The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-09
INTERSTATE LEVEEB.

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Our readers have already been made nc
quainted with tho condition of the lands stub
ject To overflow. through tho columns Il thf
DEMOCRAT This paper has devoted especial
attention 10 tho subject, and 10 our lahofs and
Ia the information communicated ~ 10 the
plautinp conmunIt u arc indebted fpr tho nnl J
reliable and comprehensive abatement ~ tho
na4o thai has appeared IN public print A.
artlrloedIfectod To n special branch ~ tho
aubjaGt wa may content ourselves nj pfnEnnt
with tho general remark that tho rvee aya=
tenn If Louisiana II now IN better aud 0onl
plntor circumstances than Mt amy time ellco
the war Tho enai hnnl ~ tho river
II now thoroughly protected within the bnl
| lCra Of the State except tho opening NJ
1 lsonnot Calro aud tho west bank NJ 10 the
mouth ~ Itad river proaenta a Eol front ~
Tho water except nt Morgnuaa which hy 70
4 quest pf ilIn commissioners 1T that district.
hne hean pnrpnaely Inft Open The oniy part
| Of tho State fnr which Roliclttio nrcd b felt
/ III TINT portion cnmpriaod within tho parshea
| Of Carroll Madison. Tenaaa. ConWordIa. patta
| III Rlrhlaud Tntahuun Franklin. Murehouan.
| Caldwell and 0uachta. OF IN other words tho
hottomH ~ the InnaaR Macon. Dnnchta nnd
Other small stroRma flowing through tho
arnat valley hewoon tho mississippi river
and The hills west of tho Ouachiin. This itch
dtairIct, tile nnai cotton region Ill tho world
and altogether tho most valuable part Of
Louisiana. II dependent upon l.voo protection
from in,lndation without such protection II
IA uacIeap. d barron waste. untold millions
thrown away Protected and cultivated IL Ia
the most productive and valuable trart In
tmnrIen II IL nf this district that wo wish
to speak now.
W. hay" already explained tho peculiar
nnntlitlnns Of Tho cnan eSpninnd how mol
withdrawing ali tho Efforts M Louisiana. tha
magnificent country must aIiil he erlhjnclod
~ tho porn ~ overflow, hnraugr tho atroan4
~ which II IL watorod oai, 10 reached through
Arkansas. and therefore. nj points beyond |
our jurisdiction. In tnot the loyaes ~ thia |
Stato arc nj pracnt. practically complete
from ihn mouth IF Rcd livor III to Ashton.
and woro there amy loveo ayatcm to ioIu Ia
beyond that point. we could rtm,llly mako thn
line complete But Ashton lnvaa strntIdlsa
the hrknnaaa Louisiana limo and. although
we might build our loyeo aa high ms tho hills
M ~ lint line nf what avail would II hr
when tho Mtsaisappl evan flow in through lower
Arkansas and flood tho nllrlva belt I Tha
truth is, III" groat and tnouIng region Of
which we speak onn only DO protected w Tie
joint notion Of the two Atntca. and thia Ia n
question Of which "ur n"Et Legislature must
take cngniHanco II II would rodnom tho rtehaat
jowel III Ioulalana'G crown
som" time ngo project waR formulated
FOR meeting tho difficulty bill was framed
w ho submitted ~ tho Ganornl Assembly of
,ach state. preceding Tor tho organization
u tho Loui4Ialta and AtkanaaH Inyaa DIa
.rtct, Iha district was to comprise, I'm Lou
Slam. tho territory above mentioned and iii
Nrkansns, tho county Of Ghlrpt and part Of
ho county III Desha. Board was conatI
uted and invested with NIL necessary looal
roWcrS " raising money Ny taxation upon
and. produce. otc.. aud the whole purposo Of
ho enterprise brought within enay roach wv Il
veil maturcd. practicable and symmetrical
Ian Of action. Under this INV, which wa4 e.
70 passed by both Legislatures. tho probIom
II protecting the aluylal lands OF North
Western Louisiana Was ahundantly solved
nd thoro was this very pleasant feature TINT
q FAR MS Louisiana waS concerned very littln
additional expense was Involved; our levaca ,
cling already built and requiring but slight i
aislng and strengthening to mako Thorn i'm 8
rognahlo and permanent We have Il copy /
! tho bill before ua md can Ray that Il does +
ot provide for tho imposition of any I'M i
'hich II moi comparatively insignificant aud q
hitch the owners Of alluvai lands viii not i
lady consent to pay In consi ioratlon of tho 1
VAULTS 10 DO attained :
II only remains to aay that nur noighbora i
Arkansas have already adopted tho bill In !,
,rir Legislature. and thoroby announced +
lctr readiness To enter Into tho arrangement. n
~ benefit Of which 10 Northwestern Iou4l II
M will he simply incaIcuInbic. May we not g
tx tho newly "lcct0d representatives from I,
lose parts Of Louisiana which ARC included n
the projected district to give this matter II
lclr earnest and prompt attention TO con u
lit tho viows and interests or their constitu-
MS and to como to the next aaaemb- u
ng Of tho Legislature prepared to Il
n II Is purely local matter. n
holly within the discretion Of tho special Ii
strict included. IL involves nothing To tho n
st OF the State, and can, therefore. be nctod :
'on Immediately and without opposition IL u
oeents tho only plan by which the aluyial "
nds referred TO can possibly be protected i,
IN imlndation and reclaimed to profitable Ii
ea, ana MI this IL made feasible Mt mn rx- II
nse which, II seems to us, the landed pro- h
Ietora would DO glad moro than glad u
y. Let us urge upon the representatives Of n
y northeastern parishes to consider Tho Il
after earnestly. and let us hope that the h
II session Of the Legislature viii not M u
Urn without some adequate measure Of re- N
T being taken for this vast ana valuable. Ii
I sadly-ncElected region. Fl
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