French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-07
WILL RECLAIM FIFTEEN
HUNDRED ACRES RICH
LAND ON MUD CREEK
Work of Draining Mud Creek Bot
toms Expected to Begin at
an Early Date.

The work Of draining Mud Creek
valley will within all probability be-
gin shortly as the necessary 200
worth of bonds have been sold at par
and the money is expected any day.
1t is generally understood that q. z.
Blythe has been awarded the contract
for the dredging work and he is ready
to give bond for the faithful perform
ance of his duty.
The preliminary steps for this drain
age were taken two years ago when a
bill was passed by the legislature per-
mitting bonds to be issued by the pro-
perty owners along the valley of Mud
Greek for this purpose. Out of the
fifty-four property owners in inc dis
trict all but two of them signed the
petition for the extra tax. Major
Barker, who owns over one half of the
drainage and will necessarily have to
pay over one half Of the costs is en-
thusiastic over the work The lower
ing of the bed of the creek will greatly
enhance the value of his lands. along
with the others.
The uncertain condition of the creek
during flood times, Or even after hard
rains has for many years been g.
source of annoyance and also damage
to those living near same. This has
kept Mud creek bottoms from prcduc-
ing good crops every year and has
caused a vast area Of valuable agri-.
cultural land to be practically worth
less. Hundreds Of acres of this valley
are within the city limits Of Hender-
sonville,
When the property is we'll drained.
the creek bed lowered to its proper
depth and dikes built as further pre-
ventitive of the creek ever flooding out
OF it's banks, 1t is predicted that East
and South HendersOnville will be de-
veloped into beautiful residential Sec
tions.
Over in the Barker lands. within the
city limits across the creek, are VAL
liable building sites, The Flat Rock
drive IS now being greatly improved
/ by the city authorities A water line
| Of a permanent kind. and sewerage,
system are being installed.
Of course the greatest benefit to be
derived from the drainage Is the re-
claiming OF fifteen hundred acres of
the most valuable farming land in the
county. This land Is composed Of very,
rich soil and when free from foods
will be made to produce enough corn
to supply Hendersonvi11e, It is said.
Arrangements have been made with
the county commissioners and town.
ship supervisors to use the mammoth
dredging machine owned by the coun-
ty. This machine was purchased sew
eral years ago at cost of about S.. .O0O
and has been extensively used in Sc
curing sand for the newly graded
roads. The county will continue to
use the sand from the creek and will
simply loan the machine to the drain
age commission.
A great deal Of the credit of securing
this reclaiming project should be
given W. c.. Jordan. one of the land
owners. in the district.He has given
much of his time and energy to pro
noting the scheme and his untfring
efforts have resulted In selling the
bonds at par. 1t took several months.
says Mr.. Jordan, to land the sale of the
bonds. There were offers from num-
ber of bonding concerns for less than
par but Mr.. Jordan was persistent in
his efforts and soon located the right
concern.
Mr.. Jordan thinks that the drainage
will be one of the greatest assets of
the county and in time will be felt by
the entire county as a great lift in the
resources Of the community.