Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-30
water News.

TO superintendent NJ. 5. Belknap, from
Mr.. Buckner, Of Madison parish, was
received yesterday:
The levee at Salem, or lower lila
warra, is the most threatened point,
being in about 100 feet from the levee.
No immediate danger. 1t will prob
ably stand until the present rise passes.
The new levee at Montgomery is
sloughing, bat a force is working
making it strong in all weak places. l
know Of no point in u parish that I
consider in immediate danger.
The Friars Point Gazette of the 23d
says: In former times when the river
was at its present stage everybody was
at work on the levee, but now the
levee is in good condition, and every
body feels safe. Communication with
the wharfboat being cut off by the
water so that teams can not across,
the freight is nov brought down by
e of a barge and delivered on the
levee at a convenient point directly in
front of town. Major G. T. Dabney,
chief levee engineer, is on hand look.
ing after the important work in his
charge. He is keeping a strict watch
over the whole line and wherever there
is work needed a force Of laborers is
put on and all weak places are
strengthened.
Capt. G. B. Sears arrived in this city
last evening On the government steam
er Vidalia. He had been on an in
spection tour along the levees from
Wilson's Point to this city. He reports
no immediate danger at Salem, though
he thinks the run.around should be
constructed as soon as possible. All
other points are in good condition.
The crevasse at Anstin, in Tunica
county, was the a~ll-absorbing topic of
conversation yesterday, and gave rise
to much u%neasiness among those
interested in the Yazoo delta country.
From the train dispatcher's office on
the Mississippi Valley road it was
learned through kilograms from Road
Master Hutchins, at Evansville sta.
ton, that the break was threatened for
a distance of six hundred yards all day
Tuesday, and the road had sent six
thousand sacks and a large force Of
men to the rescue Of the levee district
hands, but without avail as the result
proves. The breech is about sil
hundred feet long and the flow is from
ten to twelve feet deep, AT 2 o'clocl
last evening the water was rising yer!
rapidly at Evansville, and it was Mr.
Hutchens' opinion that If it continued
to rise at the same rate trains woul(
be unable to pass there by 6 o'clock
pm, as he thought there would b.
three or four miles Of track unde
water between Tunica and Clayton
stations, which are about eight mile
apart, and Evansville about equal dis
lance between them. These low point
were under water in the overflow 0
1884, and it is safe to say that tn
present flow of water at tina
point will reach the line @
. that year. The officers Of the compan
here were undecided as to what the
should do in the way Of starting trair
r north last night, until late in the a
l ternoon, when they decided to send OIL
the 2 o'clock train this morning.
A gentleman who run on that pc,
ton Of the road in 1884 says th.
water will not interfere with the ruI
ming of trains, and that it will he
rise high enough to interfere wit
them. As soon as it reaches point hig
enough to 60 into cold water it WI
continue at about the same stage &
Evansville or along the line Of th
. railroad, there being sufficient quite
; in that stream to prevent its risiE
higher.
: There were rumors Of trouble bein
apprehended at Hushpuckana, and th
; the officers of the railroad here ss
their hands were being c~oncentrj
!, ted at Hushpuckana tank or station G
{ their road, that being opposite II
, threatened point on the levee. If tn
= levee should break it will inundate Il
-: entire Sun1lower country from TIL
point south.
. LATER.