The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-04-28
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF q Joint Session of the CaddO and
Rossier Levee Boards Held April
~, 1912.

At a joint meeting of the Caddt
and Bossier Levee Boards held a
the office of the CaddO Levee BoarC
at 7 pm. o'clock April "a, 1912, there
We're present the following:
Members of Caddo Levee Board
S. A. Dickson, president, ]. w. Dix
on, J. NJ. Sentell, w. B. Means, J. J
Lay and J. NJ. Robinson.
Members of Bossier Levee BOarC
H. n. Carlton, president, A. Curtis
J. G. McDade, w. L. Foster and P
D. Connell.
Major F. NJ. Kerr, State Engineer
Gervais Lombard, assistant State
Engineer, and Mr.. Marshall, United
States assistant engineer were pres
ent.
A number of interested citizens
on both sides of the river were also
present.
This Joint meeting was held fol
lowing a special inspection, by the
parties concerned, of the river sit
uation at and about Taylortown.
S. A. Dickson presided; w. A
-Kerley acting secretary.
H. N. Carlton, president of the
Bossier Levee Beard, addressed the
conference relative to the threaten
ing conditions in the bend opposite
Taylortown, where it was found the
half moon" dixie and long stretch
of levee was threatened with cav
ing, and as it appeared that Long
Point, just across the river, was
about to cave through, and as it was
a race between the expected natural
cutoff through Long Point and a
cave through the Bossier levee line
oppiste Long Point, in which race
if nothing were done-both the Bos-
sier levee line and Long Point would
be lost with its consequent great
damage and extensive renewal of a
Ievee line around an old river,
which cost the Bossier Leyee Board
and the State of Louisiana COM
bined did not see their way clear at
this time to assume. Therefore it
appealed to all parties concerned to
make the best out of bad situation
and though they all deplored cut
offs, due to any cause, whether nat
ural or artificial, yet under the cir
eumstances it was imperative that
the cutoff through Long Point be
fastened few weeks in order to
save the situation across the river,
and authority is requested from the
Caddo Levee Board, the Board of
State Engineers and the National
Government, without loss of time,
to make the cutoff through Long
Point.
Major Kerr, Mr.. Lombard, Mr.. J.
nj. Robinson and others thoroughly
discussed the situation, and the fol-
lowing resolution offered by J. M.
Sentell and seconded by Fl. N. Carl
ton, was unanimously adopted:
BY Mr.. JIM. Sentell-
''The Caddo and Bossier Levee
Boards, in joint meeting assembled,
after a careful examination of con-
ditions at Taylortewn in Bossier
Bend, and the emergency presented,
involving loss of much levee line,
extensive properties and other dam
ages and dangers to the locality and
community, respectfully appeal to
the United States authorities for au-
thority to make a cutoff through
Long Point, Gaddo Parish, which the
boards believe vii locally save the
situation. For information of a de-
tailed character in the premises,
reference is made to the Board of
State Engineers. And as consider
able work will be entailed in max
ing the cutoff, and as the river is
quite apt to rise to flood stage in
Juna the situation is regarded as
one Of emergency and prompt action
is therefore urged
Carried.
On motion. duly seconded, copy
of this resolution was ordered sent
to Major J. A. Woodruff, United
States Engineer, Vicksburg, Miss.
Carried.
There being no further business.
the meeting adjourned.
S. A. DICKSON,
President Caddo Levee Board
FL. N. CARLTON,
President Bossier Levee Board.
w. A. KERLEY, Acting Sec.
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