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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-01-19
Chief Engineers Report.
ENGINEER's OFFICE,


GREENvnLs, Mss. Jan. 8. 1891.
Col. GREEN CLAY, Pres't, Board
Mississippi Levee Comm'rs:
SIR IL herewith submit a
statement of the operations of this
Department, eince my last report
of July 0, 1883. At that date the
following work was in course OF
construction:
In Coahoma county:
Enlargement from Hushpuckana
to Lake Charles.
In Bolivar County:
Enlargement from Sessions gate
to Sledges' line.
Enl'gt from Sledges' line to Con
cordia.
Enl'gt from Domaine bayou to
Lake Place Quarters.
Enl'gt from Hughes to Mrs. Light
foot's.
Ehpgt from Mrs. Hghifoot's t
Wale's.
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The portfolio profile Of this dis
triet, has been finished from Leo.
tn south to Warren county line.
Surveys were made by me, under
direction of Capt. W. L. Marshall,
and from the data gathered II was
completed. 1t shows total length
of tho district, not including Tot
ten Ridge, to be two hundred and
four (20l) miles. The average fall
from Hushpuckans to Green.
vile found to be OBI feet per
miie, and from Greenyille to the
Warren county line, 0.306; aver
age fall through the district. O.34i
feet. Average height of levee
above Greenville, not including
Hushpuckana and Lake Bolivar
crossings, sos feet; below Green
vile, COG feet. Height of Hush
puckana leyce SO feet; height of
Lake Bolivar levee "a feet.
| recommend, that for the pur-
pose of constructing new levees
in future, that the material be OBJ
tanned from the inside of the lev
ee, the barrow pit not to be over
3.5 feet deep, and of as uniform
width as the variations in the size
of the levee will permit, and not
nearer than 40 feet to the inner
slope stakes of leyee. This car
ried on tho inside will give good
drainage, keep the leyee dry, and
do away with the stagnant breed
t ing.pool for cravfish on the out
side.
acknowledge with pleasure,
tho valuable and z|||e|eat service
rendered 80 Otter s. lie Z. s.
! ASST EaEI1eer' [[<1 1|@E=
''.s' NJ : z'''''|||' ~. - .'..|| ..||||
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Capt. Marshall, we're kindly al
lowed TO assist me in Levee Board
work, when contiguous. and it
did not interfere with their special
duties.
Recognizing the deep interest
that Capt. Marshall las exhibited
in ms work, the conscientious
manner in which he has perform
ed his duties, his ability as an En-.
gineer, aud the valuable expert
ence he acquired, aud believing
that your Board aud all those in
terested in river Improvement,
have been So impressed, would
suggest that some expression of
appreciation of his services he
made by your Honorable Roard.
Respectfully,
q. NJ. HELM,
Chief Engineer.
Continued on 4th page.
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Memphis Appeal.l

The past year has seen the con- !
pletIon Of some stupendous work /
in the field Of engineering. Among
the most important Of these is the
opening Of the Arlberg tAlpine)
tunnel, making the third of these
passages that commerce and trade
have demanded should he bored
through the Alps. The new tun.
mel is little over seven miles in
length, while ths Mont Gents tun.
mel is nearly eight aud onc.half
and the Mount st. Gothard near.
ly ten. The first took fourteen
and n half years to construct, the
second about eight, while the Arl.
berg was built in ABOUT four. TO
operate the drills used IN boring
several streams from the height
Of the snow.colored Arlberg were
gathered on the eastern side into
reservoirs, from which turbines,
which compressed the air 10 five
atmospheres for the borers, were
worked; while OH the western
side pumped water was passed
through pipes to the pressure Of
over'lW atmospheres to work the
revolving borers which cut cylin.
drical blocks of rock from the
mountain. The work complete
will cost 81, 100000. Unquestion.
ably the most surprising engineer.
ing feat Of the country is the i'm.
mense brb'go connecting the cit.
les of New York and Brooklyn,
which was thrown open to the
public in May. Work on the
structure was begun July 2, 1870;
the Now York tower was compile.
ted July 20, 1872, and the Brook.
Ign tower June 10, 1875. The to.
tai length of tho bridge is $3.50
feet, and II is l35 feet above the
water. The river span of 1896
feet is suspended by four cables,
each fifteen and three.fourths in.
ches in diameter, the ultimate
strength Of which is 1900 tons
each. The total cost of the struct.
ure is not far from $4,000, 900.
THE cASTILEvEI BRIDGE
across the Niagara river, opened
last month, is remarkable as bring.
ing into use the cantilever for the
first time in bridge.building in this
country. The bridge is 9l0 feet
long between the anchorage piers,
the clear space between the two
towers being 40 feet. and its
height 239 feet above the waters.
II Is built of iron and steel. In a
word, the bridge is built by push
ing out from the shore heavy iron
levers, supported by steel towers,
until they meet at the center OF
the stream, the shore ends being
anchored TO massive masonry.
The levers are trussed to
strengthen them, aud the bridge
is regarded as the strongest in
the country for it's weight.
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done by the Mississippi Levee
Board, embraced in estimates re.
tnrned to date in each county,
since last report. and II summary
of all work done from tire time
| took charge, Jan. 10, 1852, to
dats, together with all work done
by the Mississippi River Commits
sion in your district under my
charge as T.. s. Engineer:
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Sale, Feed S Livery Stable

