Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-05
RAILROADS FILE CLAIMS FOR
$4,000 DAMAGES FROM
i BOYER PROJECT.
WILL COST A MILLION
TO sTRAlcHTEN RIVER
Farmers to Pay Three Fourths and
Railroad Companies One Fourth Of
Cost Of Latta section-Lewer Lateral
Results in Damage to Property Un-
der Certain Conditions.

Special to Times-Republican.
Logan, Nov. 5.-As a result Of recent
examination and careful consideration
Of the constructive engineering in the
different drainage districts of the Boyer
river. a claim of $4,000 for the Chicago
& Northwestern and $9,915.10 for the
Illinois Central railroads for damages
have been filed with the county audi
age projects Of the Boyer river. Ac-
cording to decision of the board of
supervisors made yesterday the above
claims will not be acted upon until
Dec. 1.
Tho the claims for damages on the
lower Boyer river have not been fully
determined, or at least made public,
yet the damages to both land owners
and the railroad companies have been
heavy This is said to be especially
true with the I. c. company in delayed
traffic as we'll as the deterioration of
the high grade" This grade is said to
have cost 100000 for construction.
North of the high grade, the Boyer
river is being Strengthened, and is to
be Strengthened for an estimated dis
lance of thirty miles. The upper twen-
| ty-four miles of the river has slope
which Is said to be three and one-half
times greater than the slope of the low
er six miles. Notwithstanding that the
upper section has slope of over three
times that of the lower section, yet the
channel capacity, it is alleged. of the
lower section has not been increased
correspondence
Lateral Causes Trouble.
Below the high grade Of the Illinois
Central, the Boyer river by lateral
outlet, has been connected with the
Missouri river, about seven miles north
Of the mouth of the Boyer. In the con-
struction Of the lateral outlet the flood
waters of the Boyer are more readily
DISCHARGED when the waters of the Mis-
souri, are low, but when the Missouri
river waters are high. the lateral out
let has been the means Of escape FOL
the flood waters of the Muddy, ane
when both rivers have been high al
the same time, as has been the case
the land, which the promoters of the
project were hopeful of being suitable
for cultivation, was completely sub.
merged during the high water period
lby both the flood waters of the Boyer
and the Missouri.
1t Is also alleged that when all O.
the recent engineering projects com
pleted and in different stages of prog
ress have been fully completed accord
ing to the past and present plans, Their
will not be a single section in whicl
may be found a levee whose construc
ton will answer one or more of tn
; usual specifications of modern engin
eering for the construction of levees
Notwithstanding the landowners an
railroad companies will have expended
about one million dollars for drainag'
purposes.
In apportioning the expense of con
. struction of the Latta section OF tn
Boyer river among the land owner
and the two railroad companies, tn
commissioners authorized to act il
such matters filed a report In whicl
the farmers will be assessed three
fourths and the railroad companie
one fourth the expense of the construc
ton. Yesterday the supervisors ap
proved the report of the commissioner
| without notifications.