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JEFFERSON TEXAS FRIDAY OCTOBERS 1911
W T Atkins Letter to Secretary
of War
Jefferson < Gommecial > Club
Jefferson Tex Aug 31 1896
Sir When therights of the
people have been ignored and
when the appeals of the people
have been time and again un
heard and put aside by subordi
nate officers these officers as
suming thatthe people whose
rights have beenignored are un
acquainted with the7 facts and
surroundings and know nothing
btthecause of their complaint
itbVcomes necessary thatr Ihe
people appeal to a higher au
thority hoping that all wrongs
heretofore done them may be
righted and the great financial
losses sustained by reason cf
such negligence may in a meas
ure be returned by a prompt
righting of the wrong
Feeling that this city county
and the country the beneficia
ries by the improvements of
Cypress Eiver including some
thirtyodd counties containing
at least 500000 people have
been and are being greatly
wronged by the continued neg
lect of Cypress and Eed River
below Shreveport belieyingthis
the Commercial Club of this city
have determined to appeal to
you believing that you will not
submit to any injustice being
done anyone or any section of
the country if the facts are hon
estly placed before you This
club disclaims all intention of
impugning the motives of any
one or doing anyone an injus
tice yet such a grevious wrong
has been done this section of the
State by the neglect of the en
gineer in charge of this depart
ment and that the club is forced
to appeal to you for proper in
vestigation as to the cause of
this continued neglect andinjury
done the navigation of Cypress
River
Senator Flanagan of Texas
March 3 1875 made the follow
ing statement I propose to
amend on page 15 by inserting
at the end of line 340 for a con
tinuation of the improvements of
Cypress Bayouin Texas 50 000
be continued saying That the
legitimate and really the recom
mendation of the officers of the
government was some 312000
but I had no idea that the Senate
would be so liberally disposed or
I should have contended for 300
000 but I thought if I could get
50000 I would be gratified and
still shall be if the Senate will
pass it
It would seem that had the
gentleman understood the situa
tion he could have gotten what
Was recommended by the Gov
ernment officers 312000 Evi
dently they were justified by the
commereein then making the
recommendaton
January 5 1885 Capt Eric
Bergland made the following re
port In compliance with let
ter to Maj A M Miller corps
of engineers dated Office of the
Chief of Engineers United
States Army Washington D C
July 31 1884 and the require
ments of the river and harbor
act of July 5 1884 I have the
honor to submit the following
report on the examination of
Cypress Bayou and the lakes
between Jefferson Texas and
Shreveport La made for the
purpose of ascertaining if the
necessary improvements can not
be made upon some other plan
than building a dam across the
Albany Flats as recommended
by the engineer
It would seem that the engin
eer had recommended a dam
across Albany Flats yet for
some cause and at the instigation
of some one a plan was called for
to seen if some other plan could
be found than the one suggested
Why was this done Again Capt
Bergland says under same date
A report upon the Examination
Cypress Bayou was sent to the
department by Major Miller
hwith letter dated August 11883
In this report the amount esti
mated for the necessary improve
ments was given at 19000 In
order to ascertain whether any
important changes had occurred
since the examination in 1883 I
directed Assistant Engineer
Burrows to make an examination
and submit plans and estimates
for improvement His report
which is submitted herewith
describes in detail the existing
obstructions to navigation the
estimate for removing these and
the benefits to commerce that
may be expected from such im
provements Your special at
tention is directed to this re
port Capt Bergland continu
ing says It is estimated that
an expenditure of 16000 will
secure safe navigation between
Jefferson Tex and Shreveport
La fpr a seven
eight month each yeai f Yet a
previous recommendation had
been made fotf a dam t Albany
Fats He fupther says As
94000 has Heretofore been ap
propriated for this improvement
I would recommend that the
amount required fie Appropria
ted He further says No
work has been done on Cyp ress
Bayou since 1880 witlf exception
of the removal of a few leaning
trees in February 1884
Mr Burrows iri > his1 report of
December 1884 says Through
dut Twelve Mile Bayou which
has a length of 11 or 12 miles
there is neverlessJjhan feefc of
water at tha fowe age It
from 30lTto
Has a wlHftrvarying
400 feet Continuing he says
From the head of Twelve Mile
Bayou to Albany Flats the chan
nel contains all the water during
a low stage and is merely a con
