Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-10-22

An allotment or 54O,OOO was
recently made by the Mississippi
River Commission for beginning
bank protection on the Melwood-
Stockridge fronts which is i'll the
lower part of Kempe bend in the
immediate neighborhood of Gold
man Landing.
LEvEE CONDITIONS.
From recent trip over thu
entire line of levee with engineers
the condition of the levees were
found good with the exception OF
some ram and wave wash. They
are generally free from weeds,
and well-sodded. a contract tor
clearing off the levees was made
| in August, and has been complet-
ed in East Carroll, Madison, Ten
sas, and very nearly completed,
or will be by the 10th inst, in
Concordia.
GAZING BANKS.
There is a great deal of caving
i'm the bends this season owing to
the very long continued high wa
tiers; frequent changes in the stage
Of the river, and finally very
rapid fall. In East Carroll there
is no place where the existing line
of levee will be in danger of being
preached in the very near future,
Though there is caving along Will
sons Point, Cottonwood, and
Anterior.
In Madison there are more cav
ling bends than in East Carroll,
such as, Mascot, Millikens Bend,
Cabin Teele and Duckport; none
of the levees at these points will
probably be preached this season
except at Cabin Teele, and here
a new levee is being built.
In Tensas parish there is con-
siderable caving at Hard Times,
which, however, is cared for by
a new loop, and it is expected That
so soon as funds can be secured
the commission will undertake
bank-protection because ia this
bend there is an immense dyke
crossing the foot of Lake st. Jo-
seph, which when first completed
gave a great deal of trouble from
sinking.
| At Inge field, just below st. Jc-
seph, there is also considerable
caving and pocket has formed
near the upper end of the new
loop, which will require watch
ling, though it will probably go
through another water without
giving trouble; the whole bend
here is caving. Kempe bend Is
, like the poor always with US. "
, 1.-The revetment here is holding al
right except a stretch of about
POO linear feet of mattress where
the cave occurred in the latter
part of September. This, how
ever, will be repaired, work be-
ginning some time in October.
There is also considerable cavine
. at Goldman Landing, which it i:
Expected the protection to he un'
dertaken at misunderstanding,
will arrest.
In Concordia there is caving al
L'Argent, but the levee is wei
back and there is no uneasines:
felt. At Sycamore, in MarengC
bend, there is quite long stretch
of caving but only one pocket
near enough to the levee to cause
any uneasiness against the watel
of 1910.
1t has been decided to build 6
small loop at the foot of Lake
Concordia. This is another point
where the commission has beer
urged to do some revetment work
and l think they have had a sur,
vey and report made favorable
to it. The most general caving
bend in the district or the Longest
stretch of caving is from Greer
to Fish Pond. A new levee ha.
: been surveyed from Point Esper
: ance to Fish Pond, well back from
> the present line, aggregating 900,
D 1000 cubic yards. The government
has undertaken 100000 cubic yds
to be completed by the 1st o.
February, 1911, and it has beel
decided in conference with the
State and United States Engi
) neers, to ask the Board of Stat,
Engineers to undertake the cree
ton of the balance of this line
bids to be opened OH the 2Sth O
October. 1t will be necessary fol
! some temporary loops to be bull
before this long line of levee viii
; be finished and the District has
undertaken to look after these
emergencies.
The condition as to the present
line of levee is very serious, as the
caving is over such long stretch
and it is difficult to decide where
the old levee will be preached, anC
Capt. Burgess and Major Kerr
have promised to use extraOrdi.
nary efforts to push forward the
work on tha now line