San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-28
mississippi Rising.

NEW RLEANS, April 20 TIC Hco-
pie of the Mississippi valley are be-
coming greatly alarmed at the con-
timed rise in the Mississippi. The
police jury of Concordia parish has
sent the following telegram from
VidaIia to Representative Boatner at
Washington:
The Mississippi river is danger
ously high and still rising rapidly.
The United States engineers in charge
say they have no emergency or pro-
lection iund provided. Henderson
Ashley levee is in serious and immi-
nept danger
This gentleman wired General Com
stock, president of the Mississippi
river commission, who is in New
York, quoting the above telegram,
and adding:
"Can this he remedied without con-
gressionsl action? We urge prompt
action to protect the government
works" This eliclted the following
from Gen. Comstock to the chief en-
gipeer in Was hington
"Tne Mississippi river commission
recommend transfer of 5000 from
the general service allotment for
levees in Tepsas basin, ssATkansas,
To be used to protect the levees."
Information received from Thlbo.
deaux, La, Is to the effect
that the crevasse at Leblanc
is, now one hundred and fifty
feet wide. When the break occurred
a fifty feet bank gave way al once
A school house was directly In front
OF the break and it was carried away
The children escaped nut second
tao soon. They lost all their book 6
aud has The water is owe flowing
ia IDS Of Mrs. BarrIlleaux, j I BAG
eaux and others and Is making lite
| way toward Lsgardes place The
river at Greenville, Miss, is rising at
the rare of three inches in twenty
four hours and stands % feet above
the danger line. The presi
dent of the Levee board OF that
district has issued q circular
calling upon the citizens of his dis
trict To meet without luss of time and
form local organizations for the pur-
pose of msint tanning q thorough and
continuous line OF guards along the
levee during the duration of the high
| water, which will be for long period.
In the circular occurs the para.
graph: ut is evident that we
are TO have q food which in some
parts OF the district will be higher
than any previous record, and all will
be great enough to tax the levees
severely 1t is very DESTROYS that n
continuous force of guards should
be maintained along the whole
line of the levee. Paid
guards have been found very
expensive and inefficient. Moreover
the levse board have not the means
to keep up such On organiZa-
ton, therefore the services OF these
guards will have to be voluntary and
they will receive no compensation
other than the feeling that they have
done their duty" Capt. Brown, in
charge of the government lsvees,
yesterday had protection levee at
Elkton, near Lake Providence. La,
cut so that the water might come
gradually against the lower end OF
the government levee, which is better
able TO stand the force News re-
ceived from st. Sophia, Plaquemine
parish, states that a break occurred
in the levee at Harland planta-
ton yesterday evening. A large
force of men were Immediately placed
at work to close the crevasse, which
had not been accomplished up to no IN
today. Levees near the city are in
excellent condition and no fears are
entertained of q break.