The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 4, 1961 Page: 1 of 30
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The ORANGELEADER
Your Toledo Bond
Today’s Top News
On Pages 1 3
VOL LVIll—NUMBER 234
ORANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1961
26 Pages
S Cents
FINAL EDITION
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of the Texas State Board of Wa-
Manford made this comment.4
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have projected.
ly sanctioned the undertaking.
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Great Things
Taking Shape
Near Newton
Project Offers East Texas
Unlimited Opportunities
Waterways Dream
Considered Feasible
oundbreaking
travel High-
doing.
Paramount among these is the
This opinion is shared by all of
the people who are working to
make Toledo Bend a reality. And
because of their faith and their
willingness to devote time and en-
Others include Louisiana State
Rep. Bert A. Adams of Vernon
Parish and Rev. .M. R. Gremillion,
pastor of St. John's Catholic
and responsible people working on
a project as in this Toledo Bend
When completed, the reservoir
will' inundate
e
equaled anywhere else in the coun-
What do they expect as a result
-i
of this achievement? For the an-
swer to that we can turn to studics
(EDITORS NOTE-OF-IeIf, o Hom Ko,
no value. Nor has the water I impounds
ond controls The worth of both has to
be measured tn terms of people and
i Now we are adding to the exist-
ing attractions tor people and iheir
in a businesses and industr.es the
"loraatae einola storage reservoir
.2.. . .. -Aertot Photo By Bob Axelson
for about 75 miles to above Logansport. At (5) is the farm-to-market road leading
from Burkeville to Toledo Bend. The powerhouse will be located near here. From
that point the dam will run almost due northward into Louisiana for a distance
of about 1% miles. In Texas, it will run northwest by west for about one-tenth of a
mile. Hills on each side of the river valley will form natural extensions for the
dam, which will tower about 108 feet above the riverbed. At (3) is the mouth of
Toro Bayou which empties into the Sabine on the Louisiana side. At (4) is Had-
den's Ferry scene of tomorrow's groundbreaking.
TOLEDO BEND DAMSITE—This is the point an the Sabine River where the
Toledo Bend Dam will be constructed by the Sabina River authorities of Louisiana
and Texas. The river here runs almost due east, reverses itself around a great
bend and runs west again about a mile off the picture's right side. Louisiana#
On the left of the picture, Texas on the right. The point marked (l) is the approxi-
mate place at which the dam will cross the river. Objects in the water are huge
boulders atop a geologic fault which will provide a foundation of solid rock for
the dam's enormous weight. The reservoir will extend from this point upstream
way 87 north to Burkeville.
A right at Burkeville onto
U. S. IN, then straight into
Louisiana to Burr Ferry and
a left onto Highway III win
take motorists to the ground
breaking site. The last three
miles to a road which branches
oft to the left from Highway
111 some 10 miles north of the
Burr Ferry point.
3- at
4
Band Dam
motorists sho
states meet to officially open con-
struction on the giant Toledo Bead
Reservoir.-
* * * * ★ * * ★ * * ★ * * ★ *
What Does Reservoir Really Mean?
Church in Many. La.
boGrosiddbrorktng binbekuled gy will- inundate an area approxi-
the governors. Transportation I mately. twothirds the size of Or
across the river will be provided ange County. It wil have a shore
at the site either by boats or ria’"1' mileage equal to the distance
a pontoon bridge erected for toe from. Oranse. to.E! Paso. ...
occasion 1 Estimated to cost some $54,000,-
' 000, the project will create a lake
ter Engineers. Chairman Durwood ateiyssahead.. .. . .
N-.1___• -________ Ihs will come about, according
"INeverinmv whole Nliticl ca- to the specialists who made these
ree Pht ? Sen soPmanUreila6i: projecttons, because of natural
reer nave t seen so many renaote conditions already existing in the
area.
Others on the program Include
Ben Rasey, Texas Railroad Com-
missfon’member; State Rep. C R.
Ammons of Sabine Parish, La.;
D. N. Beasley, SRA chairman
from San Augustine,
Kirkpatrick. Louisian
their possessions. We asked John W
Simmons, executive vice presidenf and
qeneral’monoger of the Sobine River
Authority of Texos to do that with Toledo
•and The atficie which follows is his
Both states are preparing to in-
vest huge sums of money in their
i faith in the project and the people
working on it.
With this money they will buy a
dam with hydroelectric power fa-
cilities and a huge body of fresh
water.
If. they got nothing more than
that, it would be a bad investment
1 indeed. The things which will make
it a good investment are people
and their possessions.
