The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-02-23
Levee Board Proceedings.

Levee Board Proceedings.
Boss1xR Cry, La,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1899.
The Board of Commissioners of
the Bossier Levee District met pur-
suant to adjournment. Present: Mr..
J. w. Jeter, President; Messrs. W.
T. Colquitt, W. 81. Hodges and I.
w. w. Stinson-l. Absent: Messrs.
W. P. Belcher, P. B. Cash and A. j.
Moss.
Aquorumbeing present, tho Board
proceeded to business.
The Board Of State Engineers was
represented by Capt. F. NJ. Kerr.
The minutes of January 5th and
9th were read and approved.
Mr.. Hodges moved that the certifi-
Gates to be issued for the construct
ing of the Riverside Levee, payable
out of the Revenues of the District
for the years 1899 and 1900, bear six
per cent interest from date OF COM
pletion of said levee, and that said
levee be built as an emergency leyee.
The motion was agreed to.
Capt. Kerr presented pro6les, etc.,
of the Riverside Levee, showing the
distance of said line from the river
bank to be about HOO feet, the gen.
eral average height to be about 10
feet 2, said line to contain about
1l4,4ll yards, work to commence on
February Is, and to be completed by
May Is, 1899, and suggested that all
force be concentrated on the first 40
stations, etc.
MI. s. j. Davis, representing the
Anstro American Stave and Lumber
Company, Limited, appeared before
the Board, and explained the object
and reasons of said Company desiring
to secure the right from the Levee
Board to construct, operate, ETC., q
railroad track on the levee from its
junction with the present track Of
the ", s. and P. Railway Company
to distince of about LOO feet.
After fully discussing the above
proposition, Mr.. Colquitt offered the
following resolutions, which were
read and adopted:
Be it Ordained by the Board Of
Commissioners Of the Bossier Levee
District, in legal session convened,
That the Austro-American Stave and
Lumber Company, Limited, their
successors or assigns, be and is hereby
authorized aud empowered to con-
struct, operate, and maintain rail
road track or tracks on the levee,
from its junction with the present
track Of the ", 8. and P. Railway
Co., a distance Of about HOO feet, to
a point on or near the river above.
Provided,
First: That the levee from the
railroad embankment to the point
where the said track or tracks leave
it, shall be improved, and at all times
maintained in good order, to grade
or elevation under the ties equal ia
1915 on the Shreveport guage, with q
crown not less than IL feet wide, and
slopes Of 8, and 8 to l, the addition
to the section of the present levee, to
be placed on the river side of the
levee, after carefully cleaning Of it,
surface, spading and blowing it up,
as provided in the usual speci6ca.
tions prescribed for levee work. The
surface Of the embankment to be
planted with living roots Of bermuda
grass, not more than one foot apart
Second: That earth shall be used
in enlarging the levee as above, and
shall all be taken from the river side
Of the embankment, leaving q BERN
thirty feet wide, between the burrow
pits, and the base Of the levee, the
burrow pits to be sloped on the side
nearest the embankment not sleeper