The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-05-22
Something for the Tax
Payers to put i'm their
Pines and Smoke.

Something for the Tax
Payers to put i'm their
Pipes aud Smoke.
About the twenty fifth of April
last, the President of the Police
Jury was informed by Mr.. Sidney
F. Lewis, Assistant State Engi-
neer, then experimenting the
work being done at the crevasse
on Cancienne's plantation one
mile below Thibolaux, that there
were some dangerous leaks in
ievees on the West side of the
LatOurche between the Acadia
plantation and Latourche Cross
ing. and that if Mr.. Rosamond
Leblanc was empowered to do SO,
he would undertake the closing
of the same.
The President of the Police Ju
~ deeming it necessary that a
break in the Levee in a place by
which the crops of such Il large
MURDER Of planters would be de
stroyed, assumed the responsible
ty Of appointing Mr.. Leblanc TEN
porary road Inspector for that
section Of the Bayou, the Police
Jury not being in session at the
time, with instructions to pre-
vent any breaks in that vicinity,
i possible, also directing him to
see Mr.. Lewis before doing any
thing.
Mr.. Leblanc saw Mr.. Lewis
and from him received the follow
ing document:
Mr.. Rosemond Leblanc and myself have
visited these dangerous places. Lumber
for repairing the same has been ordered ut
Lefort's saw mill.
Mr.. Leblanc will proceed at once to close
and strengthen these places.
Asst. State Engineer
With these authorities Mr.. LIE
Blanc proceeded Immediately to
work and secured the levees from
breaking. The materials and Ia
Dor cost S1O5.15.
When these bills were properly
@in o.': =. ,:o"' ~
s;r.atnra tho pros;aa,t '' 20 o ~"
p6,;"s Io,~ >, formaeSna ~ ~ .mo !,
~ .no S."to De- Sc r"o: c""o
e., nacwo't "" "s'00''
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Office Boar, Of Of state E%n9inee,.
New Orleans, La, May Is, 1880
10 , Mf: =; Ill., 4: G ps re- President Of the
Dear Sir 1 would respeetf"ily ca,l vour
attention to section 10 Act No. 80, session
1T It is impossible with the fund. allotted tor
levee purposes for the Board Of state Engi-
rs%r;, +" 90 o. any my f 3epaa OF n o.d isve s The
with the POLICE Jury.
1t was certainly my duty to call yonr at
the ievees ne near the crossing but 4 il .c eerta !"
y unexpected from your body to call upon
noaf a. s state e.. Engineers to pay your lumber
Yours Truly.
4sisned] SIDNEY :: LEWIS,
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"s Ao ~ o'a'o n."s'nee1s rs
"y aasa;M 10 .op''c@' ~
'''e"ns '" us. io'"an
a., " ", a" ~ "nae" %" 30 ,
,r%" St v.. %o o 'a'..'o''t :
H.. o'.1 .4",0e ~, E'"1's, osca
..' "" s's"' w.. no
" .et''. 1o' ."'" YVES over ms
f,r 1,,,hor mi o.hor .,.t.,:.ia
III '",.'o0' ""u Juliet u'aIcIiaiS
Hut when asked to have this out
Law maid the Eupinaer nnietlv ra
fers the President of the Police
Jury to section 10. Act r. If ses
sion 1870.
That Act places the repair and
protection of all completel levees
in the Police Jury, aud. of course,
relieves State Board of Engineers
Of any care or RESPONSIBILITIES in
the matter.
Now if the Board IF State Fl,
o~;naors has notl,;nr IN 1o viii,
the levees. mill tl,sv aro hroran
WHY did Mr. Lewis direct Mr.
Leblanc to do certain w,,rk. and
afterwards annrova hills FIR m,ta
rial supplied n tho comnlet;on n
the work : Or in other ,vords
why d;I tho tna;noar uo5dIo
with business that did n',t con
Darn h;ms