The Greenville times., 1886-11-20
Government Lsvsr WSrk.

officers in charge Of the different
divisions Of Mississippi river i'm
provement. met al Memphis on
Tuesday. the 10th, and adjourned
the next day. The officers e0usii
tntiDg the Board are Maj. Chas. w.
Raymond, in charge Of the work
from Ylcksburg TO NeE Orleans;
Capt. William T. RosseIl, whose
district e1ieads from White river
to Vieksburg; and Capt. Smith 5.
Leach, whose work embraces the
two reaches above White river.
The senior member. Maj. Ray.
moud, is president Of the Board,
aud its junior member, Capt.
Leach according TO army ruleA
recorder. The object Of Tuesdays
meeting was to dispose of 81 Allo,-
ment Of tlls,0a0.s6 made by the
Mississippi River Commission Al
/ its September meeting in New
York. BY the terms Of the orders
this sum was to be apportioned to
the entire Tensas front. which
embraces all the Arkansas trout
below Cypress creek, and all the
Louisiana front above Red river,
aud tha, portion Of the Yaroo
front in Mississippi opposite Prov
idence resch-sbount 25 miles in
length.
On Wednesday the Board made
their award, which is net hnal,
being subject TO the approval Of
the Secretary OF War, and which
was not therefore officially an.
nounced, but which was under
stood to he as follows;
To yaEoo front. $4,000; to the
Fourth Louisiana District, ELL.
100; to the Arkansas front, t94,.
920.s6.
The sum allotted 10 the Missls.
sippi Levee District is for the pur-
pose OF extending the new leyee
At Ben Lomond, now under con,
siruetion by the Levee Board.
Application was made TO the
board Of district officers for q
greater sum than this, 10 be ex
pended In enlsrgibg our levees in
the reach above indicated. Bot
IN view Of the more pressing ne
| cessities OF the other side Of the
river and Of The large sums here
tofore sllotod to us, this spplica
ton was not granted. The Secre
,sry OF War has also approved the
Recommendation Of the River
Commission, for the reimburse
ment TO this Board Of the amount
expended on the Hughes break
aggregating with the tl2,O0O. neal
10000 for our district
While Of course, We would
, willingly have secured for our
selves a greater share OF the allot
ment, We are not disposed Il
grudge our Arkansas neighbour
, their good foriuue, but congrstu
I. late them heartily.
4 1t 10 understood that the Fiftl
+ aud Tensas Levee Districts o
E Louisiana and the Desha aud Chi
cot Districts of Arkansas agrer
e to put mp a sum equal to that a
!. lotted by iheGovernment,s ,sl3O, ,0Ot
!. This will build a complete lin
i from Cypress creek, above Aksu
e sas City, to q point below Greer
u vile. Aud will reclaim from oveI
u dow Desha and Chicot counties
aud the back Louisiana parisbe
> OF the Tensss basin. The wor
e will be let as soon as possible.
II The work advertised under th
u former Arksansas allotment {
n $4,000 was let in Memphis on la'
II Monday to J. VI. Whitehall for
u cents per cubic yard.
10 The War Department has finall
u approved the allotment by ii
n Mississippi River Commission ,
10 100000 for levees Of the Yazot
u Mississippi Delta District. Th
g. appropriation will be expended G
% such parts of the line of levee b
ID tween Memphis aud the north lin
10 Of Bolivar county Miss, as Cap
G Leach, L. 5. f. may determine.