The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-07-21
Leyee Board Proceedings.
BossIER CRY, La, July Z, 1904.

special session, roll call showing the
following members present: w. B. Nc
Cormick, President; A. J. Moss, ]. G.
McDade, T. w. w. Stinson, Alex Caplis
and w. T. Colquitt. Absent: GA. F.
Poole.
Minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
The Secretary read communication
from Governor Blanchard relative to the
bond issue authorized by the Legislature
of 1904, in which he requested that the
board only use such a part of this bond
issue as is actually necessary to meet
the requirements of the district.
On motion, duly carried, the Secretary
was instructed to write to Governor
Blanchard and state that when the Bos-
sier Levee District causes the issuance
of this one hundred thousand dollars
worth of bonds that the same will be
deposited with the Treasurer, and will
use only such a portion of the bonds as
will be actually necessary to meet the
requirements of the district.
On motion, duly carried, the Secretary
was instructed to write to the Board Of
Control and state that as soon as the
$100, 900 bond issue was made that part
of the Bossier Levee Boards indebted
ness to the Board of Control would be
iquidated, and perhaps all of its out
standing Indebtedness, exclusive of
Bond issue.
On motion of Mr.. Moss, duly carried,
Mr.. Mccormick was appointed COM
mittee of one and authorized to contract
with some responsible party to clean off
and repair the levee from the ", S. and
P. railroad track south to Mack's bayou.
The Secretary was instructed to write
to the different owners of land through
which the Bossier Leyee District levees
extend and request them to keep their
levees free from any and all distractions
which would retard the progress OF the
State engineers when making inspec-
tons of same.
Capt. F. M. Kerr, Chief State Engi-
neer, and Mr.. Gervais Lombard, Assist
ant were present and Mr.. Lombard sub
mitted report, which covers only a
portion OF the Bossier levees, but he
stated that he would soon go over the
entire levee system and make detailed
report Of the same to this board.
Mr.. Lombard's report follows:
SHREVEPORT, La, July Z, 1904.
To the President and Members of Bos-
sier Levee Board:
Gentlemen-On yesterday Maj. Kerr
and l made an inspection of the levee
from Sunflower to Cash's Point, and
found that the recent high water had
made considerable change in the bank
lines. Mr.. Morse had written that a
run-round was found necessary at Sun
flower, and we found that, where on
March oath last, there had been dis
lance Of $50 feet from the center of the
leyee to the edge Of the bank, there is
now only about thirty feet, and the river
slope OF the levee has been reached.
About half mile below this point, on
Lower Sunflower, there is only about
eighty-fiye feet from the center of the
levee to the edge of bank. This would
represent loss at this point of about
twenty-five feet since last March, and
while the bank here is more of a wash
ing bank than caving bank, new
levee will soon be necessary. recon-
mend that bids for building new levee
at Upper Sunflower be invited without
delay.
The Alexander Blanchard levee is
obscured by an unusual growth of
weeds, briars and trees, but close ex-
animation revealed that said levee had
also been cut up badly in the past by
hogs, and is being materially encroached
upon by wagons and vehicles, which
have cut good part Of the land slope of
the levee away. We further found that
this leyee was being enclosed with a
fence, the posts for which are being
placed welfup on the land slope, instead
Of say three feet from the lond toe; I
recommend that the leyee from Mack's
Bayou to Belcher's be cleared and re-
paired, restoring all cuts and low or
worn places.
At Belcher, near the upper end OF the
place, the caving has reached within 165
feet of the center of the levee, and l
recommend that the Vinson Bayou
levee be extended down stream about
$500 feet, to cover this threatened point.
We found the levee overgrown with
weeds from about half a mile above
Kobler's mill to the Pat Cash new leyee.
At Gilmer's lane caving has reached
to within eighty-five feet of the center
OF the levee and recommend that new
leyee be constructed there without delay,
as this is badly caving point.
At McVea's or Cash Point we found a
most unusual amount of caving had oc-
CURED and at least 1000 feet OF the levee
had caved into the river. The caving