The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-02-18

The ROOd VI only O0Os 0OWOVU1S
he negative kind; II will nos MAKE
,he matter much better, but prevent tt Il
rom getttug worse. The construction
II the first all occupied dve montns
inc aud cost about OK, ,OoQ The oh
,rs will not cost quite % much. % Ioe
iret one Was an expsrlmeusf ana tno
acquired will b 81 practi-
,si benefit iu future work. *
uThe Atchaialaya = already . g0od
stream The evils to b cor
rectcd are, first tho Injury to the Ws-
lIsaiDpi river due to the ioss ofa lsrgeI
amount Of water. The quantity OF ~.
al lott is not Of auch great impoetance
but It il the eeawing out q that point |
causing Z deposit 10 b made and
general shoaiing below the placs, Ct or !
near Red River Landing. The Atcha- |
falsya is getting larger and larger end I
each year ittakes more end more visitor
from the Mississippi. Il 10 withio the I
bounds Of probability, 10 fact excsed. I
inely probable that 10 the coutso Of
lime II viii take all the 4ioeisstpps
river aud become the Mls0lsslppi's out.
let. II 10 to prevent this that the etlIe
are being coustructed.
.Thls outlet problem 10 complicated
bv another one, aud that is the en-.
trance into Red river at low water.
Red river was once q tributary to the
Missiesippj. but now the Atchafalaya
has got 90 large that the Red river
aows down It and very little Of the
Red river water comes out OF the MIS-
eIssippi at all. This has caused OLD
river. or what might b0 called the
mouth Of Red river, 10 become very
broad and shallow, 60 much % % mol
to afford Sufficient depth Of water Tor
navigation when the rivers are low.
This season this piece Of Old river,
about six miles In length, was practl-
cally dry ground nearly four months.
From this you can seo that the work
which will have to be done at this
place will require not only the protec.
ton against the enlargement Of the
Atcha falaya. but also some device
which shall cut through this bar ana
afford good entrance into Red river
at all siages. A plan 10 cover these re-
quIrements has been prepared, out no
money has been appropriated Tor u -
yet.
About month ago, by the direction
of the chief of engineers, went beforo
the river and hsrbor COMMITTEES OF the
house and explained to them the
troubles existing at the place have
described and the means proposed to
obvate them. The COMMITTEES seemed
much interested In the statement and
/ was LED to hope that the necessary
money would be forthcoming.
"The means proposed are difficult to
fully explain without q map. The
Mississippi river commission, under
which I am acting, proposes to con-
struct low dam Q short distance below
the Sugar,house chute, thus to divert
the waters Of the Red river In low and
! tutermedi late stages from the Atcbala
, laya aud through upper Old river I!
: the Mississippi. In addition to this,
, propose, II the commission approves
to construct jetty from the lower ens
D of rurnbull's island along the middI
/: Of Old river and projecting out Into tn
] Mississippi. This will discharge IN
\ Red river water well into the Missls
q sippi, 60 that the sediment that II bear
j. will be swept away by the MississipF
h current and the formation OF bar prt
O vented. At the same time the Atcnal
q alaya can be fed by water, the amour
= of which can be limited, which vi
J. leave the Mississippi and pass along
- the lower side Of the jetty, thenS
D, through lower Old river to the Atcba
,e alaya. The effect Of this iDproveinel
when completed will be ss II Turnbull
he island was united with the matnlau
n from the head Of the Atchaialsya TO u
W old mouth of Red river, and formed
3 long point which extended clear o.
into the Mississippi, the Red riv
coming in as q tributary above u
ho point aud the A:chsfaiaya outlet be'o
pe it.. -
e. GAN this work could be done io
- single season II the money was svail
ch bls and everything Ia readiness
Die h,ph water time. The work wou
~ cost hnlf a million Of dollars. l dos
ID il congress wilt give that much In Q
'ni appropristion. In the meantime
ow work on the Atchafsisya has virtus
nc ceased"
,ur -
lid Volapuk appears to be the last
Ire spairine effort OF Europeans TO prev
u English from becoming The untve'
IapRuage.- Omaha World.