The Greenville times., 1881-10-29

ipri River fntiHN'e'nN lWNr N'r
ded tH hetn Hnft uu 'hr NHHs
ippif'tfrm PIuH Pu.ni aul l1.'
Providence where ilf utrf lw.
sid'ued 90 iwo mil'a nHh hH.
shoalcd bidly DO consequence %.
the diffusion of uaior Iho pI1n
AFTER which ihc work. n'Il hc done
is to give the ri'crnuu.iurm uNcn
width Of 5000 feet. and ihrn 'ht
current VII du tbo securing ou'
AMI VIII gives permanent I'D foot
channel 70 navigaiots. l1Isisihc
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ing ''' swallows near Lake Fro'l'
"''l'' SHOULD De iho closing oil
ashton break as the arl authorizes
p'Nee WORK, a"d closing ot breaks
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E'''"n' h'' the h''''sIeness OF
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Since nppcnding the above par
agfaph 70 the extract from the
'o'ltlerJournal, we find the fol
rowing irom the Scientific Amer.
lcall' discussing the objects Of the
Mississippi River Improvement
Commission, and bad condition Of
navigation ON the Mississippi;
The first thing to be done
ls to stop Tins cavlng by suit
hhle works OF bank protection,
such us q brush mattress weigh
ted with stone or some other
species oi revetmont on cover.
lhg' extending down nom the
crest oi the bahk INTO deep water
Inc NEXT step VIII be to narrow
the stream to s'Ieh widths between
'he hlgh river banks that the cur
rent, with the increased velocity
produced by the narrowing, WIN
Seour olt ana MAINTAIN even dnr-
ing the low river Wstages, the depths
required ior navigation lhls VIII
he done by conlweilpg the stream,
usually ai points Opposite the CON
cave peh'is' through the agency oi
llght, pefmeah'e dykes placed
'i'lier lohgl'nulnally or tf'lAsNorse'
y 20 the silore, OF both' IheSe
dykes, composed OF hruSh hurdleS'
or OF wire and brush screens, on
@ilne similar device, VIII allow the
water to pass through them with
more or less freedom, and, by
checking without mrcsting the
current, viii convert large areas
next the shore into stillmg or set
Ting basins, within which theriye
itself is expected, during the Hood
stage, TO build up new banks aud
establish new and advanced shore
lines by constantly depositing the
solid matter which Il Transports,
but which the uumpcdcd dow
would carry down to the Gulf Of
Mexico. Works Of this general
character will be begun ae soon as
the working plant is ready upon
nearly seventy miles M length OF
-namelv; abont rortymiles on thr
plum Point str.trh ah,vo Nom
plis and tbirt, miles IN tina ,i,in.
ity of Lake Providencc above |
Nicksbnrr. Nothing will hc done
upon the leyecs. II is eyncrtpd
that vorL viii hecin ,bout Octo. |
her Istn
The ahoye eorrertl, outlipos ,bc |
nrcsent labor oe tbr Commission |
nut tho statement of tho scientific ,
American in referenec IN tho Low. |
aes ia n,t worr,rt.dh, ho forms
oftbelaw IN eorrcet d commop |
.rror r,op this ,oi,t vo ror,,t, /
an, Clos aud re,rodrco t,,o c,ii,v. /