Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-12-18

HAS oee': HeTe't'I"'e Impossible ,tlvsn
} canses heyond my c''',troI, | viii
here quote from the Report Of the
Commissioner and his Engineer
made to the Legislature at its las,
session. III page Is of that repor,
the Commissioner SAYS: " 1t has
be~aa 1mpo*~bI~, IN thr crent;yu NJ
eooz:h;* IF Such yre"t in mpo,.tunce, to
enforce tie strict o1xr1runcc IT cv,,
tracts, as regnrds their tire nj
comUlets"n. The isolated 1satHrc
"tt|'c c"nntty, the t;atignes and hard.
ships uf w"' king t''lce hrnl..|1unt
Il hot summer and wet fall and win
ter sea>''1' far it, the wild w.r,s!s. and
cut off from nearly every convent,
el'ce, renders it Il God send t.. in,
duce Il responsible contractor L.
n'dertake work Of this kind. -,
that it wo,ssd lie folly to bind lin,
down t" any fixed time g.. long as:
the interest rt The State did not slf,
Ter nia orally.
now quite from the Engineers
Rel "rt submitted by the Colu,,,is-
sl"'crt' T. the same I,tgi >lature, page
%: " The contractors, Mess. s. l. kl1k
and J A. Miller, are ut present en-
gage': u;"'ll them, (t|le canals. uuA
/ have no t<urs Jut thut the 2oorh:
avaN be done a1henrvr7 tie zyufer
scsU permit" At rage q: "Ii,e
contracts were a.! made IT, expire
on the 1st day of Deceml,ar ot' this
year, but nN upsr1tionx, bwh nt'
Enyi"esy md contractDr. h,nx r.
pe.4eucrA the uxuuI hinduncrx
from h1yh eou<er, h<ary ru'ns und
sacA1y ~eusou. i "'nl''cr in review.
:ng TIE year, not that tie works are
untin'she hut th"t Mry hare pre-
Q: esxtH 81 U.W.
trutn tie above emphatic state
me'.t of both the Commissioner and
his Engineer, is ii 'n't strange thai
NY Contract should have been all
nult d at q time when the obstacles
admitted to have rendered its exc.
cution impossible We're greatly in
CREASED hy the unusual hign water
Il the spring IT the l'es.nt year!
II the work wa in'r'ss,tle from
the accumulation 1T rain water ii,
the swamp, was it at all Facilitated
by the additional amount ot wafer
tI.at entered hy owe, flow a..tl cle-
va>ses. Believing hat The annnl
lnelst OF my Contract wa> i'll. gal,
and that gross injnst1ce has I'evn
done nae, WAS not di$[' set! t' SUBJ
it without resistance to HI act
dictated ',y caI'live, il; not t" a ''o-
,ive 1lure unworthy. Had alone
been interest i tins should have
been NV course, but as The nanl "f
Gtn. Stsnnlea has bet'', tur II asn,'s
whicl, it is NEEDLESS here 10 tliscuss.
c.,,',,> cte.i with the fia'lsuc'i,n, !
finally determined to 1t III. matter
take its cu''rse without any further
interference Oil my part excepting
vat regard ~ NY own character,
the interest nf the Sia (. and justice
t, tile i,rIis iu,,ai alluded To-, d'cta-
ted. | have, therefore, paid 'n'o
the Treasury the $4,000 advanced,
as per receipt "i' Treasurer !1ere.o
ar,'ein!ed. without any c'.n'!:e''s;t-
ti,n tor w.,k al.e:nlv dol'e, trusting
tn l|e Legislature at its Coming
sessi,m to reimburse me ."r the
sa,:,e. would state, i'll ex!'lana,
ton, that have As|"rted '|'iS c''l'rSe,
4. f., direct payment t. the >tafc
/ re.asnrer Instead Of the Cs'm''is-
sioner. tor the t'l!"w'rg rr;1s III
An Act passed at the last Se>s'"'' "'
the Legislature, makes IT incumbent
o,, the >wa rLand C''n''l's '"''' Is
to pay hack 'n'o the 1rca>u y all
u,.,I,e>s III / heir l"ss ssi"'. sc. !
of iI,e Act Tered tn, reads as I'l
E,ws: Il hat the III neys now III
the hands ot tie >wa'np Land Conn
u,j>si.,,ers t,al! bc immediately
pa,tl back t" the Treasurer If 'l'e
i-,ate, and thereafter, rl'alI only l't
draw. as prri ed tor by '''t' %
section # this Act
Now,- have reason 10 beI'evt
that the C,,,lu,ssin',er Ut HE 2
Swamp Land Di>'''c' has not c"'"
,,,;,f1 With this law. and is no longer
therefore. All officer 1T the State
lt,t. ~ tho i't,ust, IT'LL