Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-05-26
Two Rivers to the Sea.

N Two Rivers to the Sea.
We lave received a copy Of she Biz,
mlhgham Evening Ners, and We think
" We can delec; in ils editorial lines the
work of II foimcr esteemed fellow.
~, citizen. Col, l.. J. Dupree. We do not
believe any one Csc would ever have
J. conceived the idea of connecting tour
- or five small streams AMI making one
great river ont Of hem 1t might not
he considered a Utopian project in
view of The great woik accomplished
In uniting the Mediterranean and the
Red seas al Sucz, and in The Canal pro-
jcctcd at Panama. biscctiug the Amer
N lean continent, an in ancient times
- there was 4 genius who changed The
" channel Of the Euphrale> river auG
8 cleaned out the Augcan stables, q
l. work oi comparatively little labor
d ald consequence. But Il is reserved
Tor this day and generation 10 lind 4
, plan to drain the great Mississippi
Valley OF surplus water during its Pc
. riods of floods, by building another
river: Admitting that the plan is en-,
e tirclr practicable, what would the peo. .
pie have 10 say who inlfabit the popu. ,
loHs cities along the banks OF thi,
2Feai channel Of trade. Ills only dur. :
ing 4 few days in every three or four
wears that they dread an overflow: all h
the balance of the time they havn't any :
more water than they heed, aud some y
times the water j. SO low that trade i ii
Interrupted. As il is, the New Or
leans people are dreadiug HAT ,Ae y
bulk of The Mississippi water viii y
some day flow into The Atchafalaya, ii
and they are continually calling on IL
their representatives in Congress to n
protect them against tie impending -
evil
1t is sometimes a great benefit to
mankind to supplement the natural by A,
artificial work, but the building Of an.
other Mississippi river is not to be
considered by the present generation.
some other means will he found to yet
rid of the surplus in the Treasury. CT
Here Is what the Ncys SAYS: no
Why not, after seeing recent consc. h..
Iuclces OF iIvlng IN China. where a rls
r,icl STATE and IN! rad, OF people were ON.
DESTROYED By the breaking .cyecs. and ,ri
why not, after witnessing ruinou, r.. nn
>iIts OF Tie system each wear since New H.,
Orleau, was founded. resort TO Tie ~
'lihple process Of c%reatinglwo parallel II
riiris from q point near Kansas Cir, ia.
the Cult. Turn the food OF tbc 80,
Missouri INTO the Neosho, and tAi, In. III
10 ne Arkansas and ihi, into Lake ro.''
tfo'!,lcnec, and this into Red river. tor,
IuG the latter into the Atghaf,laya H.
mat cmplIc. into the Gulf. Then we -,
would hayetTo Mississippi rivers par. u
'.ir' with one another. and easily dis. 4I''
into The Gulf the food tide '"
Vt Tue mighty valley. Canal digging, cast
zone Win great machines. Ike bctc. 'He-
moths, would speedily pillow mighty '"''
rriirNc> required to supplement- the >.II'
@liirT"nt rivers channel, designated. uoh
Xxx, XXI t,;s ca'a'', connecting iIc ar p,
.ouII giyc bath ,I -,' ..,1o Iii,,,l>'pll; out
he commerce Of The valley woTii Eo pcnt
2nduatel Is ehcariy as over the in pau
. ,i HaR.e water ways OF China. nno I
Du' :oh5 a. congressman can ap- '" Po
ten million dolIar, rl,c,I, ' ,uS,- D,g the I
into tie valley ami di.tr.Iu,. ton
l ahioAs ie!dlnl men and contractors =.
,-ra,. /, ."""s ',iaZ 'He river. l;,tiI
II So costly ami 40 49,. and
= wealth, VIII be enacted ys-a,r-.. teil l.
; Nn'li, 4i ia,t. ysIc, mss ,e -. 'He ;
dr nre,ox "n4 'n.re 4..af as 7n ~
ould, and HaTc, ~ ~
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NC L'r 'He Following Congressional IhUr
'"'t on Tue 1T ballot iu'Ai. district: count
''rs Tor Mitchell. are, Calhoun three. Hov.
IRON toUr' Grenada two .Pou'uioc made
.ee, '.ooH'ha three. masking 8 10. not Il
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