c. 4. MCDANIEL & SON,
In addition TO our Livery Stable on
Washington avenue, we have taken the
Marshall Stable on Main street, where
we will do general
SALE, FEED AND LIVERY
business. and will keep for sale In tho
Winteg selected stocks Of firsf-class
HORSES AND MULES.
for saddle and harness. Oar business
will be under The superintendenee Of Mr.
D. +. HUNT.
who win give Il his personal attention.
md whose name Is sufficient guarantees
for fair and IiherdI dealing. [oct21
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I,esulsr morning Ice AZ IIa M EvrAinz
~erNirr, y, ~. every sunday. Communion
iir-t ~unslar ~ eneh month u n Ramsey
l,eetar >ahlath-sehool aty u ne D. M
Meare superintendent
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Preaching ai u M. and y m ever, snn,lay
Communion 1T Sunday In February, May, Au-
gust ahu NnNrinh'r ltuter-msvting every
"wednesday nlghi. Archer Pastor. sunslav
school o., sam. iirowh sup
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ApvEKTIsIKe RATES.

Transient Advertising, One square
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Fees for Legal nofiees. which are in
elHdea dnderthis head. due on or before
last publication. Ne proof furnished nn-
til paid for.
. Locals hve lines or less. this type,
10 cents for lint. p CENTS eaeh snbse-
q5ent inSrrtion.
fer-orL Er-ieirs 9rnouees charged for
according 20 their nature.
Customers will please give explicit d.
rsctions Of length Of time for publication
OF atiy ertisemenfs.
Regular advert sing. rss sErsre. 3 ms
s., Gms. sl2. year sN.
larger advertisements. quarterly, half
YEARLY. and yearly.
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Jewish Synagocue

services fri'lsy evenings At ~, aud Saturla.
nornings at loh. J. Bogen. Rabbi.
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Methodist Church

Pnrarhlpg Al TIA IN. aud u IA every SIM.
das ffis sr-Meeilng ever, "Wednesday nizht
sunaa, -srhuof. p.a n II wsnalfsr, Pastor.
W u r,igg, supt
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-01-19
lcHANcERY COURT.

|.u,na county-Begins on the lst
4 Of April and October, and may
sus judicial days.
khington county-Bsgins on the %
A Of April and October, and may
Iue Is judicial days.
lar county-Begins on the lst Non
NAV and November, and may cen
II. judicial days.
hsms county-Begins on the Sd
|, Of Way and November. and may
lie u judicial days.
hover ceunty-Begins on the LIST
II Of June and December, and may
Sue judicial days.
ksey county-Begins on the 2nd
h of June aud December. and may
Sue judicial days.
sllar meetings are held by the
Of supervisors as follows: Bien-
lst Monday Of January to elect
commissioners. Annually first
IN Of uarch. to receive Tax-Collec-
,ports Of delinquent and insolvent
Y Monday of August to receive and
pon the Assessment Roll; LIST Mon-
September to levy taxes; and on
luday next preceding each term Of
h Court. .f.aN.tt. raf
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OFFICE RULES.


