The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-11-20
IE WEEKLY THIBODAUX SENTINEL, SATURDA


ment was 10 lie made when said
funds we're realised legitlmately
by the Board; aud two and one
have cents per cubic yard III
lands donated to the Board, situa
'rd below Township seventeen.
that j. below Lake Long-at
twenty five cents per acre.
1t Was further agreed that no
payment Of any kind should be
made until thirty thorsa d cubic
yards Of canal were completed.
Other Stipniatinns Of minor i'm
portance were included not neccs
Sary in this recital.
In the event of any disagree
ments arising IN the construction
| of the canal as to the measurements,
approval, and acceptance Of the
cork was 10 he submitted to arbi
traitors, and c.IOsen by ea.h par.
~, and they to select u third If
necessary.
The work was tn have COM
mrnced in October 1873 and com
pletrd III March 1879.
The sadly remembered epidem
ic Of 1873 prevented the cOnt'ac-
tor trnm building his dredge ac-
co,ding to time above specified
aud on February 4, 1879 it was
agrerd thAt the work >hs uId he
gin in March 1879 and be compile
ted in September 1879.
On August IL 1919, in response
TO a demand ii Mr.. Newton the
Locai Board grained an ''eAten
sion OF time so ~ 20 allow the con
tractor until Marci, L, 1850 10 com
pletr said canal TO G.. .nd Bayou,
AMI to July l 1880 10 complete
the entire canal.
Oa September IL 1879 the Pres
idenr Lasarlc was notified that
b., September Is, 1879. thirty
thousand bic yards would he
dreds+d, AMI Il req est made to
have he salnr SnrveAed.
The President at once mortified
Mr.. JOLIET surveyor to survey rhe
canal AZ tar as completed.
II is necessary ~ remark in
this place tina previous to or 1T
the complexion Of the contract
one or two Ut the members ut the
Board went on thr ground III Conn
pany with MI. Newton or his
agents aud placed stakes at tue
point in the Lake Long at which
the canal was 10 he commenced.
The surveyor reported that on
~ 25l19 4l9 cubic yards bad been
lire IL
Nj. Wood, the agent of the
contractor claimed pay for 25OD
feet III length il Lake Long.
claimed to have been made before
reaching the point sraked ont as
the initial end Of the proposed
anal. This the Board refused
TO ackn"w ledge, claiming that no
work dunc before reaching the
I'M ial puilit was authorized nor
could they be held liable for the
same. Thirty thousand cubic
yards We're then cut for which
cheeks TOR three thousand dollars
have been drawn and paid.
Down to this time the Loc;:l
Board had granted every favor that
the cNntractOrh had asked fOr. Know
ing bath. vas having trouble vii h
II, Dredge, which was not work
/ K satisfactorily to himself or to
The Board. so fat ~ speed Was
c"nce,ne'i.eve, extp. .si,m of time
was willingly granted. Tue Board
as aware thai the work Was not
progressing as rapidly ~ they, Or
the people inter-St-d, desired,
but y" long IN the work was 70
ing on they were disposed to br
icnirni aud ,udulgent.
And it was not until the de-.
m*nd for payment tor work unau.
tho: ized was made. tn It they re-
fused any request made by the
contractor.
The Agent Of Mr.. Newton tie
mand-d that the dispute be lett
TO a~TbitratOrs.
This the Board refused ~ the
matter in dispute, in regard to
the point at which work was to
begin was Que of fact and not of
disagreement in the construction
Ut the work az to measurement.
approval OK acceptance Of the
work."
This was followed GU Eovem>
Der ~ 1879 by Il written demand
upon the Board for the payment
OF three thousand three hundred
dollars for ''depositing the dredg
cd material an additional distance
Of 30 feet beyond the centre of
the canal required to prevent all
the excavc,ed material from re
turning aud filling the canal after
1t been excavated : and If Twelve
hundred 1nl1ucs fnr t.nvtr...;u~ =,