The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-22
LEVfF SYSTEMS
RAPIDLY PUSHED
ITO COMPLETION
Work ON Wall From Eighth to
Fourteenth to Be Started
Next Monday
SEVENTEEN FEET MORE
WATER TO REACH BASE
Only Eight Openings in Seven Miles
of Levers Which Are Taken
Care of With Gates.


Prevailing fair weather oondi-
tions 'have proved favorable to rapid
progress in the construction of the
inpregnable levee system of Cairo
and the Cairo Drainage District.
|. a visit over the work one day, tn
by followed by another the next
lay viii show decided changes ia
| the work. .,.ssa.
From the Illinois Central elevator
north all the dirt work has been
completed and the finishing touches
We're IN progress yesterday.
At the extreme base of the new
enlargement from the lower end of
the elevator north to the point Just
above the plant OF the Cairo Water
Company, q concrete wall has been
placed which has a foundation five
feet below the new earth and ris-
| ing about one foot above the surface
THIS wall follows the line Of the
base OF the enlargement. From
where this wall starts, up to the
TOP OF the embankment, will be
places D compact system of riprap TO
protect the earthwork from erosion
by the water, the concrete wall
ho ding the rocks from sliding or
slipping
Tho Cty's work at the crossing Of
the Illinois Central and Big Four f.
progressing favorably and will be
completed entirely before the close
CT next week.
The coaerete wall from Eighth
south to Sixth street has been en-
tirely completed and only one form
| remains to be removed the concrete
having been poured early this week.
The work of constructing the con-
crete wall from Eighth street north
to Fourteenth street will be com
menced Monday OF next week, the
entire force OF men and concrete
~ King equipment now engaged on
the enlargement north of the eleva-
tor, being shifted to this important
work.
The river yesterday afternoon at
o'clock registered 1872 and as the
base or foundation of the work yet
to be constructed from Eighth to
F, Fourteenth is 35.5 there Ia no i'm
mediate probability of the water
stopping the work. Once the work
is started Monday the wall will be
completed in couple of weeks
A number OF three inch galvaniz-
ed pipes with smaller vents leading
upward have been source OF much
curiosity. They are called "weeps"
the large pipe insrted in the ere
vases of tn stone retaining wall the
other end extending through the
concrete wall which is yet to be
built These pipes are intended for
| drainage purposes. a certain amount
OF moisture being certain to collect
| behind the wall when the river rs
high. Following the decline Of the
river below a SO foot stage the caps
of these pipes will be removed ana
/ the mo sture permitted to run out
! tho upward vent aiding ia the
clearing OF the excess moisture from
behind the wall 2
The work on the west side. or
Miss 'ssippi levee, is being done in
sections, some by dumping from cars
snd then spreading while at other
stations scraper teams are at work.
this latter part of the levee enlarge.
ment Is by long odds the best look
ing and no doubt will sAow a great
deal less shrinkage than the other
on account Of it being trampled over
by the teams when dragging the
scrapers, About fifty teams were
found at work at one section.
4 The work on the drainage district
levoe is humming along very rapidly
except from Reno Slough to Beech
Ridge where considerable trouble
has been experienced. Scraper teams
and drag line outfit are used OF
this section of the work which when
completed will embrace the most
J compact piece of levee in the Dis
trict. From the Illinois Central
tracks east the work is being prose
cuted with a narrow gage railroad
and dump cars. 500 cars or $500
to 5000 cubic yards OF earth being