Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-09-29
PROCEEDINGS fifrH LOUISIANA
LEVEE BOARD.

lulah, La, Sept. 9th, 1922.
The Board Of Commissioner for
the Fifth Louisiana Levee District,
met in special call session, at Tai
lulah, La, its domicile, on this day.
The purpose of the call being to
receive and consider bids for levee
construction in the district, as well
as other matters requiring attention.
The Board was called to order by
its President, at O:30 O'Clock A. M.
and the roll Of members called, there
being present the following Com
missioners:
F. H. Schneider, Pres. East Carroll.
r. F. Boney, A. E. Kell, Madison
B. F. Young, S. T. Shaw Tensas
]. H. Lambdin, ]. b. Neal Concordia
Absent: w. d. Brown. East Carroll.
A quorum of the members being
present, the business before the
Board was taken up as follows:
On motion Of Commissioner
Young, seconded by Commissioner
Neal, the President was instructed
to pay the U. S. Third District En-
gineers $25, 100000. the balance of
the prorata due by this Board as
its prorata of the Flood Control
contribution for levee construction
in this district, to be made in such
payments as the Engineers may re-
quest, and to be deposited to the
credit Of the President of the Mis-
sissippi River Commission, in the
First National Bank, at Vicksburg,
Miss, and execute the required
bonds as required by the Commission
On motion Of Commissioner
Young, seconded by Commissioner
Boney, the President was authorized
and directed after due appraisement
and advertisement, to sell the fol-
lowing described property, lying and
being in the Parish or East Carroll,
La, and the property Of this Board,
to-wit:
The Southwest quarter Of the
Northeast quarter Of Section Is, in
Township 10, North Range IL, East,
containing 40.26 acres of land; stu
ared in the Parish Of East Carroll,
and belonging to this Board.
At the appointed time for opening
Of bids for levee construction in the
district, II o'clock, Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 9th, 1922, bids were opened
and considered, as follows
~ II. T. vanFossen, bid the sum
Of 5000 cents on Haggaman levee
in East Carroll, and his bid being
the lowest bid, was on motion Of
Commissioner Young, seconded by
Commissioner Boney, awarded to him
at that price.
(2) F. B. Day, bid the sum Of
$3.50 cents on Villa Vista, in East
Carroll Parish, and his bid being the
lowest bid, same was on motion
Of Commissioner Young, seconded by
Commissioner Neal, accepted at that
price.
(3) N. C. Williamson, bid the sum
Of 29.90 cents on the Morancy
Levee, in Madison Parish, and his
bid being the lowest bid, was, on
motion of Commissioner Young, Sec
onded by Conn. Kell, accepted 1t
that price.
az Day and Williamson, bid the
sum of 40 cents per yard on the
Mlliken Bend Levee, m Madison
Parish, and their bid being the low
est bid on same, was, on motion Of
Commissioner Kell, seconded by
Commissioner Young, accepted at
that price.
(5) Hercules Company, It'd. bid
the sum of 81 cents per yard on
the Harrisfeld Levee, and on mo-
ton Of Commissioner Young, Sec
onded by Commissioner Kell, same
was rejected.
CO.. Helgason & Yerger, bid the
sum Of % cents on Willow Glen,
in Madison Parish, and their bid
being the lowest bid on same, was.
on motion of Commissioner Young,
seconded by Commissioner Neal, ac-
cepted at that price.
90 A.. B. Ratcliff 4 Co., bid the
sum Of SO cents per cubic yard on
Pamela Levee, in Tensas Parish, and
they being the lowest bid on same
the contract was, on motion Of Com
missioner Young, seconded by Com
missioner Neal, awarded to them at
that price. :.
(8) E. McManus, bid the sum Of
20 cents on Duckpond levee in
Tensas Parish, and he being the
lowest bidder, on motion Of Commits
sioner Shaw, seconded by Connie
sioner Neal, was accepted at that
price.
cd II. 4 F.. Junkin, bid the sum
Of 1sx cents ION, Matches Island
levee in Concordia Parish, and they