tinuation of Twelve Mile Bayou
being 200 feet wide from 4 to 6
feet deep having a strong cur
rent
In order to reciaim and im
prove navigation through the
lakes Major Howell submitted in
1874 a plan for the construction
of a highwater dam and a cut
from Albany Point on SodaLake
to Gold Point on Red River
making the outlet from the lakes
into RedRiver instead of through
Twelve Mile Bayotf as at pres
ent As the surface of the wa
ter at Gold Point in Red River
is 6 feet higher than the surface
of the water in Soda Lake at
Albany Point the object was to
gain the advantage of this extra
elevation across the shoal water
in Soda Lake This plan would
undoubtedly solve the problem
of navigation through the lakes
but its great cost estimated at
372580 has proved thus far an
insurmountable obstacle to its
adoption
We will now quote from the
internal commerce of the United
States for the year 1891 Speak
ing of the Erie Canal Mr J C
Brown statistician of the New
York Produce Exchange says
The Erie Canal cost 51000
000 and the State expends on it
720000 a year in keeping it in
repair but it effects a saving of
over 4000000 a year in freight
charges on the wheat alone that
goes into New York City to say
nothing of five times greater
weight of other freights going
into and out of that city The
money is certainly well spent
He says The 4000000 sav
ing was not on the wheat that
went into New Yorkthrough the
canal but all that went into the
city by railroad also
Thus you see it is not only the
saving the country makes on the
products that pass through the
waterway but on the railroads
touching the water points We
submit the proposition that had
Major Howells plan submitted
in 1874 to give this section of the
State at a cost of 372580 navi
gation been accepted and the
work completed the saving to
the peopie alone on cotton would
have fully reached 500000 since
then In this estimate no calcu
lation is made of other merchan
dise The freight receipts at
this place by the railroads aver
age nearly 200000 per annum
or nearly 5000000 since 1874
twentytwo years ago A con
seruative estimate of 35 per
cent on all other merchandise
would have been saved had we
had navigation This is assum
ing that no increase of business
would have taken place yet
everyone knows that the busi
ness would at least have doubled
Mr Brown further says It
is not necessary that the water
line should carry the freight to
cheapen the rate It cheapens
what it does not carry as well as
what it does In short it regu
lates rates on all lines of carri
age that converge at a common
point with it
Your attention is respectfully
called to the fact that the engin
eers acting under instructions
from someone have it appears
to us systematically destroyed
the navigation of Cypress River
for first one pretext and then
another The water of upper
Red River has been shut off so
that no water from it can enter
the lakes as nature provided that
it should The first and most
disastrous step taken by your
Department was the removal of
the raft which was natures dam
to protect the navigation of Cy
press River and we dare say
protect Upper Red River also
In engineering as in chemistry
nature is the most skillful
We desire to call your atten
tion to the fact that in the esti
made for the improvement of
Cypress River that no stress
should be placed on the volume
of business done by the river
now for the reason that naviga
tion for some cause has been de
stroyed You should estimate
period of
the volume of business done pre
vious to the destrustion of it and
what would be done after its re
storation Justice is one of the
cardinal virtues so is restitution
This section of the State has
been wronged and at a cost of
millions Wo appeal to you to
have restored to us that which
his been taken from us The
flimsy excuse that large bodies
of land has been redeemed by
the stopping up of Red River is
absurdity itself There is too
much unoccupied land in the
United States to squander mil
lions of dollars in excessive
freights for such a purpose
We submit that if the Mississip
pi JRiver was dammed at the
rfiouth
of Red Riverv aml the
water of that stream forced
through Atchafalaya into the
Gulf the city of New Orleans
would soon become a victim of
the greed of the railroads and
would not long exist Your De
par tmen has shut out our sup
ply of water and not offered to
give us any relief in place of it
Your engineers answer our ap
peals for help and restitution
Your commerce does not justi
fy the expenditure Congress
has been importuned by numer
ous petitions from all over north
ern Texas asking that naviga
tion be restored in Cypress River
If the Government will restore
to us the navigation we had we
will furnish the commerce
In this section of the State
there is is a very large and un
developed iron industry This
industry you understand re
