The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-10-06

swamp If M, BonviliFin Bros, LottinEar
and about 2 aerea Of swamp belonging 10
Dir. Naginais. None 6f the said swamp
having any valuable timber for saw-mil
pnrpuses, il having bsen removed years
ago, NJ is shown by the stunpA of the
timber which are left. IL is seldom one
sers aswamp so thoroughly cut out, it
is very much 'olike 4 prairie except that
there is standing yet a few scattered
scrub cypress, and ia the Judgment of
yonr committee in event the continuous
channel Of hayon is not fonnd, and Il Q
commission Should sre lit to connect the
nppsr and lower bayou through this
ul0ntioa float road or swamp. We can
not sss how amy valuable timber can he
destroyed rs there is none between these
points. A cut through this part Of tile
swamp could injnreNo one. Parties own
iug timber along theswell defined bayOus
Pelton or Lacarpe could remove The Same
should they deem best to do so, in ads
vance Of the Dredge, as we would recon-
mend that tbs work be carried on in tile
channel Of the we'll defined bayou which
in all other places but where mentioned
in this reports easy to locate.
Before closing this report we would
specially call tile commissisR's attention
50 the fact that the place where trace of
bayou Is not discernabls is through that
portion Of swamp where nearly all timbeR
has been taking III letting in the sun and
allowing the rank vegetation to take
possession, iutirely shutting out the out
lins Of tue stream, this portion where
your committee has heard spoken Of ~
tue little prairie where the timber skirts
the stream above anu below the out line
Of bayou is we'll marked, showing the
effect Ut tho shade in preventing the
growing Of swamp grasseV, the predge
will hardly leach nThis open place before
, winter anu tile dsCaying of the grass will
) we believe allow the tracing of the cOn
t]inuOus bayou from Grand Gallon Bayou
to back of .HOama. Your committee il
also Ofthe opinion that the closing up o.
the COntiDHOuB channel between the
points before mentioned has been caused
by parties using the float roads through
swamp instead of the natural channel d
bayou, it being more direct, saving per
hsps the longer circuit of bayou, and i
may have been possible that swaBapors il
telling trees have thrown across the ole
: stream logs, limbs and INSTRUCTED sam,
in various ways making the float road
the more easy to go through, and henC,
the old ChanBel Of bayou from disuse hau
been OverErOwn and is now covered lwitl
9 grass g. cts. From old settlers your com
mittse turtherlsarns that the bayou il
k years past wal we'll defined cohtinuOu
| from Hounaa to bayou Grand Gallon
whish statement yOuF committee believe
! to be . fact. X. Il. BARROW,
: A. j. BUNVILLAIN,
WALTER J.sUTHON
Mr.. G. B.. MaginnismoYed, sscondet
by A. r. Viguerie, that report be &C
Q cepted and committee be discharged
same being put TOT vote was carried
The report Of 7. q. Wright, Paris
Treasurer, was accepted and ordere,
spread on the minutes
Report Of 7. f. Wright. Parish Treasurer
Drainage Dist. No. 1.
1900. DIR,
July ., Received from U, b, Daspit.
ex-TreasUrer, 1898 66
July 6, Received frsm A W. COnnsly, r.
raE-ColloctOr, AGO Of
Sept, l, Amount Transferred from Sps-
= cial Drainage Fund, les a
II Sept. 10, Rec. from A, w. COnnsly,
TaE-COlleotOr 2IO %
Sept. l9, Rec. from A. W. CoaEely
Ttx-COllector, Interest," 81
Sept. 30, REQ, from A.. w. Conasly
Tax.COllsotOr, rs n
Sept. 10, Rec. froaa A. W.. C6unely
vi Tax-CUllestor. Interest z;
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