The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-02
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| are subjected by the cutting of rice flumeas
| the depredations Of stock, and other causes
Suringing from CarelesSnesS and WaItOnneSas
0' A'''0 s. NJ. HARroD,
Chief State Engineer.
| THOMAS s. HARDEEs
| Assistant Engineer.
HENRY g. RIGHa RDsoN.
| Assistant Engineer.
| Office Board State Engineers New Orleans
July 18, 1878.
| On motion Of Mr.. Dupuy, seconded by Mr..
Laplace, the report OF the Board Of En-
gineers was received and ordered to be spread
on the minutes.
1t was resolved further that q tax Of ono
mill, Gd vGtoren1, on oil real estate and taxae
BILE property within tho First Levee DistriGty
and also tax of 10 per cent ad uatoFeUs ora
cotton, sugar, molasses, rice, tobacco, and alt
other products raised for the purpose OF ahin-
rnent and sale authorized by section y of act
No. s, approved March 49, 1878, be levied fgr
the purposes mentioned in said act Adopted
unanimously
Col Hardee stated that the tax Of one min
nd Unlorem In real estate and products would
be barely sufficient to cover the amount nee
essary for the contemplated work,
| He averaged the tax at about 2D000, which
is barely one third OF the estimated cost. The
State said he will have to lend her help IN
the enterprise.
The Colonel alBo presented, for the guild
ance Of the board, the following
TABUIATED STATEMENTS,
showing that the total amount Of assess
ments in the parishes Of the First Levee Dis
triGt In all is S14779,928. East bank alone
| $7Gt0,G05 50. HOgsheads OF sugar, 25t ta5f,
barrels Of nolasses 77,379, barrels Of rice A.
1G7.
, RESOLUTIONS.
| BY Mr.. Rost-
Resolued, That the president of the Board
) Of Levee Commissioners OF the First Ievea
| District be and he is hereby authorized ana
instructed to confer in behalf Of this board,
with the proper State officers in relation t0
, the best mode of collecting the above tax
7 and that he be further instructed to send td
all tax collectors within the First Levee Diss-
. triCt instructions as to the manner and time
of collecting said tax.
Adopted unanimously
On motion of Mr.. Laplace, duly seconded
by Mr.. SOniat it was
Resolved That the suggestions Of the
Board Of State Engineers as to closing grad
@ ualIy the Bonnet CaTre CTevasse by means OF
crib work and willow mattresses, IS fully In
'- dorsed by this board, and in view Of the great
destruction OF property caused by this cree
t vase, this board recommends that whenever
practicable the Board of State Engineers pro-
# ceed to do the above work.
# Col. Hardee stated that many citizens 81
+ Mississippi and along the lake shore, and the
II Jackson Railroad authorities have expressed
9 O Willingness to cooperate peG1niartly 10
the project.
+ RESOLVED, That this board recommend
Q to the members of the legfs
aturs representing M the o parishes h9s which ts9
l. the law Of 1878 creating the Board Of District
S Levee Com InissiOners be SO modified as 10
II authorize the commissioners Of the First
Levee District to levy in place OF tax Of one
l. mill g. tax Of not more than five mills on alI
IS real estate and personal property. Carried.
t. Mr.. Laplace then presented q petition from
the sufferers by the Bonnet Carre crevasss.
= The document was accepted, and is us f0Is
y lows:
J. STATE OF LOUISIANA. l
it Parish Of st. John the Baptist. s.
To the members 2f h the ~ Boara Be- Of IeVes
d Your petitioners beg TO call your attention
2 to the necessity Of your action in their behalf3
q toward the closing Of the Bonnet Care ere-
q vase, the Importance OF which may be- rnade
q fully known to you by the following facts,
+ viz: That the water coming through the said
crevasse for the past four seasons has exteEds
+ ed from seven to nine miles upward and inuEl~
e dated the following plantations: First, Mr.
q Monteguts, totally covered; Mr.. Lonquea,
8 also totally covered; the loss Of the crop on
d the same OF at least 200 hogsheads Of sugar
g each year; value OF product OF said planfa-
8 ton prior to the creVasse $4,000; John
). Chaffe Il Brothers plantation, only fifteen
e acres out, where $50 acres were in cultivation
and a crop Of 500 hogsheads each year being
j. lost, thus destroying O product Of OF Least
u u and others, totally immersed next, the vaitt-
q q able plantation OF B. Laplace, whose loss
% annually is at least $4,000; then, following
N up the coast at least four miles, its destruer
N tive effects are incalcuabe.
NJ Now your petitioners pray that you will
" take such action as will bring about the de-
NJ sired relief by the stopping Of said crevasaa
NJ by such means as In your good Judgment may.
NJ appear most feasible and practical, and that
NJ you will make every effort In your power t0
n accomplish this great end, and your petition
N n ers will ever pray.
10 John Chaffe / Bro, Charles Louque, per
Leon GOdchaux, n Loque.
d And many others.
D. On motion OF Mr.. Laplace, the following
J. resolution was carried:
t, Resolyed That it is the sense Of this board
n that great danger exists in the manner Ill
IS which levees are cut for the purpose Of intro
e ducing rice fumes and for making roadwayS
n across the sameiand that the Representatives
OF the parishes In this district be requested to
,e have such laws passed by the Legislature ag
j, will regulate the matter with proper sage~
r guard for the protection Of the district.
p On motion Of Mr.. ROst 1t was resolved fo
If request the New Orleans daily papers t0 pub
lish the proceedings of this board and tIlaf
h copies Of the same be sent to the papers pub
,e Levee District
3e After the passage OF o vote of thanks to the
1T officers the board adjourned sine die, subject
l. to the call Of the Governor,
h shooting ARRAY.
= About half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morn
n ing difficulty took place at the Fifth Ward
1r poll, corner Of St. Ann and Rampant Streets
s, between @ man named Joe Olivier and q man
named George Wasser. The alteration.
ID which at first did not appear serious, beeams
E. drawing pistol, with which he fired three
times at Wasser, missing him. One of the
K bullets however, took effect in the calf Of the
ct leg Of one Peter Brown, q bystander, inf1let-
rR,,I E,Ar,c fpra