The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-06-09


ditior1, and from thence artif1cially,
through a ditch across the Hunting
ton place into a slough called Black
Bird Bayou and through this into
Rattle Snake Bayou at the Montgom-
cry place. In former years, this water
reached Black Bayou through Rat
tie Snake Bayou and thence through
Swift Water Bayou, but the building
of the Rattle Snake Bayou levee cut
off the head OF the saltwater Ba-
YOU, thereby forcing the cutting of a
large canal by Mr.. Richardson ana
others, (known as the Archer canaD
to carry all the water that fell IN the
bend from Lake Lee to Greenvllle
This canal proving entirely made
quate, the closing of the saltwater
Bayou was successfully contested and
the levee cut, but not until its useful
ness as an outlet had been complete
ly destroyed by reason of the erosion
of the saltwater field, until the pre-
sent day, the bottom of saltwater
Bayou is in cultivation at its june
ton with Rattle Snake Bayou. Such
being the case, | conclude that it is
wisest for us to reach Black Bayou
(our ultimate outlet) by a more direct
and less expensive route than the re-
water Bayous to their original con-
dition. You will notte on the attached
plat of Townships II and I8, that
there is located halfway between
Rattle Snake Bayou and Black Ba-
you bayou or slough, known To-
cally as "Bott's Bayor," heading at
the Southern Railway near Fish Lake
and running thence through the lands
of Jimmie Teirney, w. S. Wright, E.
R Wortham and others until it
eventually reaches Black Bayou
through the same swanps into which
saltwater Bayou originally entered
| find this bayod by far our most
practical outlet and have to submit
herewith profile of ditch east along
Third Avenue, thence, through the
lands OF Mr.. Wilzin, John Archer. T.
R. Wortllam, Nat Water and Dick
Stede to Bolts Bayou, distance OF
ten thousand, four hundred feet with
a fall of FIVE feet This ditch should
be at least ten feet wide in the bot
tom with side slopes of I and Is to I
ard should cost $500. Bolts Ba-
you should be cleaned Of all timber,
underbrush and drift piles for at least
four miles below the mouth of the
ditch and for a width of sixty feet,
which would cost approximately S.
10000.
As part of the above outlet plan, we
should build our main bitches in the
southern part of town and entering
into Cypress Slough with concrete
bottoms, so as to facilitate the flow
into Cypress Slough, as the fall is so
slight that the ordinary surface ditch
becomes totally inadequate for
prompt and efficient drainage We
should have approximately. ten thous-
and feet Of this work at a cost OF
about ten thousand dollars
For the drainage Of the Race Track
Mckenzie. q. II Bianton and part
OF the Sixth Addition / submit pro-
f1le for ditch along the right-of-way
Ct the Southern Railway TO the pro-
lection levce, thence along the inside
edge Of the protection levee TO the
calvert under the same near the Y.
& NJ V. r. r. This should be only
four feet wide in the bottom ana
should cost about 81, 10000.
Summary
Cost Of cOncrese bitches $4,000 90
Cost Of culvert from
Cypres Slough 1900. 10
Cost Of cleaning Bolts
Bayou 49,. 5000. 90
Cost Of ditch along South
ern Railway. 1900 90
Total. $4,000. 90
In conclusion have to suggest that il
this work is to be undertaken, that
It be begun at as early date as pos
sible SO that We will have no bad
weather conditions to contend with
Respectfully,