The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-04-12
.LAF0URcHE BOARD READY.
Prepared to Make High Water Fight
All Along Line-Responsibllity
Divided Between Levee Board
and Army Enuineers.

Thorough plans for fighting high
water and for guarding the 1evees
IN the district We're made at a meet
Ing of the Lafourche Basin LeVee
Board held in New Orleans last Sat
urday.
The board ratified the plan Of AS
slstant State Engineer Klorer to di-
vide the leVee line between the dis
tr1ct forces and the United States
forces under Capt. Sheriff. for care
and upkeep during the coming high
water. Each parish viii be divided
into two parts, the government en-
g1neers assuming responsibility for
one and the Lafourche board for
the other. Six barges loaded with
materials and tools, three belonging to
the government engineers, and three
loaned by Capt. Sheriff. to the leYee
board. will be distributed along the
EIeVee system and Twelve. cars oss M
Der will be kept on sidTngs 81 the
Texas and Pacific Railroad at diff
ferent points along the line for
emergency use.
The barges viii be stationed at
the following points: u. S. barge
at the lower line of Mount Houmas
plantation; T. S. barge at st. Clair
plantation Point Brilliantly; 1evee=
barge barge at Oak Alley; Ievee
board barge at Oak Alley; 1eVee
u S. barge at Hymelia; levee. board
barge at Alice.
Freight cars loaded with lumber
will be kept on sidings near the fol
lowing places: Donaldsonyille, St.
James plantation, st. Patrick, John
son station, Killona or Waterford.
Esperanza, Louisa, Waggaman, West
Wego, Belle Chasse, Concession, Ollie
and Alliance.
The entire levee line of the dis
trict has been divided into stations
of 100 feet each, and the line ap-
portioned between the boards forces
and the forces Of the government
engineers as follows:
r. B. Iemann, commissioner from
Ascension parish, will have charge
of. the IeYee from DonaldsonyiIle to
the upper line of Mount Houmas
plantation, a distance of 1877 stations.
The government engineers will
have charge from that point to the
property line between Bonseeour
and Sydney plantations, comprising
the lower half of Ascension and up
per half of ST. James parish, a
length of 763 stations.
A. Champagne, commissioner from
ST. John, and e. G.. sWartz, commits
sioner from st. James, will care for
the levee from Bonseeour-S sydney
property line to st. Paul store, about
one mile above the upper line of CO.
lumbia plantation, comprising the
lower half of st. James and the up
per half of st. John, length of
952 stations.
The United States will have charge
of the leyee from st. Paul store to
the upper line Of Esperanza p1anta-
ton, distance of go stations.
George Lorio, commissioner from
St Charles, will have charge of the
levee line from that point to the
ST CharIes-Jefferson parish line, a
length Of $50 stations.
The government engineers will care
for the levee from the upper Jeffer-
son parish line to LIE Breton's, just
below the lower line of Fairfield
a length Of 523 stations.
r. Perez, commissioner from
P1aquemines, will care for the 1evee
from the Orleans-Plaquemines line
to the Alliance switch, d length Of
1000 stations.
The United States engineers will
care for the levee in the remainder
of the district from Alliance switch
to the lower end of RaceIand plan
tation, a length OF 9s9 stations.
G. Viering. Commissioner fron JEFF
ferson, will have charge of the 1e-
wee from LIE Breton's to the Orle-
ans-Jefferson parish line, a distance
Of 535 stations.