Show to Eliminate FLOODS DAYTON AYTON Ohio Obio situated as it is on a plain been busily at work damming up the flat fiat lands 6 5 suffers periodically from floods The Miami through w which ich the Miami river winds It has river Stiver which flows through the heart of the been beon necessary to build dikes for long distances I regularly overflows its banks and the water running from each side of the river banks When fading ading out over the pl plain in thoroughly satur- satur the river again overflows as it is expected to the miles overflow of water will back the flats fiats outside out out- the tho city as well as the country for up on d. d In 1918 Dayton had a disastrous flood side the city and by means of the dikes will bet be bo bolich i S. S t- t t a 22 7 P is 5 c t. t Huge Shovels Electrically Propelled 7 Used in Damming up the Flat Lands lich thousands of lives were lost and property confined within the natural banks of the Miami e to the extent of millions was incurred on its flow through Dayton o ome me time ago the city d decided to get elec- elec The edges of the dikes adjoining the river riverbanks riverbanks banks have been lined with concrete to prevent lp driven shovels to throw up protecting works much in the manner manlier the Hollanders their wearing away in flood times and also better betterto I that portion of tintry below sea sea- to enable them to guide the excess of mater yater ater into shovels have havo the Miami's bed So for many mon men nit Lak n nI I r |