The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-01-10
Proceedings
TIL
POLICE JURY.

POLICE JURY.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Lafourche.
Thibolaux, Dec. II, 1884.
The Police Jury met this day ut , o'clock
P. NJ. pursuant to adjournment
Present: M-ssrs. GfisAmore, Folse, Seely,
Moran, and kraemer.
Absent: Messrs Coulon, Delauue. Cher
annie and Matthew'S.
In absence Of the President Mr.. GrisamOre
was chosen temporary chairman.
The minutes uf the two last meetings were
read and approved as recorded.
DIhere were no reports from standing CON-
mittees.
All cloims presented to the jury were read
and referred To the committee OH claims.
All memorials and communication address
ed to tn. Jury were received and laid over
tor future action.
A. j. L~assei.ne, present Secretary Of the
Jury. offered Il verbal resignation of said Of
fee slvin. as reasons that other engage
lients prevented HIM from occupying the
position any longer. .
The resignation was postponed until to-
morrow.
The application of P. E.. Leblanc for the Va
cancy was read and postponed until to-::lor-
row.
he report VI AuSucCttIS Va AAO'NAS OhU u
ecs we're received and read.
ThibodauX. La. Dee, Bird, 1881.
To the President and members of the Police
jury OF the Parish OF LafOurche:
Gentlemen.-Since my appointment as
road and levee inspector. have made sever
al tours Of my first district, viz On Octo-
Der I. s, 8, IL, IL, Ii. %. n, % and q, aud gu
November Is. 20. 81. 9. y and 26.
Before the late heavy rains all the roads
were in good condition, except the Ja,n'son
road and the ChLnlroau rOaL. The bad con-
'dition Of these roads is due to the late crcvas-
SEES. The ChantreaI levee, is rebuilding rap
idlr. l have thought it best not to request
the Own3rs Of these places to make good, per
manent roads before the completion OF the
lovee..
have had numerous Ineffective bridges
across the roads repaired, aud have notified
several propriet0rs to have theirs put ~ koou
order.
have given much attention to those rice.
fumes aud holes which after careful invests
cation, l thought threatened disaster l have
paid several visits t. the iice-tluiuos in course
Of construction. paying particular attention
to tho carpenters work aud to tue MAnner
in which the fumes were put in. l am salts
fed thet Sll due precaution has been taken.
At Lafourche Crossing, l appealed to tie
inhabitants-tO repair their levees, and met
with y satisfactory response from many. In
this sauna section there exist several large
holes in:tho levee,- SO large, l. tact, that
they must have caused q crcvasse during the
next high water had not proper iueisurcS
been taken. made al appeal to the State
Engineer, who, on the occasion Of Il tour in
my company, ordered the levee contractor
there to take charge of the work. Iu cOnnec
ton with this matter, l would call the atten-
Of your Honorable Body to the fact that the
State, although %ssuming the expenses OF
having these holes dug out and then filled,
positively refuses to FURNISH the lumber ntccs
sary to make the frames aboat them. Now.
these frames are OF great Importance lndiS-
pensable, l might say. whera the holes are
large; wherefore, l pray your Honorable
Body to authorize III" To purchase the lum-
Der and to pay for havin. it hauled to the
leyee. This matter demands immediate at
%tention. for. the holes dug. tina State would
pay to Lave the frames filled were they put
in immediately but perhaps would not do So
later.
Tie r. rrebonne road. beyond Jackson
street. is in very bad order. and will soon he
come almost impossible if not attended to.
Partial repairs would not suffice it would
be a useless expenditure to attempt nothing
short of a complete aud thorough repairs.
The bridge on st. Charles street, near the
convent. between the brick yard aud Mrs.
knobioch's property. requires repairs. as do
also the bridges on Short and Narrow streets,
which belong partly t. the p arish and partly
to the corporation. Joint action by these
could produce the desired change in the con
dition of the bridges. | do not think it incum
bent upon me- to call your attention to this
matter, as, l think, it more properly belongs
to the inspector of the 5th district.
1wonld respectfully pray your Honorable
Body to have notices printed for the use Ut
the inspectors in the first aud the second dis
tricts, a. very little attention is paid to YER
bal notices. The said notices should have
printed ON the back tine first. second, third
and fourth sections of ordinance No. l57.
Respectfully submitted,
Ii. II. MI oHELET,
Road Inspector and ext ficio Levee !nsp'r.
LIST District.
Office Road Inspector, District No. I, I
Thibodaux. Ii . Dee Eth 1884. {
To the President and Members OF the Police
Jury, Parish Of Lmfourche. La.
Gentlemen since my last report ct Dec.
Bird, 1884, I have made several rounds OF my
District. viz on the /, >, . and 10Th instant.
According to the instructions OF the Presi
dent of the Police Jury. l contracted with
Messrs LefOrt & Bourgeois for all lumber ne
cessary for the construction OF wharis Occa-
stoned by cray fish holes, Of which there are
five. Of the following dimensions, to-wit:
LIST Estate A. Estivaine, Que hole 10 feet
wide. ten feet deep.
2nd, Same place One Is feet wide, II feet
deep.
Bird. Mrs. Geo. Hcbert. One 20 feet wide,
IL feet deep.
4th anu 0tn, .. lltFe. One - lccl Wlue,
and /. IL feet wide both II feet deep.
In these hotes crayfsh were so numerous,
that l had to dissolve lime and authorized Mr.
Adam to purchase Il barrel, and used it to
destroy them.
The work O n wharves is solidly done and
it took two men, five days 10 complete said
work.
l appointed Messrs. Auguste Bergeron and
Jules rhibOIeaux, to inspect the work done
rs above and they report the same very salts
factorily, saying y crevasse would have been