The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-07-29
The Engineers Report.

The Engineers Report.
To the Eoa,d NJ Comm issioners of the Bos-
sicr Lcree District--Mr. 4. Curtis, Pres
ideRt
GehiiomcH. | have the honor to re- ,
port that during June sd to 18th last.
! made, in person, an inspection of the
entire wee system i'll the Bossier l.eyee
District, and that later. on July 10Th.
Maj. Fank NJ. Kerr. Chief State Eli
gineer. inspected with NE the several
places most seriously affected by the
recent .se III Red River. The following
is a re ort in detail of the conditions
found:
The .yer hank is caving slowly OPP
posite hurricane Bluff The margin
betwee.: the center of the levee and the
bank Is about 260 feet.
From Hurricane Bluff to Willow
Chute the levee is III good shape 1t
the lower end of the Stinson levee Il
margin of about $50 feet seems safe
enough for one season of high water,
especially ais there is no very abrupt
bend i'll the river at this point hut,
| the hank has heen Gazing steadily for
| Il number of years /, considerable dis
| lance 10th above and below this place.
| and there is every reason to believe
that this caving win be greatly accel-
| Grated by the Gold Point cutoff which
will become effective the next time
there is material rise In Red River.
The place must. therefore, be closely
| observed.
The levee on the Ogden place nas
/ been p!oughed or cut at three places
recently. to provide crossings for hay
wagons.
Unless the proposed cutoff across
Gold Point is made effective in time to
accommodate itself to the next material
rise iii Red River, the le,ee line ut the
Pickett place. in Gaddo Parish, will.
more tan likely. he preached by cav
ing. on the margin of safety reduced
to Il CT ;tical minimum. Therefore, re-
course TO the cutoff across Colt Point
favin. heen determined upon by the
levee Mrds. every effort should al
once Ie made to with the utmost dis
patcfl complete the excavation of the
channe way designed. 1t the present
stage proceeding with only 30 feel
remain ng between the center of til,
leyee ;tad the brink of the river Al
Iicke t: nothing short of an ample ant
pronouaced cll;ilnel-way across Cole
Point Ill possibly relieve the innme
date s: uation at the Pickett place, an,
, even [ ell it may still develop that ;
new Il: ? of levee, as previously recon
j inenda;' by the Board of State Engin
! GERS, o. the retirement, to some extent
. Of the resent maintaining line of leve
there, ,ist after all. be resorted to.
: Accei ,rated c;iving must he eXDecte,
5 below the cutoff as well as above it
!. yet. until the cutoff has actually be
f come elective. it is almost inii,ossi,l
5 to determine just where the creates
development will occur.
: Riverside and Buck Hall fronts hay
: been on the concave side of the river flo
!, a number Of years. and have suffefe
material losses from ctiving. S:iyillg
still active there. and the question
whether IN average of some GEO fec
OF foresl.ore will suffice under the eli
cur stances. Al ono place. just helo'
: Geld Point, the Riverside lcvee mas
nlargill of only About $50 feet, and d,
: yelosp,ents must he closely o!se ryet
n The Riverside leTee has been severed
. ho.-rooted iii places. The dyke ut b
} mott Bayou has Il deep sink hole III I'll
u lie cleaned out. filed and tamrad
Some increment in tie rateof Gavin
along the Arnold front has develope
recently, ana the Gold Point, ciit-o
may he expected to accelerate sam
II rendering the 100 feet margin oppose
a tie middle and the 123 feet marg
# opposite the lower END of the Arno
levee, Insufficient 4 new levee is i.
= quired and will he about 900 feet Ion
10 feet high. with side slopes Of 2
i to 1. involving about 10000 cubic var,
Is of earth. Owing to the fact that it no
requires much longer time to compile
work than it used to when times we
- normal this work should he udvertis
=. without delay. especially as devele
!; mei,ts elsewhere incident to the cuts
may later demand so much of 20
time and efforts.
There hare Eeen no material chang
along tie Jeter and the Coiduitt Poi
fronts. hut these leyees should
Il cleared of their heavy growth Of wee,
- At the upper end of the Palmer PA
-, ievee caviug continues and tie mars
Isl of 80 feet. while considered SUFFICE
~. fer enc season Of high water. may lat
prove insufficient so must be watch,
sh The section Of tie Palmer levee w!li
me settled durin. construction has app
'od emily settled slightly since its comp
ton. The settlement up to the Frest
4 time has heen inllnnterial liovev
led From the Palmer place Down to
he Cotton BELT Railway bridge was j
~ ~ materially affected ~ the recent I
I'd IN HE'D River and is in sood slla
I'd, aIisrrently.
Inc The Belcher levee continues to c;
.s :. slowly and Hpw has Il margin Of d
;slso'lt 70 feet. The hank is high i