! These ineyitably will follow con-
struction of the reservoir — all
alng the wators’d n I mis na nsm2S •m BM 2 B . #59
■ TaAMuKMM #99 ■', ” ■ Mfr'
Lake Charins and from Geenvil MheNme
to Orange -
That's why so many reliable lad
responsible citizens of the two SCENE OF GROUNDBREAKING—Dignitaries from Loufsian
states are working on this project, and Texas will gather tomorrow at this isolated sand bank in the
They are creating a new empire ‘middle Sabine River watershed to break ground for the $54
—the Empire of the Sabine—a n d million Toledo Bend Reservoir. This is the Louisiana shore of
the throne room will be located at Hadden’s Ferry as teen from th • air Boats will trans on the
Toledo Bend. Texas people from their side of the river to the scene ot the
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modate area residents wish-
ing to attend the momentous
event
* A thousand chickens are being
barbecued for a free lunch for all
program."
Why are they working on it?
What brought them together in a oratos einci.
concered effort to create one ot f . So;, ---------
the nation's largest manmade bod-Sor water in the South.
ies of water? I And this fresh water supply, lo.
To some it might appear that cated as it is right in the middle
they are looking at a crystal ball of the territory, will in my opinion
through rose colored glasses. This result in population growth and
to not the case at all. They re cconomic development far beyond
realists, and they have very prac- that, which.the experts already
tical reasons for what they are
fact that water is the key to growth
in population and economic devel-
opment in this or any other area. ... -_________________
And they have set out to provide ergy to the project the states ot »
the middle and lower Sabine River Louisiana and Texas have official- a
basin with a fresh water supply un- ly sanctioned the undertaking. I
Average annual water runoff These craft — sailing vessels at
near the mouth of the Sabine at first and later stern wheelers and
Ruliff gauge is 6.374,000 acre feet side wheelers — carried on a
and at Toledo Bend it is estimat brisk commerce in cotton ami
cd At 4 051 000 acre feet other agricultural products, as
Site of the dam on the Sabine weir as goods needed by the
River is some 13 miles north of pioneers then developing East
Weirgae, Tex , and some 18 miles Texas and western Louisiana
west of Leesvimle. Lar The reser They could not sail the river
voir formed by the 1 6-mile earth the year round; only during
en dam will b a relatively king months when upriver rainfall kopt
and narrow body at water withjit level at half-bank or more
arms branching out at the various Even then the going sometimes
tributaries on both sides of the wSs tough. Old manifests list
river. The site is some 156 miles numbers of cases of dynamite car-
upriver from Sabine Lake. ried along to blast channels
The dramage area above the Sa through sand bars and to clear
bine River's month is estimatedjaway snags.
to he 9,703 square miles. The As fields were cleared and vir-
drainage area above the dam site gin timber harvested, silt, logs,
encompasses most of this or some stumps and other debris began
7.157 square miles, filling the river. About the time
The Toledo Bend reservoir will of the Civil War it became im-
Mamber Asgecletee Pruas
camgiete NEA servicaz
At first blush the proposal ap-
pears a little fantastic. But to
some successful businessmen who
haehsfprnpecbnzakara
of full exploration.
One of these men to Bill Butler.
Orange insurance underwriter and
president of the Orange County
Navigation and Port DStrict. He
said: N
Elaborate Canal System for East Texas Visualized
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mtlzozensgeg-nveznledhdemsggcemesshunsa
ate past president of the Louisiana ing.some 108feet above the Sa- -----uu
Forestry Association from Taylor, hneRiver bed and impounding maximum
• - J 181.000 surface acres of water are tentia •
becoming more than just visions.
Tomorrow dignitaries from two
More than 100 Orange County residents are expected to attend the 11 a.m. cere-
mony to be held at Hadden’s Ferry, Louisiana, 25 miles northeast of Newton Two
buses will leave Orange tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. headed for the Toledo Bend activities
Bus transportation was ar-
ranged by the Orange Cham-
ber of Commerce to accom-
Toledo Bend Groundbreaking Set Tomorrow
lsmeupauenssss882m628a Texas and Louisiana Dignitaries
ganasageeaseisedpaaazdddn Will Be on Hand for Ceremonies
Kastdkamssmdssrmmmmai
LEESVILLE (Sp) — Deep in the piney woods along the Sabine River, dignitaries
from:two states will meet tomorrow to participate in groundbreaking ceremonies for
7 E p 22. 52the $54 million Toledo Rend D)am.
Both Gov. Jimmy Davis of Louisiana and Gov. Price Daniel of Texas along with
m •2ua '
w $ auu gni mg of 'he large ' mann 1 ... 1 : . snuth
nincs. "The., idea shas been broached
M we“hadsanscusscomimisionevs ana
yet.saken any official action
are going to explore R
thoroughly because it seems to be
feasible. Certainly it would be
tremendously helpful in tking
2 advantage of the po-
tential for economic development
that to going to result from the
Sabine River reservoirs *
Butler pointed out that such «
program would necessarily be
long range in nature and would
involve the expenditure of many
millions of dollars
‘Yet it seems to me. as one
person closely connected with
and interested in water shipping,
to be something well worth going
alter — something that will bring
________ . — -----to East Texas and western LouIS
•mm larger than Lake Texhoma with tana economic benefits hr exceed
• depths varying to SO feet near the ing the cost," Butler commented.
