The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-01-17
PRESIDENTS REPORT.

The levee work has been progressing,
with slight interruptions, very satisfac-
torily and the river is behaving nicely.
No water in sight to create any uneasi-
ness. that the levee work still incom-
plete wi be finished before full river
obtains.
The banquet from O'Possum Pt. 10
Wilson Pr. IS per ct. completed. The
Cottonwood enlargement is finished ex-
cept sodding. Donna Visa should be
finished about the list. Goodrich ievee
81 stations put up. Dec s0th, los teams
on job. Should n ish in 20 or 80 days.
Willow PIT. Loop-3i stations Of ma
chine work to do and - Station Sc. tt &
Speed contract to do on Dec. 80 tn. will
complete early in Feb. Cabin Te-le
Levee is completed. Reid Biggs Leveo
Machine had 70 Stations topped on .l'n.
ist. both machines at work the third
machine is due there now.
Bayou Roundaway, tn" work % going
on very slowly here. The contractor
has been ordered to put ADDITIONAL
force on this job. but had not gOG them
when I was there last, Jan. list.
Mullen has 8 stations completed and
~ to put up on the enlargement below
Bayou Vidal.
lone to Perkins. -Ctlrk hn5 90 per
ct. completed. Tho repair NJ Burn b'W
been completed, a search ditch 20 feet
wide at the top, Is feet 6sep and 3 fsat
wide at the bottom was eng, this un-
covered the bed OF an old slough wien
cotton wood stumps and esnm Of quick
sand at d.pth Of 8 30 II feet bsov
the ground level. These stumpa were
renewed and seam OF quioissand eit
through and ditch refilled with good
earth and river banquettbuit Uvsc
this should cure the weakness.
The workat White Oak Lake Is pro.
crossing nicely and should be completed
in Is days. The work ut Winter Quart
ers is progressing very we'll, the eon-
tractor expects to finish in 30 days.
New Levee at fanola has been com :.
pleted. Duckpond enlargement should
he finished 10 30 days. Repair At St.
Joseph is completed. New Levee at
Ingeheld is practically completed, 5000
to put in. Repair of Kemp Unprotected
by sheet piling and concrete, it will he
in first class condition, lumber will be
on the ground this week.
Repair at Arcola and enlargement at
lL'Arsent has been completed. Ho'
in-W Wall repair will be completed in q
few days.
Lake St. Johns go cubic yards
have been placed out OF a total Of $751;
$50. leaving total Of some $3.50 yards
to be placed up to night Of 18th OF AN,
They have force of 2OS teams and two
two traction engines loading wagons on
this work now and are placing about
500 Gu. yds. per day; should complete
in Is working days.
The Government, through Captain
Sherrill's Office has under contract fol
enlargement in Concordia Parish about
thirty miles OF levee, two-thiTds OF thi'
has been completed. this in addition to
the Lake st. John new levees and the
new levee at Punch Bowl, this lattel
work has been completed.
Every weak point in tho levees de.
veloped by the high waters was care.
fully noted and each place has beer
repaired according to it's needs, 81
! that in event of another flood the,
should give no trouble.
The immense amount OF enlargement
put in our levees in the past two year
has 40 materially raised the low place.
and strengthened the weak ones tina
} with the same volume of water We hat
last spring. with careful guarding o
. our levees, it. should he safely passed OF
, to the Gulf.
Our District expended 10 enlargement
, and repairs OF levees alone in the pas
. year the sum of $3i1 .44S.S9, the Stat.
has spent upwards of 100000. 90 ant
: the Government in new levees and re
e prirs have expended about 500, 5000
= on levees in our District, making u to
8 tai of over one million dollars that Ia
e been put into the betterment OF on
Q levee system.
Q In addition to this the Governuen
), has kept up the good work Of bank pro
lection. The Third District; the entir
!, length of revetment at Delta Point ha
q been repaired. Tho entire length {
% Reid. Biggs revetment has bee
has been repaired and the low,
u 1000 feet reinforced and rebuilt.
ri In the Fourth District 4, 100 Ideal iet
It have been revetted. At Hard times
n Kemp bend 1000 lineal feet. Maring
r bend, 1897 linesl feet has been place
d the past year, in addition the above.
?. il is proposed to place 600 linear fe'
!, ut Bondursnt Chute as the river ris,
70 sufficiently to allow the work to be don
0 On Arnaudlia front the Gwernmer
is projecting the levee from wave wal
d by setting wall Of concrete 3 feeG
;. the ground at the riverside base OF Il
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