New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

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bayou. Early in December the commits
sioner of engineers again made tour OF
inspection of the fifth district, and ordered
the stalking out of the following named
levees, as will appear in their report to the
| General Assembly now b, fore you, viz:
| The Elton, Bass, Lower Bass, Point Look
| out, Transylvania, Melbourne and Arlie in
Carroll parish the Biggs levee in Madison
parish the Point Pleasant and Disharoon
i'll Tensas parish; Tueenne, Hepdersg
| and Green levees in COncordia parish;
| the Morrison, Cuba landing, and
Waverley levees in Ouachita paris
and Mayo, Kings and the bayou
| levee in Caldwell parish; and the State en-,
| gineers were directed to have them out and
| it is being done as fast as the means at our
| command will permit, for all of our appro
| priations have been exhausted and we
| have to rely upon private resources. The
! levees in Concordia, Tcnsas and Madison
| have been staked, and an assistant engineer
is now engaged stalking those in Carroll
parish, and will soon visit Ouachlta and
| Caldwell, and as the large works at Rempes
and kimbalrs bayou, which will con
tain, when finished, some seven hundred
| thousand cubic yards, are nearly com-
| pleted, there will soon be an abundance OF
labor to throw up the small works contem-
| plated and ordered in a few days. In re
| gard to the Ashton crevasse, | would call
/ y
| in the report of the commissioner of engi-
| neers now before the General Assembly, in
| which report on pages nineteen to twenty
| eight inclusive the Ashton crevasse is dis
eussed.
| The heavy work at Diamond Bend, in
| Madison, will not be completed until the
| Ashton, and the levees in Arkansas, have
been built. The planters above Red river may
| rest assured that their interest in levee mat
| ters are closely watched, and nothing but
| most unusual and unforeseen combination
| of the foods from upper rivers can or shall
| iniure them.
| / have the honor to be, most respectfully.
| your Obedient servant,
NJ. JEFF THOMPSON,
| Chief State Engineer, and Commissioner of
| Engineers on behalf of the State.
| On the half of the Louisiana Levee
| Company, | have the honor TO reply to the
inquiry as to what has been done and will
be done respecting the levees on the Missis-
| sippi north of Red river.
The commission of the levee engineers.
having mad their surveys of the line of
levees in that district, have prescribed AMI
| located new works at all the open places il
| the levees, excepting that of Ashton, near
the libe of Arkans ls, and III ,se a the D'a
mOnd Island Bend, down to point near
the mouth of Red river. tPlease see the
| report OF the commission herewith IL
| closed.l
The ieyees have been con tracted for as
fast as the surveys and plans have been
furnished by the State engineers, and all
| but two are now under contract, even III
advance of the work required of the State
engineers, viz: The DisharOOn and Point
Pleasant, and they are being contracted
for. and will be pat under cOnstruc-
ton as soon as the plans reach this Office
| We would advert to the enormous works
| at kemp's levee, in the parish OF TeDsas
and the Kimball's Bayou levee i'll COncOr-
| dia which have been under contract and
construction since August last, and are now
nearly completed. These works have ab-
sorbed nearly all the labor that could be
obtained until recently; and, it was under
stood with the commissioners and the State
engineers that these most important works
must first he supplied with hands, on ac-
count of the aversion OF laborers to enter
up0n such formidable works while smaller
and easier Jobs are inviting labor. These
two works have con tlntly en- ,yod neal
ly 1900 hands. These will soon be dis
charged, and will supply all the demands
for labor for smaller levees under contract.
We have continually watched the condi-
ton and prospects OF the rivers, and have
kept IN view at all times the safety Of the
State from inuudatioD; and we feel conf
dent that we will have all the points closed
that have been prescribed by the commits
shall put them in peril.
Very respectfully,
&C. FORSHEY,
Chic! Engineer Louisiana Levee Company.
SENATE BI.Ls ON FIRST READING.
| Concurrent resolution relative to the sale
o: old and dsused furniture, etc, was
| adopted.
Senate bill No. -. entitled an act to
amend and re-anact article !ll0 Of the Code
! of Practice, passed first and second read
ings under d suspension of the constitu-
tiona, rule and referred to the Committee
OF Judiciary.
! SENATE HILIs ON rRrRD READING.
Senate bill No. 81. entitled an act to
amend and reenact an act entitled an act
TO incorporate the Crescent City Gaslight
Company. etc, WAS placed On third read
ing
| Nr. Murrcii. of Madison. moved 10 make
the bill the special order OF The Gay for
Tuesday at one o'clock.
! Mr. Gair. OF East Felciana, moved to
amend by saying Saturday next. at one
o'clock.
Carried.
| HOUSE BILLS OK THIRD READiHG.
House bill No 95. entitled an act grant
| ing additional powers to the police jury OF
the parish ct Madison. was read the third
time.
Mr. Nurreil, Of Madison. by nranimeus
consent. withdrew the bill.
House bill No. ZIG, entitled an ace &c
admit American citizens who have soudied
law in the legal institutions of France
! Germany and England. and who have
been admitted TO practice in the superior
courts OF these respective countries. TO
, practice III the several courts of Louisiana.
wa. read the third time and was fnal y
passed, title adopted and ordered t" De sen'
, to the Senate for Concurrence,
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. l04 entitled all act u
create the parish of Barataria, and pre-
| vidinc for the organization thereof, reported
back from the Committee on Corporations
with the following amendments, which
: were adopted:
In section five, in the fourth line, after
the word 'betWeen,' strike out the wOrds
"the Harvey and,' and 10 the fifth line o
? said section strike out the word and aftel
the word .'canal," and insert in the tiftf
Ene. after the last word in said line, th'
following words: The lower line Of sait
/ | pariah. and add after the last word III saiC
. section '',hat the police jury, as here il
before constituted snall act as commits
sion for the adjustment Of and have tuL
power for the settlement OF the joint inter
? ests as now existing between the parish o
Jefferson, left bank, and the parish OF JET
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