...final effect of a flood which rises from 30 to 50 feet above low- water is to raise the low- water bed of the river at shoal places, may it not be possible...of improving navigation. But even if a rise or fall ot a foot or two in the bed of the river were produced by levees, it is difficult to see how this would...

...the final effect of a flood which rises from 30 to 30 feet above low-water is to raise the low- water bed of the river at shoal places, may it not be possible...levees, it is difficult to see how this would sensibly a fleet the low-water width of the river. Bad navigation arises from excessive low-water width at certain...

...low water is to raise the low water bed at shoal places, may it not be possible that if the heighth of this flood be somewhat increased by levees the bed may rise still farther instead of being depressed, thus injuring instead of improving navigation? I am also filing...

...low water is to raise the low water bed at shoal places, may it not be possible that if the heighth of this flood be somewhat increased by levees the bed may rise still farther instead of being depressed, thus injuring instead of improving navigation? I am also filing...

...Engineers' report, 1876.) If, then, the final eft'ect of a flood which rises from 30 to ~iQ feet at«m low-water is to raise the low-water bed of the river...of improving navigation. But even if a rise or fall ot a foot or two in the bed of the river wen produced by levees, it is difficult to see how this would...