Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-04
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Lower Mississippi River People All
Clamoring for a Share Of
TIE s1O,OoO,OOO APPROPRIATION,
An Established Fact 1s the Much. Discussed
Wall PAPER Trust
FIRES. FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS

NEW YORK, Aug 3-The Lower Missis-
sippi Commission held Its second days
: session this morning and had discussion
over the apportionment to the various sec
tions Of the $40, ,000,0 900 appropriation Tor
the Improvement of the Mississippi river
Each district was represented.
Captain j. q. Whitehall, OF the Desha
levee district, = part Of the Tensas basin,
was urgent in his request for 81, ,444, s58
He said the people of the district collected
through taxes for this purpose about $4,000
annually, and that they were burdened
with a debt He said that had il not been
for the appropriation Of the Government In
1891 and the building of 100000 cubic
yards Of levee. everything would have been
swept away By the foods Of this year.
Captain J. A. Clopton, of Helena, Ark,
asked for an allowance Of 900 year for
the next four years. and he promised that
the citizens of Helena would raise $25. COO ad.
ditional each year.
Local shoulders to the Wheel.
He was followed and seconded by En-
gineer c. II. Purvis. Mr.. Purvis stated that
Chico county, Ark, had raised by taxes last
year about .$Ie, ,000 but are now about $1,000
in debt.
Senator j. X. JONES' of Arkansas. spoke
feelingly of the needs of the great Arkansas
basins, especially the st. Francis basin of
that State. He stated that on the other side
of the Arkansas river, the State OF Missis-
sippi, the river front had been so very liber-
ally treated by the commission that the peo-
pie of Arkansas had necessarily been COM
pelled to make comparisons.
Patrick Henry, OF the White river basin,
slav.ck ckS,x,fl "a nrnf11 m i'd.
sion had a surplus of over sl,0O0,oo0 which
must be expended, in addition to s., OO0, 600
more before Congress meets in December,
1892.
D. H. Reynolds, of the Texas basin of Ar
Kansas asked for an appropriation for the
Texas basin of Sl,500000 Captain j. M.
whitehall, of the Texas district of Arkansas,
asked for an appropriation OF $L4i4,ooO ior
Inf. district. 1t would take at least $50, 600 to
close five crevasses made in ls92 1t would
require $22, 500 Tor needed repairs, $l00, 900 to
construct new loops, and other enlarge
The desire of the engineers of This district Is
to raise the levees three feet above the
height Of the f1ooc of 1850 and 80 maintain
the Government standard.
Louisiana's Claim for a Share.
Major Richardson, Engineer of Louisiana,
made an appeal tor an APPROPRIATION OF $S,
500 900 for that district. Captain Ii. 2. Welles,
of the Texas basin levee district of Louisi-
ana spoke next. F. L. Maxwell. of the Fifth
district, Louisiana, followed and made an
appeal for 9l21 miles of levee, requiring ST.
500 OOO in expenditure.
II. R. steele. of the Fifth district of Louisi-
ana, resident of Concordia. made strong
appeal for the Strengthening and closing of
the Bourgier crevasse. He said the closing
of this crevasse would completely protect
over 200 miles of existing levee. He asked
Tor immediate relief. He was followed by
Colonel Sparks, of the Atchafayala district fn
Louisiana.
Mr.. Dymond, OF the Lake Borgne district
of Louisiana, appealed for aid, and was toll
lowed by Judge Emil Rost, of the Lake
Pontchartran district. He strongly urged
the commission to fill up three large crevRs-
ses in that section OF the country. -Ex-
Fourche basin, spoke of the new work done
in this district. The committee then went
into executive session and will meet in
secret until the completion OF its apportion-
ment.