The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-05-06

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Indian Point is such an evil (and
three breaks-One just above, one
just below, and one in the middle)
why repeat ii at Catfish Point :
And if water is preeipitated upon
Bolivar Bend to such an extent as
claimed, why does not absence of
leyee ON point opposite Bolivar
Landing in fact for 20 miles below
Napoleonl preeipitate water to a
like extent on Choctaw Bend!
Ditto Miller's Bend levee, or
Greenville 2 4th. At flood tide
this year the report showed water
running into Mississippi river at
Arkansas City instead of out INTO
the Arkansas swamp. 9TH. Would
you'not have even the same water,
only ponded up more, at the foot
of Lake Bolivar. The fact is, and |
ii constitutes the main cause of the |
levee disaffection, there have new
er been built such levees in Bolivar
as is the general line in Washing
ton county. Give the same pro-
portion to our Bolivar levees as
the standard factor in the dimcn-
sions of the levees of Washington
county would indicate-let them
stand high above the floods-and
there will be almost certain tmmu-
nifty from overflow; and we will
not have Washington county ex-
Levee officials, whenever a Bolivar
man raises his head, talk of carving
up the fairest portion of Bolivar
territory to suit some fancied in
terests below, or private pique.
The line as proposed around the
east bank of Lake Bolivar is to
start somewhere "above the Wade
break,n run across four or five
plantations (and these drain back
from the river and the lake and
consequently the levee will be on
much lower ground until it strikes
Deer Creek, takes down the creek
and crosses wherever it can, then
turns west up Deer Creek to the
lake again, then southwesterly,
and finally in northcrly direction
against the current to the river at
Eastons. We all know that Capt.
: Anderson is fond of what is called
"baggingn the river; even the
smallest breaks are mendcd by
run-arounds presenting the con-
: cave of the are to the water, so
that every wind and boat will
: churn the curved surface; but
here is the biggest bag yet imagin-
, able. Lake Bolivar presents to the
. channel of the river q crescent
shaped moon, with horns to the
: current; around the river from
Bolivar Landing to Eastons is some
10 miles, with u fall of say . inches
to the mile-05 inches. The levce
| Mt the creek would be something
in the shape of a plow-share, and
thus rounding to the lower end OF
the lake and up against the cur.
rent would pond the water to at
least One-half of the difference OF
. fall from head of lake to Eastons--
say 4 to 6 feet at minimum calcu
lation. Then you are fighting the
same water you had at the head ol
the lake on a plane ) or o feet
4 lower, and with consequent in
$ creased hight of levee, and across
$ two natural streams, Deer Creel
1 and Lost Swamp Bayou. Capt
A Anderson recognizes this principle
4 when he says: at is well know
q that the Mississippi Valley is {
$ plane sloping toward the south
e and all drainage tends in that di
o rection, and any obstruction to thu
e flow in that direction has a ten
I dency to dam the water above
S Such is the case with the leyee OF
e Catfish Point; it runs in a westerly
e direction and then turns and RUM
y almost north, following the bend
!, Yet you would build similar leve,
) around Lake Bolivar, only moi
4 keeping parallel with the current
/. but reversing nature by turning
V the curve over and presenting 9
+ concave instead of a convex re
9 sisting surface. A waggish motto
!, applied to the most successful stu
a dent of the phenomena of the river
: Capt. Eads, is: "Assist Nature and
r help God Almighty" The same
t principle is well demonstrated on
: Concordia Lake, where the water
= stood four feet higher on lake side
S of levee than the river water be.
+ low; and again on Beulah Lake
+: where the Hughes break occurred
; The estimate Capt. A. makes fol
s this eight miles of levee is s65,OOO
| suppose on the basis of data Of
8 the present shattered levees, and
f of course is not worth much, If you