Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-17
WILL BUILE LOOP
 lfYFF AT ONCE Planters Hold Conference With Directors of Plum Bayou Levee District
 In This City.
RIVER BANK IS GAMING
Levee At Eaton Place Is In Immediate a Danger-TO Advertise
 For Bids

Realizing that immediate action is necessary the property owners in the lower end of Plum Bayou Levee Dis trict yesterday asked the directors of the district, who met at the office of their attorneys, Coleman and Can't, at their request, to build a loop on the Eaton place to prevent any damage from flood waters in the near future. The board, after discussing the mat ter thoroughly and after getting a report from it's engineer, R. B Eggles- ton, to the effect that the loop would be constructed at once, decided to ad- vertise for bids for the work, which Will aggregate an expenditure of about $15,0OO. The building of this loop Will probably result in the or ganization of the new $3OO,OOO drain age district by owners of property ly- ing within the affected district. It was stated at the meeting that if the loop was not built and the Arkansas river waters got through the present levee hank there it would result in at least 60 per cent of Jefferson coun- ty be flooded
 w. N. Trulock was elected chair man of the conference, at which the property owners and board members were present, and Judge c. M. Philpot, secretary.
 All of the planters present at the meeting urged the building of the levee and practically all of the board members favored it. J. B. Talbot ex- plained that he thought the loop should be built at once. He went into detailed statements, reviewing what might happen if the loop levee was not forthcoming. MT. Quattlebaum said that he had feared the caving at the Eaton place for several years. pr. Beakley, president of the Levee Board, said that it had been claimed that the point at the Eaton place had been considered dangerous for three years.
 Frank Berry, representing Captain Geisreiter, reported the situation more critical at this time than it has even been. He said the bank in front of the levee had caved half mile since 1900 and the caving bank is at present only 125 feet from the levee. Captain Geisreiter, who is away for the summer, wired MT. Berry as fol- lows:
 ''Deem levee imperative, all else secondary. You represent me- Be liberal"
 Engineer J. B. White, when uues- toned. gave it as his opinion that the loop should be built at once. He said he considered the affected point dan gerous to the levee chain and declar- ed that the bank is caving at the rate of 100 feet year. Last May, when he made survey of the troubled dis trict he says the bank was caving for a distance of half a mile I. N. Nall, who lives near the caving bank, staated that he was positive that it was dangerous at this time.
 Jesse R. Core favored building the loop now. He said he deemed it nec- essary and that it would be only matter of time when the present levee will go in the river.
 
 Dr. Beakley said the upper end di- rectOrs, those in Pulaski and Lonoke counties, were willing to do anything the Jefferson county directors thought necessary. This has always been the policy of the board, he said, being willing to agree at all times on mat ters before it.
 The survey and estimates Of the work proposed have already been made. MT. Berry. representing Cap tain Geisreiter, agreed to give the board right of way through the Eaton place for $1,00O. About thirty acres are to be used there. The damage figures about $1,500 to the property, but a liberal proposition was made to the board in order to bring about the levee loop at the earliest possible time.
 Those present at the meeting were W. N. Trulock, c. H. Triplett, Jesse R. Core. Charles Veil, l. N. Nall, D. M. Bluthenthal, J. P Walt, Hardie c. M. Philpot, J. B. Talbot, Frank Berry. N. B. Beakley, J. F.. J. B. White, Jeff Hicks, Charles Knox and E. M. Favors.