St. Landry democrat., 1889-09-21
st. gandrv @e,uufrai
oPEI,OUSAS
The Goyermnsen Works or the
Afchafalaya.

DAYS since, and found Capt D. C. King
man and the assistant r. S. engineer
absent. they having left that morniri
for the purpose of paying off the Evil
low Gang" that is located at Old Rive,
We found on board the officers boat
u. Z. Totiugham. the receiver of mate
,ai, and found him ii courteous gentle
nan, willing ia give all the information
in regard to the works that he coult
furnish. He took lis over the Govern
ment grounds, situated on the front o
Capt. d. L. Merrick's Gum Stump
plantation. ON the Atchafalaya river
which we found beautifully located it
a grove composed Of various kinds n
forest trees, where they have erected ;
nice residence for their workmen, be.
sides Il large spacious warehouse, q
blacksmith shop, ict' house, bakery ana
Carpenter sheds. There is lumber anC
rock to be found ou the grounds. w.
found every thing in its place, and nicely
ard neatly arranged, which reminded
rs at the order displayed Inside ut The
girris"ms during the war. On the pIac.
Is Il we'll. $50 feet deep, which furnishes
wafer Tor all the officers and men; in
fact. the orders are, that all in the Gov
eminent employ ut these works must
drink M other water under penalty of
being discharged. 1t has been demon
stratrd that the water from this well
has health giving properties. having in
its compn-itEon iron and sulphur. The
lahoiers here are very healthy, and there
has not been il death among them dur
Ing the past twelve months.
TteIe are tnnr quarter boats, two fm
the officers and two for tho men. The.
ofsicrts' beat and one occupied by til,
wn'kmen are moored ut this place, tiis.
other wotkmen's buat ia at Old River.
Ihe Capacity ut each is to quarter $50
men comfortably. | visited the b0ai
Gu which Mr.. Price and family wee
CHARTERED and found everything neat
and orderly.
"fte PIaut" consists of one steam.
boat, "Rlhy;" one tug, "Cnmstnck;" ON.
i,uncl. "Alaski,;" four quarter boats,
sixteen harges, the capacity of tie
largest being $50 tons; one steam pill,
driver, one dredge boat, and four mua
sc"ws. The scnws have each a holding
capacify f"i 100 cubit yards of dirt o,
mnh, ahd are divided into four com
pIrtui"uis. The sc0ws are loaded b,
the 'ittaGt boats, tuwed over a mat and
then contents dumped.
Since tie works We're commenced 25,-
600 tons of rocks and 100000 feet al
lnnbcI have been used. There are tive
sIiis about 1900 feet apart. The fist
one c"nslrncied in the upper one. l,
bus eight layers OF mats, each 81 fee,
deep. The mats are sunk by rocks, and
II takes $50 tons 10 sink aud hold them
III place. The frame work of the mats
are made Of 10y srantliDg. then will
low poles are placed in the frame across
and then lengti'ways until tie frame ia
& led. ana they are tGfn tuwed to THEN
destination aud sunk. Since being put
in position there has been "a depura of
1s4 feet ut sand on the upper side of the |
upper sill. The deposit is uniform and |
extends clean across the river. There |
Is ii depth of six mats on the lower sill, |
and one or two more may be- laid. The |
force now here will then leave fOi
TnrRtniI island. The work to be done
in Old river will be the same az done
here. The purpose is to force the wa
ter through the upper shoals. around
Tnrnbnli island. The force will remain
there ab0nt two months, when they will
remove to Bayou Plaqnemine. The
work to be- done there is preparatory to
the construction of the locks, which de-
pend upon further appropriations which
congress has been asked to make,
amounting to $3.50, 900 for Old and At
hafalava rivers and $4,000 for the
Tie officers in charge of the works
re. Canf. D. c. Kingman, corps of Eur
.inrrrs. q. s. Army; w. G.. Price and !;
'!.n Ewens. ASST Engineers; Geo. Z.
lott. Clr,k; G. E. Totingham, Receiver
I Materials; ". J. Magruder, NJ. D.. IL.
!. Miller. Time Keeper; C. A. Venns.
phn WILKINSON and John Campbell,
oremen. Carpenters are paid S75 per
lonth and labnrers 12l cents per hour.
lie whole force ia paid off once q
antti. but ii any one quits in the in
rim he. il Maid off ut ONCE The. repn- "A
tioRs require that every workman
nst put 10 AN appearance at meal times
III that no drunken person. shall ente-
. boats. Any workman detected un- !.
r the influence of liquor is ut once :,
and paid off.
We hat every courtesy shown us in
!. ratnhles and ehjnyeti our trip highly.
Z are satisfied that The work done i.as
Ell ut great benefit to navigation, and
,ste tue people living uu the Atcha-
|tba. A..
Jn,leg a recent Act OF the State lagis- B.
IRE, the tax collector and his bonds go,
II are held Individually Responsible ~
the parish school board for the full p y,
aunt Ut tile poll tax on the aaaeSs- A
ut rolls, except in cases where The me-
COLLECTOR can slInw that he has ex- TN
i-ted every legal effort to cnllect = :
ne. The schoul h0tld of Feliciana 1ss
ish recently obtained Judgment ser
inst Tax Collector w E. Waodwa,d fan
sis s..,,.;s;.s ~. ,t,,. a1c ono tim
pnnf If poll tag failed to be col fer,
rt.d.-Ex. b.
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