Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

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speed contract to do on Dec. 80 tn, will
complete early in Feb. Cabin Teel,
I.evee is completed. Reid Biggs Leve'
Machine had rs Stations topped on Jan
Ist. botn machines at work the thirt
,achine is due there now.
Bayou Roundaway, the work is going
On very slowly here. The contractor
las been ordered to put additional
force on this job, but had not got them
when was there last, Jan. list.
Mullen has s stations completed and
~ to put up on the enlargement below
Bayou Vidal.
lone to Perkins. Clark has 60 per
ct. completed. The repair at Burn has
been completed, search ditch 20 feet
wide at the top, Is feet deep and feet
wide at the bottom was dug, this I'M
covered the bed OF an old slough with
cottonwood stumps and seam of quick
sand at depth of 8 to IA feet below
the ground level. These stumps were
removed and seam OF quicksand cut
through and ditch refilled with good
earth and river banquet built over
this should cure the weakness.
The workat White Oak Lake is pro-
crossing nicely and should be completed
in Is days. The work at Winter Quart.
ers is progressing very we'll, the con-
tractor expects to finish in 80 days.
New Levee at Pamela has been com
rleted. Duckpond enlargement should
be finished in 80 days. Repair at St.
Joseph is completed. New Levee at
Ingefeld is practically completed, 1900
to put in. Repair of Kemp is protected
by sheet piling and concrete, it will be
in first class condition. lumber will be
on the ground this week.
Repair at Arcola and enlargement at
L'Argent has been completed. Hole
in-Wall repair will be completed in a
few days.
Lake St. John.--2S6, $50 cubic yards
have been placed out of a total of 351,
$50. leaving total of some $3.50 yards
to be placed up to night of 18th of Jan.
They have force of 208 teams and two
two traction engines loading wagons on
this work now and are placing about
$500 Gu. yds. per day; should complete
in 18working days.
The Government, through Captain
Sherrill's Office has under Contract for
enlargement in Concordia Parish about
thirty miles of levee, two-thirds of this
has been completed, this in addition to
the Lake ST. John new levees and the
new levee at Punch Bowl, this latter
work has been completed.
Every weak point in the levees de-
veloped by the high waters was care
fully noted and each place has been
repaired according to its needs. so
that in event of another flood they
should give no trouble.
The immense amount of enlargement
put in our levees in the past two yeare
has 80 materially raised the low places
and strengthened the weak ones that
with the same volume of water we had
lest spring, with careful guarding of
our levees, it should be safely passed on
to the Gulf.
Our District expended in enlargement
and repairs of levees alone in the past
year the sum of $311 .448.89, the State
has spent upwards of $500, 600 90 and
the Government in new levees and re-
prirs have expended about s60J, 000. 90
on levees in our District, making a to-
tai of over one million dollars that has
been put into the betterment of our
levee system.
In addition to this the Government
has kept up the good work of bank pro.
lection. The Third District; the entire
length of revetment at Delta Point has
been repaired. The entire length of
Reid. Biggs revetment has been
has been repaired and the lower
1000 feet reinforced and rebuilt.
In the Fourth District 4, 100 Ideal feet
have been reverted. At Hard times in
Kemp bend 1000 lineal feet. Marriage
bend, 1897 lineal feet has been placed
the past year, in addition the above, it
it is proposed to place 900 linear feet
at Bondurant Chute as the river rises
sufficiently to allow the work to be done.
On Arnaudlia front the Government
is protecting the levee from wave wash
by setting wall of concrete 8 feet in
the ground at the riverside base of the
levee and extending the concrete cover
ing up the riverside slope of the levee.
There is bad place in front of Water
proof. During high water the ground
on the land side of the levee gets very
Doggy andspongy. About 300 feet of
the levee needs treating to cure this
weakness. Deep barrow pits on the
river side hold water all the year round !.
l am having ditch dug to drain these
which will be completed this week.
After draining, the mode of treatment
can be better decided on.
let the Spur Levee for protection Of
angle of Vacluse to Wilds & Newman
at Is cents per Gu. yard. The right-,f-
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