The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-04

the money annually expended In cleaning
them is simpiy thrown away.
Therefore, gentlemen of the Connect, it
YOU are DESTROYS of discharging your whole
duty to the people who have given you thelF
confidence, II YOU are s0licitOus to promote
the welfare of the town over whose material
interests it is your privilege to preside, yOn
will at once pass corporate law providing
for the construction of q MAIN DRAIN or
CANAL in the rear of the town, which shall
serve as receptacle for all the waters of ali
the cutters in Donaldsonyille.
But this Main Drain must be made to
communicate with a canal or bayou of larger
dimensions, and of lower level. There is,
as / understand, at no great distance behind
our town, natural water-course answering
this description, and suitable to the end
proposed. To it, let the cutters be made to
contribute the waters they receive; and
| then, neither heavy rains nor crevasses need
terrify our people or disturb their quietude.
| 1t is said that the landholders in the rear
would make exacting provisions for the
privilege of cutting the communicating drain.
| This is q minor consideration-roT ct pgGe,
tcrea mihil-the safety of the pablic-sal1s
popatIi- that is the first question for our
rulers; the supreme law of organised society.
! Now, suppose the landholders to be so
oblivious of their own interests as to insist on
| unreasonable conditions even in that case,
a few hundred dollars invested in COM
| promise with them, would eventually result
IN net gain to the town treasury, and WOULD
achieve what is of infinitely more Importance
the public security.
| By all means then, Messrs. Mayor and
Council, let an arrangement be Immediately
effected with the landholders behind; grand
conduit for Limitations and oyerflows will
| be mutually beneficial to them and to MS;
and when both parties are equally interest.
ed in striking bargain, it may be consum-
mated by reasonable concessions.
| 1t remains still for me TO add, that in any
| efficient system of drainage, you must have
| the water-fiew determined by q Surveyor
| by me for instance /; though am net paT,
| ticutarly Interested in the matter-Or by any
other person competent to ascertain the difR
| erence of level between the front and Bayou
yOu must employ competent men to execute
the project; yen must have the work duly
superintendent by q reliable and Intelligent
Overseer you must leave nothing to be done
by chance-rien par hGsard !; you must con
cede nothing to specui alton nothing to po
litical exigence; the work must be thorough
and durable and effieacious.
This done, CONNIE IL faat, YOU will have
demonstrated to your constituency, that yoI
are, in stubborn fact, what your functions
presuppose you to be-" the fathers of the
people" cen ansore-n0t of course, seeasadaD
saatssrazs -; you will be credited as econo
mists of the public funds and as promoter
of the public health and safety the prcsen
generation will overwhelm you with bene
dieti0ps and your names and your fame ant
YOUR achievements will be household word
in the near and distant future!
Believe me, gentlemen, to be, with grea
respect, yeuF Obedient servant,
NJ HEATING,
| Surveyor and Civil Engineer.