The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-13
Visit The Flood Endangered
Regions Surrounding
Mt. Vernon
CITY COUNCIL AND
e. e. REPRESENTED
Whole West End OF The City
Is Traversed On Foot
By Committee

"A 1HOSJ SUCCESSFUL Jour VI lHSpeC-
tiOn of the food endangered regions
surrounding the city of Mt. Vernon
was made Sunday by the committees
of the city council and the Chamber
of Commerce and a few other inter-
ested persons.
The crowd gathered in the council
chamber at ten o'clock.
The Chamber of Commerce was
represented by Secretary Leroy Mayer
and by w. e. Mccormick, chairman,
M. s. Lewis and Fred Lawler OF the
Public Service committee. The city
council was represented by Messrs.
William Hookway, Thomas Auskings,
w. T.. Grant and Robert S. Porter
City Engineer Phillips was the official
guide of the tour.
The party rode to Barrett's bridge.
the head of their exploration, in a big
motor truck. From the bridge they
started on foot and traversed thor
oughly the whole distance to the via
duct. They studied the courses tax.
EN- by the river in the last high water,
and the possibilities in case q flood
should happen before any work Of
prevention could be completed. To q
man they were impressed with the
necessity of immediate action in the
proposed work of the kind that is
recommended by City Engineer Phillips
Special attention was given to the
situations around the bridges. Above
the Baltimore & Ohio bridge the sand
bars are from four to six feet In
height, and are almost impregnable
because of the fact that they are
grown up with q dense growth Of will
lows. Another very dangerous place
in the course of the stream is just
opposite the rubber company. In case
of high water here, the food would be
backed up far into the residential Sec
tion of the town. This same Obstruc-
tion extends down to Riverside park.
It was found that two arches under
the Main street viaduct are not used
ut. all by the river. The High street
bridge was found entirely too narrow
to pass the volume Of water that
comes down In the spring and at any
high water period, and the commit
tee believes that it would be the wise
thing to add arch space to each on
of these bridges. The channel above
the High street bridge especially
needs widening.
After the trip, the committees held
q short meeting and planned for a
future meeting, the purpose of which
will be to find some way Of financing
the big job that they have before
them. There was some little disap'
pointment In that the county board OF
commissioners was not represented
on the tour. The whole community
here as we'll as in the county Is inter
ested in seeing this work accomplish
ed and the commissioners are needed
in seeing It through. 1t is hoped that
their support will be Forthcoming
when the work Is commenced. Ii
getting It accomplished 1t Is likely
that the county, the city and the state
will be called upon for financial as
sistance.
The date for the next meeting has
not yet been definitely set, but It will
be announced some time before, Civ
ing every member a chance to ar
range for his presence. From all thu
information now available, the plal
that will be followed will be substan
TALLY that submitted to the Chamber
OF Commerce some time ago by Cit,
Engineer Phillips.