The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-15
BrOusSardville DriZzlings.


list is averse to risking his wealth in ven
lures which would increase that wealth ma
terally. Contrary to his Northern eighbor
twho uses his wealth only as means to
make more) the Southerner once he has
fair portion laid by will think that he has
enough for his family and himself, and will
lead life of Incidence and splendor. To
this apathy is it due that thus far nianufac-
lures and rcfineries in the Parish of Lafa-
yettc arc phantoms which live only in the
imag nation.
But change for the better has begun.
Already of our "material'' men has con-
tracted for large machinery to build
steam sugar mill which be intends to COM
plete by the necessary apparatus for ref
merry in year two. ''Il ny que lie
premier pas qui coute'' as the French proverd
says, and we hope that other capitalists at
large will follow in the make of Mr.. Billaud.
cane to the cotton industry, abolish altoget-
| her the credit system, which is the ruin of
both merchant and farmer, and establish
firm cash business. With this we shall pass
IN to subject.
The first requisite is great amount of
| water 10 steam producer. There
| being no natural body of water around Mr..
Rillaud's place, the efficiency must be made
up tnrou.'. artificial means. Hence he has
| contracted for an arteslan wc... I'VE know
that the name is derived from Artois, in
France, where such wells originated. The
| object of an artesian well is to have water
| rise by the mere pressure of water. This is
founded upon the law of physics ",hat water
seeks its own level" Thus the contractor
at Mr.. Bi!laud will dig until he strikes vein
of water, which has its head in some noun
tains, the mountains of Virginia, further
yet.
| Now suppose the mountains be 900 400
| feet higher than orr surface, when we shall
strike the vein of water from the mountain,
| The pressure of the source way up, will cause
the mouth of the reservoir to rise naturally
| in jet more or less strong, according to the
strength of the vein. The only difficulty
will be to strike one of these veins from
| the mountains. But gcologsts pretend that
such veins arc interspersed all about in the
ground, though sometimes we have to bore
quite deep before striking. We have been
| told that the Contractor NJ Mr.. Billaud's does
not promise to u We well that will force
the water up; he does not believe it neces-
sary. The needed requisite is a reservoir of
water that cannot be exhausted by steam
power, and this he will reach at a depth
of, from 800 to 400 feet. Being an expert
he can very accurately tell, by the different
layers of ground, at what depth he will find
| the reservoir.
The process by which the we'll is dug is
called the 'hydraulic process" water does
all the work. There must be plenty of wa
ter to furnish steam for the boiler, in order
to dig up the we'll. In fact the work had
to be stopped at us feet because all the
working water had been exhausted. The
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| forced by steam, through pipes, up tower
about SO feet high, and thence forced
down another pipe to the bottom of the
hole, which is being bored. This water
force, and its weight, naturally disintegrate
| the ground and causes it to melt into soft
mud and by moving the pipe in semi
circle, the ground and water are forced up
outside the pipe by the same power which
forces the water inside. Thus, at the same
time, as the water inside the pipe is boring
| the well, the water outside the pipe car
ries off the dirt and forces it up to the
face. The pipe of Mr.. Billaud's we'll is a
| three-inch one.
feet are bored in one day, provided no OBJ
stacles be struck. But often rocks, ETC.,
are struck and sometimes trunks of trees.
At a depth of IS feet the contractor
struck upon some pieces of rocks, among
other things an oyster shell, and he availed
himself of the occasion to express his belief
| that, at a rer,ctG time all this southern
territory was an ocean bed, which became
high land by one of those mighty convul-
sons of nature, which may turn continent
upside down. With the good prospects of
shortly obtaining the prime factor of his mill
Mr.. Bllaud will be ready to fulfill his con-
tracts already made and would invite those
who wish to contract for their cane to keep
him informed.
Our young druggist, Mr.. 7. NJ. Olivier,
left the firm of Latiolais & Estorge to ac-
ccpt position with DIR. Gouaux at Thibo-
daux. Mr.. Paul Fleming, of St. Martinvillc
replaces him.
Mr.. Henry Fournet, the efficient clerk of
Mr.. ]. A. Roy, leaves his position as clerk
to open a cash store at this place, in partner
ship with Mr.. Louis Gary, of New Orleans
Mr.. Emile Charbonet has been employed as
clerk at Mr.. Roy's.
NJ. Billaud, Jr., and Andre Billaud went
in the direction of Arnaudville last Sunday.
! ttt
A soireee dansante was given at Mr.
Adolphe Girouard last Saturday; quite a
charming crowd of young ladies and gen
tlemen enjoyed the hospitality of their hos
tesscs, Misses Emma and Editha.
TIT
A ball will be given at ST. Juliens Hall
next Saturday, April ~. Mr.. ID. NJ. Lam
dry, manager, extends a cordial invitation
to the public. Music will be furnished by
the Broussardville String Band.
TIT
Messrs. J. G. St. Julien, A. Olivier and
X. U. Bernard compose the board of trus-
tees appointed by the School Board, for the
Broussardvilc school; whilst Messrs. n.
Reaux, a. Boulet and Darmas Landry will
take charge of the Comeau school. Should
the plan meet with the willingness of the
parties appointed. it will greatly contribute
towards the welfare of public education,