one year. IN advance. s....-.sts.. - 90
When not paid Is above. o. Nfssia enc
nieafh irom expiration y fims rsia ior
So uH.
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Proceedings Beard Mississippi Lsvss
Commissioners.
CREENvIIIE. Mlss.. Dan. n lsSi

GREESvIILE, Miss. Jan. y. 1881.
The Board of Mississippi Levee
Commissioners met pursuant to
a call of the President, made ac.
cording to law.
Present:
Green Clay, Commissioner, Boil
iyar county. President; J. F..
Stokes, Commissioner, Bolivar
county; NJ. Williams, j. 7. After.
bury, Commissioners, Washing
ton comfy; Jno. w. Heath, Com
missioner, Issaquena county; w.
w. Moore, Commissioner, Shar.
key county. at
The Treasurer, w. A. Eyerman.
submitted a report of cash re-
ceipts and disbursements, from
Oct. list. to December 3lst, 1888; /;
also consolidated report of cash
receipts and disbursements from
January LIST, 1882, to December
3lst, 1883, together with trial bal
ance, all of which were referred
to Finance Committee .or exami.
nation aud report.
Tho Collector, Jas. Stone, sub
mitted. a report of collections Of
Cotton Tax, from June 10, date of
last report, to December Is, 1888 !;
which was referred to Finance
Committee for examination and
report.
The Chief Engineer, G. NJ. Helm,
submitted o report of the opera.
tions in his department from date
of his last report up to Sth inst,
which was read aud ordered pub
lished. "Wi.
1t being suggested to the Board
that the payment of the cotton
tax has been Systematically and
secretly eyaded by sundry par
ties, making or carrying shipments
of cotton to Vicksburg and New
Orleans, it is
Ordered by this Board that this
informationpbe communicated to
its successor to convene Monday
next, in the form of an order, with
the hope that efficient steps be ta-
ken to collect all taxes so evaded.
Ordered BY the Board that the
following. accounts be, and are
hereby allowed, and ordered paid.
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NOTARY PUBLIC!
JACOB ALEXANDER,

Acknowledgements and all other No
tarial business attended to promptly and
punctually. [dec 10 If
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tms of Supreme Court-Com-
E on the LIST Mondays ofApril
October. .4Aliih gol O..
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Orders from transient customers, YER
bal or written, for job work. advertising,
or subscription. must be accompanied by
the cash. Accounts Of regulSr easto-
mers due and presented the lst Of each
month.
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Since January 10, 1882, you, with
the assistance of the Mississippi
River Commission, have enlarg-
ed and raised:
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has been done since. Kentucky
levee and Choctaw bend enlarge
ment Will be finished between the
Goth and the LIST.
Owing to the closing Of OpOs.
sum Fork levee and others IN Ar
kansas just above, and the def
ciencies found IN the slopes of the
Choetaw bend levee, it was
thought best to thribble the guam
tity Of work first contemplated.
Credit is due the contractor, Can
non, for good management upon
this work. The Mississippi River
Commission have also completed
from Beulah to Hughes. from
Clay & Baggott's to Rowland, aud
from Jenkins to Easton's.
In Washington county, the Nil,
Ter bend enlargement is about
three-fourths completed, and will
be finished by the LIST. Sodding
let to Teiruey, has been done.
The Longwood levee had in it, on
Dee. 3lst, l2l,00O cubic yards,
with 10000 to he done. That
done, however, was the most dill
emit portion. The force varies
from $50 to 200 wheelbarrowmen.
aud from 100 to 125 scrapers. |
fear it will rot be completed be-
fore the 25th or 30th. Yet no
danger need be apprehended ii
the force is kept up.
In Issaquena, d. Mayor has re.
sumed work upon the Homschitto
repairs, aud is progressing slowly.
Biggins will finish Ben Lomond In
hve more working days, when he
will commence topping Cammack
leyee.
Your Board having adopted my
recommendations, e to put in u
cement wall at Vermillion Lake,
and the work having been finished
for a distance of 5000 feet lmeal,
| now report the cost, etc. The
average height of the levee, where
the cement was put is 1913 A
ditch was dug 5000 feet long on
the water side of the levee, its top
being at the water line Of the
freshot of 1882, aud carried to n
depth of four feet below the nat
ural surface. The side Of the
ditch next to levee was then plas-
tered with cement mortar, one
half inch thick. When the NOR
tar had set, the ditch was rehlled,
and earth tampod.
Cost Of esrthwork, digging and
reiilling. ............n.a.... s 2iO9 80
Cost cement work, material,
labor putting on, freight and
hauling .................... sos 40
Total cost Of work, embracing
1900 linear feet Of levees IS 3gI 90
The side of the ditch embraced
an area of nos square yards.
Therefore the cost of the cement
work alone, was q 55-l00 cents
per square yard. 1t may be sta.
ted that owing to this being All
experiment, aud local difficulties,
this work cost q little more than
ii could be doue for under other
circumstances. 1t is thought II
could he done for 20 cents per
square yard. The above gives
us as the cost per mile for n levee
1913 feet high, and cement work
extending four feet below the nat
ural surface:
Earth work si,027 II
Cement work 1851 Il
Total cost per mile SG,50S AZ
This shows that more than
three-fourths Of the cost Ia incur
red in excavating and renlling the
ditch, which has to be done annn
ally in bnckshot levees, to inter
cept crayfish holes. To save thi'
greater expense, have invented
n
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ENGINEERING.

