The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-11-18
TO URGE SPHLWAYS.

! Rouge Thursday, was largely attend
{ ed by engineers and levee officials
frum all sections and resulted in the
complete harmonizing of all differ
er>cs which had heretofore existed
:smrng various advocates Of f1ooc
control; 50 that the Louisiana dele
CATION will present solid front on
he subject at the rivers congress to
be held in Washington December 6.
Tho outcome of the meeting was q
triumph for the advocates of the spill
way system, and recommendation
for the adoption Of the plan was in
coroporated in the resolutions which
were unanimously passed in a clause
reading as follows:
"And also IN enlargement of the
terms of the said flood control law,
50 as to authorize in addition to
eaNocs, such spillways, outlets and
"iher works Of flood control, below
Fed River, as may be approved by
the proper government authorities. y
And with the provision and authori-
zation Of such apportions, for the
works previously mentioned, and for
revetments and all chapnel improve
ments, as will enable the completion
thereof within term of seven years
or as soon thereafter as possisble, so
that the river territory, may be made
flood safe and the river itself de-
pendably usable as an agency of COM
merce"
i Although the spillway victorp is not
yet completely won, it will be a
source of much relief to the vast
numbers of people who reside in the
regions subject to overflow from the
Mississippi river, to know that@Lou-
isiana now stands united in the ad-
vocacy of this additional method of
flood protection. Despite the fact
that many eminent persons who have
made a study of river control for
theory, the extraordinary stage of
the 1922 flood has given rise to very
serious doubts in the minds Of many
others, who have also given careful
considerations to the problem, Of the
entire dependability of the levees in
equally great and possibly greater
emergencies which must inevitably
occur in the future.
It now remains forvxthe river con
gress to approve the recommenia-
tions of the Louisiana conference
and present a solid front, in strongly
urging upon the congress of the
United States the necessity Of adopt
ing the spillway plan; and if this is
| done congress cannot fail to resond
and make the necessary provision for
affording the inhabitants of the Mis-
sissippi valley this protection against
annually recurring menaces of great
calamity. With the spillways or
outlets built and the levees completed
the people living behind these i'm
mense dikes will have reason to feel
that their lives and property are safe.
from destruction by the flood waters
OF the great river.
| HOUSE MOVING COMPLETED.
The bungalow residence of John B.
Martin in Faubourg la Pipe, the last
in the path of the new road and
levee in course of construction at
that place, was successfully moved
to its new location this week. The
moving of this building completes the
job of 'house moving" and gives a
clear field to the road and levee build
ers to press their work. The old ex-
cuse that houses were in the way,
will no longer avail to- retard the
iYWoffKz. Y7fsz.-ss If dfr--Soad construction which
should now be pusffasssd Is 3 letlan
as rapidly as possible.
| The@moving back Of the residences
and the cutting down of the shade
and ornamental trees some of which
were a century old and the ruthless
destruction of the beautiful gardens
which adorned the premises, has
wrought a great change in the land
|scape of that< picturesque settlement,
the scenic beauty has been entirely
obliterated and has been replaced by
a void, which to those who were fami-
liar with the former restfull attract
| iveness of the place, is painful to be-
lhold. The landscape decorative work
of generations has been swept away
to make room for a new levee. and
it will be many generations before
this work can be restored.