The weekly messenger., 1897-12-25
TECHE RAILROAD and
SUGAR CO.,
Which Includes The Huron
Plantation.
Valuable Property Situated
In St. Martin Parish.
The Sale Will Take Place On
Tuesday Dec. %, 1897.
VALUABLE SUGAR PLANTATION, REFINERY AND
RAILROAD IN THE TECHE VALLEY, La, FOR
SALE BY SPECIAL MASTER IN
CHANCERY.
-OFThE.

that the said premises be again offered for sale ,
as hereinafter provided, aud
Whereas, the undersigned was appointed con- |
missioner and master by said Court on the 9th
day of February 1897, to sell the said premises,
now therefore
By virtue of an order and decree of the Hon.
orable Circuit Court of the United States, IN
and for the 5th Circuit and Western District OF
Louisiana, in the matter of VIM. NJ. Loree vs..
the Teche Railroad and Sugar Co., Ltd, ct ais,
rendered at Monroe on October 10, 1885, and the
further decree of said Circuit Court. made at
Shreveport, La, Feb. q, 1897. in the said pro-
ceeding, as said commissioner and master,
will sell at public auction on
TUESDAY the 2Sth Of DECEMBER 1897.
between the legal hours of said day. on the pre-
misses hereinafter described, in front of the Of
fee of the Teche Railroad and Sugar Company
thereon, the following described property. to-
wit:
A certain plantation konwn as the ''Stephanie
Plantation" and now called the Huron Planta-
ton, situatedlin the Parish of st. Martini state
of Louisiana, and bounded on the upper line. or
north, by the property known as Bushville,
owned by Adlin Durio, and on the lower line.
or south. by the property of Charles Lastrappes
and others, and on the east by the public land
and others, and on the west by Bayou Teche;
consisting of a part of the Martin Duraede con-
frmation, the Louis VILLAIN tract, the Jean Hen
ri Lastrappe tract, and a small portion of the
Pierre Guidry tract fronting on the Bayou Teche
and the lands in the rear thereof; the whole is
more fully described and designated on the plan
and survey thereof made by 3. valery Martin,
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of August, 1883. a copy of which is ON file in the
ofie of the n gister of deeds and mortgages of
the parish of st. Martin, under No. 1874 of the
Archives.
The following described tracts Of land, inclu-
ded in the above description of said plantation
but not part thereof, are exempted from this
sale: Lot "A on the lower boundary, containing
1886 arpents; lot %. Immediately above or north
of lot "a, containing $3.50 arpents, and for the
benefit of both of said lots or tracts the privi-
lege and right is expressly reserved to drain in
TO certain ditch in the upper line of lot 2S,
dividing the same from the lots above, as well
as the right to use reversed road on the lower
line of lot "a running north 66 degrees. q min
utes east. and being 90 links wide. until the
same intersects another reserve of 40 arpents
from the Bayou Teche, as traced upon the afore-
| said plan of survey, thence following said road
| from said point of intersection up to the upper
| line of lot No. 90 of said plan. and from the
said 40 arpent road, which is to be 30 feet wide,
beginning at line separating lot 80 from lot 90.
running north So degrees and 40 minutes east.
and another road so links wide and running
back east to the line of lot 93 of said plan,
| which said ditch and road the owners of said
| lots q and "a shall be free to use without re-
striction or limitation, save the giving of their
services to keep the same in proper order; lot
No 50 back of the 30 arpents containing l0e and
2s-lOO arpents; lot No. so which is separated by
a reserved road from lot SO containing 1l3 and
61-100 arpents, for the benefit of which said two
lots or tracts the use of all of the aforesaid roads
are expressly reserved rs above described with
out restriction or limitation save the giving of
their services by the owners to keen the same in
proper order; and for the benefit of said tracts
SO and 80 the privilege and right OF drainage
over lots IS, IS and 93 of said plan are also re-
served up to and into coulee which in on said
lot SO, the owners of said lots SO and SO of said
plan being authorized To connect their drainage
with any ditch or canal by which said lands are
drained; lot No. 81, adjoining said lot IA, con-
| tanning 40 and F-lOO arpents, both of which
front on the public road designated on said
| plan, and for the benefit of said lots IA and 30
the privilege and right Of drainage is expressly
reserved into ditch or canal on the upper line
separating the said Huron Plantation from
what is known as Bushville, sold to Adaline
Durio, all without restriction Limitation, save
| the giving of their services by the owners of
said two lots to keep said ditch OF canal in pro-
per order; lot No. IL containing I6 and i0-IOO ar
pents.
| The area of the several tracts of land excepted
from this sale amounting to 1889 arpents are to
be deducted from the total area in his plan or
survey given by said surveyor, to-wit 7I93. 81,
thus leaving 6iS23i arpents, more rr less.
Also will be sold herewith the "sugar mill
and refinery, with cane sheds and other bull
dings Herewith connected. all of said buildings
being known as the Huron Sugar Refinery
situated on the Huron plantation, with all the
appurtenances of every kind and nature connec-
ted Herewith.
Together with said plantation and as a part
thereof will sell all the buildings and i'm
proyements thereon. except as above reserved,
consisting of:
| dwelling. two and one half stories, half brick
balance weather boarded, nine rooms. all plas-
tered and ceiled, two stack chmneys.
! Il dwelling. three rooms, ceiled, chimney in
center. gallery in front.