The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-01-03
Proceedings
POLICE JURY.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Lafourche.

State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Lafourche.
Thibodaux, Dec. II, 1884.
The Police Jury met this day ut = O'Clock
r. N. pursuant to adjournment
Present !: Messrs. GcisSmOre, Folse, Seely,
Moran. and kraemer.
Absent: Messrs Coulon. Delaune. Cher
annie and Mathews.
In absence Of the President Mr.. Grisamore
was chosen temporary chairman.
The minutes Ut the two last meetings were
read and approved as recorded.
AThere were NO reports from standing COM
mittees.
All clo:ms presented to the Jury were read
and referred 10 the committee on claims.
All memorials and communication address
ed to the Jury wcro received and laid over
for future action.
A.. j. Lasseigne, present Secretary Of the
Jury. offered IA verbal Resignation Of ssaid Of
flee giving as reasons that other engage
ments prevented him from occupying the
position ATTY Longer.
Tie resignation was postponed until to-
morrow.
The application of P. T.. leblanc for the va
Oancy was read and postponed until to-mor-
row.
The report OF Inspectors Of Roads and Lev
ees we're received and read.
Thibolaux, La, Dec, Bird. 1894.
To the President and members Of the Police
jury OF the Parish Of LnfOurche
Gentle,nen.-Since my appointment as
road and levee inspector. ! have made sever
al tours If my first district, viz On Octo.
Der Z, SO. II, Is. l6. 90. "a. Is aud q, aud on
November Is. 20, 81. -, % and II.
Before the late heavy rains all the roads
were in good condition. except the Jamlson
road aud the Chanttcau road. The bad con-
ditiOn Of these roads Is due to tho late cresas-
ses. The Chanfreac levee, Is rebuilding rap
idly. have thought it best nut to request
the Uwn9rs Of these places to mako good, per
Manent roads before the completion OF tue
levees.
I have had numerous defective bridges
across the roads repaired. aud have notinol
several prVprietUrs t. have theirs put iD good
order.
have given much attention to those rice
fumes and holes which after careful investi-
Cation, l thought threatened disaster l have
paid several visits to the llce-tlu'nes IN course
Of CONSTRUCTION. paying particular attention
to tho carpenters work and to the mAuner
in which the fumes were put in. l am salts
fed tibet all due precautiou has been taken.
At Laiourche Crossing, l appealed to tie
inhabitants 10 repair their levees. and met
with il satisfactory response from many. In
this same section there exis: several large
holes in;thc levee,-s SO large, il tact, that
they must have caused q crevasse during the
49, ASe AA - IboPNA
been taken. l made an appeal to the State
Engineer, who. on the occasion OF u tour in
company, ordered the levee contractor
there to take charge Of the work. In connec
ton with this matter. l would call the utteh-
Of Your Honorable Body to the fact that the
State. although assuming the EXPENSES OF
having these holes dug ont and then filled.
positively refuses tOtnrnis.l the lumber neccs
sary to make the frames about them. Now,
these tra,ues are OF great impOrtatcc,-iudis- |
pensablc. I might say. whera the holes are
large; wherefore, | pray your Honorable
Body to authorize ~. 10 purchase the luiI- !
Der and to pay tor having it hauled to the
leyee. THIS matter demands immediate at
~tention. for. the holes dug. the State woald
pay to have the frames iilcd were they put
in immediately but perhaps would not do So
later.
The T, rrcbonne road. beyond Jackson
street. is in very bad order. aud will soon be
come almost in,p; ssitble ii not attended to.
Partial r, pairs would not suffice it would
be Il useless expenditure to attempt nothing |
short of Il complete and thorough repairs.
The bridge OH st. Charles street. near the
convent. bet ween the brick,yarl and Mrs
knoblOch's property. requires repairs. as d0
also the bridges on Short and Narrow streets. !
which belong partly to the = irish and partly
to the cOrpOrntion. Joint action by these
could produce the desired change in the con !
dition Of the bridges. do not think it iucum
bent upon MT to calliyOur attention to this |
matter, as, l think, it more properly belongs |
to the inspector Of the 9Th district.
would respectfully pray Your Honorable
Body to have notices printed for the use of |
the inspectors in the first and the second Gis |
tricts, as very little attention is paid TO ver-
bal notices. The said notices should have
printed ON the back tue first. second, third
and fourth sections OF ordinance No. l57.
Respectfully submitted,
II. II. MlCHELET.
Road Inspector and cx-Oficio Levee lnsp'r.
LIST District.
Office Road Inspector, District No. !, !
Thibodaux. La . Dec 18th 1891. :
the President and Members Of the Pelice
Jury, Parish Of Lafourche. La.
Gentlemen Since my last report Of Dec. I
:srd. 1884, l have made several rounds OF my
viz on the l, j, 3 and 18th instant.
According to the Instructions Of the Presi
dent Of the Police Jury, l contracted with
3ossrs Lefort & Bourgeois for all lumber ne
cessary for the construction Of wharfs Occa-
sioned by cray-ish holes, Of which there are
ave, of the following dimensions, to-wit:
LIST Estate A. Estivaine, one hole 10 feet
vide. ten feet deep.
End, Same place One Il feet wide, IL feet
3rd, Mira. Geo. Hebert. One 20 feet wide,
~ and 5th, s. Pitre. One 90 feet wide,
md 1. IL feet wide both - feet deep.
In these h0tes crayfish were so numerous,
that I had to dissolve lime and authorized Mr.
Adsm ~ purchase = barrel, and used it to
them.
The work o q wharves is solidly done and
took two men, i've days to complete said
gork.
I sppointed Messrs. Auguste Bergeron and
Jules Thibodeaux, to inspect the work lone
y above and they report the same very salts
hct6rily. sayihg > crevasso would have been
anavoided had not the same been done.
viii! call your attention to my report of