The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
MI MOVE A TOWN
- OF 1900 PEOPLE
authorities TO TAKE
pho A nc PREVENTIVE MEAS
STEP M NEW VILLAGE SITE.

,o Of Osborn, o., is moving
Inc wv location under conditions
TO NV nnioue. The fitting" of the
thai a.. .orn is the result OF a move to
entire ;. 'O aood danger In March, 1918,
eonp goat Miami river and its tribu-
tb' :, o, oyeraowed their banks. The re-
pn|, aood was the worst in the his
HI'Ds, .be Miami valley. 1t is known
10Y D,yton flood. Hundreds OF lives
q HN ,a.+ and the financial loss aggre-
T'' hrndreds of millions OF dollars.
P %,.n the people recovered after the
0n' 81 the disaster and looked the
'lDa soo over they decided that they
'''l al oreycnt future floods, cost what
0'"' "a Experts were ordered to find
i vou'u, keep the waters OF the Great
! way, - Mad river. Saltwater river,
llla y creek Big Twin creek and
No ,ler tributaries confined to their
sssyeraI banks.
'''v VIII Create DRY Reservoirs"
ri. Man finally adopted contemplat-
INV .o + of dams across the streams.
e. e.: , s;mnle method of controlling the
ns 5 Jn floods promised the pro-
nov w" aimed at. The dams would hold
I !tv'V D,,trr back, emitting just enough
To fiji ii the river bed below and no
nT I,oder the plan the water would
u. J" m behind the dams for miles, fill
pa: PAW tb r5 whole valley between the Dor
3a3r 10, hills. These spaces were called
ui."1 2eservoirs," which means that in
. u,y Of normal flow the lapd Dor
3,a;og the stream would be dry, while
.'' 4@od times it would be submerged
u a depth OF many feet.
Village a Beautiful One.
All homes located in the dry reser-
81, IL" al bindings OF every description,
' 4 towns and villages, mills and every
arm Of structure; in fact, anything
nd everything that may be damaged
w water must be moved to higher
,4to,nd The village of Osborn, with a
limitation Of 1000, was i'll one of
bfse dry reservoirs.
II was necessary to move the town.
was an old village and one OF the
rost attractive and most beautiful i'll
pbio with hundreds of wonderful
'ade trees. many churches, a splendid
;gb school, great Touring mills,
hose products had a national repu-
tion, water works, railways and
,ores Of fine residences.
Morris Rice, village lawyer, hit
Don way OF preserving the corpo-
tie existence of the town, and at the
inc time destroying its very exist
nee. The town of Osborn extended
$ corporate limits by laying out a
ew addition distant a mile and a half
ON the old town, and connecting the
ew site with the old by strip 400
ct wide and more than a mile and a
larter long. The entire town will be
loved to the new location, with the
RECEPTION OF a few large brick dwell
lgs and the big mills.
Company Purchased Buildings.
In order to accomplish the removal
an orderly way the Osborn Remov-
Company was incorporated under
E laws of the state OF Ohio. This
mpany purchased outright from the
iami Conservancy District every
Hiding in the town, except those
The Miami Conservancy
strict had previously condemned
d had appraised all the buildings OF
cry description in the village, and
d paid for them in cash.
In every instance the persons who
W occupy the buildings will be Civ
preference in repurchasing them at
the work of removal is affected.
MS plan has been accepted by the
zens OF the village. and it is ex-
cted that a majority of the citizens
Il continue to occupy their homes in
E new location.