Iig ST. Cant tng.,
From July Q. 1883, TO
Jan. |, 1881. Si..,....S S.5 90 1907 %
From Jan. 10, 81. TO
Apr. 3, 81 ......., l,l52 II l2j 90
From Apr, 3, 's2, to
June 10, 'ss..rn III II l,3Gs 10
From June 10, 50, Ju-
ly 10, 'S2........ - 2iG G5
From July 10, 80, Ju-
ly9, .Sj..a........ 4.3is 90 l.212 ~
--------
Total from Jan. 10, ~,
Jan, I, T,lso - s7,52l 81
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This list of distances is procured
from the latest official surveys and
maps.
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TOWN OFFICIALS.


quar- meetings second Mondays
Of January and July.
COMMISSIONERS.
,M.orthington, Pres't. Washington
auefDury, County.
Siokes Bolivar county
h nelson, Issaquena county
Moore, Sharkey county
Everman, Sec. and Treas.
o'one, Cotton Tax Collector
HELM. Chief Engineer
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Total cost per mile SG,J0S 40
This shows that more than
three -fourths Of the cost Ia incur
red in excavating and reilling the
ditch, which has to be done annn.
ally in bnckshot levees, to inter
cept crayfish holes. To save this
greater expense, | have invented
a steel pointed chisel, TO be driv-
en- as a pile driver, and split the
lcvee open at the high water line
on front slope, making an aper.
ture or trench 3 to 4 inches wide
at top, coming to q point a or @
feet below the natural surface.
This aperture can then be filed
with cement, grout or concrete.
Besides the protection against
crayfsh borlngs afforded by this
cement work, it will intercept
sipe water, and thereby strength
the levee, as well as relieve the
roads and fields, contiguous to
the levee, and to that extent ben
eft front lands.
The benefit resulting from the
cement wall at Vermillon Lake
should be watched with the clos
est scrutiny, asd when found a
success, as | am satisfied it will
be, think the first expenditure ol
the Board after the spring food
should be in the insertion of this
wall in all buckshot .eyees. The
levee in rear of this wall, viii
Withstand any lateral pressure
not sufficient to break and move
the levee in mass. There woule
be no saturation, and consequent
sloughiag In PARTICLES. Our pres
ent levees would be safer with it
than If enlarged to eight fee
crown, aud slope of three to one
without it. y will give at leas
20 per cent. additional strength
by keeping material dry, not tax
ing into account the strength 9
the wall with its uniform beafinI
aud distribution Of pressure.
The following tabular sistemen
will exhibit the amount of werl
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ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.

an IT IWF 1t IIlVIIIe. yum FFIIf HNIl
yearly. and yearly,
Contracted for a. Liberal Rates.
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Ordered by the Board that the
following accounts be, and are
hereby rejected.
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District Court for scushern Dis
trict of Mississippi
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q. NJ. HELM,
Chief Eugineer.
Works OF Engineering.

Icontinued on 4th page
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-01
Thn Iinn,,uunn Ming u Co4.gTens.

