The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-01-31


Common Pleas for Williamsburg
County, requesting him to appoint d
board of Viewers, to be composed Of
two disinterested freeholders and a
competent engineer, to cause pre-
.liminary survey of the proposed dis
ftrict ITO be made and to report upon
the feasibility and practicability Of
the plan. The idea, so far, is meeting
with the almost unanimous approval
of those affected. y
ii, Proposed District.
The proposed district is approx
mately' twenty one miles long and
three miles wide, comprising within
its confines practically all of the lands
which naturally drain din Broad or
Kingstree Swamp from the point
where 1T enters into Black River, near
Kingstree, lii Williamsburg County,
extending through williamsburg into
and s across a portior of Clarendon
County and up into Florence County
to the point where the Public Road
leading from Olanta to Mimm's Cross
Roads crosses the. swamp.
z Il Preliminary Report,
A preliminary investigation has al
ready been conducted under the su-
pervision\ of the committee, working
in collaboration with Mr.. F., G. Eason,
United States Government Drain
age engineer and his detailed report,
submitted to the committee on De-
cember 22hd,5 last, offers great en-
couragement to those. in charge of
and interested in this progressive en-
terprise. BY this report Mr.. Eason
estimates that canal approximate
ly fifty feet wide at the River and
approximately nine feet wide at the
terminus near Mimm's Cross Roads
and about seven feet deep, following
the run of the Swamp will be entirely
sufficient to carry all of the water.
The proposed excavation would re-
quire the removal of about five nun
dred ninety thousan: cubic yards of
dirt, which could be done for the
most part by and with improved
ditching and dredging machinery at
cost of about seven cents per cubic
yard. This canal would afford a main
drain for about forty one thousand
acres of land and the estimated cost
per acre would not exceed one dollar
and ten cents, according to Mr..
Eason. He calculates within the
above cost not only making the exca-
walton but clearing a right of way
six feet wide on each, side of the ditch
or canal and leveling the earth re-
moved. 1t is estimated that the en-
tire operation, from the time work
is actually commenced until it is
completed, having due regard for
the nature of the swamp and aver
age seasons, will not consume more
than one year.
Cost and Payment.
1t is estimated that the total cost
of the operation will not exceed forty
seven thousand dollars, which will be
distributed over and . apportioned
among the forty one thousand acres
affected, which will beclassifed ac-
cording to benefit derived by the
Drainage Commissioners. The aver
age cost per acre, for the whole ope-
ration will not exceed one dollar and
fifteen cents. This fund is to be de-
rived by the sale of Bonds, the rate
Of interest on which shall not exceed
six per cent. per annum. The crea-
tion Of sinking fund with which to
retire these bonds does not commence
until after the expiration of five years
from the date of the Bonds and then
run for a period of twenty years. In
other words nothing is paid on the
principal for five years. To illus
trate; suppose you have one hundred
acres, class A. lands within the dis
trict. The total assessment against
your land would be one hundred and
fifteen dollars, payable in twenty
equal annual installments, commenc-
ing five years after the date of the
Bond and bearing interest at a rate
not greater than six per cent. per
annum-or five dollars and seventy
five cents per year for twenty years,
commencing five years after the date
of the Bonds and six dollars and
ninety cents interest payable annu-
ally, if the Bonds were sold at six
per cent However, it is understood
that the Farmers G. Merchants Ma
tional Bank Of Lake City has offered