Show DRAINAGE ENGINEERS ENCOUNTER TROUBLE Farmers in Southwest Portion of District No Xo 1 Pro Pro- lC vent Progress Recent Storms Retard Betard Rushing of Slope Work Slope of Land Assures Success The engineers working on Drainage Drainage Drainage Drain Drain- age District No 1 4 I aro encountering t trouble in tho the of oC their t duties with some somo of oC the farmers in III inthe the southwest portion of the tho district district district dis dis- dis- dis lying near tho SevIer R River flyer er Tuesday afternoon the engineer in char charge e of the survey work was forbidden forbidden forbidden for for- bidden by two of ot the property properly owne owners 3 a from Crom surveying on en th their ir holdings causing ion on and aud u delay I One of the farmers farm rs went so sotar tar far j a-j asto to say Gay that before re he wo would ld pc permit the men to enter upon hi his prop property they would be compelled to walk walkover over his extinct body consequently the work on this plot was postponed d until some Bome action i is taken In another instance tho the engineer in charge after atter listening to muc much complaint recommended that the I consult the tho Supervisors and nt learn hi his position in the tho affair h whereupon the t farmer replied ho knew nothing of Supervisors and that his land n needed ede no draining and that he had no knowledge or information inter inter- mation as na to the tho forming of pf drainage Q districts This sort of action only retards r 19 the tha progress of this important r limin- limin y y work which must be he completed before actual construction eau can all cornS corn mence This is tho the first objection of any character made ronde by residents in any of the districts in this vicinity and md lOf was a surprise and unlooked unlocked for tor an an- and and embarrassment r. r Owing to the recent rains and shortage of labor the work has hns been somewhat delayed but with fairer weather progress will be bo more rapid It is ts said Id that the topography at Qt atthe the land embraced in this district assures assures as as- a highly successful and excel excel- drainage system a |