The reasscmbling Of Congress is always
n matter Of interest. If Congress could
DO relied on to act wisely and promptly,
do what is necessary to do, and then so
home, u session Of Congress would be
looked forward to with more confidence.
In the session OF last winter Congress
was too busy with rresident-making to
give intelligent heed to the real wants OF
the people; and having a President to
make it lacked the courage to advance
some important measures which have been
hung up BY one Congress after another.
The country suffered then and suffers
now from too much silver dollar; it en-
cumbers the money vaults, obstructs
trade. menaccs the stability Of II other.
wise well-devised and solid financial sys-
TEN. Perhaps Congress will screw its
courage up to tho point Of doing away
with money which has SO much against it
and so little in its favor.
Every intelligent man understands the
need Of a National bankrupt Inv. Con-
gress also understands, but this Congress
lacked the nerve to act in tho face Of q
sturdy and misinformed opposition from
the South and Southwest.
It's too much to hope that the country
may DO put in the way to own a navy that
willnotbcthe dcrision Of the world; or that
through a liberal policy toward American
vesssls.carrying the mails OIL commercial
marine may be fostered for the spread Of
trade in time OF peace and its protection
in time OF war.
Beside passing the appropriations there
are not many things which need to be
done, but those things are Of great moment
to the country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-01
TEACHING GIRLS 70 SEW.
Tho First Lesson Given to Pupils Of the
~, g Philadelphia Public School.
Phiiddtlphtd Dtspnteh 10 Pittsburgh Tines.

Tho First Lesson Given to Pupils OF the
", Philadelphia Public school.
Philadelphia Di.pnteh 10 Pittsburgh Tines.
E0ne-Take up needles" "Two-Take
tip thread.."S "rhree-Daw needle and
thread together "Four--Thread needle"
Ssdch were tho orders given to tho pu.
pills at the Ringgold Girls Grammar School
yesterday. The attendants at the school
were given.their. first lesson In sewing,
aud an hour was devoted to the subject
1t wa intended that, al effort should be
mnde to interest the girls in the matter.
and the instructor, taking up,.a needle
explained how It was manufactured, and
gave m Interesting discourse upon the
very useful article. Afterwnrd there was
n disquisition upon the thread. Then the
pupils were shown how to thread their
needles, this being done In the order given
above. The. instructor passed among the
girls and showed them how to Sow. Many
Of them were totally ignorant upon the
subject, and there were many fingers
pricked with the sharp.pointcd stecls.
Miss Maxwell, tho Principal of the
school, had prepared for each pupil a
small bag to contain the Implements for
sewing. "A week ago sho requested each
girl to make the bags herself. Upon IN.
1uiry Monday last the Principal learned
that. with butfew exceptions, the children
had, hud the bags made by their mothers
or female relatives, and
OF those who knew how to SOW was very
small, However, they evincsd the great
est interest in yesterdays experiment,
and the girls took rs naturally to the task
as q boy does to base ball.
Similar scenes to that described were
enacted in other grammar and secondary
schools. Thirteen Of the teachers who
were instructed in the training school
were set to..work yesterday. 1t Is proposed
to devote one hour every week to each
division in all the schools Of the city, and
II the experiment proves successful ut the
end OF n year the system will bc improved
ind extended. The number Of teachers
being limited many sections will not reap
the benefits OF the lessons. Controller
John NJ Campbell ordered the teachers
in the Fifth section to give the pupils in
their care lessons in sewing and not 10
whit for the special instructors. It Is prob
able similar orders will be issued all over
the city. .7t
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Major Charles ". Franzhcim, whorepre-
sents the Wheeling Pottery on the road,
is back from a somewhat protracted trip
through the Western States. He said in
the course ola conversation a day or two
ago: Things are very much depressed
in all the cities and large towns I touched.
l donotsec any reason for immediate hope
Of a betterlncnt. Now in tho great wheat
producing States, where, In fact, that
product is depended upon for the means OF
subsistence and income, there is nothing
doing because wheat is SO cheap that
raiscrs and holders will not sell it at the
price offered. Othergrain and cereals are
proportionately low. The direct tendency
Of this dcpressionis to depresst the trade Of
the cities and towns in these States ashley
arc mutually dependent. In our business
there is no demand for the staples. We
arc pushed badly to fill orders for deco
rated goods"