The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-20
CUT OFFS AGAIN

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he attention, and received the sp
uruvaI of many meu of well knowA
Intelligence in the community. Ina
recently received private communica'
/ lou from Mr. Miles he calls attention
10 several errors or inadvertences, and
requests correction The article in
question stated that with tho Ar.
kansas aud White rivers as high as
in 's2 the gauge reading at Arkansas
| City would have been so feet
| should have been 50 feet, instead OF
80.
Again, 1t was said: cThe river at
Helena was 8.S5 above 49," AS cor
rected it is 4s5. Our highest waters
previous to last Spring were in 'S6
aud 'g3, or As feet on the gauge; aud
Ibis Spring II was $50 above that,
Also, If the levees in Bolivar county
had held, Washington would not have
been overlooked by back water
Again. Mr.. Miles says! "You, or,
left out the little word NOT in what
Mr., Cleveland said in his celebrated
message lie said: "You must Lot
reduce the dnties below 8 rate that
would cover the difference in wages
i'm this country aud foreign countries,
and give the manufacturers a living |
profit"
Mr.. Miles seems to be little sur
prised that a communication sdvOoat.
ing cut-ofrs should have been pub
lshed by THE TINES but he is as
sured that the system mas many in
tel.igent supporters among the people
Of the bends; and moreover THE
TIMES is sufficiently broad and liberal
10 give voice to any opinion having
Tor Its object tho general good and
sufficient merit to entitle 1t
% consideration. The first and most
earnest desire Of the paper is govern.
uaut control Of the leyees. Its con-
,ictiou is that should this control
yer become established, thepoli.
y viii be TO locste the leyees at a
efficient distance from the river to
bgiate all danger of caviug, and TO
horIeu them as far as practicable
his would of course involve the i
ofthe present practice q
following the simuosities of the t
ver aud throw out the bends 1t is
ute possible that, il such case, the +
roposed system of cutofFs may be o
Iopted. AT all events, it viii be 0
.spoDsibiIlDy which will rest with u
lie government engineers. a
In bis last communication Mr.. a
lies says; I
you can see the effect of cut-ofs a.
, noticing Vicksburg and comparing n
e gauge readings before and after &C
e cut-ofTs The Cole Greek cutoff in
Us been made since the gauges were 10
tablished in 1871, aud the zero of D
e gauge placed at the low water
ark OF 1892 The gauge at Helena W
ad three feet below zero in 1895 and VI
Eicks6urg it read six aud three 81
lths below, or $50 above low 70
ster in 81 and no telling how di
lcl higher it might have gone had sill
e levee stood on the Louisiana side. ia
hink it would have risen from four 90
SIX feet higher. The record also fe,
)Ws that this cutoff had no effect IS
the low water at Natchez, 1t In
es seem TO me as though, after see ~
the extraordinary height Of the me-
err occ2sioned by the levees, thai hs,
Government River Commission, III
all engineers would conclude thai ~.
ne other plan must be adopted, or WI,
east some plan TO relieve the le- vii
s. | want you to understand thai wa
A opposed to all 'outlets,' and claim ton
all the water must be kept IN the y, va
mel. Some Of the opponents to spr
offs say it would involve big legis. His
on. [ am in favor Of govern meut vel
troj, for the reason that the people M, lne
9 about baukrupted themselves ng
ding levees. the
send a diagram showing where Des
off could be made from just be- XIV
Gaines Landing to Vaucluse n ~,
ding. The distance through lis had
It 9 miles, and three or four of c.
ia through Cbicot Lake This Smy
Id shorten the river nearly thirty spee
3 but would leave Greenville out tbe
beautiful lake over thirty miles at n
The direction of the cutoff on of D
Jiaoran7 couId ho o1torod so On 80 half
u. ....-.. or.
wy o"' CIV Niol' "'' eo''y mo at L
channel above Greenville, and, this
ur banks are protected, there Heal
d be no damage | think a bar Yum
d form from the lower cutoff to DlVl
,yirIo whore 1slo,d Ga go :, expe
-'-S' ~. ~ % u''u ~ inspe
iu uleehVlIe Would De at the first
Of the bar, like Arkansas City A. X
Ielena" Leot'
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