Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-03
LEyEE WORK.
IN Interview Concerning the Efficiency 81
the Protection Down south.

Vicksburg, Miss, March LA cor
respondent Of the Gtobc- Democrat tel
cgraple1 the following yesterday :
Capt. w. s. Marshall left by the Ar
kansas City to-day, going up rs far as
Skipwith Landing, TO supervise leYcc
work at that place. Capt. Marshall
In his interview with your correspon-
dent Sunday, says he did not intend
TO convey tile impression that all the
main lcvees completed would not stand
the pressure Of the water against them.
He alluded entirely he says 10 protec-
ton levees especially those Mt Omega
and Delta, which were weak and inse-
cure. He thinks q break in the pro-
lection leyee al Delta woald result ia
very little damage TO the country
around IT, A break IN Omega leyee he
believes however would result more dis
astrously. On the Mississippi side,
Capt. NJ. says, two days of good
weather will render the levces perfect
~ secure from overflow. He received
telegra:ns this morning from all the
principal lcvce localities above here,
and intelligence from those points Is
invariably of the most flattcring and
satisfactory character rs 10 the work
in progress. Every levee on the Mis-
sissippi side Is now safe beyond ques-
tion and In fact the general outlook
even In respect 10 Louisiana Is ex-
tremeIy favorable Capt. NJ. says
Omega and Delta levees are the only
onrs, In the entire district which he
considers In the least critical at pres
emit The former he will be able to
place beyond special danger tomorrow
with favorable weather. AS 10 the
Delta levee, every effort Is being made
10 save that from overflow.
Captain G. q. Coleman, United
States observer mt Delta, Louisiana,
says the j. M. White passed down
within 100 yards Of the levee at that
place Monday night under u full head
~ steam, the result being that her inn
mense swells coming up against the
fresh-madc bank Of the protection
lcvce carried of more of IL than 100
hands can rebuild with half days
continuous labor If STEAMBOATS, con
tinue to do this the Delta levec will
surely be q failure. Boats are again
requested to pass the Delta levee un-
der slow bells or To- go around the
chute via the quarantine station. The
latest advices from Tnllnbutchie river
give that stream fully eight feet Of
clear bank at Sharkey's, and Captain
Smith thinks there IL no water from
the Mississippi in the Tallahatchic to
cause alarm There is an average
bank from Yazoo City up of from
eight 10 twelve feet. Deer Creek Is
scarcely navignble, and shows no indi-
cations OF an influx Of the Mississippi.
The Sunllower enjoys plenty of bank
its full length, but the Mississippi
water has caused the former 10 rise
fast Every incoming steamer from
above and below brings glad tldings OF
earnest work rapidly completing the
ieyees and spent waters. The planters
are hopeful feeling confident that
there will be no flood, and that the
water now In the Mississippi will pass
Off without further damage to the
country. Capt. Marshall, on the pnrt
of the government, has relieved most
OF the delinquent levee contractors Of
the burden OF their responsibilities,
and operations under the auspices OF
Uncle Sam are effective. Levce and
water news in this section Is TO all la
tents and purposes Mt an end for the
present season, and your correspond
ent thinks there IL now nothing fur
ther to telegraph upon this subject be-
You'd what your readers already know.