The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-05

agement, how the account stood III
lessee and the State, and what Iarsss
1ngs were necessary to assist ana ri.
rights OF the State In said canal. Hsss
MeMillen was chairman OF this cam
1t seemed as II the purpose Of thissI .4!
tee was TO assist the rights OF tia w.
IL possible to divest Taylor OF the ~
The committee commenced III 3ssz
TONS in August, 1868. They r rao "!
w. u. Freret, who was still State Hrs.se!
examine the work and report l. WIZ
also appointed Mr.. j. a. d'Hernsussa9
city surveyor, d special expart " y
the progress OF the work, under n. s.
OF the modified lease. ~
Mr.. Freret, ON the twentieth n 50
1868, and Mr.. d'Hemecourt On liz
sixth Of September, 1868 Both rarM..s ~
explicitly that the work was viporo,silssse
on and was fully In eomplianee Wiftx a
tract. 3 Hlsa IT,
The legislative committee alao a.
q communication to Mr.. Simeon p ssis
then Attorney General, as To FIN 49,
and legality Of the lease,
The Attorney General, after d tho.1..s.
animation OF the proceedings reriaas
date OF September 10, 1868. that NJ
everything regular and legal, s'thsfsS
had the right to lease, and Is bo1rfi NJ y
by her contract OF lease, as a privsfHs'|s2
ual would be on leasing his llo,lsa ID a
The report Of the engineers, Mess,s
and d'Hemecourt, as to tie prf a,,s
ton Of the work, and the report NJ H. e
Attorney General, effectuaIly chsss;s7
further attempt on the part IF tSss ~
ture to interrupt Taylor in his wn w.
At each successive Legislat,IsraaA s...
to 1877, committees were apnn ,I .t
anime the management and p la,l,d'sssl i
canal, and their reports. as o ~ y
Journals will show. were uin III MI H.!
u The, lessee. s~ - = - Y iAs
By the terms of the lease ra,,,. 81
years to complete the work under IN
III the gunlmer Of 1879 M r ~. w
State EnnInaer Mr. NJ .IaT tTTR RoELte
M. F P and whose eea t Enf1tlns s
wise the work, that the work was es 81 y
Some two years after the comnletlM
work by Taylor, the Attorney Ger,ersi
?. Field, brought suit In behalf HI Nh
against Taylor, alleging that the r. r
which Taylor held the property Nefs'
stitutional, and that as he had MI H.
with the terms and conditions M tks r.
that the said act OF lease be declsfed ~ ,
void and also for o money iud0n11fa n
wards OF three hundred and tw1 fkasa
dollars, and that oil the rights Of iii r.
hereunder be- declared forfeited.
The suit was brought to trial iii lS
1910, before jacob Hawkins, judge oil m {
peTlor District Court.
Inc Attorney General was assisted I'M
able advocates. The trial was by ii iufys
occupied some three weeks Of Ane
witnesses were called experts wereADg
py inc court 20 sound The depth and s.
the width o. the canal, and to exsas
general conditlon OF the property III
residents or New Orleans; all had III
high official positions. either as BisS3
glneers or city surveyors. Tbg4
Messrs. Louis FL. Pile, Thos. b. H&fd23
d'Hemecourt. M. jeff. Thompson, Me7|
Blanchard, Il. W. X. Bayley.
Ihe experts reported, as Witne6s
the jury, that the contract had beam
with; that there was no difference 0f q
as to the width OF the canal; that itHS
100 feet wide.
AS to the depth OF the water, MIG.
Bayley, who was specially app0inte1
question, and relied upon by The d
for the State as their expert, Id xNi
communication made the followi6e
ment Of the average depth OF water
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