Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-16
ENTIRE OHIO CITY IS MOVING.
Making Way for River improvements
to Prevent Flood Destruction.


city will be located on site two
miles from It's present location.
Construction Of the great Miami
Valley Conscrvancy District, at y
cost Of approximately thirtyflvc
million dollars, has necessitated the
removal Of this little city. The build
ing Of dirt road. over which Os-
borne will make its trek to new
site already has been completed, and
buildings in tho little Cfty's business
district are being razed. Homes arc
being demolished or taken down,
piece by piece.
The citizens OF Osborne--eaCh Of
the 1,251--are glad that moving
day" has arrived. In their new homes
'up tho road" they will be assured
THAT no repetition Of the 1913 flood
will ever come.
When the food OF 1913 ripped in
to Dayton, Osborne also was flooded.
Wheh the citizens OF Dayton and
those Of other towns and districts in
eight adjoining counties banded
themselves together to make the
Miami valley safe for democracy
the Miami Valley Conservancy Dis
trict, which is a court or government
unto itself, was formed under laws
Of the State Of Ohio.
Will Build Five Dams.
The scheme for preventing rcp-
etition OF the 1913 floods was work
ed out by Arthur F.. Morgan and his
associates. 1t called for the construG
tion of five great dams in the dis
trict, with a system Of outlets or
spillways. which would release the
water behind the dams in such guam
titles that the streams below the
dams would not be overloaded.
The dams have been completed.
They are gigantic structures, and
they withstood the test Of this spring
in such manner as to convince the
most skeptical Of the wisdom Of tho
r plan. Thirty-seven feet Of water was
backed up behind some Of the dams,
which could have accommodated ono
hundred feet more water without
danger
There was but one town within
the district which lay directly below
the district required that this IOWA
bc made saio in the inturr Only
,wo ways lo do this were possible
One was 10 hniId uum completely
move the town bodily to higher
ground some distance away. This
was regarded as the cheapest and tha
best method OF solving the problem.
District Buys Property.
The Conscrvancy District thea
bought the property Of tho entire
town, through condemnation pro-
ccediMgs, and resold the buildings to
the owners who wanted them. \ few
there were who decided 70 go along
with the town to tho now site aud
build now homes. This was done in
Il number o. cases. the Old buildings
being abandoned for disposal as the
district may see fit.
J. was Il mon@v.maNtNg. deal for
the owucr&, rs ,hoy made about $780,
00G NroUgh tn" double transaction.
The new town size was selected by
holding company known as the Os-
borne Removal company. The new
site was plated. sidewalks CONSTRUCT.
ed. gas. water and electric light lines
put IN, streets laid out and trees
planted, and a location set aside. j..
the center OF the business NistriC'.
for a public park. fountain, shrub
hery and other things that go 10
make up a regular civic center.
a town hall costing $1,000.
which will be the seat Of government
and home Of the fire department. is
under way. as is also $l5.00o
school building. III" new water
works SYSTEM Will cos, $4,000 whom
completed.
Many Houses Arc Moved.
OF th" ~ houses in the town
nearly ali VIII be tucked up and tnc
moving apparatus inserted under
them. They thon will he trUnd!aI
~ tho new locations and So, upon
thc now foundations. The removals
are to be made without disturbing
the families or contents.
The houses will be rolled along