The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-07

THE CREvASsE.
It In Now Under Control and will BIO
Closed in Time

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LIZ LII NOW ohder ConCrol una WILL d
Closed in Time.
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| WORK on the orevasee ia being pushed Will
| remarkable aaickness and precision The gen
| t1aman 1, charge of tho uork ara s,o,i,g ~,
| O'o,'0, - o' 80 w ~ wy" ',, epo. i"@ Nv
pains to mako the necessary exertions In clos
ing the break and their men are as Iaboriou,
rs beavers.
| reporter Of the DEMOCRAT made an excur
sion TO tho overaowed distriot vesterdnv ,nt
on w. W., Wv u0s yoSDot'ay' wv
sought ooi. Hardee. whom IN iittie while ht
found on tho outer levee, buslv engaged |,
a a'I,ns the men who were working Mt thu
| The Colonel ever willing
| 70 GIVE REFORMATION.
| s.t,, ~, ,,,,
,li inc teportnr some very ihtorestlhf
Items . WIN Ieeafq ~ ne WORK.
~, OI ~ IN tkin WIN yoi0nei Haroee IRON
nnrar stood "n the ade ~ ~ 'bo hrI 'oo ~
Wide. and has not wldened apnreo;nbly for the
| past three daya '' '0' ''' Wv
The tsrpaulns protecting the outer edges d
| tho layaa afe e,IiI firmly n vrd bv stn,t enoipa
and do an Immense anon,,t IF good i IN ,ravant
Ing the impptuous Il w of wtsr from eatins
away the levee. 10 tact as Oolonai Hardee re-
marked without theml q breach three hnndred
feet wide would take place in a very abort time
| ara CAUSE inehlculahle damage.
The original plan OF adjusting the break was
| to drive double row of piles, from n point
about 900 feet
FROM EACH EDGE OF TINE sRH.K
som ,h Ike TIE Letter to
~ Tba ba ,y uve' 1 hnt, hs rev sVee
nelghborbood OF 700 feet. '''0'7 10 ." ''io
Since the old levee has been abandoned
preaks nave occurred In 1t sfrom time to time,
ior me last eiaht years. Sediment has formed
III eue spaoe
BETWEEN THE TWO LEvEEs.
to the depth OF nearly Ave feet Tbis oI,,,e
fnunla,ion for nriinarv bnnI ,lin up th ~ ~,
Originally prosecned WINS ieporad nd , plen
ware driven in by stentn a thornngh h rd,o
graphic survey OF the Hpnoes botsesn the two
tb vegs WefG o oy Io Haf9 Foe Wap hiding
onnaaroG ,hn jinn twe,'e ,ee, nao 10 20 En-
alS ia,aa t. ,u -, tnth WIS ,, III AZ the
e,hi hsa n "u IKE WIZ IN ssceptloh OF
Below, ~ ''' ''N " "A''A Is ''' 0f'0'
III WAS CONCLUDED
to prolong TIE line OF heavy pline as far as tho
most IMPORTANT wing was completed Monday
at midnight. and tho work Of sheet pillng and
m r.. IN with SAND bags was begun at daylight
Up to o'clock yesterday evening about $50
negro workmen, under promise OF extra bay bay
anu .......
eyinced their Willingness to WORK all night.
Whom both rows Of plline shall have been com.
closed. ms the volume of water through the
main gan is equal 10 four flFths ri the wbaie
Influx. ''''' ~ '''' ''''"' VI VIC "no'e
The heavy pilIng Oh the upper wing lacks
but n few hours of completion and nv the time
this report Ia read both rows will probably have
been finished and tho sand bag fltlny '
VIM, ,,,t,,, ~,
WE'LL oeoh" WAY
Some 900 ynrds from the upper wing there Is n
high bhtture ridge upon which the water liz
p ,hag ei9p ,h nnohee ueep. me co npietlon
,nsn Oh we lower piinE being assured, Coi.
ov@r I'm n dav or two '' '''' 'A0"o'o WIN 10
The Jeyse whore tho brenk oeeurrea ia tho
largest In thia sinte heinp f,1lIv fnnraa f m9
hivh with n ~ '0" 'o0'
,,o,,o.,,,,,.r ..r,. ,,,,.ru.,,.. ..,,.
PHoPohIloNATE BOTTOM WIDTH.
=, The difficulty IN closing the crevasse lies In
the tr. meuaous fail of water over this levee A
split in tho old levee, almost opposite the In
eide break wss closed yesterday morning by
Ish. who with twenty I've picked men, kindly |
volunteered his services TO NJ sjor Hardee. Mr.. |
Ross has experience In this business. and when |
It is considered that In eight hours he closed |
! gap fifty feet wide and seven feet deep there |
3au be- no doubt If his invaluable assistance, |
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