St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-17
DRAINAGE committee
TO CONFER TUESDAY
Mallet to Be Represented at I'M
pOrtant Meeting.
WILL DECIDE ON ONE
OR MORE DISTRICTS
Judqe Deiean Moves Adjournment
of PIaquemine Committee So that
Merging Of Mallet Be Discussed.

A large delegation of representa-
tive men from Plaquemlne Point.
East and West Bellevue and Mallet
sections of this parish assembled at
the offices of Littell & LaWler in
this city on Monday evening. for the
purpose of discussing drainage with
the committee from Pladuemine
Point appointed by President Frank
Dimmick at the April meeting OF
the police jury.
The initial plan was to organize
the Bayou Flaquemine Drainage
District, only embracing PLAQUE
mine Point and portion Of Belle
yue. The representatives from
Mallet were so elated over the prob
abilities Of eventually getting a
substantial drainage system that
they pleaded with the committee TO
defer action until they could as
certain from their people whether
or not Mallet should Join with
Plaquemine Point and Bellevue IN
the formation Of one large drainage
district, by which means Dayous
Bourbee, Plaquemine and Mallet
could be dredged out.
Judge A. w. Deiean of PLAQUE.
mine Point approved the plan OF
the Mallet representatives and
moved that the meeting be adjourn,
ed and committees from Mallet and
Bellevue be appointed for the pur-
pose of discussing the prod 'sition
with the Plaquemine Point eaIamit-
tee. Judge Deiean's motion was
unanimously carried.
The following taxpayers we're ap-.
pointed to serve on the Mallet and
Bellevue committees: For Ma|let:
Theogene Bertrand, q. N. bertrand.
Jules Joubert, ]. ID. Bertrand. ST..
Terance Johnson, Eraste Frame.
fireman Dearbonne. Hild:vere Car
riere, DIR. Russell Ehaelere. Allen
Mccoy, Armas Moreau, Arthur Bel
lard. Edgard P. pitre, c. L. Bihm.
Martin Andrepont, Jr.. Theo. G. De-
Jean, J. ". Andrepont, A. E. Lafleur,
Arthur Preiean; For Bellevue: Jo-
sephus Bf0wn. Eu n L 9
Richard, sr., Pierre Cormier. J. B.
Childs, Joseph Hidalgo. Alb. Bur-
leigh, DR.. l.. DAILY, Lee Wilson. Leon
Levergne, Frank Dimmick. H.. Lee
Mills.
The meeting has been calledd to
meet at the courthouse n this city
on next Tuesday evening at one
o'clock. 1t is expected that a large
number of interested parties will De
present for this all important con-
ference. as the taxpayers in that
section of the parish are vitality in
ferested in the dredging out of bay
Gus Plauuemine, Mallet and Bour-
bee.
Several of the most prominent tax
payers in Mallet claim that 1t Woui9
be best to have two separate and
distinct drainage districts. as tnen
Mallet would be sure TO receive us
portion of it's taxes. sufficient 10
applies to PlaGuemine Point; a
dredge bayou Mallet. The same
applies to Plaquemine Point. a
large number of people there thlnk
it would be to the advantage OF botn
sections to divide uD the district
since the board of commissioners
would not have the power to pro-
rate the funds. This question how
ever, will prove of great interest at
the meeting on next Tuesday. as 1t
is for that purpose that committees
have been appointed to meet the
Plaquemine Point committee.
Judye Deiean, who one OF the
leadiny taxpayers. as we'll as one OF
the mos prominent citizens OF the
southern section of st. Landry,
takes a broad view Of the situation.
He says Whatever the people OF
Mallet will decide | am confident
will be for the material benefit OF
both communities. Mallet and
plaquemine are like the same COM
munity, with a common cause and
both are in dire need of drainage.
| am confident that both Mallet ard
plaquemine are in favor OF voting
a drainage tax and for that reason
/ believe that whether We form one
large district or two distinct dis
tricts bayous PlaqueInine and NAL
let will be dredged out before many
months"