Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-28
Report of the President.

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N. H. LEWIS, Sec'y.
Report of the President.
To the Honorable Board Of Commission
ers for the Fifth Louisiana Levee
District:
GRNTLRMEN-The weather since the
January meeting has been ideal for all
outdoor work, and the Mississippi river
has been on its best behavior in respect
to staying at stage not to overflow It's
banks, but it has not been 30 considerable
in encroachments in caving bends.
1t will be remembered that my Janu-
airy report stated that the freedom from
building new leyees was only temporary.
Since that date the State has let the con-
] tract for q new levee at Fairview, in Con-
cordia parish, aggregating liza, $3.50 cubic
yards, and the District has let contracts
for two new levees, Mascot in Madison
parish, and Villa Vista, being, however,
an extension Of Mascot moth into East
Carroll parish, aggregating 695, 672 cubic
/ yards.
The following is a memorandum Of
work which will be required in the Dis
trict in the near future:
Anterior, East Carroll parish, $50, 900
cubic yards.
Morancy, Madison parish, 10000 Gu
bic yards.
Delta, Madison parish, 10000 cubic
yards.
Sycamore, Concordia parish, 10000
cubic yards.
Lake Place, Concordia parish. 5000
cubic yards.
Kinsmore, concordia parish, 100000
cubic yards.
Point - Breeze ss,e te1tension). concordia
parish, 900, 900 cubic yards.
And to get section and grade TO bring
the ievee up to the Mississippi River
COMMISSION requirements:
Buncns Bend enlargement, East Car
roll parish, goo 600 cubic yarcs.
Delta-to- Bedford enlargement, Madi-
son parish, oOO, O00 cubic yards.
Upper Diamond Island Enlargement,
Madison parish, liz, 900 cubic yards.
Winter Quarters Enlargement, Tensas
parish, 1000 cubic yards.
Lake Place enlargement, Cencordia
parish, oO,oOo cubic yards.
sidaiia TO Forrest Enlargement, Con-
cordia parish, osO, 200 cubic yards.
Fish Pond Enlargement, Concordis
parish, 5000 cubic yards.
bougere-to-Polnt Breeze Enlargement,
Concordia parish, $4,000 cubic yards
REvETMENT.
Delta. Madison nar;sb 0oo feat
Reid Bioos. Madison nsr;sh ooo Got
Hard T;mee Rend Tansas n.-Isb 4 o0o
feet - 49,
Rondurant chuta Taneas n.v;sh ooo
feat - '-'' >s' -s'''''' f'''' 's''' '''>S
Kemne-to-stockr;doa ransas nar;sb
10 ooo - '''se' -''"s Pa'''"'
sycamore. Concord;a nar;sh. 10 ono
feet
Ana v.,,.t,,,,,,t ,,,,;.,, 70 L.. lin
va nn usr' es ,snaa w sh II a1 one WIN
save SAY, new ,eve M, e. Atne5ton' IN East Car
r n pa7M az, I'M. llkels 1enu shq luck.
md K;n,,,,~>rs =, Ts,,as-i;s ,s.-;-, - ee'-'
Neither tbe rlsnts , nor ~ t1 f, ,s a..
sufficient TO undertake ali the revesm.mt
work which should be done, nor all
i which has the approval ct the United
states District officers.
New leveee will have to be built at
Sycamore and Delta to allow time for the
reyefment to be put in, for fear neither
Of these places can be undertaken before
.ne ,. season q lsiz' owing to conditions
Roth ievea s,,5 ,a,,.&,,,.rt ,,,,.,r -. -,
dartalen IN order ~ ,,rae,,cv. = ,yhsre :
breach Of the levee Il threatened i most
urcenf in Ievee bu;ld;nc. fha nbvs;cai
condition Of locatinc : new levee and the
effect cayinc will have on the General
river. controls In revetment work
The reyetment work ALREADY under-
taken will have Art care. To-. preserve
what is already done and Ia extend and
carry out the original scheme Of making
| Il ,,,s,st .ancs;..e
Formerly appropriations we've made
separately for levee and bank protection