The farmer and mechanic., 1915-11-02

hlT'ohs concerning the lake bed are
realized 1and l believe they viii SIT
be reali7edl this lake bed VII become
one OF the most prosperous ana up-
farming communities in the
South
Fhe dnvel0nment Of this lake he'd "
not 9 tad with the nnnrela u-hn e,y,.,, if
Net tie rlavthin" of some Idle ,on- /
'lona're. hnt 3 business DrOpoSittor} /
out of which these f',~inase man ex- I
Nect 10 make q Good nrctt ON the i
money invested. White rleee.- mon ar.
! hnSV making 0onev for tbemselyaS I
| W" 20 think Of tho eood hat must re-
| suit from THAR efforts to raal<a money
! I like 70 think Of the vasr stores If
| foodetnffS which, Will 10 a@dAd IL the
ANIMAL nrcdncTion OF the S+ate. OF the
| GOOD fa''n1S AMI CCn7f"rta bla homes
! that will he made availah'e. the thriv-
ing churches and SCHOOLS that must
spring uD on lands that are bow given
over TO the mosquitoes and frogs and
liFe t" thin1< 0f mon making their
| money by adding sometime to the
H"m total Of the worlds GOOD rhiaoe.
| Thes" men ar" not phi1antb~0TiSj :
hot they are making money the l,av
IKE to see men make it. and they
deserve q word of rra'Sn for this
They are doing good IL another way
also All along the coast 0f <nrth II
Carolina. South Carolina and GEORGIA
there are millions Of acres Of swamp
, lands. lands that would nrn1lIce orcat
crops. Most Of these lands could he
drained by gravity, by simnly cutting
bitches and letting the water run or.
1t seems TO me that the COURAGE Of the
: | people who are under alIing and
: hr'nein@ to successful conclusion
' | this difficult project would inSpira the
. people Of the whole coast country to
| lot t,aiK Io,< do. h0. =.
u drained without the dificu'ty ami eX-
{ pensc Of pumnins. under drainage.
Il TIE MattamuSkeet Plan.
= We have mentioned the peculial
IL difficulties in the way Of draining thi:
> country by gravity. 1T is slightly above
- the level Of the sea and q com hinatiO OF
q of heavy rainfall with high tide
e would render ineffective any graVit,
'e system OF drainage. From the north
rs west it is flooded hy water from hi2h
u pr lands and on the north by water
ie from the Alligator river. II Il
= drained at all it must he protecte
g a canst the waters from these source:
- Here is the way these difficulties aT
= being overcome:
Sc To protect the district AGAINST II
ne water from the OUTSIDE a hourdar
Al canal is being cut. This canal is sig
ne teen feet wide: its tenth Va ~ieS aCc0rC
II ing to the elevation Of the land
SS passes through. This canal snrrounC
ID. the entire district with the evce0tic
:. Of some short spaceS where there 8
49, ridge and no protection IS n""ded. u
ne dirt from this carai IS piled on Il
ca outside bank rf the canal It. form
&C dixie against the pressure q outei'
water.
de There are two maln canals. =
20 sEFast Main" and the West Main
lld rrt,are. canals heein 1t thn holnda
ny canal one near the northeast a.
'oy the other near the northwest c"rn@
of- Of the district and converse a 2 POI
IKE about midway OF the southern 5h"
% Of the lake
'lae M From the main canals lateral CAM
49, are cut north and SOUth into the hoI
~ darv canal These lateral canals 8
ahouf one and one half miles ana
- into these canals the farrnnre viii {
~ the difcheS 10 drain their land.
SO $40 Where the main canals conv"'
aad there is a great has5n ard n" VI
- from all over the d'S'1"t VT n
lei through the ca,alc 10 thie nasln
loh thn SIDE of the basin is the gr
- nun7Ding plant to lift the water z
the send il lhrouo1 tue outfal canal
" ToamlicO sound. seven an'i one =
y nils aoav. This outfall canal
seventy feet wide and about fourt'
-,.- feet deep,
.lno The pnmDtnG n!ffi - 9sf'' ~
ole tha greatest reclamation rnnn
",la ptant in the word i Is composed
10 - eich4 G0-inch centrifugal pnnnS, y
1rds r,.o+or nar second. Tr
4 at 80 ~ I solid concl
nee fonnda. .io7 huiIded upon pilins dri
81 1ean ~ thn earth. and are house
3 great hn,l'ins Of concrete steel
hri~l> construction.
~ VIII This Project re success
o'n- 7,hi~ question is raised every (
ii-1p tIle s,1ojcc is mentioned Cur ahS
az = ,hie. nxDert eneinerrs have 2
e IN n,,a~ 1..erv pI1aea Of the work
1,on the strength Of their req
Re- Va, rar,,-s7eaded business men have
the vested over half million dollar
nlet- the project Hard-headed busi
1al,a r1er do rot invest 1heir money N
+io,1 rositione Of this kind unless they