Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-08-31
Internal improvements.

BeIew we give a,e preamlde and Eesos
lutions adopted by = portion Of Vie senate
Committee en- I.evses, anil the Civil Itasi4
teers and genileipetsn eonpanying them,
~, beaft the stsHusH tHBo1n, Capt. SUIT.
ton, IN The 9ttlt INSTRUMENTATION If
wtich was made IN our Inst publ,eatlean
Here we may ms will, ms at any otI,er place
OF time. express or regret nj the aeeiden.
tial omission, last week. Of the names u
Prof Hiddell and thee Messrs. Waller.
gentlemen who accompanied tie expedi.
ton. The seeming neglect was altogether
the result Of aeuifsn from which the lest
regulated printing establishments bre moi
exempt.
We most sincerely trust that the labers.gf
this Cott,u1ittee will result In, lasting good
to the State, We Hgree with the T'nn.
tn,ttse that there should he n general
system OF leyee laws, The enforcement and
ttiaintena tge of which, should be under
the Immediate evntfol and supervision Of
officers appointedty The State, empowered
and required TO designate the boundaries
of levse districts, with full authority to
construct such ahef safeguards ms they
may deem neeessary. But we will not
detain Off readers lotiget from Tie report
Of the scientific gentlemen composing The
expedition.
PREAMBLE.
We, the undersigned, nj the request Of
the Senate Committee on Leyees, DC,
for the State Of Louisiana, have e&amided
btnks md BID Of the Mississippi River.
ut many points, between New Orleans
md the mouth OF He'd River, and k,e
source Of The A~toIafHlays tt,ence 10 ,fe
head u Lake Fansss Point" being
within Township II, South Ut Range 3
East. -
We have carefully taken many levels.
sot,i,dings and measurements, Of rise and
fall, depths, widths 40, to enable tis u form
opinions on the several SUBJECTS submitted
10 or consideration. and have the honor
10 report the following
Resoinra, That this Commission report
IN The Senate Committee. the measite.
msnts and history If this expedition. and
that the President appoin. a COMMITTEES to
Of tlirsee,f the Commission whose
duty shall lie to carry this resolution iiio
effect, (adopted unanimously 9
II. Waller, G. g. Furshey ind J J.
Riddell, were accordingly appointed.
Tint ~, the Atchafalh ya, WE traced the
high water marks Of 1860 from MI eleva-
tion Of 30 feet above the present surface
Of it's source ut Old River, 10 the h.ad Of
Fausse Point " where the water
Of 1860 wefe found 10 bs & feet
above The sttffaee Of said Lake That
examination, sly Of Hsfwieks Bay,
md ether outlets viii be uecssspry. The
bordering IN the Atclmfalaya, below
tbs "Rafts' were found 10 lave been
almost invariably submerged by the waters
1850, (adepted unanimously
That in ON opinions, the Atefafalayn |
viii, its bayou, If cleared from distractions.
could easily md without increasing the
overflow Of its banks, be made To receive
md carry 10 the GRIND Lake, any aesif-
able amount Of food waters, for tie relief
IF the Mississippi, If such system Of relief
be resolved Upon. (hdopted q To g,
HILBERT, Grant In Farslle, f%ieaton,
md Warren 6 yeas, Bfingier, Baisson,
VIC Waller and Il Waller, 8
Tint ~ we hive not yet examined the
connections Of Grand Lake with
he Gulf, We are not prepared To exposes
III opinion on the spfieiency Of those
to vent food waters, nor on the
'r~aetieability Of enlarging them, if desir.
'bls, (adoptedunanimol.sly.)
Treasured, That the most feasible point
Or tho Mississippi to be tapped, below the
LhFonre1,e, is nj tho Bonnet Care
Bend. provided tho system Of Artificial
outlets should he adopted, adopted unnni
nonsly)
Resolpe1, That the leyee system should
70 improved and enforced that the con.
'rnetion, keeping, and repairing Of the
evees, should be placed under the ,muedi-
tie control oil State Officers. adopted
unanimously
ResolveM That In adopting the system
levees, il is Of first Importance TO mike
he boundaries Of the levee, districts, de-
'end upon the topography Of the grounds
II such manner. that Oh ne district may not
'e liable TO i~nundation from accident. Or
Negligence Of another; mud that guard
svees be run back where md 80 fns al
necessary to separate said districts each,
rom the other, adopted unanimously
Rcs0iyeA, That the thanks Of this
Omission be, and they are hereby rendered
D L. Bringier, Esq, for the zeal, energy
nd perseverance, evinced by him, for the
ttainment Of the object Of this expedition
L. BK1NG1ER, President.
Brs. Brisse~, Secretary.
j. l. KfDbeGL,
p. q. HggEar,
G. q. FoHsHEY, \
HUeH GEAHr,
Wutt.w q W.rfvp II