Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-07

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE VENICE DRAINAGE
DISTRICT, HELD AT THE DOM
lClLE OF THE SAID BOARD, AT
VENICE, LOUISIANA, ON SAT-.
uRDAY, THE 18th DAY OF
MAY, 1918,
After notice to all members of the
Board to attend said meeting.
The meeting was called to order
by the President and there we're pres
ent:
Messrs. Augustin A. Buras,
Anthony Commander,
Manuel G.. Buras,
Charles Colombel, and
Jos. Clark.
Mr.. Ernest Fellon was present as
Secretary.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read, and on motion Of Commits
sioner Commander, duly seconded, ap-
proved.
Resolution by Mr.. Commander, sec
onded by Mr.. Joseph Clark:
WHEREAS, The Board of Commits
sioners for the Venice Drainage Dis
trict did, at its meeting held on July
9th, 1912, request the Board of State
Engineers to furnish data and figures,
covering the drainage and reclamation
by levying and pumping the land CON-
prised within the limits of this district,
and
WHEREAS, The Board of State En-
gineers on February Goth, 1918, pre-
scented a report with maps and pro.
files attached, showing the cost Of re.
clamation of lands within the limits
of this district and comprising 1895
acres to be possible of accomplishment
at an average cost of $4,000 per acre,
or a total cost of $50, 10000, and which
said report filed with the board is as
follows.
New Orleans, La, Feb. 26th, 1913.
"Hon'l. Augustin A. Buras, President
and Members of the Board of
Commissioners of the Venice
Drainage District,
Venice, La.
Dear Sirs:
"The Board of State Engineers has
the honor to advise you that, through
Mr.. R. S. Daniels, Civil Engineer, en-
ployed for the purpose, it has had the
necessary surveys, examinations, ETC.,
made to enable it to report upon the
practicability and feasibility or drain
ing and retaining, by means Of lev
ees, canals and pumps, the lands sit
uated and embraced within the boun.
diaries of the Venice Drainage District,
as described.
'The Board Of State Engineers,
therefore, herein reports that the pro.
position to drain and reclaim, by
means of l%evees, canals and pumps,
the lands situated and embraced with
in the Venice Drainage District, as
shown by such surveys, examinations,
etc., is practicable and feasible, and
that the cost thereof will be about
$50, SOC. 90, or about $4,000 per acre, as
applied to the 1,469.56 acres returned.
ut should herein be noted that the
cost of the proposition here given is
in excess of that reported by Mr.. Dan.
iels, the Board of State Engineers
having concluded that it would be well
to include the cost of the sheet pill
ing tentatively suggested by him, al
the request of some of the parties IL
interest, estimated at some s12,1SO.0O
and also to thus somewhat increase
the amount named for engineering and
incidental expenses.
SIN this connection, the Board o,
State Engineers desires to say that II
regards the introduction of sheet oil
ing as a desirable factor in improving
the efficiency of the proposition. bu1
agrees with Mr.. Daniels that it could
be more economically placed in posi-
ton, and prove equally effective, aftel
the levee and canal had been com
pleted than in advance thereof, o
during, the period of construction.
with one exception, the report
map, ETC., returned to the Board o.
State Engineers by Mr.. Daniels, IL
approved, and. made part of this re
port.
This exception is that the width o
bernie suggested by Mr.. Daniels be
tween the edge of the base of tn,
levee and the edge of the storage
canal, namely fifteen {15) feet, is no
regarded as sufficient. This BERN.
should not be less than thirty (3O'
feet wide--preferably fifty (5O) feet
THE Board OF State Engineer