Mr.. Robertson, Of Louisiana, as
reported IN the Record If the 9TH. lie an.
pears to bc much concerned a. 10 the .linl-
cultics attending tic "crudc +" I1ca Of divcrtiug
Red River To the uulf through the Calcasscu.
He saYs tho ridge between tile rivers Is 400 feet
high, and that tue bed Of the Calcasteu Is fifty
feet higher than that Of led River, AMI that the
water Of Red River would llavc to run up hill to
gGt into tile Eaicascu. IL ID truo tint have mt
run level ncross tlm ridge be inagtnes is 50
high, but have as good meals Of know
lug Tie facts about tint locality us Afr. Robert
sou, md they are rs foafows: From the mouth
miles to Lake Charles nntl ten aborc, VIC lnye
ttle-watcr; from thence 10 HlnstUn. the point
where tic proposed cut nterHectR tie Culcasicl,
the current Is siupGisal, Indicating but little
fall; from Einston arross to lie bluff which taps
lsed River, sunle twelve miles hack, The iack-
bono ridge need give him no trouble. for thu
hIgh-watur mark OF Rcd River is o.lr hundred
and three feet abovc Gull level at ts,At punt.
From thrso facts people may Judge as to Ills
accuracy.
ll,er3 Is about as much truth in This random
statement NJ there ia when lie saya that the re-
d,lrcsl lt@ls.watcr mark IN the lower river was
not causca by Tile outlets Of Morgat,xa mud
Bonnet Care, bit was causcd by tlc river not
bcing high above; when tic facts ure, 1t, 1874,
ut New Orleans. utter tllr Duntet Carrc ere
yassc occurred, the river lacked thrcc ,,lNl i, half
feet of being to hlsh-watcr mark; at Natcllez,
fDur feet; Vickslurg, ax feet; when at the
mouth Of White River It only lacked two iuclcs
Of being to htgt.watcr mark. In 1876 ut New
Orleans, 1t lacked six feet Of being 10 high.
walter nlnrlk; at Natchcz, seven fect: Vtcksl,uEg,
nine feet; when up ut tic mouth Ut White
River 1t only lacked one foot u,d eight INCHES
Ut being to hiEh-water mark. For 1870, ut Now
Orleans, 1t lacked four feet six inches Of be-
Ing to high-water mark; at Natchcz It
lacked Etx feet; at Vicksburg it lacked seven
feet five inches; wh!o ut Wnttc River It only
Lacked olc inch Of bcing to higt,-watcr mark.
Tits shows the effect OF outlets, for what elsc
could have so relieved the lower ecettDn wtun
tho water was 80 high ut White tlivcr7 Thcsu
1arts I got from the report Of A!aj. Bcnyal1rd
for 1876, md flopo Mr. Robertson will nfurIn
himself, else people muy think llis ideas arc as
''crudc' on this subject as are those Of his
1ctty-tob friend Eads, who, iu order to Inwer
tho water IN tho Mississippi from Red River
down, would force ali tho water ot Red River
into tho Mtssissippi when already full to oyer
flowing, Truly This Is certainly very scientific
engineering. Who else could put quart Ut
wntcr into pint cup and nuke water run up
hill Jo1lN CowpoN.
p.S. In this connection will mention TINT
when they aro circulating the report that the
Bonnet Cnrru outlet Is closing !tsulf they arc
askfnI money ir0lu the Government tu closH It
by lcyec. II this outlet ia closiug itself, why
spend money to do what Nature IS dUing