The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-27
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
TOMBSTONE, ILL.,, July "a, 1883.

that the city of Cairo, is again being called
upon to spend large sum of money OF
account Of river wash. It is not the city
OF CAIRO but the Trust Property Company
that is doing the work. ED. BULLETIN.
On opposite pages, have drawn rough
sketch OF your rivers from map by j. c
H. Rood Place the two KS together and
you find the section of Mississippi river
comprising Dog Tooth Bend
am informed, that one may start al
Cairo court house and travel apparently
north on the Illinois shore of the Mississip-
pl river, some eighteen or nineteen miles
and then find himself at the south end OF
Dog Tooth Bend, about five miles que west
from the starting place. number of small
letter AS mark or indicate your Cairo
washing out, cutting or caving bank. The
caVlng begins at the upper or northeast OF
the line OF AS and is gradually travelling or
moving south or down the river, and must
continue until a certuin water or current
circle is completed, then fill by sand bar
for time, then wash again
The city spent large amount of money
years ago, at upper end, then the govern
ment did a great amount of work, and now
the city is called on again. And when will
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the calls stopf All that money and labor
has been thrown away. | have solid,
square one hundred and sixty acres of land
in the river now. | watched and studied
that bank cavlng operation day and night.
1t was the same kind of caving process
which you have at Cairo. There are two
kinds, one is a gradual wear--a kind Of
friction and is sometimes very slow The
kind you have, is digging under and sur
face cavIng, and sometimes very rapid. The
caving takes place, in bites or swaths, gen.
orally from fifteen to thirty feet wide and
will travel down stream by jerks or jumps
from 20 to 40 or go feet at one spell. / is
the result OF a special current strike and
can only be permanently or cffeCtualy
checked by operations upon tue water cur
rents farther up the stream. If the currents
are not corrected, she will cut in behind
any stone or brush mattress, placed as pro
t5cton.
On my map you will find dotted line.
indlcated by a number of small letter C's,
where cut off should be made in the river.
Mr. Thrupp a Cairo engineer, once told
me, the cut would be about four and half
miles in length. Cairo has Espent enough
on your wash to have made that cut off.
The forty thousand now called for would do
it. The extra money spent in raising your
levees would have done 1.-THE losses Of
one high water would have doae it.
Look at the map and imagine that cut
oil made and study the results. The river
from 20 to 2j miles, in round
trip between Cairo and ST. Louis, is one
item; but suppose the whole land OF
Cairo, both inside and outside Of its leyees,
shall be raised two feet, which think
wholly probable, what will be the intrinsic
gaini BY that cut off the water would re-
tam its accumulated impetus, (Which is lost
in making that circle Of 90 mies) aud have
fall in the 4 4 miles, which it now has in
the 20, which fall snd impetus will cut out
and dredge the channel from Cairo south
for distance Of possibly so miles and re-
duce the Cairo water level at least two feet
That cut Off would give Cairo an additional
amount OF territory and belleveit is gener-
ally Conceded, that city needs ground to
put houses on. The Cairo City Company"
may have shifted the flavor of this breeze
From the top OF monument or the bottom
ot WELL We may study only portion of
water properties. To learn the force, &C.
hon, NC, of streams we must watch and
think OF them. Straighten crooked
branch or creek or even river and we know
BY observation, that wheat, corn, &c. NAV be |
grown, where before, thepond lilly and frog
luxuriated. Whyl Because the water level
has been reduced. To improve the river
tor navigation between st. Louis and
there will have to be number
Of cut offs and then there will be needed
few levees.
Look at my map and see if you can i'm.
'gne one single injury, to the city of |
Cairo, to come from my proposed cut off.
II you will please inform me.
To answer in advance (your natural quer.
esq will say that have some land which
IS not in the river, but near it, and that am
in the river improvement and
wish to see monies expended IN way that
will benefit as many and injure as few as
possible; and that in my opinion the pres.
sent Cairo city council, has one of the
greatest opportunities it will ever have of
distinguishing itself and leaving hstori.
col Landmark OF which il shall never have