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

aud that d very few 81 any. evpr,ss stumps
viii nave 70 be removed "a afedee the bayou,
~ thsra ls 5 sameeas width along said bayou
between tie trees d erfom the required
dedgimgi the unly i~mpedinant ID the WAY ire
alarEe humbor Of aunken Nawlogs which !
thipk gua easily he @reuaved,
The fall,winE dag, Tuesday, tho 18Th. lust :
] prOeHeasd to retrstse bayou petton FROM the
RidgelWud Canal going upwarde to try TO
comuest it with bayou LaeaFpe; after following
tile old bed u ths Bayou = considerable dis
tAueo, working almost daring the sHtirs day,
] lost all ttac,e ot tlo bay "a, dae uU dOWot 10
the rank grVwth Of thick ysgstabts matter IN
this distance ] found that instead Of nearing
thn bayou Lasarpa, the bsyou Pslton roceded
tram ii and my belief is sltAt il the eontin-
nation ii tie bed Of ths bayou PeltOu could
ever 10 touud to eonnsOt with bayou LRearpe,
y would be found to reach said bayou Lacarpe
by a marked cirouiCOus route.
Having heard chat SOME three or four years
ago, lilo lats kimentsd }. Taylor Thsriut,
stArting frOm aud back Of Houuua, to sonnet
bayou L.carps with bayou Pelthu, he reached
i pJiut aloag b,tyon LaVsrps where be was
unabls ~ dad sny rrnCeS vi il, and finding 1T
that poiub n hoaE road which connected bayou
LaCarpe with bayou PeIIUu ut tile place where
/ the Ridgsland Canal lows inJS bayou PeltUn,
~ adopted said AJ4t road ~ Sire connecting
link between the two bAyOus, | proceeded Oh
Wednesday, the 18Th. lust, to sxsmius said
Foats by carefully opening it out, and after
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shOrtast route between the said two bRyuus
as connecting link, and sloptud aA'ae suO.
jest u your approval, Along this route the
tln,bsr ia very sparse, aRl By carefully drodg
ing through, many stuinpB could DO ayOidsdi
tho portion mostly tinnbsred is nearest to
Bay uu L. arps and this contains siUkIy lock
ing tlluber. small in size, many VI which lreor
AFRO dead. The distance alOug shis connecting
link is barely three quarters of a mile in
length With u present average of three aud
q half feet IN depth Of water This rontC
traverscs the swdrsps Of tho Bonvillain Bros.
Of Mrs. Frederic L0ttinger, and one aud 8
half TO two arpSuts ia length Of the swami
lands lGtOly bought by Mr.. Chas. B. MAgiumil
from Ars, +, LOUtingor, westward Of bayor
LAcarpo, and running into saidlaSt montiUnac
swamp from its south line, tire waters along
this point just before reaching bayou La6trpC
being deeper than elsewhere. This epneo-
ting link has u general MOrthsasterly diTso
ten.
After reaching bayou LaeArpo through thiI
connecting link / went up the bayou Ltssarp'
q sufficient distance to make surs that, il WA
bayou L~aCarpc, the same bayou that run
from and back Of HOuma, and having satisfied
myself that it was the enc and same bayou,
then and there discharged the hauds ! hdS
with lne, and proceeded back to B. 1OR Du
Large, marking the route back to bayou Pei
tor in such y manner that it could easily b
found If accepted.
While going back along this connecting hnl
bstWeen bayo~ PeltOn aud bayou Lacarpa,
stopped on the way to give = chance to til
men who were pushing my bOat to rest, an,
SOON found that through the opening that ha,
bteu roughly made to allow the passage Il
our boats, . p~srUeptibls current had already
BEEN established frsm Bayou LAoarVo {
Bayou Peltoh.
/, Before concluding my report allow mo 3
ouTdiaHy thank the Hon aud Mrs. AIeida 1
Runvillain whose guest was during the pei
iermanSe Of the above work Tor the uniEOrl
cordiaIity ard kind hospitality received .
|, their hands,
Hoping that / have followed the instruOtion
Of your special committee, Oompussd Of HOnl
Alcide J. Bonvillaiu, and Wsltsr SlthOn, g
far as practicable, the ABOVE report is respect
fully admitted. A. JOLIET, JR.,
| Surveyor.
The Committee appointed to inves
; tigate Bayous Lacurpo and Pelto
made the following report thrOug
their Chairman
4 To the President and Members of Drain
age Commission Dist. No. /.
GENTLEMEN-YSur COMMITTEES appoir
ted o block into the DratnageOfth the bayOr
LaCurpe and PeltOn beg leave to repOr
that after an appointment by your bod
the President removed Dredgefro bays
q Lacarpe Ga report sf same will be made b
4 him) transferring the DEedge to swOpk
r Grand CaillOd between LaCarpe an
FELTON, aDu from up the bayo
Pelton which your committee after inveI
tigation between to be the same bayC
which runs back Of the Town Of HEM
and called on that Poipt bsyOu LacaHp
There being IN objection on she part
MT. Nsginnis to tho Dredge cuttir
! through his swamp lands unless he Wi
allowed ample time in which to reno,
the timber along the banks of she Gu
and your committee knowing full VIZ
thedimeulty Of tracing the bayou thrOul
3 swamp so grown up with wild rice al
cut grass, decided after a CONSULATE,
u with several Of the members (Mr. Magi
d mis- being a party to same) to imploy NJ
Is A. joliet, Jr., Surveyor, to try and lOoa
Is tho channel of bayou between the mp
y and lower portions. His report will
found herewith and made part Of this !
!. port.
Your COmmittes went down to {
a Ridgeland plantation where they enter
10 the swamp going OveF the work Of \
u JOLIET tsee his EepOrt) and Tfouud LIST. ii
u