The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-28
TO PREVENT FUTURE FLOODS.
STEPS BEING TAKEN TO OVER.
COME FUTURE DISASTERS.
Question of Issuing Bonds Will Be
Submitted To Voters Of the
Various Districts.

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prevention fund by private sub
scription. Engineers preparing
complete plans to prevent future
floods. Temporary repairs made
in leyees.
Columbus, O-City council APP
propriated $4,000 for complete
survey When plans are submit
ted will bond itself to wipe out
food damage at any cost,
Cairo, Ill.-$750,O00 available
for strengthening and raising
levees. Sixty foot stage planned
New levees going up.
Hamilton, O.--Complete survey
being made Bond issue to be
voted on after plans for complete
protection from future floods
have been submitted.
indianapolis, Ind.-City appro-
priated $4,000 for survey. Also
appropriated $15O,0O0 for repairs
Evansville, Ind.-Raising en-
bankment five feet.
Cleveland, O.-Plans when car
ried out will provide adequately
against any recurrence of floods.
Cincinnati, O.-City and feder-
al government working out plans
for permanent relief.
Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 27.-Data
gathered by the local Chamber OF
Commerce for its special committee
on flood prevention shows that in
many cities stricken by the floods OF
last March steps have been taken to
prevent a repetition of the disaster
A logged determination was shown
in the replies to the Chambers que.
ries to wipe out all danger of such
floods at any cost.
This was the spirit evinced in the
Dayton and the Columbus replies and
the officials of these two cities appar.
emily believe that they would get the
bon dissues to back up the proven,
ton plans. John Basel, general
secretary of the Columbus Chamber
of Commerce, said:
When these plans are received il
is the purpose of the city to vote a
bond issue, and, no matter what the
cost may be, meet for all time the
issue that will present itself. We
win not continue with such a menace
the city. In this mind
the people stand as a unit. :"
Edward A. Deeds, a member OF the
Dayton food prevention committee
wrote: THE Morgan Engineering
Company has been at work three
months in the field making a com.
plete survey. They have instruc
tions to prepare complete plans which
will guarantee our city against anoth.
er disaster, and expect to have within
a year the plans complete and the
work started"
Hamilton. o.. which lost over 100
lives and over $4,000 900 in property
reported through G. r. Greer, secre,
tary of the citizens relief committee
that a survey is being made and plans
are in view that will be an absolute
guaranty against a second inunda-
ton"
The question of issuing bonds,
said Greer. will be submitted to the
voters of Butler county with the least
possible delay. We have no doubt
the bonds will be authorized and the
work promptly begun" Brookville
Ind, was almost the only town that
reported little or no steps toward per.
manent relief. This place was seri
ously damaged by the food and near
ly score of lives lost. Its business
men were reported they were contem
plating asking for state aid. Cairo
and Evansville reported that levees
are being repaired to the point where
danger of future foundations would
be practically nil. Also Cleveland
Cincinnati and indianapolis. in which
the property loss last March was
heavy reported active campaigns fol-
permanent relief from floods.