The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-01-17

TON COUNTY. MISS. SATURDAY, JANUARY Il. 1891


skipWh enlargement The 2h December Memphis
Owing
nearly 50 forward condition As our own The greater part OF # fairly
covered however Win force .uert TO finish il within the pbd lime
namely March be said in this connection that Captain oess
and his assistant Mr. COpp have shown aeye interest the work
and have done everything their expedite it, The whole line will
be in completion will then depend the
forces aud special attention be given weak and low places
lhe work Of the Mississippi River Commission 'als year has parg
to CERTAIN of The Iono nep in,o ssp
Of bends above frssnFils Tero sr iy which C or y
Point Ashbook Point Carriers Point and Point Chco have especially been
objects of interest," the extremely distance their
amounting to less than mile each instance aud threatening cut
brooks Point about three miles below Ohat Landing the nS less than
half mile across and eaVng rapidly The effects of cutoff here would be
Mes Bend Ley and for long distance below and would produce
in all probability hs, dS'S the increased u@ srur wou pr ul \" c
other points especially Carriers Point the disturbance Of all exist
adjacent eees v Mississippi
Commission allotted large sum for the reVetmet Of The n of bok
ron ana e work has been progress for two months or so About hall
mile OF the bank has been thoroughly protected bringing e work down
the narrow part of the neck thought that this the safety of the
point for the present season. and will be finished next summer
GreenvLe but the other work deemed pressing tc
The Gre Grsenys revsmen understood to be next in order Of Importance
very large expended last for sacks and for high
work protecting the
the worst places plank been tried various times since 1884
30 lar concerns the end Immediately sought the experiment has been
u Fronts protected have since given trouble The obc
on to this class of work First plank eyeimcnts ura
they have been cautiously used They have been placed however this
IN four places namely nyie Dded Waysde and ongwood
IN view OF the great points their Importance and the large
annually spent high Special protection needed
Ohoeaw Bend Clover M and at Cottonwood Landing Our means
however, are not sufficient this work further during the present
year. There other good osponng such construction these
particular repairs gong points
the pous location of the last which renders uadvsabe to make
great all expense eve which be renewed or
for the cost of such work is about $4,000 per mile
Mr. Duaney made proposition enlargement work during the
coming is payable receipts next Fall with
Interest at per cent from the dates ofmonhy estimates This Offer
peared to reasonable that recommended of II to the
PRESIDENT and tho accordingly made the 100000
yards with tho option Of increasing the quantity
Great precautions taken this the construction Of all of
our new evee especially larger All and have been
grubbd-argo and deep mucdes will all the
end each important eyee has had resident Inspector 1t believed that
all these have done their duty intelligence fidelity that the
proposed has been attained
AS the letting very late and the time only little extended
tractors have had push their work with great activity will
spirit ana that they have spared neither pains The forces
pcd along the line very large embracing than
their equivalent added perhaps
will soon add
yet early prospects regards
high water sharp rise took Cincinnati from the melting Of the
SHOWS Dec 26th but succeeded by sharp fall and the effect
duced Cairo aided by slight we Cumberland
will be comparatively small There has been only moderate rainfall the
valleys OF the Arkansas and White rivers and only fraction ine from
the recorded Chattanooga and Nashville In
the concerned there nothing formidable Tho
most striking analogy recorded that of 1871 the Cincinnati
goth January melting great
snowfall Of that which, will be remembered amounted 20 inches
Grecnve That Cairo
here short whether depends upon
havor of the weather hereafter which orete by
We have bought 10000 Sacks have an option 100000 up
the February We finishing miles plank
have considerable either tho oyemon the
pornt points of the line in Bolivar Washington and Iqucna which will
know whether likely great food Should such be the
case bcttcr prepared than have been We viii
ndeavo profit by the lessons last and TO make successful
fight with much less expenditure
Very respectfully,
WIN. STARTLING, Chief Engineer
Mess Slers attorneys then appeared before Board in
claims citizens Catfish Point outside
arranged
gom who also interested the Claims to bc aud the