The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-21
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Official Proceedings of Special
Meeting Held Nov. 16.

meeting Of the Board OF Supervisors
of Lincoln county. Mississippi, begun
and held at the court house in the
Office Of the clerk Of Chancery Court,
in obedience to the following call there
were present, w. F. Parsons, president;
J. G. Bryant,W w. J.Williams, Joseph Sas-
ser and John Walker, members; r. r.
Applewhite, sheriff, and r. w. McNair,
clerk. The following proceedings we're
had and done:
Brookhavep, Miss, Nov. 10, 1900.
A special meeting of the Board Of
Supervisors Of Lincoln county, in the
State of Mississippi, is hereby called to
meet at the court house of said county
in the office of the clerk of the Chan
Gerry Court on Friday, the 10th day of
November, A. d. 1900, at 10 o'clock a.
m. to consider the acceptance of the
Steel Bridge across the Homochitto
River and to pay for the same, pro-
vided it is received aud accepted by
the Board as in all respects according
to plans and specifications.
w. f. PARSONS, Pres. b. of s.
On motion the report of Hon. G. G.
Chandler, civil engineer, was received
by the Board, read in open court by
the clerk and ordered to be fled and
spread upon the minutes, which is in
words and figures as follows, to wit
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors OF Lin
coin County, Mississippi;
GENTLEMEN-The Steel Bridge over
the Homochitto River, provided for by
the contract between Lincoln county
and E. p. Alsbury Son, of Houston,
Texas, is now completed and ready for
operation and for your acceptance.
The work of construction has been
performed in a thorough manner, in
accordance with the plans and specifi.
cations to my satisfaction. The super
structure is open to your inspection,
but the character of the work can be
known to you only by report. would
say, therefore, that the cylinder piers
are sunk to a depth of sixteen feet
Four piles, about fifteen inches in di-
ameter, we're driven in each cylinder un-
til, as rule, they practically ceased to
move under the hammer. These piles
extend from nine to fifteen feet below
the bottom of the cylinder, thus carry
ing the bottom of the foundation down
to depth of twenty-five feet or more
below the bed of the river. The pile:
were cut off to leave about twelve fee
projecting into the cylinder, and the
remaining space in the cylinder wa:
rammed with concrete to the top o.
the piling and thence to the top of the
piers, binding the whole in soliC
mass. The mortar that was mixed
with screened gravel to form the con.
crete was composed of one part of ce
ment to one part of sand. This pro
portion gives mortar of double the
ordinary strength.
The county prisoners, under Mr.
Crawford, we're employed in preparing
the ground for the wing dams and il
cutting and trimming the piles and
hauling them to the river; also in same
work on the pile driver and the piers
To prevent drift from becoming en-
tangled in the iron work of the piers
four double lines of Axe timber were
securely bolted to both the upper an6
lower sheets, connecting the cylinder
and sheeted are both sides with two
plank from the bed of the river to the
top of the cylinder. This covering was
built of seasoned, dressed lumber and
painted. This work was started by the
county prisoners and finished with
hired labor after the prisoners were
withdrawn. The wing dams will be
built of white oak piles, 80 to 50 feet
long, spaced about five feet centers
and driven to depth of 16 feet be-
low the bed of the river and sheeted
with 2-inch plank. The east wing, As
feet long, will extend from the high
bank to the bridge and be sheeted up
to the top Of the pier The west dam, 4O
# long, is placed short distance above
the bridge and will be sheeted to a
point above high water. These dams
will prevent the current from setting
behind the piers against the banks.
The lower chain of the bridge is over
seven feet above high water. l con-
slider the bridge safe against high wa
ter, provided the proper care is taken
to guard against drift during freshets,
and to prevent the current from cut
ting behind the dams. There is little
danger of this on the east side, but if
the east bank should wear away, short
span, similar to that on the west side,
can be put in from the east pier.
If the stream should show tendency
to cut back on the west side above the
bridge, this action can be stopped by
extending the west breakwater down
further to the westward before the
danger point is reached.
Very respectfully,
G. C. CHANDLER.
Brookhaven, Miss, Nov. 16, 1900.
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