The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-11-11
LEEvEE BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
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Vicksburg Commereial-Herald.
One ofthe most interesting and inn
portant assemblies ever held in the in
ierest of the l4rees took place Tues
dav in this city, the action taken to be
duly ratified at Delta, La, Wednesday
morning, by the Fifth Louisiana
Leyee Board.
The most important feature of the
days work WAS the result Of confer
ence between President Carlton and
Commissioners Hill aud Graves of the
Chlcot county board, with the Louis
lana commissioners, through which the
construction Of permanent lines of
levees from the Louisiana line to
Sterling. and from Cariola to Brooks
Mill, Ark, is secured. This work will
be done by Capt, c. Med. Town
send. United States engineer, out Of
the allotments for 1895 aud 1896, and
will be completed before the high
water season OF 1894, in which event
the Fifth Louisiana levee board viii
pay and has assumed under this
proviso per cent. interest to the con-
tractors for the work. The extent of
the works cannot be stated at present,
but will be considerable and their
completion will make The fifth dis
trict, as well as Chicot county secure.
The Arkansas levee board ia return
for the interest guarantee agrees 10
expend $4,000 in eularging the levee
from Sterling to Grand Lake crossing.
This business being happily con-
Guided the Louisiana board proceeded
to adopt resolutions TO the following
purport: Authorizing the president
to contract for repairing Delta point
levee, payable 10 bonds or warrants;
that The tax collectors be required TO
receive the boards warrants in pay
ment of the cotton and acreage taxes,
and that the auditor be authorized to
receive such warrants; The ten mill
tax to be reserved for interest on the
bonds and for the sinking fund.
On this latter resolution Judge
WHY voted no, holding the PROPOSE
ton Illegal
That the president be authorized to
issue 5000 in warrants to the Provi-
dence Lumber Company, for lumber
for revetting WHY'S levee; that $780,
900 in bonds be issued, $4,000 in de-
nomination of $500 aud the remainder
for $1,000 each; that So 900 of the
revenues of 1898 and 1894 be set aside
to pay the deficiency due Oh the COM
pletion of Salem levee, and that the
State treasurer be notified to set aside
this amount accordingly; that Com
appointed committee TO negotiate a
loan to the foregoing amount, to pay
Manning & Gibson, contractors for
Salem levee, the above deficiency,
being the amount that will be due
them over and above the payments by
the United States for Salem levee
that the following work be done aud
the same is hereby ordered:
Raising and charging leevee at
Benham's, about 10000; banqueiie
from Hagaman's TO Deesona and ex-
tension of banguette from WHY'S to
Point ! ookout bsnquet;e in front of
Alsatia, banquette at Young's Point
levee, about 1000 yards. which is ex-
tended as part of the Willow Slough |
contract; banqueite at Waterproof to
Aquasco and repair work on Aquasco
levee. Also that the raising and en-
largement of Deesona levee. estimated |
at 10000 yards, be advertised and put
under contract. as also the raising and |
enlargement of Pecan Grove, and |
bapquettes along Illawara. O'Brien
and Towne leves. estimated at $4,000 |
yards for The banqueties last referred |
to.
Capt. Townsend will proceed TO ad-
vertise and let the Arkansas work
decided on.