The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-21
with religious ianaticism, bigotry and in
tolerance for its basis. The horrors OF
such a conflict can be imagined.
PROTECTIVE WORK ATLAKE Boil
WAR. MISS.

We note with great pleasure our Information
about the government work that has been done at
the head OF Lake Bolivar. We are reliably informed
that $4,000 OF the s5g,O)O, appropriated for this
point has been expended with a most satisfactory
result giving continuous line OF protection
mattresses, commencing ut the extreme danger
point above, and extending down the river for
nearly half mile. As soon as the water will por
nit the remaining s60, 900 will be used in extend
Ing these mattresses still further down, which will
quite, or very nearly, cover all the caying bank
endangerlng tho large leyec at this point This Is
the most expensive leyec IN the district, and upon
It's maintenance depends more developed country
and wealth than any other Cat Fish Point,
Lake Bolivar, Williams Bayou and Deer Greek
from one end TO the other depends upon
TINS leyee. And In case the appropriation made
by the Government Is not sufficient to extend the
work down TO point that viii guarantee absolute
soiety, our Levee Board should appropriate sutl-
Client sum 10 accomplish same place in the hands
OF the Government engineers while there this sum
mer or fall, aud have them do The work. We think
II Is too important piece Of work to walt hoping
for further appropriation from the Government
Let this Opportunity go, and 90 may cost the Levee
Board more than they are able 10 spend TO do the
work some day In the near future. Think Of the
expense In machinery, ETC., the Board would have
To go TO to do II piece Of work like this; think OF
the country that would be ruined In case the leyee
was forced behind lake Bolivar think Of the great
number Of people and wealth dependent upon It's
maintenance; then think whether the Lcyee Board
and people can afford to neglect and be pnrslmoni.
Gus In regard 10 It's protection. Leland (Mss)
Times
The APPEAL, in behalf OF its Delta sub
scribers and readers, unltes with its Leland
contemporary in urging upon the Levee
Board the completion OF the protective
mattress work atthe head OF Lake Bolivar,
II ii should be made necessary by the fail
urc of the Congressional appropriation.
There should not DO even the width of a
foot Of leyee left exposed to the impinging
current. The mattresses should be laid so
~ to lap over, with view to possible con-
tingencies or breaks above or below the
protected angles. by such precautions,
the lcvees, constructed and maintained at
so much Of cost to the planters OF the
Valley, may be preserved from the
Unsuitable NAV OF the rapacious Fa-
/ NiiNi VI hNt'lh illcTt HIS Dttn
no work accomplished in Mississippi,
or, indeed, in tho South, that will
compare with the Yazoo Delta levee
system as an exhibit OF enterprise or for
lis value as an investment. II was con-
ceived by a great public spirit and has
been maintained by a concert Of action
and scli-sacriilco that are in the highest
degree creditablo to the planters. 1t is at
once monument TO their juiieious liber.
atty and lesson to the people Of the Ar
kansas aud Louisiana lowlands. Follow.
ing such an example there is no reason
why the people Of these States who own
lands subject to overflow should not by
similar means bring them into market as
among the most available and richest cot
ton lands in the lower Mississippi Valley.