The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-06-13
Proceedings of the Police Jury,
Parish of Ascension.

Pursuant to ADJOURNMENT the Police Jury met
this day.
Present-R. T. Hanson, President; Messrs.
Soaring Taylor, Pierre Klopman, II. D. Percy,
Jos. Gonzales and U. A. Bullion.
Absent Messrs. Henry Mccall and Henry
c. Braud.
The minutes Of the last meeting were read
and uppfbved.
A communication from Chas. j. Bush, sec
ond ward Justice of the Peace, offering to per-
form all the duties of his office in criminal mat
tiers for a fixed salary of So per month in lieu
of fees, was read and received and laid on the
table for future consideration.
Capt NJ. W. barton, inspector of levees and
rice fumes, submitted a report of the cond-
ton of the leyees and fumes IN this parish,
from which we take the following extract:
At last meeting of the Police Jury, l was in
Engineer, examining the levees and rice fumes
on left bank from Darrowville to st. james
parish. We found several bad places in the
lesees on tltet side: At the upper line of Riv-
erton plantation, where n line ut least 1000 feet
long to connect from angle to angle thence at
lower limo Of same plantation, q line at least
line of Orange Grove plantation, a line at least
of 1000 feet to join at angle of the Tureaud
planta, ion, to make safe that portion of the
parish. Excepting levee to be built at Mount
Houmas all the levecs within the limos of the
parish proper. are i'll splendid order and SO far
are SAFE and above high water-one foot above
1883 and 1884, which was the highest for this
fumes on our trip from Darrowville down as
required by law. You will please find list below
of fumes on beth banks, commencing at right
bank upper line, thence downward.
RIGHT BANK. -
l. Gerlnania plantation. Il. B. keuss-well
built and SAFES 9 feet deep, gates.
2. Judge Duffei-g feet deep, gates. we'll
built and SAFE
$: A. Jacobs, Stella plantation, 10 feet deep. s
gates and safe.
4. J. b. Mauconduit. Pedescleaux plantation,
10 feet deep, gates and safe.
These were built under plan Of Beard of
State Engineers.
LEFT BANK.
/. Bergeron 4 CO.. Waterloo plantation, II
feet deep, gates and safe.
2 BergerOn Il Co., Waterloo plantation, 9 feet
deep. gates and safe.
3. Ashland plantation. D. +. kenncr. Esq,
y feet deep and safe.
1. Hard Times, Rlstrup, iron pipe 10 feet
5. Edmond Narchand. Leblanc plantation,
9 feet deep and safe, 3 gates.
All the above are new. and ars built on the
Times, which has an iron pipe through levee.
Waterloo and Hard Times were built under
my own personal supervision.
q. Kelly Brothers. Colomb plantation, three
fumes, all we'll built, not Board State Engineers
plan: upper finme. feet deep; middle flame. 10
feet inches deep; lower Aume, 10 feet deep
!. At Bon Tureaud, Hon. D. F. Kenner Brn,v
plantation, Board State Engineers plan, 9 feet
inches deep, gates; iron piping, feet deep,
gates. ! inspected this work while building.
Mr.. Gonzales offered the following preamble
and resolutions, which were seconded by Mr..
Bullion and aloptedi M.
WHEREAS. Tho only. means Of communication
between that section of the parish known MS
the New River Settlement and the Mississippi
road; which extends from said river to or the
vicinity of Roach's Bridge across New River:
and
Whereas Tho land over which the roal rms
was purchased, and the said road established
many years ago by the Police Jury as a public
road, IN order to furnish the inhabitants Of
said New River section an outlet to said river.
Whereas The condition of said road since n
long time. has, for the greater part of the year.
been such as to render it practically unfit for
use as a road for travel and the transportation
OF crops, merchandise, ETC.; and
Whereas, Tho Police Jury in 1884 adontetl
resolutlons establishing said road az 4 turn
pike or toll road. and authorized its President
to advertise the sale of the lease of the exclu-
slve right to collect tolls on said road upon
certain terms and conditions among others the
obligation on the part of the lessee to put and
MAINTAIN sand road III good repair, and there
was no adjudication of said lease for tho want
of bidders; and
Whereas. number of prominent citizens and
residents of said section have expressed n will
lnyness to advance the sum of eight hundred
dollars. or any sum in excess thereof that NAV
be required for the purpose, to place the said
road in good order and to maintain it Mt ali
times IN the same condition. and to that end
they viii incorporate themselves and their as
socrates INTO a JOINT stock company under
the style OF the New River Lane Stock Comma
ny. provided that the parish will appropriate
the sum OF SIX hundred dollars in aid Of said
work and an additional sum of one hundred dol
lars per annnm during the term of the contract
and provided further that the parish shall trans
fer and convey to said company tho EXCLUSIVE
right to collect tolls from ali persons using
said road during the period of ten wears ac,
cordlns to the schedule of charges annexed:
w. Whereas e. The putting and keeping of said
volve the expenditure of considerable sums Of |
money each year and the acceptance uf tho |
proposition of said association appearing to be |
for the best interests Of all the inhabitants of
said New Intersection aud of the community
1T large;
Be it therefore resolved, That the Pres;dant |
p the Pohce Jury be and he is hereby author
zed to sell. transfer and convey to the associa-
lon styled the New River Lane Road Joint
Stock Company the sole and exclusive right to
collect toll on said New River Lane road from
Ill persons using the same for the period Of tan
'ears 10 be computed from the LIST of November.
1855. or sooner it the repairs are completed. to
he LIST of November, 1885, according to the
schedule of charges annexed; the said company
)" hihd itself to put and keep the said road in
rood condition and repair during the term Of
he contract and furnish at its own expense ali
he means which R,aE be required for that pur
'ose N as4tltlon to the sums hereinafter appro~
'rateti In aid nf said work.
hese.ret; That the" Sur, of six hundred dol
eIs s:e and the same is hereby appropriated to
10 IN deiray!ng the expense Of putting the road
u good con,ilt'n, which amount sI:asi be dis
nrsed by the President of the P,.Ece jury in
uch sums as may he required and paid TO the
rope ofaces OF said c,,npany after j: las