The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-07-23
yeas and no nays. The committee
now adjourned.
Proceedings of the Board Of Com
missioners of the Lafourche Basin
Levee District.

Donaldsonville. La, July 5, 1921.
The board Of comm ssioners De of the
ILafourche Basin Levee E;striet met
this day i'm 81 egtaI ssr aIlam ssion.
Iand was called to order 90 ock
lp. m. Present Joseph Z. Weldon,
president; w. d. Reraud, A. Cham
pagne, T. B. Sellers, F. K. Sims. Alb
sent-Jos. Schrieber, R. E. Perez, w.
T. Quinn, representing the railroads.
Major F. M. Kerr, chief state en-
gineer, and T. NJ. McCarroll, assist
ant state engineer, in charge Of this
district, were also in attendance.
The reading Of the minutes of the
last regular meeting and the special
meetings of May and July 6, were
dispensed with, and ordered approx
ed and signed.
Assistant Engineer McCarroll sub
mitted the following quarterly report:
New Orleans La July IL, 1921.
Hon. JOS E. Weldon. President, Board of
Commissioners of the Lafourche Basin
Levee District, Donaldsonville, La:
Dear Sir-I beg leave to submit the fol-
lowing report of operations in the Lafourche
Basin Levee District for the period from
April l, 1921, to July l, 1921:
U. S. Work.
The work of restoring the slides the
Bonnet Carre new levee has not been COM
menced as yet by the government. It is
understood that these slides are to be al
lowed to settle for a while longer; but that
they will be brought up to grade and Sec
ton before the next high water.
The u. S. levee machine, "B-1," operat-
;ng afoat, built spoil bank on the lower
end of the Hahnville- -Luling levee. of APP
oroximately $4,000 cubic yards
a,1x JYS, 9 he
struction of new levee at Odier in st.
Charles parish by the u. S. machine, sB-13.
So 900 cubic yards being placed for this
period.
State Work
No work was undertaken by the state
during this period, owing to the high stage
Of the river.
District Work.
The district machine was laid up for re-
| pairs and on account of high water unit
June 8, when work was resumed on the Ed
gard Gold Mine levee. The machine operat.
| ing af1oat placed 5000 cubic yards in a spoi
bank, and operating on tracks placed 49,.
600 cubic yards in the levee.
| The creosoted bulkhead at Company
| Canal was completed and accepted on Apri
i20. The wooden revetment at Junior-P Poln1
| Celeste has been completed. The high wa
| ter conditions very favorable to ths
district this year, especially to that portion
above New Orleans where outside of Sigh
| wave-wash in some places, no damage re
suited. Below the city where the batture
are comparatively low, and levees and re
vetments were subjected to more rigid test
the gage at New Orleans reached 17.7 feet
l the water being from four to six feet agains
| the Ievees, and more then the usual amour
of wind occurred Some seepage, wave-wash
| damage to wooden revetments and crawtisl
holes resulted, but this was taken care 0
| in manner both creditable and economics
| 10 the district by the levee board commits
sioners in that section.
| Respectfully submitted,
T. NJ. McCARROLL.
| Assistant State Engineer.
The secretary submitted the fol
lowing semi-annual report on the fl
nancial condition of the board, whicl
was on motion Of Mr.. Sellers, sec
onded by Mr.. Champagne, ordere'
approved and forwarded to the su
Dervisor Of public accounts:
Reeeipts ... S34O,565 o
Disbursements ....,.....,. 325.ai5.4
| Balance with state treasurer
| July l, 1921 ...-..-.......-.....-. A,65o.5
In addition to the above there
was on deposit in the Bank
of Baton Rouge, balance on
1 sale of debentures in 1921 of e9,b080
Making total balance on hand
July /. 1921 S ! 04 i 5 0.5
From which is to be deducted
amount deposited to the credit
of the Mississippi River
Commission ............... .... 50.000.t
Net balance on hand July l, 1928 54.150.t
Mr.. Sellers offered the folloWin
resolution:
Whereas, it is deemed in the best j
q L of ofSs and " hat IN
future all expenditures of this board shou
be under budget system, by making allo
tments to the various parishes Of the di
strict in the the funds of the district, und