The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-02-02
BENTON, LOUINLANA,
Thursday February 2, 1899.
Levee Board Proceedings.
FRIDAY, JANUARY ~, 1893.

Levee Board Proceedings.
FRIDAY, JANUARY a, 1899.
The Board OF Commissioners OF
the Bossier Levee District met pur.
suant to call Of tho President. Pres
emit: Mr.. ]. w. Jeter, President;
Messrs. W. P. Bslcher, p. B. Cash,
". 7. oolquitt, W. Il. Hodges, A. J.
Moss, 7. W. W. stinson.
The President stated that the OBJ
jsct In calling \ meeting Of the Board
WAS to consider . communication
from the Board Of State Engineers
relative TO the building Of . new line
ot lsvss at Riverside.
Tue following communication was
read By the Secretary:
INV ORLEANS, La, JAN. II, 1899.
Hon. ]. W. Jetsr, President Board
Of Commissioners, Bossier Levss Dis.
trict, Brownlee p. O., La.-Dssr Sir:
The condition Of affairs at the Gal.
Vance Lsvss, likely to result from 4
failure to promptly provide for the
construction Of . new leves At that
point, leads me to address you direct.
J. upon the subject, particularly a.
my Communication OF Nov. Il, 1898,
10 the Board Of Commissioners Of the
Bossisr Lsvss District, on the sub
jeot does not seem to have impressed
he Board with Z due sense Of the
ssriousnsss Of the case.
A. Jon know, the "Oal vsnos' lsvss
b situated on the oonoavs side Of ono
d the most abrupt bends in Red
River. above Shreveport.
The present line Of levss thors was
built b. the Bossisr Lsvss Board In
1893, and Was. 1t tho tims located
generally at . distance not less than
800 feet fFom the river bank. Owing
10 continued excessive oaving, the
distance now ID, for several hundred
feaA les than one hundred fssA with
every indication Of = further serious
loss Of bank from oaving, from which
. breach IL the line Of levss, at no
Distant day, ID imminent. Conditions,
n this dirsotiop, viii also DO aggra-
yated By the present frsshst coming
down tho river, which, from present
indications, VIII ct least reach . stage
at which tho rate Of eaving, In suoh
situations, ID greatly augmented.
4 failure 10 maintain your lsvss 1t
my point In the district would, in
the event Of high water, approximate
Ing 10 proportions any Of those In
thspast prove . serious menace to
The interests Of the district, but q
failure 70 maintain the line at Cal.
Vanos's would, In such an event, ron.
der nins-tsnths Of the Bossier Lsvee
District liable 10 inundation.
An impssssion seems to prevail
among many h your district, that 10
The event Of m susrgsnoy, largs
toEoes. furnished By interested pro.
psistors II the district, can, In the
eSent Of breaches 10 the lsvss, b
depended upon and made equal 10
providing profession BY means Of
ssFun-sounds." shiitlsss and uuesr.
vain - such policy must necessarily
prove In the long run, IL might b
temporarily effective 10 certain local.
ltiss where the lsvss line 10 ANAL and
local conditions favorable, but In the
present instance, the lsvss required
III large one, and tho land upon
which u must b built, pitches
abruptly o6into very low ground, and
Ne only ASSURANCE Of safety lies In
promptly undertaking and pushing to
compilation . properly located and
well deslgasd line Of lsvss.
! inolose you . sketch showing tue
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