Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-11-01
Work Has Been Most Salts
factory So Far.
CONSIDERING INTERFERENCE
FROM HIGH WATER. AND
OTHER SOURCES.
Farmers Will Bring Suits
For Damages Against
Company.
Charging That Construction of the Dam
viii Cause Overflow of Their Lands.
Maj. Newcomer Talks on the Subject.

viii Cause Overflow of Their Lands.
Nal. Newcomer Talks on the Subject.
" tits stated here today that large
number of''the farmers residing along
the Tennessee river north of the big
lock and dam being erected at Hale's
bar will enter suit against the Chat
tanooga & Tennessee River Power com
pany for alleged damages to their pro-
perty.
They claim that the construction of
the lock and dam will cause the river
to fcod.their lands from the point a
few miles north, in such manner
that.it..would.be practically. worthless
Believing-t -that..damages would result
to property owners along the river in
that section, the Chattanooga & Ten
nessee River Power company, which
was chartered with capital stock of
5000, 900, for the purpose Of complet-
ing this..gigantic. scheme, :. bought.u
many tracts of land lying along the
river where the company had reason
to believe that it wonld be deluged.
There are yet some farms in the low
lands which the company has not Sc
cured, and the owners of these farms,
it is said, are going to seek damages
by way Of the courts.
1t is a foregone conclusion that the
- o.,I dow xxYf
cause the river to rise an average OF
about four feet about Chattanooga, es
pecially in low water, but Major Hen
ry G. Newcomer, United States engin
eer in charge of the improvement o.
the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
does not believe that the rise will b.
very perceptable during high water af
ter the lock and dam is completed, be
cause he believes that the flow owe
the dam will be suffici ent in high wa
ter to carry away the floods withou
increase in the ordinary stage.
But the increase in the stage of tn
river just above the lock and dam vii
be greater, of course, sthan it will b
in Chattanooga
Asked about this matter today by
reporter for The Chattanooga News
Major Newcomer did not say just wha
the rise in'the river just above the loc
and dam would be, bat he admitte
that much of the low lands in that sec
tion would be practically worthless b
the overflow which will result
1t is difficult to estimate the dam
age that may be done to farms an
farm houses along the river but if tn
rise in the river is as great as is noN
estimated, the damage will be consid
cradle.
There are many little farms alon
the river above the lock and dam, an
almost invariably farmhouses ar
located on the lowlands.
Owing to the recent.high water tn
work on the big lock and DAM. ha
been interferred with and the progres
of the work has been somewhat sloy
for several weeks.
Notwithstanding, the fact that th
enterprise is one of the biggest in thi
country, however, good progress ha
been made as a whole Cofferdam
have been located for the governmer
lock and the work on this made possi
BILE by the engineers. Major Newcon
er hopes to have this work complete
in short time.
The cofferdams for the dam propt
have not yet been located and the wor
done by the divers Stewart compan
has been of a preliminary nature 5
far, although some telling work hi
been done on the power house whic
is being built on the east bank
A great deal of excavation work fC
the power house has been done an
work on the foundation proper, wi
begin in short time.
In the meantime preparations hay
been made for placing cofferdams {
that when the lock is completed wor
may then begin ON the dam proper.
Chattanooga News.
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