The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-19
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
SUGG ESTIONS EOR TLE PRErENTToN or
JNOIHER ININD4i1IUN.
1uterestinE Companions OF thc Means for
Keeping the waters OF the Mississippi In
their Cour-e-The Result of II Celebrated
Travellers Investigations In the south.


II Austria. DISTINGUISHED traveller and En-.
ginoer. author Of several yolumincus works on
North America leader Of two African cNpor.
ing expeditions. and author OF Il recently pub
lished work on Tuns. Is now in this city. IN
several visits to this country he has given
great deal of study to the Mississippi River
and one OF his reports OH the great river was
published Officially 10y the Imperial GeoErGphl
cal Society Of Austria. The Chcvacr has
taken great interest in the recent reports Of the
inundation of the Mississippi, and he be-
lleves in the outlet system as the So
luton of the problem Of preventing such
catastrophcs in the future. Speaking on
the subject recently he said " In my study OF
the Mississippi the first thing that struck me
as most important was the capriciousness Of
the river. and the little work that hadbaen done
20 stop II 10y aiding it to straishton its course.
Tho only means heretofore employed have been
the erection of lcvccs or high embunkments.
There is no doubt that the river has Itself
Strengthened It's course Many little lakes Oh
both sidcs. some of them far inland. testify
sufficiently to this iact. All these lakes were
originally included in the curves OF the river.
but were ultimately cut oil as the river took
more direct route to the Cult. Some OF these
lakes are fifty miles from the present river bed.
As long as the river flows on u hard bed like
that on the frontier. between Illinois and Mis-
souri,, the current is pretty straight: but n
soon as it enters the country where II
has built up by sediments for thou
sands of years, it begins to make horse
shoe curves which are. in some cases. SO long
that it takes thirty or forty miles 70 progress
one mile toward the Gulf. strangely enough IL
happened sometimes 'h"l PLANTERS 10 o'lu-
distant plantation nearer the river. cut tEesc
.,,.. Il la
accepted the new condition. Bat perhaps th-
next spring ii would take Il now curve in the
orrosit. direction Nevertheless thp genera
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course, In l12l the distance from CAIRO TO New
NV, az N'H ~ III, IN la nrs th" river
has sbo TiG ~ corr 80 miles
fThe nrIn",nnl cnusr n The Limitations OF
to-day is not Only the great surplus vi water
river ,ybirh ,,nas vn.t cn.t nnd even back.
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II lmnd Tina gwen away amounted to 30 900 OT
3d auu IN S,CTi, IN tenn an ,lcg
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ana ana ArEHs"s a,Sne ainouLSHb 10 utUre tnai
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IN" lrynn .v,trm' Tak% for iustgncr. tGS Pc
/ in Itniy If IL tnund1t"I annually in tbn sn,nr
way ~ the Mi-si.sirpi. There also ievecs hay,
E.,n hui'f ''nr n,it,t,,'inI rurriTI down hy In,
fr,sh,.f. faithfully s.itIrl In ,lI. riynr hci
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/ Lri,ntnned Tur, tIlr he'd liiIrI m main and
4 thr banks wrr,, hri h,,iIrL u.sltn MN, con
timed until the hrI OF I'M r1yrr vl. raised
nhnv. M, l,.,ri If th. surround ru land md
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