The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05
DUTY OF DIKEs.
To Keep the Missouri River Within
Bounds-The Official Report Filed.

To Keep the Missouri River within
Bounds-The Official Report Filed.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-A rerort fled
in the war department shows for the
Missouri river that work in the field
below Sioux City consisted in detached
surveys to supply information not col
lected by the general survey of 1890 and
to obtain information at special locali--
ties. This work was mainly carried on
in the fall of 1891. In the spring Of the
current year two parties were in the
field to run a line of prize levels be-
tween Sioux City, Ia, and St Charles,
Mo-, which latter point is already con-
nected with similar work done by
the Mississippi river and United
States coast and geodetic survey. The
work of these parties progressed favor
ably, and ii is expected that it will be
completed during the current season.
No field work was done during the
year. At Sioux City, Ia, the effect of
the dixie constructed to protect the
town continues to be good and no fur
Their work seems to be needed. At
Omaha the revetment of the left bank
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tended down stream 1920 feet during
the months OF August, September and
October, 1891. This work with that
previously constructed will, it is
thought, sufficiently protect the bank
and nothing more than occasional
repairs will hereafter be need
ed. No work was found neces-
sary at Nebraska City, Neb., during the
season and the plant was transferred to.
st. Joseph for surveys at that point,
IS, 600 of the balance of allotment for
this place being transferred to the work
at Benton bend. At st. Joseph. Mo-,
work was resumed on the revetment of
Belmont bend in the latter part of Au-
gust, 1891, and was carried on during
the fall and to some extent during the
winter and spring, 1925 feet of revet-
ment being constructed and junction
effected with the work of the previous
commissions. At Elwood, Kan, the
work was not entirely completed and
suffered considerable damage during
the high water of the current year. AS
the original allotment for the work was
about exhausted additional sums were
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Council Bluffs revetment and such re-
pairs were made as were necessary to
prevent further damage, the total ex-
pense of which cannot be ascertained
until the water falls.
Repairs were also made to the revet-
ment in Benton bend, in which the con-
struction of 8, 200 feet of new revetment-
and numerous minor repairs proved
necessary. Work was also carried on
to some extent on the pile bikes, above
the St Joseph waterworks- The sue
cess of this work is not as yet assured.
No work has been done at Atchison,
Kan, during the year. The cut off at
Doniphan point, alluded to in the last
report, has so far changed the regimen
of the river that the works previously
put in to direct and control the chan
mel above the railroad bridge have suf-
fered considerable damage, and their
entire destruction seems to be only a
question of time. Just what the final
effect will be can not as yet be deter
mined, but the direction of the flow
through the bridge still remains favor
able.
Work in the neighborhOod of Kansas
City, Mo-, has been confined to repair
ing and completing the work of former
years. and was as follows:
At Little Platte bend 1850 feet of re-
vetment was constructed, closing an
open gap between the bikes at the up
per end of the bend and the revetment-
already built at the lower and. The
bikes themselves received slight repairs
and mattress aprons were placed around
the upper ends to protect them At
Kaw bend repairs were made to the re-
vetment constructed in 1885 wherever a
weak place had developed, and the
work was placed in frst-class shape
At Harlem a revetment about 2,400
linear feet a ove the left bank was built
The Harlem system of bikes was pro
tected by the revetments during the
fall OF 1891.