New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-14

heard distinctly enough by the reporter to
enable him to give verbatim report Of
them. The following is the best synopsis
that can be givcn]:
Mr.. Todd: l propose to know something
about these bayOus that are being discussed
now, and if am not much mistaken SEN
atOr Rays railroad runs almost parallel to
one Of them. This bayou that he speaks OF
as being SO large and navigable, has
and probably has not enough water in it six,
months in the year to run that MILL That
is about forty miles from where the railroad
of Senator Ray crosses the river; 80 that
the people would not have to haul their
cottOn~ery far. Then, Senator Futch has
got railroad in Concordia that crosses
both these bayolls above the head of 'navi-
cation. People in that country never have
to haul their cotton very far In tact,
there is very little cotton raised there. The
Senator talks about that being Il great cot
ton country but a glance at the statistics
will show that it raises a small amount of
cotton in comparison with other sections OF
the State. Some of the farmers there make
five or ten bales of cotton yearly, and
they can easily haul that much to the town
of Monroe for shipment Ii can not be
called Il cotton growing country. The pco-
pie there raise wheat. and rice, ahd corn
mostly. They are farmers, simply, and
raise nearly everything they require for
home use. oppose this bill because | be-
licve the amount asked for is more than the
cotton raised in that country in the next ten
wears will be worth | now move 10 post
ponc the further consideration of this bill
for one week
Mr. Ray: | am surprised at the errors
made by the Senator from Jefferson, i'll the
few remarks that he has made. | have
lived in that section of the State twenty six
years, and am acquainted with nearly every
part of it. Many of the statements OF the
Senator are unreliable. to my personal
knowledge. In the first place, there is no
water mill at all on the bayou Il Arbonnc.
and there never was one.
Mr. Todd: There was one opposite
Vienna during the war. when yon and
were i'll the Contederacy. [Laughtcr.]
Mr.. Kay: There was an attempt made at
one time to build one. but. to my certain
knowledge, the project was abandoned. That
was the only effort that WAS ever made to
put up Il water-mill on that stream There
is Il mill opposite Vienna, but it is not run
by water power, ii Is run by steam. In re-
gard to the assertion OF The Senator. that
hardly any cotton would come down these
bayous if they We're improved. will remark
that thrce-tourth, OF the cotton raised i'll
that part of the State would come down those
two bayouS ii they were made nav.able
The railroads which the senator refers to
have. unfortunately. not been buit vet.
nope that both the railroad in which | haye
an interest and tho one i'll which Scnatsr
Futch is interested. will b. built sometime
i'll the future but do not think that these
people should be deprived of the use of these
two bayouS simply because there is IL pros
p"ct that these two railroads Will he built.
II they rere built. they would run Il long
distance from these two bavous. The rail
road i'll which am interested will not run
closer than eight miles to bayou d'Arbonne
1T the nearest point. and the further You go
up the further Oft itiwill be. They do not
run parallel to each other by Il long ways.
think this is il serious matter to the peo-
pie OF that section. They have right to
made to aid them i'll increasing their IA
market. The Bayou d'Arbonne is
navigablc for nearly six months in the year.
(ucvcr less than four, clear mp to the mouth
of Bayou CoInir. and tor two or three
months III the year il Is naFl-able for a long
distance above that point The amount asked
for III the bill viii not be enough to have all
the necessary work done: but 1t Is "a much
as the State can appropriate At present III
that direction. hope The senate Will pass
the bill.
The question then REQUIRED on the motion
OF Senator 1Odd to postpone thc rcCVn,idrra-
ton of the bill for one week.
The Senate refused To postpone.
The bill was considered engro~,eS
Adjourned.