People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1897 — TO CUT LEVEES. [ARTICLE]

TO CUT LEVEES.

Wew Orleans Man Speaks of Perforating; the Embankment. New Orleans, La., April 20.—The city has caught the fever of excitement and though the authorities insist that the line is well protected and no danger exists, the citizens held several mass meetings and urged action, pledging ail the money needed. At one of the meetings a citizen suggested the cutting of a levee on the opposite bank of the river, in order to save the city. Some of the people from over the river were present and quietly replied that any such attempt would mean the perforation of the cutting committee. A groundless fear that New Orleans would attempt such measures has been abroad in adjoining sections for several days and at the monster Bonnet Carre embankment the rumor has caused the camping of an armed company of volunteers on the levee each night. The Carrolton levee, about which most of the agitation is in progress, stands at the head of the finest residence avenue in the city, and as a spectator stands at the top he looks upon the roofs of mansions, while almost wetting his feet in the mighty river seeming eager to break its bonds. One glance at the picture is sufficient to account for the anxiety which has led to much bitter attack upon the really good work the levee board has accomplished.