• °a31 Proper | Nobody has come up with a cost
• According to prcliminary data, estimate. As a matter of fact it
•r lh<- lake formed will cover 2831 was not until the Toledo Bend
• square miles compared to 222 Reservoir was assured that the
• square miles impounded by the !dea of upriver barge transport
• Denison Dam which forms Lake became remotely feasisle
• Irwwa Lake Waters • >11 stretch It is now because construction
some 65 m les upriver from ihe of the reservoir will provide s
•ee dum sne proyiding some 500 to,cleared channel suitable for navi
• 800 miles of shore line for recrea gation for the 75-mile distance
tinal Purroses. from Logansport to the damsite
Toledo Bend will yield 1.300 w, From there tn deep water St
• acre feet or water per year or a Orange it is M miles bv air and
MW steady, dependible. supply of, 160 by the river. Engineers talci.
• 1,180,000,000 gallons per day to b e that a canal to the damut
• provide some $6,500 kilowatts of bv cutting across countrv can be
• elrtricbv reduced to about 100 miles
• The 8 “00-fot-long dam is being A lock would be necessarv at
• financed by 85 million from doth the dam because the water level
•rN Texas and Lousiana along with in the reservor will be about 100,
aa another fri mil'mt in revenue fot above that of the river be-’
• bonds to be retired bv peaking low
jJjSM pouer tihty contracts and lease Two other rservoirs which are
•a confessions included in the master plan of
"Mas l ’nd acguisitinn is scheduled to devel pmen for 'the Sabine even-
•a begin early next year with con- tually will provide water for barg •
• trart l t nes :n late 1361 and transpor for most of the distan ■
•"‘N complet n of the ent re project from -the upper end of Toledo
•~a in late 1916. or. early 1967, Bend .to Lorgview,
Bid or the 151,500 acres to be ‘nun- Short canals linking the three
" dated at normal level of the lake, reservoits with locks at the two
2 me 101.600 acres are situated in Lou- upper dams would complete me
h w isiana and 80.000 acres in Texas project to the approximate point
P • Both Slates will share equally the at which water transport Hoppl’d
1 .benefits of the facility, once it be- in days when ships went up he
Band comes operative. Sabine^
A’sundreazyearRopNGgo ^Tth., pmopz.dnmmunity
ves^h plied the Sabine River all shed can be made to come tre
Today they go upriver no navigable again for about two-
farther than Orange. thirds of its length
inOntsomontmorowatheyu be 20- And it goes beyond that. It alsq
"Mhey winto if a bin contemplates a branch canal
* Rating afa^iC andiits zimerwste
Lufkin_area by way of the McGee
Bend Reservoir.
persons attending the ceremony.
The huge barbecue will be compit-
ments of Leesville, official sponsor
of the groundbreaking ceremonies.
Both the cities of Leesville and
"Logansport, La., submitted offers
to the Toledo Development Asso-
ciation (TDA) for the sponsorship
honor. Directors accepted the
Leesville offer which also includes
a party for distinguished guests1
tonight.
Master of ceremonies during the
groundbreaking tomorrow will he '
John P. Godfrey, of Many. La.. im-
mediate past president of TDA
Massed bands from Toledo Bend
area high schools in Texas and
Louisiana will be on hand.
Other dignitaries include Louisi-
ana Sen. Russell B. Long. Rep.
Jack Brooks of Texas. State Rep.
Sam F. Collins of Newton County
and Louislam State Rep. Joe
Cooper of DeSoto Parish.
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820’ " ' ci.
lie primarily in Sabine and Shelby possible to navigate the stream in
counties in Texas and in Sabine cargo vessels north of Orange,
and De Soto parishes in Loysiana, The proposed new canal would
—Aeriol Pnete By Bob Axelgon Most of this area to heavily tim-, reopen the river to water trans-
groundbreaking its location with reference to the actual site of bered and has a relatively sparse portation and would make passage
the Toledo Bend Dam may be determined' by referring to the photo- population possible every day in the year
graph above This point was chosen because the damsite is in- The entire project includes eon-. It would bring water - compelled
accessible on the Louisiana side Ground wifi be turned on the struction of the dam. spiiiway, freight rates to the territory
Texas side by Gov Price Daniel and on the Louisiana shore by power plant, tailrace channel, res- along its entire length. It would
Gov. Jimmie Davis. (Sea TOLEDO BEND, Page 1) 1 (Sea CANAL, Page 1)
made by the Board of Water Eni-
neers, the University of Texas Bu-
reau of Business Research, and
I Louisiana State University.
Each of these studies projects a
.vast irflux of people and related
By JOHN W. SIMMONS businesses and industries into East
No l™,, .o dne , meetino Texas and western Louisiana dur-
i ot.lonzagdurnz.aumeeting ing the several decades immedi-
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 4, 1961, newspaper, October 4, 1961; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1530394/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.