Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-07

Y RSA ~SAS
COST.
Storage canal, 7,012,0SS Gu. #
or 259,074 Gu. yds. O 12c. .~s31,i64.48
100 it Of hand-built levee con.
Meeting with the Govern
ment Levee, at each end Of
storage canal, 10000 Gu.
yds. q I5c............... $4,000
Clearing 100 acres marsh
grass q S5.00............ 10000
Pumping plant Gnstalled).. 100000
Engineering and incidental
expense ................. 100000
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Total estimated COST. 46,904.48
Proposed bond issue...... 100000
Surplus 3,095.52
1t has been suggested by some Of
the interested parties that sheeting
be driven outside the Back Levee to
prevent perforation by crawfish and
sand fiddlers, while others think it q
useless expenditure, and have request
ed that the Back Levee be allowed to
stand for several months and, the
work of the fiddlers be noted. and II
then found necessary it can be done.
If you deem it necessary to put in
the sheeting l would suggest that it
can be done very much cheaper after
the storage canal is dug, as the materi-
al a then be handled in barges
through the canal, and placed just
| where needed. For the sheeting will
be required 609, 900 feet B. M. of lum.
Der and cost in place Eat $4,000 per
NJ s12,1S0.00, making a total cost for
the District Of $59,084.48.
Trusting the foregoing will be the
information desired, / am,
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) r. s. DANIELS,
Engineer.
And, WHEREAS, The property own
| ers, owning more than a majority In
acres of the properties included with
in the limits of this district, have petit
toned for the creation Of the district
and have petitioned this Board to levy
a forced contribution OF acreage tax
upon the lands situated in this district
| that are to be specially benefited by
the drainage and reclamation thereof.
and
WHEREAS, The State Board Of En-.
| gineers have furnished the necessary
lines and levels and have made a map
Of this district and a survey thereof,
and have reported that the -reclama.
ton of the lands within the limits OF
this district feasible and that the sur.
vey shows that there are 1469.56 acres
comprised within the limits Of this
district and that the said lands al
be reclaimed at a cost Of $59,500.00, or
at an average cost of $1,000 per acre,
as applied to the total, 1469.56 acres
within the boundary Of this district,
and
WHEREAS, A petition has been pre-.
scented to the Board Of Commissioners
for the Venice Drainage District,
wherein the majority In acres Of the
property owners Of the said district
have petitioned the Board Of Commits.
| sioners for this district, to reclaim
the lands contained therein, IN the
manner suggested by the Board of
State Engineers, and have also petit.
toned them to reclaim the lands In
| Guided in this district. In the manner
suggested in the report Of the
said Board of State Engineers, and
for that purpose to incur a debt
and issue negotiable bonds, with in
teresting-bearing coupons attached
thereto, against each acre OF land in
this district, to the amount Of $4,000
per acre, or an aggregate amount OF
5 ,500.00 against a total Of 1469.56
acres, situated within the limits Of
this district, and that after said bonds
are issued, that the said Board levy
in this district an acreage tax or forced
contribution against said land, IN an
amount sufficient to pay the interest
and principal at maturity and to main
tain the drainage of said lands after
they are reclaimed, and
WHEREAS, Said petition Is on file
with this Board and Is made part OF
this resolution as follows:
To the Honorable the Board of Com.
misioners Of the Venice Drainage
District.
We, the undersigned property own
ers, representing more than a major
ity in acreage within the limits OF the
Venice Drainage District, respectfully
represent that at a meeting of the
Board Of Commissioners Of the Ven.
ice Drainage District, held on the 9th
day of July, in the year 1912, the res
%olution was adopted, requesting the
Board of State Engineers to furnish
the data and figures to accomplish the
drainage and reclamation by leveeing
and pumping Of all the lands COM
prised within the limits Of the said
Venice Drainage District, as outlined
in said resolution, composed entirely
of land which is necessary to levee
and pump. in order to be drained and
reclaimed; and
Your petitioners further represent
that the Board Of State Engineers has
furnished a survey Of date January
10Th, 1918, of all the lands included
within the limits Of said Venice Drain
age District and has prepared a report
with proper maps and profiles at
tached thereto, which said report,
maps and p%rofiles have been filed
with the Board of Commissioners for
the Venice Drainage District, and
Your petitioners further represent
that the Board Of State Engineers
have reported the lands described in
said report and embraced in said Ven.
ice Drainage District are susceptible
of reclamation, and can be reclaimed,
by leveeing and pumping the same at
cost of not exceeding $4,000 per
acre or an aggregate of not exceeding
$50, 10000 to reclaim 1,469.56 acres Of
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