St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-14
Proceedings Of ssic Police SHry.
OPELUCsAS, september 9ti., 1878

|
The Police Jury met purs,lanttoadjou. nl4.ul
| Present, X. II. Ilt:cli lrc,I,tc1I y, ,,u.urA
| d. p~;uz;tu e. T. hawkins, Il. Dublli. SON, y
| H;us. "A. i. ,,ulIory +. savoy, aud H. h, clark
IA. minutes OF the last meeting were read
am, tupro>cu
| Un motion Of Mr.. Haas, Resolved. that $500
! feet ol lumber DC and is hereby appropriated
to r;.lyair 1u,. l,rI cs OH Tie plln,t roads II on,
,u,,.iui,;,s TO ;ar.lr,1,.s bYlu ,. and 1rr I'M.
Csttuolly cuurcn to Juupcl Is ord &c, under the
super, l5Iun "a e. +. Ijlrr.
ON ilotiuI ,,i Mr. Hawkins Resolved that
1000 feet OF lumber be ailu i, hereby apprU-
pria,yd to repair the bridges on Bayou Negro
loot and the stliiy south vi SAID Bay GU, unde.
to @ t'i",' % y, " @ ~. tn al>"
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WAs.lI$GFbN, la, August Goth, 1878.
Hon. President and members ut tie Police Jury
of ST. LAM Y;
titntIrlrici, IN 1870 Col WIN Cffiltt Ether,
CAN'T am, II, s. ,to,.rau i;.,.u owners uf ,,,,,,
Of the lands to be attt.r,,l ,OurelytI tine llr,,
# closing In. ll,uta . Bayusl Ton ol,s,. by Il
t,.ye :,l,,I iii .; :, ma, 1,,rn,,rn IL. rnn.,s
place to dram Inc sw.nu
rnc ;ullal;;..,s esq, ytrl to he derived were
IT If,r ,In,i,t, of n. ~ ,lti Of IN. l{.vn,,
would prevent III. swa.n,, l,,.Ing 1ilIeI in tu
simmer tim. u, Lie I.l.4: Waters from n,;y,
;.lls the ouly time w....I cr.,,,. could he, III
,ur.u Col 1T ut tun,Ius l.l.ti a.: suun times
ne water r;ln into the swami, tnrou5h til.
iu.l.o,ls, to Il uci...t funr or i've irci ui~uel
tii4n it coul Il lis entrance Was tl.rou-li IA Itch
near the p.tsI.nt lur;tjiun u: tli,, ,.;ual 2u 4
..ore tao . ic,. di.l.l..l3c o. tlv sWsl..p inl.ug
, ne canal n,tlf or {. rec ullrt.rS o. !. n,e il,
.rn=tu tronl tl. Iu>:~,l. 10 tn: ,onrtuJle.,l.
Etua fall O. about Z, zee: l.,An cuu!d nr eA-
,,cctcd to he ontuIne.l b, N ..tils uf Il BAYOU
Iol,r or 1iv,, .nln.s u ,.l w4Lu..4Ittc ial; ami
ii. On t.i- E,rt 81 ltit; i,t.5,, i tne SAVING, tn
n effected w crossing lie .ul!ns.. .,n IL l,-ycs
Nnril oilr. 1t "ul:t ia. perm .l.riit saving
COS every or Yeats triu.c 100 Ierl
,n; wn,n o,i'l-st' " l., iii. Il III llr.. or bcIn1
rep .tt;cd by Il neN l,.ti1 n.i rrritins lne
n'rc5ullig ;t.l,i ,g:l,d y Ii above a.u,I pa
iies ana offers, l,.;.s"lI;c,t 10 tnu l'ollrc
tHrt, wuIcn body a,S:.,.ct t.:c part d the
.irl, u l!:,rns s,ri ltr s',siI. 81 900 DO
'utI otner PARTIES w..tid sitiIs,r.:,r 10,
y d';lr Col. bfIlt d.. Capt. Iar' u.,cn
~ lng 500, and Eibtit Can't at.u II ". Inr=s,n
.l>A l'syE:S 81 %. | WAS einl'l',rct by TIM Police
Jay 10 lay o,lt the worh. IL levcr i6, .ett long.
D 'ctt hig.l, III ti!r h!-ue9t i,i.t'u ;!lt %
v.d,; at the bottunl of the Bay anil II lcet
wide on top. Was butt ALL L dtoA OF o.,llaI
tiS OF sufficient dcl'tu al el'l y hall d niiir
''i,s;. exten'tfns fr in low w..sel III the Courta
d. .tau hacA 4nto the swamp wneie it Was cN-
i! .cteo it would wash its way back tn the Ion
t,slsc aud etfectually dr;tn the sw;s.ut; this
WAS done III tue early lall If 1870. The cvcr
.lts since been and will reniitll mttCn better
CROSSING ui tile Bayou tIIn any bridge could
be; it ls now covered wltiIa magnificent grnwtL
Of willows and will last forever. Witn 40 further
attention. than s,icl rs may he given by the
road ntnds once III Two Or three years. thus
s,vn; the parish every or 8 years, the est Of
on the ltyee The canal ON nrcnunt of tnn re.
lnarkahe tougilness of the soil in the low
swami, did mar wash tts way To rn. tifuuiu,sp
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