The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-06
MUD CREEK DRAINAGE AND
SANITARY WORK

The work now being done along MUG
Creek is an object lesson which ought L"
convince any citizens who have douOt'
about the value of clearing the streams OF
the county to prevent overflow and as al
aid to drainage in the low-lands. The Mud
Creek project speaks convinclngiy from
the beginning of the work of the value oil
clearing the streams of obstruetlons anu
providing channels which will carry flood
waters to the French Broad River, thus
preventing destructive overflowing OF the
streams into the bottom lands. 1t is posi-
bile TO take the Mud Creek project as all
example of what could be done and visual
ize all the streams of the county, including
the rivers, flowing in channels free OF o.
structions and large enough to carry the
water during the periods of heaviest ram
TALL. so that destructive floods would be
unknown and drainage of the bottom lands
would be accomplished.
If the job that is being done on Mud
Creek could be duplicated on all of the
streams in the county, including removal
of the shoals in the French Broad, the work
would be worth many thousands of dollars
to Henderson county. Land now under Gull
tivation in the valleys would be improved
and large total acreage of additional fer
tile land could be brought into cultivation.
This drainage project, extending through
out Henderson and Pennsylvania counties,
has for long time been advocated by
some of the leading citizens of the two
counties and is part of the development
program which, it has been said, would
transform the two counties into the largest
and finest agricultural region in the noun
tain country of North Carolina . ... .-
What is being done now is only the be-
ginning of a big job and how far the work
can proceed will depend on the amount of
money which can be secured for the pur-
pose. 1t is not probable that the cash need
ed to complete an extensive program OF
development can be obtained at this time !;
but If the present appropriation holds out
to the completion of the Improvement Of
the Mud Creek valley it will be worth a
vast sum to the county.
Owners of the land along Mud Creek
should now resolve that they will protect
and conserve the results obtained by the
work that is now being DONE When it is
finished the stream will be clear of OBJ
structions and the timber will have been
cleared from the banks This will do much
to prevent the accumulation of obstruc-
lions in the stream in the future, if the land
owners will see that the banks are kept
clear. Each land owner can do this on his
own property, from year to year, with little
effort and expense; and thus the value Of
the present project can be conserved for
many years to come.
The WPA and county money expended
on the Mud Greek Improvement project
will earn dividends in the future if the citi-
zens owning the lands along the stream
take advantage of what is now being done
for them.
The WPA project is listed as a sanitary
project and in connection with sanitation
and sewage disposal for Hendersonsille
the city will reap benefits which will fully
justify the cost of the work ALI citizens OF
the county can conscientiously approve
this development, at cost of only few
thousand dollars, which will certainly be
worth many times the money expended.