The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-02
cnce ranging irora 70 to 90 feet in deuth

cnce ranging irora 70 to 90 feet IN dspth,
thovo now eSiats, -tter the improvemenl
d,E.reGca q 90 % so feet 81 note.
Tbi, represent, tho gnsliOtia jus Of
the former conditions Whlch, although
euflcient Tor the purposes ~ uGyiEa-
Ion Is oviiently 700 small
~ ef9fi, In ody Considerable degree.
~, p'rhnpF, 81 spy snusihi, degree, re-
81 nom cross enron ~ GGGies ana
gue,u3'igus resulting from constantly
varying sop.hs, IL would Ssem,
Therefore, Tat stability ~ 10 NLa y
Tho rcsult OF such uniformity o.Sep.h
E6 can b. secured by WORT OF cor
traellon 10 prac icatY EnGJtHinahla.
"F,r this reason the plan utmryov-
msnti contemplated a liHoral u.o Of
bank ravetmoGI roughly ostiNasud
~ snsg muIc then tlCr tmuG AS
muGt 40 tho CORE sppsSirg
Sofk q channel contraction. H. may
DO Ata'ed that q Is rot tho ir'pution,
nor has lttvar been he "a ctica u
the commission, 20 project tho banks
by revetmeni merely because il u cav
ing. o'het considerations mus, govern
this question; but whore On imminent
danger tEregteus tho immediate de-
sFuot,op ~ Interests OF great value,
rs for example, whore 4 cGrvlng bond
"a about to attack IN
nsuk and carry AWAY costly
works 81 improy ement or produce =
DISASTROUS cHtuil, or where " city's
river front 10 10 be maintained, a. a.
Viceshurg; or portion OF tho city IL.
seii IL IN oo protected against under.
mining, as a. Memphis, then it
l. believed 10 be- imperative THAI
the local remedy OF holding
tho bspks intact by msttrass reve,.
mont or other equivalent devices,
ahnuld ba sdop;Sdn
Tho commission says tho money
neic:n'ske or damage ana ioss
III WORKS constructed uoder
tho direction OF tho commission
ron TIL time OF Its organlza ION to
June 80, 1885, between Caro- and New
Orleans, ~ about "a per cent. Il Ia In
view VI the serious Misrepresentation
touching tho original plsn and re- cont
mends,iops OF the commission, which
have como to its notice, that
1t hsa thought proper to make tho
somewhat extended reference TO the
place which the work OF bank protec
tion Mad In that plan, and 10 tho
amount OF cost and Efficiency OF the
work Of that kind, which has bSen
done,
.The mlsappiohension,n tho cont
missioner ssys, "Uhlch hiss prevailed
20 some extent, that The Nlseis
sippl liver may nj any time,
sud probably will At an early daS
II left to it,, " suddenly break tfronl h
into The A',bafalsya, and thereafter
make that stream It's principal route 10
nv gulf, has never beun shared by the
commission In the sense that tho
d nser is imminent, Snd rot
subject TO cay control. Hho commi,-
siun has no. iniitd hewever, o. rtcu,.
nize the fact that there IL dagger that
Ia Tho event OF n prolonged concur.
renee Of high water IN tho Miss,ssippi
river and low wafer ~ tho Rcd
tho existing channel nigh,
be gradually enlarged 10 q car scit y
alfllcient to discharge largo portion
on tue main t,reem, thue adding tn TIE
cost OF any worka In ia oikUd ui
treatment ihst uisht finally os
adopted for thst LEGALITY, whether d..
signed to close u as an outlet, or &c
convert IL ihto tributary
With regard to vicksbusg harbor
the commission ssya:
ipu OF the frat appropriation that
shall become applicable 10 !, a
upon tho iritvel worhs ui
OF . plan having for its object tho graz.
nal reconstruction az The hsfbor nj
vicksburg 10. or IL the direction az ~.
former condition, In such ltopnr,'or
AZ leastas shsll awe " u portion o. IN,
city . water fruut At loN.wntei
stage. This will b. attempted ~ such
works 81 construction aud d. flertsou
locswe q euisahle points shove, q
shel ultimately effs6t division Of this
main body Of TIE esresm " the vicks
nufg eide, and w. yuoeeeion o. IN
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