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REPORT 


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BOARD  OF  LEVEE  COMMISSIONERS 


TOGETHER  WITH 


REPORTS  OF  CHIEF  ENGINEERS 


OF  FIRST  AND  SECOND  DIVISION  LA.  LEVEES. 


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OF  THE  BOARD  OF  LEVEE  COMMISSIONERS. 


Office  of  Board  of  Levee  Commissioners, 
New  Orleans,  March  10,  I860. 


Hon.  J.  II.  Halsey, 

Chairman , &c. 


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Sir:  In  response  to  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  House,  appointing 
a committee  to  ascertain  certain  facts  in  relation  to  the  operations  of  the 
Levee  Board,  and  of  which  you  are  the  chairman,  I beg  to  report  as  fol- 


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First:  As  regards  the  expenditures  of  the  Board — 

Paid  to  Levee  Contractors,  in  cash  . $51,379  15 

Paid  to  Levee  Contractors,  in  checks,  on  Pike,  Lapeyre  and 
Brother,  payable  when  placed  in  funds  by  the  State 

Treasurer  - 106,368  28 

Paid  to  engineers,  secretary,  employes,  and  for  contingent 

gent  expenses 6,688  50 

Paid  to  Levee  Commissioners,  for  mileage  and  salary,  - 3,941  50 


Total $168,377  43 


Second:  As  regards  the  number  of  levee  contracts  forfeited — 

1.  Thomas  O’Hea  & Co.,  contractors  for  Grand  Levee,,  section  three, 
Parish  of  Point  Coupee,  at  forty-five  cents  per  cubic  yard — re-let  at 
same  price. 


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2.  P.  Fortier,  tit  Price’s  Plantation,  section  nineteen,  Parish  of  Saint 
Charles,  at  thirty  cents,  by  mutual  consent.  Not  re-let,  as  un- 
necessary. 

3.  Thomas  O’Hea  As  Co.,  Parish  Levee,  section  thirteen,  Parish  of 
Point  Coupee,  at  forty-five  cents — re-let  at  same  price. 

1.  H.  H.  Parker,  Beemis  A;  Scott’s  Levee,  section  eight,  Parish  of 
Point  Coupee,  at  thirty  cents— re-let  at  forty  cents, 

5.  James  Beggs,  at  Kemp  & Harper’s,  sections  four  and  five,  at  thirty- 
eight  and  forty-four  cents — re-let  at  same  price. 

0.  John  Carrick,  at  Cavalier’s  Place,  section  three,  Parish  of  Saint 
Charles,  at  thirty-four  cents — re-let  at  forty  cents. 

7.  11.  McNamara,  section  one,  Parish  of  St.  Charles,  at  P.  Sauve’s,  at 
thirty- two  cents — re-let  at  forty  cents. 

8.  Pu  McNamara,  section  one,  Parish  of  St.  Bernard,  at  twenty-eight 
cents — re-let  at  same  price. 

Third:  Levees  to  be  built  and  not  contracted  for.  Under  this  head  I 
will  remark  that,  the  only  levee  deemed  of  very  great  importance,  and  for 
which  no  contractor  has  been  found,  is  the  Raccourci  Levee,  in  the  Parish 
of  Point  Coupee. 

There  are  several  small  levees  in  the  lower  division  not  yet  let  out,  but 
they  are  not  regarded  by  the  engineer  as  ©f  serious  importance,  and  I 
therefore  omit  going  into  details. 

Fourth:  The  amount  realized  by  the  Board  from  the  sale  or  pledge  of 
bonds. 

From  sale  of  bonds,  nothing. 

From  pledge  of  bonds  for  ninety  days,  at  the  rate  of  eight  per  cent, 
interest  per  annum,  to  wit: 

Pike,  Lapeyre  A;  Brother,  on  the  pledge  of  sixty-three 

bonds  of  $1,000  each $50,000  00 

Pike,  Lapeyre  & Brother,  on  the  pledge  of  fifteen  bonds 

of  $1,000  each 10,000  00 

From  City  National  Bank,  on  the  pledge  of  fifteen  bonds 

of  $1,000  each 10,000  00 


Total 


$70,000  00 


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The  Board  has  realized  no  funds  from  any  other  source,  except  the  ap- 
propriation by  the  Legislature  for  the  payment  of  members  and  the  em- 
ployees of  the  Board. 

