CYPRESS CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT, ARKANSAS, 17 
Lake the channel must be cleared, at an estimated cost of $2,000 per 
mile. In addition, the openings in the banks of Bayou Macon must 
be closed, especially the channel of Little Bayou Macon. The esti- 
mate for this work, based on meager data, is 35,000 cubic yards at 
20 cents per yard, or a total expense of $7,000. 
Ditch No. '+3. — The soil borings along the proposed route of ditch 
No. 43 show considerable sand from a point near Wells Bayou to 
Gum Pond, south of Amos Bayou. The depth of flow through this 
section is therefore made 8 feet and the side slopes 2 to 1. The dif- 
ference in elevations of the Wells Bayou basin and the Coon Bayou 
basin is 10 feet in a distance of 5£ miles. It was impossible to utilize 
all of this fall on account of the depth of cut that would be encoun- 
tered in crossing the banks of Amos Bayou and also on account of the 
erosion that would occur from high velocities in sandy soil. A 6-foot 
concrete drop is therefore planned at station 750 (in sec. 36, T. 10 S. r 
R. 3 W.) at an estimated cost of $5,600. An earth dam, estimated 
cost $1,000, is planned in Cypress Creek to prevent the water in ditch 
No. 43 from flowing to the east. At the crossing of Coon Bayou, in 
the west line of sec. 19, T. 11 S., R. 2 W., a solid waste bank should 
be made on the east to prevent overflow into Coon Bayou. In addi- 
tion to the small amount of excavation in Cypress Creek, station 430 
to station 458 (in sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 3 W.), clearing of channel is esti- 
mated at $1,000 per mile. 
All excavation in this ditch is estimated at 8 cents per yard except 
that section from station 600 (at lateral No. 34) to station 700 (in 
sec. 25, T. 10 S., R. 3 W.), which is estimated at 9 cents. The maxi- 
mum cut in this section is 20.1 feet, on the bank of Amos Bayou, and 
the side slopes are 2 to 1. 
Ditch No. 81. — The following reaches of ditch No. 81 will require 
no excavation, but the existing channel must be cleared : From station 
155 to station 198 (in sec. 33, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., and sec. 4, T. 10 S., 
R. 2 W.)j and from station 447 to station 760 (in sees. 8-31, T. 10 S., 
R. 1 W.) in Cypress Creek; from station 781 to station 953 (in sees. 
1-14, T. 11 S., R. 2 W.) in Boggy Cut-off and Boggy Bayou; from 
station 1080 to station 1151 + 75 (in sec. 26, T. 11 S., R. 2 W.) in 
Isaacs Lake; and from station 1368 + 50 (in sec. 14, T. 12 S., R. 2. W.) 
to station 1700 (in sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 2 W.) in Boggy Lake. All 
clearing of channel is estimated at $1,000 per mile except in Boggy 
Lake, where it will be light, and is estimated at $500 per mile. All 
side slopes are estimated 1 to 1, and all excavation is estimated at 8 
cents per cubic yard except the section through Boggy levee, which 
is estimated at 20 cents. It was assumed that the waste banks were 
of equal volume on each side of the existing Glay Bayou ditch. In 
calculating the excavation the end areas of the proposed ditch 
