St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-24
ANOTHER LAUNCH FOR
OYSTER COMMISSION.
New Craft Is to be Secured and viii be used
In the Inspection Department.
TO Be NAMED 'OPELOUSAS.
$4,000 is lhe Amount 10 be Paid for he Hand.
some Craft Which Was Formerly lhe
ashley sf EOuma, Ia.

An increase in the feet Of the 0y-
ster Commission Of Louisiana was
ordered made at q meeting Of The
commission held yesterday in its of
fees in the Maison Blanche building
The latest acquitision is to be used III
the inspection department, and viii
be named the 0pelonsas. The boat
was formerly the Ashley, owned BY
r. A. Robichaux Of Houna, La., and
the price agreed upon is $4,000, of
which $1,000 is to be paid ID cash and
the balance Jan, |, 1910 The craft
is d neat looking launch, 46 feat Ia.
length, 10 feet 3 inches in beam and
with draft of 81 inches. The boat
is equipped with a twentY-fqe-horae
power engine, and has q guaranteed
speed Of eleven miles per hour The
commission has now three boats. The
New Orleans, the Louisiana and tho
Baton Rouge. It is expected that
some signal appreciation will be made
by the town Of 0pelousas in having
the new craft named after il.
silver service may be presented, Il
| IS said.
Most Of the time Of The meeting
WAS consumed III hearing witnesses ii
| the matter Of the Protest of Peter
Harvey against the commission leass
ing to the Louisiana Oyster and Fish
Company, Limited, 100 acres 81
water bottom ID lower Grand Gallon.
After hearing number of Witnesses
and exhaustive arguments made by
Attorney Hugh Suthon, who repre-.
resented Peter Harvey, and John
Dymond, Jr., who appeared fer M
Lawrence Of the Louisiana Fish and
Oyster Company, the protest was
dismissed.
The grounds 81 The protest we're
similar to those made by fisher
men Oh the lower coast some time
ago, that the reefs offered for lease
were not depleted but were bearing
oysters and were natural reefs. Il
number Of witnesses were produced
by Attorney Dymond, among these
Prot. Cats Os the Gulf Biological
Department, who testified that the
reefs contained very few oysters.
Prot. Gates stated that it would he
eight or ten years before the reefs
I in question would be productive again.
Both attorneys made exhaustive All
guments 10 support their sides. hnh
the board decided Il had the authority
to decide whether a reef was d na-
tural one OF depleted one and
finally ruled not to sustain The pro-
test.
Routine business was then taken
lup and d number of reports read.
Secretary j. w. Hyman reported
cash received dnring the last month
S294.45; disbursements S1666 So.
leaving a deficit of expenses over Ee-
lceipts of $2371.98.
President Dnssman made d report
which detailed the incidents Oh THE
inspection of The new State boundary
lime markings made On july s. Ha
reported that the boat New Orleans,
(which had been loaned to Engineer
Eberhardt Meulleg, assistant in tho
Coast and Geodetic Survey depar
lment for use Id doing The work, had
been returned and was again III tie
service Of The commission.
Major Frank T. Payne, chief sur-
veyor, reported having checked d
number of surveys of leases and found
them correct.
Attorney Wickliffe made 3 report
as TO the progress of cases ii litigs
tion.
Present at the meeting we're: LII
Dossman, president; Clement Story,
b D Guidry, Secretary J. w Hyams,
Attorney Wickliffe and Chief Survey
or Payne. IN. @. Times-D Democrat.