Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-07-05
River Items

hanks are nfoNliS Fcis oiShSti'"+
TO property and causing many
changes, as the falling waters wash
The sandy substratuan away, allow
( inr the surface to crumb.e away
AMI give place so the maj, eddyins
and boiling eugrea.. -AcIcshare been
! known 10 20 into tho river IN
! single nigA.. The most affected
points ere just below Young
Point, where The mad Mississippi
threatens 10 open q new channe! IN !
a southcrly direction, leaving Della I
Point and the government. improve (
ments thereon several miles TO thc ,
eastward OF il. The next place is +,
Cabin Tcel, where it threatens 20
como through into Marshal.'s Lake
and thence ont at point between
Duckport and Young Point.
Next is Mili:ken 5 Bend, the town
inow being near q mile west q lts
original location. The west ana
Hover side Of Island 30. %. m
arcws Bros., valuable place, is CO.
ing IN by the acre, and threatens 70
take al tho better pQl.ipn O i.
4 linda BANDING is tho scene Of q dis
iastrors line Of cayirg, the magnif-
l;cont forest trees IN the vicinity
going in by the wholesale. AT
lGrand Lake tho water is runing
n throuch;t}sis is, beyond doubt: the
most important wash and thrcatnn-
d ell disaster on the enthe Inc Of
river. as the water mere SCENE TO
have become entEuscd with Cow
" den's Outlet idea and jamped into
Grand Lake with al eye seeking
Or an outlet througi. Bayou Macon
Tonsas, Black River, Red River
Of ami Atchafalaya into tie GUitwi;h
on, ever returning 20 It's prcseu
he'd, but the rapid decline Of In
river temporarily averted this dis
laster. and the mad waves arc con
re tent with washing The bank etoy
and below. Lecta is the next in
d. portant caving point; the town hav
ing been upon wheels for som
years, andis now rapidly being CT
az croached upon. Greenyule ma
been seriously threatened, ami tn
ng river has approached the businc'
lportioa Of the city al a rapid rai
mis- until within fifteen feet of the eat
tice-house and other business POM
when the caving suddenly cease
!" and the waters receded from Il
bluff, leaving shelving and Pr
90 lection bank, which indicates t!
ay. formation of a bar in from. OF Il
lao city. Bars arc forming al MAJ
eek points III lfoil' W oiH i,''i'," "
in consequence new landings a
: being continually established, al
lfk, other changes, 10 which we will
h'S fer at another time. In the Oh:
1t Maycrsvillc, wherethe ensine'
can have evidently been experiment.
ice By driving row Of piling IN bohi
the island, washeut has lac
Ma caused by the lodgincnt OF ial
: amount OF drift, il being $50 +
wide and very deep. An atten
was made to close this gap, but !.
OF to DO abandoned on account o.
the depth of water, which, with
heavy current running throni
or prevented the jetting OF tho pill
, the The principal work done and be
done is at the head of Stack isli
. G Chute, in sight Of Lake Provide
I he on the Mississippi; thence up
Mississippi shore 70 Mayefsy
Chute, Skipwith Chute and end
. " at Duncansby, and or the Lou
WIS ana shore al n point between '
G sons Point and Cottonwood, 4
'ance below Longwoed at McMilla
one place-thcse i've points being
nths. only work on the Louisiana sh'
IN of These works extend over that
came ton Of the river above descri
,;n,e for distancco of abou, fifteen M
About 500 men are employed 7
pub 49, ,,o,,,s Of ,,.sent nclu,
o" . carpenters, blacksmiihs, arts
h''y of different grades and labor
he last Several steamboats,, tweiye-o'
;. can teen steam pile drivers and
ghtto enormous hotilla Of shanty-b'
workshops and bargesare requ
vas to 10 further the work.-T-Da
, July
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