point had been cut out to a depth of 24 feet. Among the emergency measures aiming to throw the river back into its proper channel may be men tioned the following: First an attempt was made by means of a light jetty of piling and brush reaching divert the flow of the river to the eastern channel of the island. This proved to be a failure. Then the, scientific american, 1906-12-22
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