The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-18
Opposed to Brazoe Leyee,

To the Editor OF The Post.
hiuSap, Texas. August l5.-rne papors
nave had much 10 say the last week or 40
aoont the big freEhet that lately rnged IN
our rivers, The destruction o! propcrtv ho.
oecn very great, and | prenme II wna
Broater along the Brazos than elsewhprc
~''n up mere among the mountains.
"hefe tue channel as rule Is very broad
unu ueeP' mat river had It's back up In n
u''""iui way. II tore up Ing trees by
Ine roots and bore them away like baubles
u tore from the mountain sidee enormous
maSSos Or stone and clay. IL was nm ugly
ana rather terrifying snectacle IN ,oov
upon II was about ns red as a turkey
soobler's snout and II stunk with a dis.
unot sulphurous stink which copid No
Sueued hall mile away. A pecuuar
piu,sn smoke or mist rose from It, when
Suppioeeu 70 De noxious gases, me nsnes
were hltIed ~ thousands lt was ultia ble
70 see the Dig fellows struggling to mn
themselves out OF the water anon tne
nahks' | suppose they were clicked TO
ugath ny the sediment as well as asphyxlat-
woiyas 're saSss' me coons, opossums anu
motFes must nave had great FEAST any.
now. Inc little fellows, / dare say saved
'Aelr SKINS by scoOting up the creeks.
,, hneiiiole as THIS late freshet was, 1t WAC
bsd -. wv sholt OF the biggest one we
hau last year. Had the rains mat made
mat ireshet extended down into southern
.c1As lhere would not have been n cotton
t hs1u OF a cornneld left in that region 70
Sns,, 'So 'aG. lhey would al have been
nuI'1 heAdlong into the gulf OF Mexico,
Win lots OF good aud bad people who i've
upon them. You may look ont Tor tnnt
sn'1s some day, dead sure. IL has been
S SUI oSlore, time aud time again, ana 80 II
VIZ oe again. Better be sayiuR your pray
Srs iowa mere You have terrible lion
IN your midst in that river Brazos.
Is time 10 think seriously about doing
SOn,etiihs IN that rivers case. In 1870 Il
uee'foyed SlOVV,UOO worth OF property a,
ouo cup This was the report OF q com.
mission appointed to Investigate, ana / be
| le(e their estimate was very much 100 low
t NE l am certain OF It, Tor by reason Of
taat MOOD there wePo no crops grown III
me brAzes valley thar year over Vasl
extent or Ito territory. And now come,
me great Hood OF this year. doing fully u.
n aIuSn VI more mischief think II no
Shfeasohhple 70 put the actual money los.
tor Aese and leO2, caused by this river, al
| lul!y S2O,OOOOOO. IL Is usual and right n
making sHdd out a BIZ for damages TO add !
1000 sum Tor distress OF mind" Nov
| X me BraZos should BE- tackled In that waJ
ana II Is perfectly right that II should
pe-tne sum total for It's LAST two sptee
would be immense. say about $4,000 UVu
people whose heads have been madcr whit
es wool by the outrageous conduct OF tina
stream
Nnat shall we do with our Brazos7 TO
M COVE and do nothing would b
highly absurd and disgraceful: mat Ia IN
way the Wild negroes OF Africa DO wit
respect TO their big streams. We ought no
70 DO Ike those negroes Let us put OF
our thinking cnps ana agltate tue matte
among ourselves. by SO doing, / have n
doubt We VIII soon hit on the wight way
nnd having hit on Il we will do IL. 10
ny part, believe the controlling OF IA
ENHs "A
sldvrebly Ike Columbus making tho eg
stand on end.
But the Louisiana plan OF building ieyee
along Its backs ~ not the thug. 1hat plA
Will 90 FOR ordinary rises Tor awhilO. Du
u Is worse than worthless against the bi
! rises, and In time becomos worse tnan n
plan AZ all against either big or Ilttis Tlse,
Why1 For the simple reason, namely
That the higher you build the bnnkg OF
streRm. tho higher will tbs bottom Rise up
In other wssds. the more you Attempt /