In  conclusion  I will  state  that  while  the  work  of  reconstructing  the 
levees,  as  a whole,  is  progressing  favorably,  yet,  in  view  of  the  annual  • 
spring  rise  of  the  river,  which  has  now  commenced,  it  is  desirable  that 
the  work  should  be  pushed  forward  with  the  utmost  energy.  The  want  of 
funds  to  pay  the  contractors  on  the  first  certificates  due,  has  been  a seri- 
ous impediment  in  the  progress  of  the  work.  The  Board  have  done  all 
in  their  power  to  raise  money  for  their  relief,  and  while  they  have  prom- 
ises of  being  able  to  negotiate  further  loans  on  the  pledge  of  the  levee 
bonds,  but  at  an  enhanced  rate  of  interest,  yet  if  the  Legislature  could 
devise  the  means  of  realizing  sufficient  funds  in  order  to  pay  the  contract- 
ors promptly,  it  is  highly  desirable  that  it  should  be  done. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  Y.  DURALDE, 

Chairman  of  Board  of  Levee  Commissioners, 


The  committee  appointed  by  this  honorable  body,  for  the  purpose  of 
obtaining  from  the  Board  of  Levee  Commissioners  a report  of  their  ope- 
rations since  the  establishment  of  the  Board,  beg  leave  to  submit  herewith 
the  report  of  the  Chairman  of  that  Board,  showing  the  amount  of  money 
expended  in  paying  Levee  Contractors,  Engineers,  Secretary  of  Board, 
mileage  and  salaries  of  Levee  Commissioners,  contingent  expenses;  also, 
the  contractors  who  have  forfeited  their  contracts ; at  what  price  the  build- 
ing of  the  levees  contracted  for  and  forfeited  have  been  re-let;  what  levees 
not  contracted  for  yet  to  be  built,  and  the  amount  realized  by  the  Board 
from  the  pledge  of  the  bonds. 

Your  committee  beg  leave  respectfully  to  call  attention  to  the  conclu- 
ding remarks  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Levee  Commissioners. 

J.  H.  HALSEY,  Chairman. 

Messrs.  Leeds,  Jonas,  Anderson,  Harrison,  Committee. 


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J.  V.  Duralde,  Esq., 

Chairman  Board  Levee  Commissioners  Louis  kuna  Levees: 

Sir — At  your  request  I have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  an  estimate 
approximating  to  the  number  of  cubic  yards  required  to  complete  the  con- 
tracts now  entered  into  in  the  Second  Division  Louisiana  Levees,  also  the 
number  already  completed,  and  would  further  state  that  I have  given  cer- 
tificates of  indebtedness  on  you  for  the  sum  of  $227, 93G,  in  payment  of 
work  done  under  contract,  leaving  $201,104,  amount  now  due. 

It  is  proper  to  state  that,  being  absent  from  my  headquarters,  and  not 
anticipating  a call  for  this  report,  it  may  vary  somewhat  from  the  actua 
surveys  which  arc  now  on  file  in  my  office. 

I am,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.  A.  PORTER, 

Chief  Engineer  Second  Division  Louisiana  Levees. 


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No.  1 — *Smith  & Hughes $21,024 

No.  2 — *J.  & O.  P.  Cobb  & Co 8,059 

No.  3— J.  S.  Tuttle  & Co _ 2,180 

No.  4 — C.  Ward 2, 043 

No.  5 — C.  Phetzing  & Co G,551 

No.  6 — *M.  W.  Hughes 16,383 

No.  7 — Patrick  Pooling 1,324 

No.  8 — *John  Killien 18,144 

No.  9 — *Britton  & Koontz .9,324 

No.  10 — John  Howard 3,036 

No.  11 — Polycarpe  Fortier , 4, 687 

No.  12— W.  S.  Sawyer 2,968 

No.  13 — Powhatan  Robinson 6,357 

No.  14 — *Ober,  Atwater  & Co 4,284 

No.  15 — Thomas  Gill.... 4,770 

No.  16 — *P.  J.  Kennedy.. _ 40,896 

No.  17 — *P.  J.  Kennedy 31,464 

No.  18 — *P.  J.  Kennedy ' 44,596 

No.  19 — Patrick  Ryan 1,159 

No.  20--Pennington,  Burke  & Co 13,608 

No.  21— T.  Turquit 2, 184 

No.  22 — *P.  J.  Kennedy 7,560 

No.  23 — B.  McGarey  and  C.  Driscoll 3,883 

No.  24 — B.  McGarey  and  C.  Driscoll 1,210 


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