Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-24

uh"tA N'hiNSt w MAJ. 1uxfi tarilrit.
Here the water is lacking three feet oi
passing over the bank. This contract
lacks $1,000 yards of being completed.
put temporary levee 500 feet In
length, and with narrow crown, will
be finished in the next three days.
The main levec will not be fit for SER
vice before the 10th OF March; PAS
laborers OF all grades, with forty scra-
pers and teams to mach, are working
like Troaps on this levee. In the last
eighteen days Mr.. Strange, Of Kansas
City. who has the contract for the
Ellistie levee, says he has had only
seven working days, misfortune
which he charges to exceedingly bad
weather. Here the character of the
soil Is extremely favorable To the work
now in progress. The planters in this
section
ARE VERY BLUE,
however, and have already commenced
70 prepare in every possible manner
for an overflow.
The HOmochitta levec Is seven miles
above Ellistie, and one mile In lengt h.
1t is principally repair work, G.. Meyer
d Co. being the contractors. There
are engaged on this work fifty laburers,
thirty scrapers, and thirty-tiyc teams.
There are 10000 yards yet 10 be com
pleted, which Will be finished within
the next ten days with continued good
weather The condition of the country
Is perfectly safe here, being at least
four feet Of clear bank the entire length
of the HomoChitta. The Longwood
leVee, four miles above Lake provi-
dence. Louisiana, is completed, and is
ne . ga. Ia. 4 -
under contract by John Il. Read. The
SkipWith leYee, nine miles from Nicks-
burg is stili in an unfinished condi.
ton, there being rom 10000 to 1900
yards remaining unDuilt. W. b.
strong, The contractor, believes that
with fair weather lie can complete his
days He has cighl-two men az work.
teams. The entire force Is now busy
at work closing a slough that CROSSES
the main lcvee at this point rhis
slough is nearly up to high watcr, but
the protection leVee, two feet above
high water IS in course Of construction.
With this exception Strong thinks
his work safe and effective. Bot at
Skipwith AS at other dangerous uiuts.
flow and peak disIaragingly of the
effort that IL being made TO save them.
Another great obstruction of work
Workmen are afraid of the overflow,
which, they believe, will prevent them
from receiving pay for their work
The Canton and Memphis and
Vicksburg Railroad are monopo-
a. ..f In
Government work.
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
at Wilson's Point on account of the
stage of the water, and also ut Delta,
La. AT Glenora, Miss, u protection
levee has been built, but the water is
over the bank aud eight inches over
the protection leyee. There are two
gaps in the main levee. making in all
about n quarter of "a mile to be repaired.
The entire levee Is three miles in
length, upon which there il $50 men
at work. The Longwood levy eX-
tends all the way to Glenora, Miss
1t Is in fair condition. The main leyec
are mt work on the protection levee of
pie have commenced to feel ut this
far distant. Wilson Landing, about
three miles above Goodrichs, is
still high and dry. The breaks in
Ashton Levee, on the dividing line
between louisiana aud Arkansaw, still
no contracts having been let
thus far IN their repairs. These breaks
are left remaining on account of their
great depth and width. The water
being over the bank at Alsatia La, all
freight for that point is now ordered To
be put OIL Mt Newelltons Landing.
AT Stella, Ark, the river il level
with the bank, and tho levees, which
extend from Glenora down, are in
very critical condition, At Grand
Lake, Ark, the water IL fairly up to
the bank. An immense platform is
being built nj that place To receive
treights for boats TO land IN ease of an
overflow. In several places here wa
ter is running over the banks in the
slough.
Az Carolina, Miss, Col. Ed. Rich
big warehouse is caving into
the river. At Pitchers Point, fifteen
miles above Lake Providence, ware.
houses are being moved back from
tho river bank, which Is caving in
rapidly. At FoId's Island or Lake
Point, twenty miles below Greenvillc,
the bank can stand foot and half
more before passing over the pro.
tectlng levee. The river below Il 90
ing back of Harwood's Island, aud
the negroes in the vicinity are making
preparations TO
ABANDON THEIR HOMES.
AT Lake Boliver, twenty miles
above GreenviIIe, the levee Is com
pletei, Major Helm. of the levee
board, was at Leoto Monday stirring
up contractors al that place. Sunday
he was at Ssipwith's, and FOR the past
week the Major has been making a
general inspection of the levees in this
district, Ii is generally believed that
recent estimates of work done will be
pigeon-holed aud pay refused, as il Is
said the work performed Inns not
been tavorbly recommended by the
government.
High banks are still found at Bruins
wick and Chotard, Mississippi, and
Duck Port, Providence and Wilson'S
4 ~. II 4 \ =