The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-07-14
The Beard met at p. IN.
The Chef Engineer then read and submitted bis report
CHIEF ENGINEERS REPORT.
ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI LEyEE CosnfIssIoN Kris
GREENvIII.E. Miss. July 9, 1894

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Board MIssIssIPrI LEvsl CosussIoSKHs.
GREESvuIE Miss. July O. 1894 J
-, sn have e AGuOr following operation. Of
Tho my last report have BEEN omp
vi with The exception Of two namely those OF Mr. W. sd h The upper part
be finished during the With
States Government the line viii brought condition
below shn saS na n & = Os % %
siderable stretches which have not yet been brought the highest grade
adopted BY The United States Government Even when
great aoo for several sd9ed
BY the Lsee Board and the United States Engineers ae
Second important
modified BY c which will bring about notifications Of extent
grade adopted by was lasod on ea
On Of the s which would have been attained 9 thai hood bal y ses
foot above the calculated high water When The
Vsss "sa a ss @
louisiana There o"pa s Of lsS S o @ M ~
and fixed for tho feet the hsAwa o 1884, which
1884, Engineers liked DO grade 81
Consequently BY during yep beng prus
pail p S "a Ts o from ha the CAS "s % T. ed ss & a
mated that the so miles whereabouts the Dp stand
grade drops the grade being
side Of Catfish This Interval
ned.d for enlargement by the United States Government out Of the o
high the Government grade of feet above 1892 1898 Tho
% portion the line the lower part Of '''''''' county feet above
TIE sss ss why % rs % s,s
%n was The closure ur S w E R rgn % sn
acted outlet as regards The upper part Of our line aud vast volumes q
sai ssssd S through ne Creek d % Ms % sn
evor perhaps escape partially over the low ridge q Amos Do
White River front or % lowering Of the aooaAsss @ 9C1s
partial closing outlets that the lowering titan
and that when the closure completed q the flood
The closure of the White River front not far distant Is expected BY
being the last Of those by Mississippi Commission 1872
will m gap only n % hat TS Ss In sw of and
Of District was undsrtskon should there be great Hood next year.
the work already done on the may BE- will npdOpOdy fall
1t is we'll White Arkansas
important influence the Mississippi One of the remark
which maintained point averaging only few feet below high water
in quantity Of tho whole discharge high
Nay % s ns o% the @ Asn @ ii ~ s s s,
great part of this enormous volume never reached the Mississippi but
Arkansas which the high lands Of Amos Bayou
% past Se ho has sa' T % s%
repaired and the existing eve have enlarged aud
S that he Of % So more sS sn
before and that the volume of discharge of the Mississippi will be onsd
Tho leSeong present
mc An allotment by Mississippi
appropriation Two organized Missouri
other in Arkansas with suitable provisions for revenue for condemnation
the aud has been sustained Iu Missouri believed there
Heretofore generally regarded
yce engineers on Ss we vSr o" w @ mot ss
tending shorten the time of floods The question
Usually
LATELY however problem point by
n Townsend investigated prevail
Cairo Helena and finds that all fomlow
striking paalesm between Helena being
higher After the river out of Its banks the relation hereto
existing disturbed Helena longer the higher but slowcr
somewhat variable interval depending on the magnitude and duration of
behavior tributaries and other m 1892
la lower Now Captain Townsend
that the abrupt change the relation between the
nationally attributable the reservoir influence
10
the gauges would
Helena would least Cairo
perhaps higher Subject reasonable corrections for the discharge
Dr. the difficult combat Townsends
reasoning certainly worthy attentive consideration question
examination than
~ the regimen
simply the closing tho Upper Tensas
Il When the last of Of 1892
pended namely Of 1866 the Aansas Louisiana will
height probably
side the other
to great will held til much
'y greater than hitherto recorded How will that height be
e; andho low will leyees holdY
.issh he af