The herald., 1916-06-15

J long it would take TO fill the lake
| thus created, with this continental
cream? Have you ever dreamt what
a bridge-terminal and railroad ter
voted to the muSk-rat, the mink and
the moccasin, would make. If filled
above the stumps hat presently
house these uncanny deniZens Of this
dismal region? Just roll over in your
mind 10000 brand new acres 10 feet
above gulf level. the cleanest. health
lest and finest in all the world, and
only a short mile from the Custom
! Housewife the stegOmyia and ano-
pheles Il knew | had left out the
fourth NJ gone forever; What
would this g~arden-patch be worth
well just roll this owe in your mind.
and you may think it worth your
while to see some Of these heroic
promoters and find out if they would
let us in on this deal, If We agreed TO
SAO" litAl IO" " lulu inc lI4th. !
happen to know some one who has
the whole thing worked out, and to
say that the scheme, OF which the
filling of this swamp is after all. but
an incident, is fully as ambitious as
the Progressive Unions river and
lake canal. would be but asserting
the simple truth. You might Won
der, however, where the b~ridge-ter-
minal would be on the other side.
and while l cannot tell you too much
just now. | will say that conditions
would be created whereby the bridge
would be of the pOntoOn order, which
would make it a grade" bridge. 50
that. as you will infer, it could be
10 any point along the city's
front. where the proper sweep"
could be had for the double tracks.
One more thing l can say is. that
the scheme includes government
locks in the river bank at the citv's
lower line, SO that when the
falls. the water thus let into
artificial lake, will be locked in.
The levee around the lake is figured
as being 80 miles long. enclosing
the 10000 acres mentioned. being
l5O feet wide at its base. "a feet
top (for roadway across from
Oakville TO AlgiersD and averages
feet high, containing lO.2OS,OOO
'ubic yards. It is said that bucket
suction dredges combined, can
ut this levee up for sc a yard. The q
axe would be 9 miles long and 80, d
niles wide in the average, contain .
ng "a square miles. Just think OF J.
he boating and fishing and hunting :
fter the silt covered the stumps. q
nd during the few years needed 10 y
omplete the sedimentation. l alsoIs,
otlced that the disposition of the "
resent trees and brush was pro- p
ided for, very i~nexpensively, by hav- L
these felled just as the water e.
as about to be turned on. when. :
Is supposed. a large percentage of
his mass would not rise and would Il
on~sequently be soon covered. while u
Dating trunks would be lifted over It
lie Ievee by derrick. TO plantation IL
ED. Outlets in rear levee are fixed al
10 feet, with a pile revetment be- u
ma them to prevent earth-wash by
ear water going through their beds l.
IL is said that the government 70
Its up $40 an acre. in the ~irriga- IN
On projects out west, which is III
'out what the clearing and leyee- IN
g OF this swamp foots I'D. and ".
Il also wondering if it is proposed
take Uncle Samuel in on this r..
'uthrn irrigation scheme! Butt
ough for the present anyway. ex- do
pit to get your people over there M
o thinking some" so that when il on
mes to cut-offs, spillways and other m.
devices for swami o.
clamation, you may be able to ..nut "a
g over on the Progressive Union. pr
lich' may also tell you, has its m.
e on your navy yard. But you have 10
, site for the bridge, over there.
We can easily show, if you will TIL
rec to come in and help work il no,
[ on the lines suggested. Let me Tor
from you. ",
"Reclamationist." rite
Ca!