The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-05
ENGINEER VESTS REPORT
10 rre dent j. l. Aterbury of the Mississippi Levee Board on
the Condition and Needs Of Our Lsvees

which will be completed in time t,
protect this front.
In Choctaw bend, 434-L, the banl
is very close to the levee, but her,
also a new levee is being built, which
will be finished in time to proteo
the front.
J The Longwood leevee, 500.L,
year ago, was 200 feet from the rive
bank. while now it is only ATS feet
at the nearest place, which would in
d'cate that the levee will be preached
in one more year. The estimate fol-
q new levee thele will amount to ap.
proximately 800, 900 cubic yards.
At Island 92 .5S2-L, the cavinl
has been as much as 800 feet during
the past twelve months, and the dis
tance from the levee to the river
bank at the nearest place is now 45(
feet. The estimate for a new levee
at this place amounts to $50, 900 cubic
yards
At Baleshed, 537-L, the river bank
is only 100 feet from the levee at the
nearest point, and the annual rate Of
caving is 100 feet. which makes il
imperative that new ltvee be built
there also during the coming season.
This levee will require approximately
250, 900 cubic yards.
At Shipland, 545.L, there was a
bar in front last season. but this has
been washed away and the main bank
has caved nearly 300 feet during the
present low water season, and now it
is only 100 feet from the levee to the
river bank. The caving here seems
TO be only at low water, and the levee
might hold through the next high
water season, but the risk would be
very great. The approximate estimate
for new levee at this place is being
made now and accurate quantities
can be furnished in the next few days.
At Shiloh, 555-L, the river bank
is 450 feet from the levee, and the
bank has caved $50 feet during the
past twelve months, so it is evident
that the building Of q new levee
there cannot be much longer delayed.
This levee will require about 800, 900
cubic yards.
At Albemarl, SOL, the river bank
is $50 feet from the levee, and the an
nual rata of caving is $50 feet A
new levee will certainly be needed
within the next two years, which
will require about $50, 900 cubic yards.
To sum up, the outlook is, from
the present Indications, that the new
levees which will have to be built in
the next two years, will, as near as
can be estimated at this time, amount
to approximately 100000 cubic
yards. which at twenty cents per
cubic yard would cost S1, 200, 600. 90
to. construct The estimates for new
levees only are approximate and may
we modified when more detailed sur
veys for construction are made, but
it is hardly probable that the quanti
ties above stated can be reduced.
The cost is estimated at twenty
cents per cubic yard, as that is about
the present average cost of levee
work.
The cost of rights of wav have not
been included in any OF the above
estimates, but this it is certain to add
materially to each of the sums given.
If the same rate of caving that has
occurred recently at Longwood should
continue, the levee will probably
be preached before the high water
season of 1906 Owing to the extent
Of new levee at this place and the
low ground over which it will have
to be built, making it almost certain
that settling foundations will be en-
countered, it is doubtful whether the
levee could be completed in Ole
season, unless it should be very ia
vorable one.
Except at Shipland, the prese ut le-
wee is not likely to be preached by
caving before the next high water
season, but from present indications
it will be necessary to build several
of the new levees mentioned before
the high water season of 1905, and
it is important that the work be be-
gun in time to insure their compile
lion before then.
Respectfully,
TT Vn..L