The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-05
DUTY OF DIKES.
To Keep tho Missouri River With
in Bounds.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT FILED.
considerable Dana e bone By the Recent
Floods Waiting roe the waters
to Go Dowu-ybc Work ut
Various Places.

WASHINGTON, July o. report filed
In the war department shows for the
Missouri river hat work in the field
below Sioux City consisted In detached
surveys to supply Information not col
lectcd by the general survey of 1890 and
to obtain information ut special locali-
ties. This work was mainly carried On I.
in thc fall Of 1921. In the spring of the
current year two parties were in the
field to run u line of prize levels be-
tween Sioux City, Ia, and st. Charles,
Mo-, which latter point is already con-
ncctcd with similar work done by
the Mississippi river and United
States coast and goodctic survey. The
work of these parties progressed favor
ably. and 1t is expected that II will be
completed during the current season.
No field work was done during the
year. At Sioux City, Ia, the effect Of
the dilics constructed To protect the
town continues TO be good and no fur
Their work seems to be needed. At
Omaha the revetmcnt of the left bank
of the river near Council Bluffs was ey-
tended down stream 0,2a0 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, Ncb., during the
season and the plant was transferred to
st Joseph for surveys at that point,
$4,000 OF the balance of allotment for
this place being transferred to the work
Mt Bonton bend. At st. Joseph, Mo-,
work was resumed on the rcvetment of
Belmont bcnd in the latter part of Au-
gust, 1891, and was carried on during
the fall and to some extent during the
winter and spring, ii, oi6 feet of revet-
ment being constructed II a 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
transferred from the allotment for the
Council Bluffs revetment and such re-
pairs were made MS were necessary to
DVtNtilt luIIutE uutlfRt, III bolit ~
pense of which cannot be asccrtained
until the water falls.
Repairs were also made to the rcvct-
mcnt in Bonton bend, in which the con
struction of 5000 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 waterworis. Tho sue
cess Of this work is not as yet assured.
No work has been lone ut 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 tina the works previously
put in to direct md control the chan
mel above the railroad bridge have suf-
fcrcd considerable damage. and their
entire destruction seems to be only u
question Of time. Just what the final
effect will be can not rs 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 blJtit liuIic DcnO l,foU lcct VI re-
vctment was constructed, closing an
open gap between the bikes at the up
per end Of the bend and the rcvctment
already built at the lower and. The
dikes themselves received slight repairs
and mattress aprons were placed around
the upper ends to protect them. At
Raw bcnd repairs were made to the re-
vetment constructed in 1885 wherever q
weak place had developed, and the
work was placed in first-class shape.
At Harlem Il revetment abou 2,40O
linear feet above the left bank was built.
The Harlem system of bikes was pro-
tccted by the revetments during the
fall of 1891.
At the East bottoms revetment some
slight repairs were executed and con-
sisted in resetting stone displaced by
waves and high water action. The
Kansas City and Harlem bikes, systems
of bikes, are intended to control the
flow OF the river in front of Kansas
City. and until their full effect is devcl-
opcd they will require repairs and extern
sion from time to time. Four hundred
and twenty-four feet Of dixie was built
during the past season, the work con-
templated not being entirely completed.