The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-10-09

ance in vicinity Of residence.-
Defective ramps opposite resi-
site residence and gin house.
Waterloo.-Seotio full, clean
and well grassed.
Magenta.-Section and condi-
ton generally good, but a large
part Of line very weedy. Defec-
tive ramp opposite store.
Gold Dust.-Section full, clean
and we'll grassed. Gazing serious
and new levee required. Least
width of batture at this date 125
feet.
Hopewell Section full, clean
and well grassed. Gazing serious,
and new levee required. Least
width of batture at this date 81
feet.
Elm Grove.-Section full, clean
and we'll grassed. Considerable
caving, but width Of batture still
safe at this date.
Whitehouse Place. Section full
and we'll grassed, but somewhat
weedy in places. Two pathways
through levee, and one defective
ramp near residence.
Bates.-Section full, clean and
we'll erased. No material changes
in bank.
Knox Point Place.-Section
generally full and we'll grassed,
but somewhat weedy. Defective
ramp back of site of old store,
and levee somewhat ragged and
scant in places for short distance
above. Gazing continues, but
width of batture still safe at this
date.
Knox Point Place to Lovely
Point.-Except for stretches at
upper and lower limits, section
full, clean and we'll grassed. For
about 1000 feet below upper limit,
somewhat ragged and worn, es-
pecially opposite store and barn,
and line weedy. For about 1900
feet above lower limit, section
full, but obscured with vines,
weeds, etc. One defective ramp.
Lovely Point.-Section full,
clean and we'll grassed. Model
looking levee. considerable cav
ing along lower side of Point
width of batture not more than
about 200 feet for quite a stretch,
about 1000 feet above gin. De-
fective ramp opposite residence.
Glenwood "a. J. Moss) .-Sec-
ton generally full. About 300
feet at lower end somewhat dis.
figured from hog roots. A few
bald spots on surface, outline gen.
orally fairly clean and well grass
ed. Slopes disfgured in spots by
old pathways and rain wash
Defective roadway near lower
line.
China Grove.-Section gener-
ally full, clean and well erased,
though there are some bald and
ragged spots here and there, es.
pecially opposite site of residence.
Deep pathways through levee
just below lane. Defective ramp
in lane and leyee much worn by
crossings.
From China Grove to Christiana.-
Section full, but, though well erased,
weedy and considerable growth Of small
cottonwood trees. One deficient road
crossing and two pathways.
Christiana.-Section full, clean and
we'll grassed, except along stretch above
point, where levee is weedy and there is
a considerable growth of small cotton
wood trees. Defective crossing neal
upper end of place, ana pathway in angle
at upper spur. Serious caving along
lower side OF point, and new levee re.
quired.
Sixteenth Section.-Section generally
full. Though well erased, weedy and
| overgrown with = Jung cottonwood trees
in places. One defective roadway.
INSTRUMENTATION generally full
clean and we'll erased. Gazing oppo-
site Campo Bello cutoff continues seri-
GUS, but width of batture still safe al
this date-least width 500 feet.
Bear Point-Section full well erased
but weedy in places.
The lower end Of the line of public
levee in the Bossier Levee District il
at this time, located on lower bank o.
Ninock Lake, on the Dennison Planta.
ton, leaving still an unleveed length o.
line from that point to the lower bound.
AIRY Of the district Of about i've miles BY
| river.
The recommendation of the Board O
State Engineers in regard to new levees
enlargement and repairs required, nam.
ed in the order of their relative impor.
lance, are submitted as follows, viz:
| az NEW LEvRES REQUIRED.
1. Willow Chute, about q, 600 cubic yds
2. Gold Dust, about Is, 600 cubic yards
8. Hopewell, about 5000 cubic yards
1. Christiana, about q, 600 cubic yards
| ~ ENLARGEMENT REQUIRED.
l. At Pandora, about Il, 600 cubic yards
2. At Pat Cash's (partly
new ley0o and nartlv