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Show ;-x-:z-:-x-:-x-:-x-:-s-:-zz-:r-:x-x-:-c-:-x-:x-:-x-:x-:-r x-: -w.-xxx-wx River Kept in Order by Chinese Engineer In view of Ihe disastrous Mississippi Missis-sippi Hoods it Is interesting lo note that 2,100 years ago a Chinese engineer, engi-neer, I.i-plng, laid down ' the correct engineering principle for colli rolling Ihe Hood conditions of a river Mowing Mow-ing Ihrough a Hat alluvial plain. The works hat be and his sons established es-tablished for controlling Ihe waters of the Mln river In S.echwan province prov-ince and dislrlbutlng ihem across the great Chrngtu plain are slill in perfect per-fect operation. The Chengtu plain Is an area 100 ii.lls long and sixty miles wide. Across this plain the Min river Is distributed In eight main branihes. converging at the lower end of Ihe plain lo form a single river again, which duplies Into tie- Yangtze above the Gorges. Throughout Ihe 2.100 years, the en- glneerlnt: principle, laid down by 1.1-pipg. 1.1-pipg. without which the whole system would have destroyed Itself centuries ! ago, has hern followed. Flood condl- ! lions ar. still unknown, fin Ihe walls of (he temple built to Ihe memory of T.l-p'ng and his sons at Kuiin-hslen, is written Ibis saying, familiar to every Chinese student : "Shell tao fan tso y;n," meaning "Dlj; ihe bed j drop, keep il banks low." Minneapolis Minne-apolis Tribune. |