The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-01-16

BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI LEyEE COMMISSIONERS,
GREENyILLE, Miss, January IL, 1885.
STOKES, President;
Ii have the honor to submit report Of the operations
Ftment from July Is, 1885, to the present time.
pg the interval which elapsed between the July meeting Of
"a and its special meeting in September very little work
Bggns completed his contract for the enlargement of the
Hurleys to Sedges Capt. Winters Repair Force finished
ring and sodng of the front slope Of the Lake Bolivar lie
had badly damaged by washing from heavy rains
uted timely and much needed work the Edmunds
ON junction Of the Clay and Bsgo Levee to Buck Ridge
1t was disbanded the 3lst of August. Mr.. Hyners
dbanded day two after the adjournment of tho Board
September special meeting, fourteen contracts let
SIX have been completed, VIZ: The Connolly Hoop the
Extension Levse and the enargemens of the old Ksn
wee Of the Franklin Hoop the Choctaw Bend Lsvee and
oard Levee Of 1882 OF the remainder the Robertsonvle
been finished with the exception Of few hundred feet of
ent OF the old evee, included in Mr. Harnets contract
aot repair of wash the Homochtto and Holly
ns has cancelled by mutual consent having been
od give precedence to other wsrk The enlargement Of
rom Buregh to Ingomar has not yet been begun being
comparatively unimporan line which be finished at
during high water.
on the New Hope Leves have made very
grcss spite Of repeated warnings Consequently be-
esary to place force upon their work. and instructions
TO that effect cd and complied with. The levee
ab be completed in two weeks less The enagements
bcordia Hoop vicors-on the Hartford ront-and from
yalewoodsre making very satisfactory progress The
of the evees under construction during tho present
the New Brunswick line in Warren county. Thanks to the
Thor almost without precedent which prevailed in December
part of this work has been completed without any necessity
tererencs Of the Board The whole line may now be re
ls safe.
September meeting, 1t ordered that the enlargement
hoop protection evee at waxhaw be done by tho Repair
fthe Board Mr. L. Duaney made proposition to execute
at Is cents yard 1t appeared to me and also to Mr.
HAS rinta ndan tha Waaa aRa
an coud do tho work for and accordingly, under the
of the President accepted Mr. Duaneys snsr-whch was
ied into effect.
ra had recommended for construction but had
for the until the prospects of crop were
developed aud financial condition better ascertained
situation not threatening Regarded rs advisable
location and construction Ell other accounts Sorl
cavng Of banks sotng in at several Localities and
sirabo ascertain definitely the quantity and dec
changes Moreover opportunity thus given for es
mature gradually as our revenues came n The evoe IN
nde this head Argyle, Chotard aud the enlargement
bcaw Bend to Port Anderson
her localities cavng developed with unexpected violence
cred necessary themmedate censructon onew lines where
hoped the emergency might DO dsd for another
hose localities are Ben Lomond and Arcadia.
other piece of work remains to DO noticed viz: the
Of the Catfish Point evce below Mlers This had been
for the Repair Force but let by contract en- very favor
evees Ben Lomond and Argyle let by advertise
der the authority Of the President on the 9th OF November
contract for Ben Lomond Levee awarded to j. L. Per
CENTS and for Argyle to c. A. Winter at II cents The
has nearly completed his work The latter has not
vee He will begin his proper wsrk immediately 1t sa
easy line, and will give no trouble.
he other eveos named bids invited privately with the
Of the President there being time for advertisement
lot to j. A. Cannon Is cents Arcadia to John
t l4t cens Chocaw Bend to Port Anderson enlargement to
el Co., for Is cents and Catfish Point Topping to j. S.
for % cents. All now under way.
Repair Force reorganzed the 1s Of November under
and proceeded at with the repairs vermon Lake
Their work advanced very slowly until abeut the lat OF De-
on account lack of Since that time they have been
ng very we'll At the completion of their present operations
earlier necessary they will be employed in putting plank
n the Clark 'front.' Lake Beua and in enargng and
the end Of the wingdyke below Ryerton.
cond small force organized the 25th of November
n Parker and Is now employed in topping the evee from
Turnbuls house to the town Of Duncansby Thence they
to Australia to top the evee between Sessions Gate
levee of 1SS2and else as may be necessary
tractors and Levee Board forces alike have been greatly i'm
their operations by the scarcity of labor Last year the
the large cities sent down great numbers Of
whom failed to employment Consequently they
repeat the experiment during the present The native
abores nearly oil engaged in picking the cotton CROP
was difficult until the far advanced to get
for the teams and almost impossible to find to do
Moreover the work taken at such low figures that the
could not employ forces by dsyabor to considerable
hou heavy oss Owing these most Of the parties
~ late in starting and close supervision needed TO see
number of in each instance kept to the required
In of bad weather other emergency had all my
lions made to put Leves Board forces at moment that
become necessary
nj be observed that the Robesonyle and New Hope Lev
been included in this report done under supervision
hgem0nt with the Upper Board.
authority of resolution passed the July meeting of this
resdept and Chef Engineer with the concurencs OF the
We Committee Of the Upper Board who duly commits
on their part entered into contract with T. F. Dufin Bro
n per cubic yard for the building Of the Ash Slough ves
ma county, This work under the supervision of the Chief
oil the Upper District and he informs that ii 10 progress
satisfactory The last estimate shsws that 6672
ad been constructed up TO January L.
ouated statement appended showing the amount of work
ce the ast regular meeting July, to the beginning
year. as shown by the last estimates In instance
e New Hope Leveeths statement does not give
work actually performed-asno estimate has been given
9th Of November, by the order Of the President Up to
there have been constructed of this svee 1926 yards
OF 2255 On the Deerfeld and Hartford enlargement Also
ork has been done which has not been reported.
present appearances there prospect of early
water 1t will probably be high enough, however, to call
exercise OF considerable vigilance and is that
nigh water service be organized to be employed n of