DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS. 43 



counties and the whole of Mississippi County. As the merchantable 

 timber is removed, there develops a desire to fit the land for agri- 

 culture. Plans for the drainage of some parts of this area have been 

 made, but the low elevation of the land and small slope of the sur- 

 face make necessary the treatment of the whole as one district. The 

 complete plan is now being prepared. 



G. A. Griffin made a survey of Cedar Swamp, in southern Delaware, 

 planned the necessary drainage ditches to reclaim G.OOO acres, and 

 reported a plan and estimate of cost for reclaiming the lands for 

 cultivation. Examination was made of the feasibility of improving 

 the Pocomoke River, in Maryland, as an outlet for this swamp and 

 for the l.;>0() acres of wet lands along the stream. 



Lake Mattanmskeet and adjacent lands, in Hyde County, X. C, 

 were surveyed by S. H. McCrory under the supervision of J. O. 

 AVright. The area of the lake is 50,000 acres, it is about 5 feet deep, 

 and the mean elevation of its surface is apjoroximately 2 feet above 

 sea level. Plans have been made for ditches and a large pumping 

 plant to drain the lake and 70,000 acres of the surrounding land. 

 Steps are being taken to organize the district and carry out the plan. 



A survey was made by H. M. Lynde, and plans have been prepared 

 for draining 14,400 acres lying south of Moyock, N. C. The dis- 

 trict includes some lands that have been cultivated and swamp lands 

 on the edge of the Great Dismal S^vamp that are being cleared of 

 timber. AVater from the swamp overflows the land, the ditches 

 already constructed being insufficient to remove it promptly. The 

 plans prepared recommend the improvement of the old channels 

 and the construction of new ones that will intercept this overflow 

 and provide adequate drainage outlets for the district. 



Under the supervision of J. O. Wright, survey's and examinations 

 Avere made of 15.000 acres drained by Pantego Creek, in Beaufort 

 County. X. C. The ditciies as planned are now being constructed. 



RECLAMATION OF OVERFLOWED LANDS. 



The survey begun by L. L. Hidinger in 1907 in the Little Wabash 

 A^'allcy, in Illinois, was extended to include the overflowed lands on 

 the Skillet Fork, and the field work has been completed. Levees 

 and ditches have been phinned to protect from overflow 5:1.000 acres 

 on the Little Wabash Kiver and 75,000 acres on the Skillet Fork, 

 and to provide drainage channels for the protected lands. 



A survey of Logan Creek in six counties of Xebraska, from Wake- 

 field to the Elklioin Kiver, was made by Lawrence Brett; the bottom 

 lands to be drained are about 5:>,000 acres. Xew channels have been 

 designed for i considerable part of the distance to relieve the main 

 channel and to provide drainage for the lowlands back from the 



