The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11
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THURSDAY, ::::::::::::::::::APRlL II, 1895.

THURSDAY, :::::::::::::::::APRlL II, 1895.
I.evee Board Proceedings.
Boss1ER CRY, La, April 4, 1896.
The Board of Commissioners of
the Bossier Levee District met in
regular session. Present w. II.
Hodges, President; Messrs. P. b.
Cash, w. T. Colquitt, II. J. Lenoir,
A. ]. Moss and T. W. W. Stinson.
Absent: Mr.. J. T, McDade.
The Board of State Engineers was
represented by Capt. F. NJ. Kerr. .
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
Mr.. Cash offered the following
resolution which was read:
Be it Ordained by the Board OF
Levee Commissioners for Bossier
Levee District, That J. G. Beasley, of
Shreveport, La, be and is hereby
appointed land agent of this Board
to locate, list and negotiate looking
to sale OF said lands, and the V. S. &
P. and Cotton Belt rail roads are re-
quested to furnish said land agent a
free pass on their said roads when
travelling in his capacity as said land
agent.
On motion of Mr.. Cash, seconded
by Mr.. Moss, the above resolution
was adopted.
The following reports were read ::
Shreveport, La, April 8, 1895.
, To the President and members of
the Board of Commissioners of the
Bossier Levee District, Bossier City,
La: Dear Sirs-At q meeting of
your Board held Jan. Is, 1895, an
appropriation of $17,5OO was made
for the construction of line of levee
from Knox Point to Buckhorn, lin
extension of your system), the State
being requested to supplement this
amount by the sum of $4,000, and
to advertise for proposals to build the
line. The Board of State Engineers
promptly recommended that the
amount requested be allotted from
that part Of the General Engineer
Fund, known as the Caddo Sub Dis
trict Levee Fund, upon which it was
at once advertised by the Governor,
and on Feb. 2, 1895, contract for
building the line awarded to Hunter
Bros, of Shreveport, for the sum Of
$3,497.
The line is 32,377 feet in length,
and when completed will contain
199,0I7 cubic yards of earthwork,
making its cost to the District and
State fraction less than eleven cents
per cubic yard.
The contractors promptly COM
menced the work, and have so far
made such fair progress as to warrant
the expectation that the entire line
will be completed within the contract
time-May Is, 1895.
/ have also the honor to report the
completion of the line of levee from
Waterloo Point to Navigator Point,
more generally known as the Magenta
leyee, undertaken by your Board, as
well as the line from Scopini to Ash
Point, generously undertaken by the
general Government in recognition of
its great importance to the District
and the strenuous efforts put forth
by your Board for protection from
the waters of Red River.
The line from Waterloo Point to
navigator point is 1884 feet long, and
contains 1878 cubic yards, and
that from Scopini to Ash Point is
1880 feet long aggregating about
265. 900 cubic yards, and costing
about $3S, 000.~
Including the lines of levee above
named. aggregating ten and half
miles in length, the levee line in your
District now extends continuously
from Hurrican Bluff, above Shreve-
port, to Buckhorn plantation below,
q distance by river of about 70 miles.
All of this line has been built, or i'm
proved, to grade three feet above
the high water marks of 1892, and to
q section generally approximating six
feet in width at the crown, with side
slopes Of 3 and 8 to l, except at Buck
Hall, Cash Point, and Benoist bayou
to billiards., above Shreveport, and
ct Sunfower and Halls below.
The requirments at these localities
should command the Attention of
your Board at the earliest possible
time, as well as the. fact that new
levees are needed at Taylor's, above
Shreveport, where the present line is
threatened by caving and from Buck
horn plantation to the lower end of
the District, in the neighborhood of
Swift Chute bayou, where no attempt
has yet been made to construct public
levees.
To sum up, it will be seen that by
the combined efforts of your Board
under the authority vested in it by
the State) the general Government,
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