The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-21
COMMISSIONERS WILL ADOPT
THE REPORT.
LARGE CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE
SUMS WILL Bn GnEATLy RE.
DUCED.
In All Probability the Scioto River
improvement VIII Not Extend
North of HiIlman Ford---Cost
Would BE Increased Too Much.

Although no official action was TAX
en- Thursday on the Scioto river inn
provement, 1t was practically decided
that the suggestion, or recommended
ton of County Surveyor Ed. S. Aut, to
stop the improvement at Hillman
ford, to be adopted. The great cost of
construction. through the solid rock
to the north seems 10 make the inn
provement too expensive for the bene-
fits to be derived while the construc-
tion. according to the surveyors plans,
south of the ford will in reality give
all the relief from the floods and
high waters that is necessary at this
time.
The hearing commenced at 10
O'Clock Thursday morning and was
not adjourned until $3.50 p. m. IT
was then decided 10 hold the final
hearing on March I. at which time
the Improvement will be fully decided
upon and the surveyor will have the
assessments prepared. At this time
all damage claims will be considered.
The damage claims at this time total
some $4,000 but the commissioners
do not propose to allow any such sum.
Some damage will be sustained in
changing the course of the river and
in eliminating many of the streams
| wlndings.
/ Surveyor Ault. exhibited numerous
| pictures taken along the line of the
river few days ago. They show
| many farm houses surrounded by
water, hundreds of acres and long
stretches of roads and pixies entirely
| inundated. No more appropriate
time could have been selected for
bringing up this Improvement which
those who are in position to know
declare will be the greatest ditch i'm
provement ever made in Marion coun-
ty. The engineer states that the
widening, deepening and stralghten-
ing of the crooked river will prevent
flooding of many square miles of Mar
ion county land. the destruction of
fences and will make practically all
of this land tllabie. Every lot in
Marion and all of the farm territory
'draining into the river will be asses
sed for the Improvement
The communication of Surveyor
Ault to the commissioners, which full
ly covers the subject follows:
after making n complete survey of
said Improvement from the county
line between Marion and Crawford
counties to the outlet of said improve
ment in the Big Scioto River In Green
Camp township, find the total length
lof said Improvement as per line OF
survey to be 1894 miles long and the
present length of old channel to be
l24.T3 miles long, eliminating 5.19
miles of old channel by strengthening
same in places that would be to the
best advantage for the Improvement
OF this 8 10 miles of old channel elim-
mated, miles of same Is eliminated
, by strengthening the river from tho
Green Camp pike to the outlet In the
Big Scioto River.
II found the old channel south oi
the Green Camp pike to be In such
a crooked nature that in some places
drift wood and other substance hat
practically closed the channel.
, ''The total fall. as per grade foI
I said Improvement from the count!
5 line to the Big Scioto River is Al.
) feet or .041 per cent grade.
Total from County line to Hillmar
Ford pike is 30.26 feet or 1852 PEE
cent grade on an average from Hill
man Ford pike to Big Scioto River
total fall of 11.44 feet or .022 per cen
grade which will mare an average o
four and one-half feet of earth an
rock to be removed from what is nov
the bed of the old channel. Aftc
careful consideration as to the amour
of territory that Will be drained b.
4 this Improvement and the number o
III large bitches or creeks that Will b
III effected.
II have decided on the following
III width of bottoms, to-wit:--
| From Big Scioto River to Hone
II Run Creek IL, 900 feet of S5 foot bot
| tom.
III From Honey Run Creek to Rocl
III Swale ditch 1900 feet of 80 foot bot
tom
II From Rock Swale ditch to Swal
II Pond 5000 feet OF 25 foot bottom
III From Swan Pond TO Hillman For
Il23,S00 feet of IL foot bottom.
II From Hillman Ford pike to Rock
! Fork Creek, 6400 feet OF 20 foot bot
: tom.
From Rocky Fork Creek to Statio
\ 23S, 16200 feet of 4 foot bottom.
From Station 23S to county line
N 800 feet TO 12 foot bottom.
4 "You will notice that the chang
of bottom width occurs at the Quite
of all of the large laterals that empt
/ into the Improvement In my jude
4 ment. from an engineers standpoin
would consider these bottom widt
d of ample size to take care OF all
the water In the drainage territor!
" the top width. you understand, woui
be governed by the depth of cut
amount of earth or rock removed,
"Estimated cost of constructio
A from county line to Big Scioto Rive
is s127,349.14 which includes the TO
\ lowing items 92s256 Gu. yds. of cart
excavation at 10 cts per GU. yd., 23ls
Gu. yds. of rock excavation at $l.i
per Gu. yd., "a miles of grubbin
A the removing and replacing of bridg'
v and the cost of location and constru
ton $9011 "a of this estimated cost
constructing, $127,349,14, the same
A divided as follows, using the Hilima
y Ford Pike as dividing line for, con
parison as TO the relative cost of col
1 structing with and without the r
moving OF 23193 Gu. yds. of rock e
al cayation which extends for one al