Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-05-26

THE RIVER-THE LEVEES



B. Snyder Memphis Commercial AppeaD
aftermath of discussion by side walk scientists which
always follows great flood the Mississippi River again
outlet theoHs the reservoir theoris diverted
channels thsor: M are are all merely singing their lays m
moment the opinions of the most eminent engineers past
There time when there
In those good old days to which the aforesaid scientists
apparently long to have return let consider things
When .h.r. w.r. No L.v....
Gen. Claiborne in his History Of Mississippi" says that
in the years ls4 1915 and 1916 the entire country from
from the river that there suffering and dess that
% the ss $ ss
back MAJ s & Of said
from the vicksbus hills Delhi th Bayou Macon Ridge
attended by land in the parish directed their
enabling % to @ sSs its st
owners tor syss resons dt ,.
The aforesaid scientists should consider that
There Were Outlets Then.
And plenty Of them; there then outlet system
dollar. tsft soud not be today for less than billions of
Every river and bayou, such Bayou Macon, Baxter,
in asdeH
Ships and many Others north Of Red river were oue
The condition existed below Of the Red
River. every few miles there Deep rapid flowing
% there sssw those days when ans nearly a
highest ridges were cutiyatedhere never hope
'0f csn sss sesn said before the Louis
thss, were no ievee. there would be frequent oe-
s.ssn, hen Baton tss Rouge would be the last land above
III. Reservoir F.ddss
best answered s. in the re- words Of the same Gen Beach
vors "f Lake It he said available Is rsssr
~sa rs &:
There remains only
The Divergent River Theorst
He M would have cam canals dug Sc as to divert the them Ohio
Mississippi and give them direct outlets the g the
tain S s s1d rSn1Gs ~ s ys up hey are but ~
received such suggestions He
handling the river One Suggestion was the diversion
ta a FL e oqS sn ia to take inter
tom Is that wells be- drilled in the bed Of the river 8 a.
permit Of the water to find its through gravel
tn. Only Way.
The evse system in the opinion Of engineers who have
opinion Of those of who live along it, is the only method
Levees to proper grade and section
any flood that ever came down or ever can come;
The only obstacle is sufficient money to do the work
the engineer. have told how high and how
% II: sns ., We % @
financially able to do the job
It is national work from any angle it be viewed
Between Vicksburg, Miss, and Delhi, La. 40 mile
stretch must spoonful Of water that falls in that
:.s: s s s ss our and as &c a
sissippi.
Congress ought provide the necessary funds to
pete the job and complete not to give the money
tabods but good strong sufficient dose at
time the evil at once. .
best that the advice Of the engineers should
accepted by all? They the doctors; why not believe
in their scientific study and conclusions and forget the
ous fads and theories of the sidewalk scientists and all
as sung by the American Lumerman's poet:
"f it's your Mississippi in dry time,
It's yours Uncle when it's wet,
II it's your Mississippi in fly time,
In flood time, it's your river yet
There's other way you make it,
And when / give the alarm,
Come get your darned old river and take 1t
Away from my timber and farm"
What the Mississippi Valley Association and the Rivers
and Harbors Congress should do is to make long hard,
strong pull at Washington get the required appropriation
complete the evees to the prescribed Standard and
completed again will hear from the outetter the
reservoir the divergent river faddest