The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

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Of decision being against Mr.. Barrow,
he to agree not to take Dredge
through Mr.. Maginnis Plantation %
do the work contemplated.
In event decision being against Mr..
Maginis, he to in no way oppose the
Dredge coming up Bayou Sale, or the
continuing Of the work above his
place"
Whereupon Mr.. R. R. Barrow, Pres
ident Of the Board, on account Of
having q personal interest in the mat
ter, reeused himself while this matter
was acted upon, and Mr.. Jos, A. Robi-
chaux acted in bis stead as President,
pro tenn.
The following communication was
received and read and on motion Of
w. ]. Suthon, seconded by Alcide ].
Bonvillain and carried, same was or
dered spread on the minutes
HoUMA, La, Nov. Is, 1900.
To Drainage Commission Dist, No. /.
Houma.
GENTLEMEN believing at one time
that differences between Messrs. Caillou6t
g MagInnis and Barrow q Duplantis
would he settled By arbitrator appointed
by each, Ihad written my contention in
the matter to hand TO them, andnot have
rug the time to rs-write them for your
Commission, and tho views aud Contcn-
tiOns from my side being tho SANS en-
bodied in those already written, / hereby
auhmit them TO your hndy as the pasision
Of Barrow s. Dnplantis, now p6tigi0ning
your Hon. Body for relief,
Yours respectfully,
r. II. BARROW,
For BARROW n DUPEANTIs.
The right Of dredgiDg out Bayou Sale
by Barrow u UuplanGis being questioned
by CaillOuet a. MjIginnis, unless by Cheir
permission, and they imposing conditions
to secure the same, thB parties having
agreed to submit the matter TO arbitra-
tiOn, and to present their contentious to
aTbitratOrA in writing, therefore / hereby
submit my position As follows
list. / claim the Bayou Sale to be q
natural Bayou, placed by natuT through
the lands of GUsnO BrOs.,s Caillouot q
Maginnis Barrow a. D%uplantis, Harry
Cage and others, 1t is the uaturaidraimUf
that body of lands lying along ats banks,
and contingent thereto, is 4 we'll defined
Bayou with bluff banks running into the
lands of the Myrtle Grove Plantation;
2Ud. That il is q stream In which all
of the parties ahOvs mentioned ale inter
listed as their natural drainage, and ~
One of them has any right over said
Bayou, net enjoyed By the VtheTs.
3rd. That CaillOuet Il MaEinnis have
no right to lay down any conditions by
which TO prevent any one Of the parties
securing drainage of their lHUds whose
natural drainage thIa Bayou IL, by az
Stunning such control OF this stream they
would be- assuming powers they have no
right to,
4th. This Bayou Sale being a Bayou
under the control OF the Police Jury, aud
therefore under the control of the DFaih-
age Commission, who are appointed by
The Police Jury as their representatives
la all matters Of drainage, thHt should
there ariSs any question regarding mat
teE6 Of drainage through y stream under
their control and known as y public
Bayou, then the said question should b.
submitted 10 the Drainage commission
fog abtion 10 ths PROMISES
I WOuid hsrs give an outline Of tae
work already done in Bayou Sale aHa my
further views on The question before you
gentlemen Bayou sale being the. nat
ural outlet of the waters falling into shat
basin bstween BayOn Little Gallon aud
Bayou Grand Gallon is a we'll defined
Bayou FROM a point in the.Bwamp Of Mr..
Daspit on lower Grand Gallon below, to
and into thelands of Myrtle Grave plans
tatiOn, above with high bluff banks where
10 enters said Myrtle Grove plantation.
In the year 1895 or '9T parties iuteFes-
ted in. Bayou Sale, finding the mouth OF
unwaI#nNnpnN r --,.-,ra-N 90 .-Asas-.- A.
the Drainage Comm ission to Open a canal
from she mouth Of Bayou Sale to Bayou
GhauVim 10 connect the same, so rs to
allow The waters Of Bayou Sale TO flow
through Bayou ChauVn to Lake Quit
man, aud thencetO the Gulf, The Drain-
age Commission proceeded to carry out
the ObiscG.Of the petition and relieve the
drainage of this district, 10 being nsCes.
Sary TO sx~-8pprOpriate land through
which Canal would pass, the POfGs Jury
employed counsel aud commenced pro,
cssdingss The matter was then arranged
and the work went ON. Under the law il
was necessary TO get Ons.half OF property
taxpayers Of the District 10 sign "a petit
tiOu asking for the work to be dOne, be-
fore land could he eX-~apprOpriutsd.
Believing ~ did the Drainage LOmmis-
sion that the work was for the benefit of
al puEtlbb LAt5Eob95u IL Iulb QfaiuAEbi
991 Taxpayers aud properly owners signed
this petition. Ths work ihtn went on
aud the Canal was cut, aud finding il
would not give the relief expected, the
work was continued by the Drainage
Commission with the District DredgebOat,
and the commission further appropriated
the sun Of One thousand DOIEars for thh
work in Bayou Sale, the rest Of the funds
were dOn8ted 90 ths commission by par
ties interested, among these contributing
were GUsnO Bros, Harry Cage, barrow
q Duplantia, CaillUust & Msginnis aud
Mayer Well, (foRner owner 1T Cedar
Grove pltntatiOnl, CaillOuOt & Maginnis
being the largest beneficlaries by far, Of
curse contributed the largest amoumts
The work was continued 20 the center Of
WOOdlaWn plantation, about thrse-quurt-
eFs Of q mile below barrow q Duplantis
lands, aud Of course they derived little or
no benefit from the work, they later, un-
der an agreement with CalllOust q Ma
ginnis RRd with Ar. BaErOW's dEsdgeboat.
IN which each party was to pay One-half
of tile running expenses of ~daedgebOat,
We're to quito Barrow q DuplHRtIs lins,
BARROW q Duplautis bringing and return
ing drOdgebOat to aud tOm work, aud
furnishing use Of same at their expense,
under this said agreement the dredging
was continued 10 WiGhtu about one nuns
fRrash anil uyF -e.bN FTRDt go. e.LE