ATWELL, District Judge.
The Trinity River upon which Dallas is situated, had an annual habit of overflowing its natural banks, resulting in considerable destruction.
In 1926, 7,200 acres along this notionate waterway was voted, under a state statute, into a Levee Improvement District and a bond issue of $6,000,000 was authorized to build levees. The bonds were sold largely out of Texas. The levees and necessary pumps for effective work during the flooding...
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