The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-07-28
u.,.e from rich,nan to Island No. 10.

Trrrovyulr, Tam, July ~, 1873.
To he .W,soggi Rrcv Commission, Acr
Iol,s
Your petitioners Of the Reelfoot Lake
District ri that part Of The Mississippi,
River Commission work lying bet~een
Hickman, Kentucky, aud Island No, TO-
In Lake ,auury, Tenn, 4, earnestly ask
h,rp At your hands, cat OF the funds now
appropri,rtI OF to be aPpropr arrd in the
future. r,r the Mississippi River improve
ment fellow Cairo We earnestly desire
prorecr ion. aui request that your honor.
able Commission will give - respectful
consideration 10 the following demands
aud statements herein set forth.
Petiu..yl. srn.e first that since the
hipb water aud oycrIows Of lSS2, 1883
and 1851 i.rnavisarion Of the rIver from
Merrhi. TO Cairo has gradually become
oh,truc,rd Nv shoal bars, and that the
or.rasvs ef lSI2 sni 1898 have nah ~
au nprareui fact to all observer. MO
have lived on and closely watched Its
disaNrou, elects that The river het"e""
these ro.uis IL rapidly becoming unuAsi.
gable except Tor boats Of tue shailu"r't
DRAFT aud Smallest tonnage; that reefs,
nnd.h,rs and bal crossings are multiply.
ing; that several steamers have been lost
on this ac CUNT aud thai commerce ~
hiuderci from The 6r,t OF sep ember to
Decrmher every year
Your petitioners assign "a reason Tor
this that The Government has aidrd aud
assisfsd the States i Mrsussippi Luuts.
isna and Arkansas in building levsss on
boil sides Of the river from Memphis TO
Wv Orleans, cOufning the Immense holy
II water In basin between Cairo and
Memphis, which has to gradually run Oh
between these levees, and, ~ a conse
lueuce au Immense deposit Is made 10
vain channel OF the riv above Memphis,
aud the river bed u filling up. fhis de.
post u caused, We appreheui, by the
sluggishness Of the current spreading Tor
- or 50 miles on each side N times OF
overflow, running through tiWherrl hay
us aud swamp,, sud ohsirustei hy the
cIosed lesees below Memphis, and especial.
"a near What Il known u. the New NNlrii
Reach. During the years 1891 aud l~33
within distance Of % mules below New
Nairii, three ohstruciions by bars ani
crossings have made 10 dangerous Tor nav.
cation aud practically closed ior the
i,rger hoals In The f,ll Of the year We
cite yeur Commission 10 points opposite
Srewarts, TptouSilie, ptrnail's aud other
points whore che river " vide, the eaau.
mel 10 ill de6ued. aud the ovsrHows come
IN such rapid succession that before The
rISer can, by low water, oprn another
Snanpe', 'ho'ner o'etup" Auu I'I''s'. We,
90 up. We believe that confinement Of
Toe wafer 10 Tvs uNnA' ,F.".'" "'ss "a"
sui l-'ahd NJ. w by lr''r' NA' k''e
sniheirnt volume and RAPID ~ 10 IHt
current 70 clear The oh-'rn''lnns.
2nd Your petitioner. NoniI ciii me a.
'en'ion OF HE Commission 10 'n'' ''.r
nat rnolc money derived ron ln' r'o-
PIE hui aEP'oPriN,l Tor speslEe Iur'
pose should Hud ought To- Dc equally 1I'
.I1u'ei tc''rIIns '' lhai purpose Tor l.e
feuru's AMI 10 accomplish Tue general
purpose Tor which TIE appropriations
rc!e Glfa@ L'r:" -Hms LaFs been -s-
pended a. Plum t1in' Reach. Nrhor nP
pr'Iria'ious have 'Fen made Tor N,m-
pms, hlcSW"u, New NAirIa, AMI o'hcT
points, whilst other large shlpWns P"lnis
have been overlooked, AMI 10 nPpropria-
lIon wthin our kuo~Ie lse mas been made
Tor leNee- "a Iennts'ee, hho'H are noN
neing mHIe. AnI VITA Pr'spee's "I .noe's''
to bGiii 'cysc 'f'm New N''F'' '"""
on the west oan" 5i the HVss .h"Fs'ihE
WIN me Io"er Ie're' WHICH " Gone W."
leave our county "a sun more lep'"r-
AO'e phght' unless We can nave a'i on Toe
east hdns and Tor lh's reason Ne mink
We .hou'd nave o'h'iieFa1oh Al your
hands
ord lnnr pe'ltioners l"r'het s'Ne 'ha'
- large 'ohy 81 water ID Hmrs OF ever
npS - u'ysr,s ron ne h',',.-lpy' ,l's'
~ ~ ~" ~ ,n Nv
banks rams with rapid rate TO the Miss.