The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1907-03-09
MAY IMPROVE
NORTH CANAL.
Some Talk of Placing Retaining Wallis
of a Permanent Nature Along
Banks of Drainage Canal.
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For some time members of the City
Council have been Interested il the sub
ject Of making permanent Improvements
along the banks Of the North Canal.
At Monday evenings session Of the
City Fathers the civil engineering firm
Of d. u. L c. NJ Rogers presented the
following communication which will no
doubt be Of interest {" the general pub
lie:
In making arrangements to take care
Of the storm and surface water in the
western part of the city it is we'll to look
at the question from the point Of view
that it is only u step forward toward 4
system which will in the end effectually
drain that portion Of the city under CON
sideratiun.
we have prepared Il plan of the APP
proXlmate drainage district and from
the plan you will note that the waters
flowing into the North Canal may posi-
bly, come from 4 section two miles west
of the Halifax river Beyond this point
the natural outlet is the Tom0ka river.
The North Canal is at present attempt
ing to take care of a considerable guam
tity of the water which comes from be
yond the city limits
Owing 20 the narrowness and light
grades, it is not possible for the canal to
j carry off the volume that comes to it.
even at ordinary stages Of water
FROM the accompanying profile oI
{ the canal, which is also part of the re-
port, you will note that the region be
tween Second and Fourth streets and
the lands beyond the city line are from
: two to eight feet above the canal where
the same passes through the culvert at
, RldgewoOd avenue.
These back lands that drain into the
North Canal are in many instances five
or six feet above the surface Of the
ground at First street and around the
depot grounds, SO that in case of a
storm where there is from one to three
feet of water on these back lands, caus-
ing the canal to overflow its banks,
there is nothing to prevent 4 periodical
! flood in the vicinity OF FoluSia avenue
and First street, such as We had in the
last half dozen years.
The First street district, being much
lower than the back lands, form reese
voir for the water from that section,
and the rainfall on the First and Second
street district added to the flow waters
of the canal causes frequent inund;.-
tons, This lower section drainage
district must necessarily have TO wait
for the waters on the back lands to re-
cede before obtaining relief These
periodical floods will continue a. long as
the present conditions exist.
Prom the examination made, We find
! there are several possible msthods Of
meeting the situation, and the perma-
nant good to the City Of Daytona will
be III proportion Ia the cost Of the plan
"Plan Ito build reinforced contyete
retaining walls along the North Canal
from the railroad to the Halifax river,
making all necessary excavations and
bachflIing, the total cost of which
would be approximately $1,000 This
method would relieve the property west
of Midway at all seasons and The pro
perty near RidSewood avenue
! 1t has been found from the examiua-
, ton made on the ground that there is
rock and sand il the bed Of the canal
! The walls should extend to 4 depth Of
at least two feet below the present bed.
This will allow for scour.
Steel reinforcement would h,. used
and in this way the walls Would be Of
minimum thickness.
The distance from the river to the
railroad is POO feet. Assuming that
there is then 400 feet Oh the bank Of