Show THE THE SALT SALT LAKE TELEGRAM FRIDA II I Mississippi W Work rk Nears Nears' End of First Phase P I v 0 u v- v u M S 'S J 5 j J j. j ti f F f X 2 f r t y r r'S S a ft i ie e A f y VM y t v rosy x r ae o f fx r rn x k v n Government engineers are nearing the end of the th e first phase of Mississippi river flood protection wor work authorized by the last congress All the th then en appropriated will have been spent or obligated by next June Gigantic mats of willow above are wo woven yen and s sunk stink along the sides of the tho river at weakened places s to stop erosion Major General Edgar Jadwin inset chief of army engineers is head of the the work Belo Below is a towboat with a tow of r reinforced concrete e mat units WASHINGTON AT The AP-The The work work chant of ot the levee laborer on n Old Man River now Is a constant chorus Higher levees on the Mississippi l river rivet and stronger grow the banks as the government program program program pro pro- gram to keep the sluggish strength o of the giant within bounds gathers momentum Millions of dollars have llave been poured Into protective measures since the the last great flood lood and army engin engineers er t taking stock 0 of oe progress made in tho the last year ear report that probably all of ot the made S t available by congressional nal for the new w program will xv have been spent or obligated byne by nex ne tj nex-tj Jt June ne The engineers engineers' battle w with th the great river Is a a. fight as carefully charted a as any armed conflict For thirty years years It has been carried on but in tho thelast last year operations operation'S were on a a scale two and a half halt times as great as in an anY previous year j earThe ear ear The work b being ing done done at New Madrid Mo Is typical of that of that all aU along long the stream Tire The new levee there will rise five f feet t higher an and up pp above th the town the channel o othe of the river will be widened until 1 It will wiIl be almost twice the width 1 it was five years rs ago Gangs of laborers may be see seen weaving what appears to be a a. mattress mattress mattress mat mat- tress tress the couch of a giant gian Huge mats Mat of ot willow are used I in revetment nt work and wl will go Int into that phase of the work this thi year The mats are loaded with stones stone and sunk along the sides and th the te bottom o of the stream where her th UH e water has hal begun to eat t away th e bank Erosion thus is stopped Concrete blocks lashed t together gether ar wE e used in the same manner manner Before passage of ot th the flood control control control con con- act annual expenditures fo fot r Mississippi river control were e The additional fund fend are being used In four ways enlarging enlarging en en- and strengthening main mai river levees bank revetment dredgIng dredging dredging ing and preliminary work on th tIl the Bonnet Carre spillway for the protection protection pro pro- of New Orleans Major General Edgar Jadwin chief of ot engineers Is head of th the e work all the plans and development t going through his office |