quires large quantities of coal
and it must of necessity be cheap
Alabama is now putting her coal
on the Mississippi River at
Greenville With ample naviga
tion in both Cypress and Red
River this coal could be barged
here at a nominal cost Can this
interest be developed before you
give us the water Again the
product of this iron plant can be
marketed by water Can we do
it unless you restore us thenavi
gation we had Navigation
would save to the people of north
ern and central Texas thousands
of dollars in freight on coal alone
We notice that streams of less
importance than Cypress Bayou
and Red River receive large ap
iropriations while ours gets a
10000 appropriation with 5
000 unexpended for a resurvey
and perhaps adverse report
because the commerce does not
justify it For this reason as
before stated we have been rob
bsd of our water privileges
No better time than now could
be selected to remove the stumps
logs and snags that would other
wise obstruct the navigation
The club has called Major
Willards attention to it but as
yet nothing has been done We
submit that these small appro
priations making surveys will
not increase our prospects of
getting the improvements so
much desired Navigation in
Cypress River is practicable
and feasible so says Major
Howell and we think Major
Benyard also Then why not
have an appropriation suffici
ently large to do what is neces
sary to complete the work It
will certainly be admitted by
every one with any legal knowl
edge that even the Government
has not the right to destroy the
peoples highway to the markets
of the world Restitution must
be made when called on This
is we understand the common
law The club trusts that the
Department will see the justice
of our cause and see that the
great wrong that has been done
this section of the State is at
once or as soon as practicable
righted
We have endeavered to place
the matter before you in an im
partial way and without any
prejudice to anyone We have
stated the facts as we under
stand them We have made this
more voluminous than we in
tended yet we can only plead in
apology the justice of our cause
and the earnestness of the 500
000 people that demand that the
restitution they deserve be made
and the grevious wrong done
them be righted
Kindly make a thorough inves
tigation of the matter and favor
us with your conclusion
The Jefferson Commercial Club
By W T Atkins Pres
Hon Secretary of War
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CITATION BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Marion J
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Marion Connty Greeting
You are Hereby Commanded to sum
mon E V Bell by making publication
of this Citation once m each week for
four successive weeks previous to the
return day hereof in some newspaper
published in your County if there be a
newspaper published therein but if
not then in any newspaper published
in the 5th Judicial district but if there
be no newspaper published in said Ju
dicial District then in a newspaper
published in the nearest District to
said Fifth Judicial District to appear
at the next regular term of the District
Court of Marion County to be holden
at the Court House thereof in Jeffer
son on the 2ndMonday in November
A D 1911 the same being the 13th day
of November A D 1911 t en and
there to answer a petition filed in said
Court on the 27th day of September
A D 1911 in a suit numbered on the
docket of said Court No 7930 wherein
Mrs Georgia Bell is Plaintiff and E
V Bell iB Defendant said petition al
leging That Plaintiff is a resident of
Marion County and has been for six
months anterior to the filing of this
suit that Defendant is a nonresident
and his whereabouts unknown Plain
tiff alleges that she was legally married
to Defendant and has been married
about one yar Soon after their mar
riage he became abusive and disrespect
ful to her failed to support her or pro
vide a home for her he cursed her and
made threats against her life standing
in fear of these threats she obtained
the protection of the peace ofheers in
Fort Worth where she was when he
left her Defendant finally abandoned
Plaintiff she had to call upon her fath
er for support and home and has not
heard fron him since
Wherefore Plaintiff prays that cita
tion issue by publication to Defendant
requiring him to appear and answer
and on final hearing that she have
judgment annulling the bonds of
matrimony now existing between her
Defendant E V Bell and all costs of
suitHerein
Herein Fail Not but have before
said Court at its aforesaid next regular
term this writ with your return there
on showing how you have executed
the same
Given Under My Hand and the ciI
seal of said Court at office m Jell
erson this 21st day of Septemcer A D
1911 G M JONES
Clerk District Court Marion Co
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