The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-10-12

and to furnish this Board with a map
of said Sub Drainage District No. 1;
Be it further Resolved, that the
Board Of State Engineers be advised
that this Board would be pleased to
have MIR. w. p Langworthy selected
to assist the Board of State Engineers
in gathering the data necessary for
the report of The Board of State Engi-
-neers to this Board, this to be at the
expense of this Board
This resolution being put, was un-
animously adopted"
And Whereas, the Board of State
Engineers has caused to be made
survey and an examination, run lines
and levels, and determined the FEAST
bility and ascertained the cost of
draining. and retaining by 'leveeing
and pumping the lands embraced with
in Sub-District No. / of the st. Charles
Drainage District No. 2, described as
follows. to-wit:
ton of the East Bank of Grand Bayou
and the North Bank of Black Prince
Bayou, in Section 10, T. Is S. R. 20 E.,
Southeastern District of Louisiana
West of the Mississippi River, thence
following the meanderings of the East
Bank of said Grand Bayou along the
following courses:
N29o-25 E. 4247.1 it. N2o0-S6> E.
CLIO #. Nso-O7 E. 40 #.
N17o-5y E. 26T6 IT. N24o-2y E.
1929 TT. N21o -5S, E. 1881 It.
MIA E. 400 it. N9o-12 E. 1914
1T. N0o-12 w. $751; IT.
MAJ so E. 1077.9 IT. MAJ 500 e.
4495 It. N38o-46, E. 1908 #.
N720-0 5> e. 2562.O IT. SS9o-42, e.
5271s #. Thence, leaving the Bayou
and following the South Bank of a
dug canal, seq 40, E. 1926 #. Thence,
S26o-2V w. 100000 #. to the North
Bank of Black Prince Bayou. Thence,
following the meanderings of the said
North Bank of Black Prince Bayou to
the place of beginning, containing in
all 2685.71 acres.
This Sub-District is bounded on the
West by the ST. Charles Municipal
Drainage District Number One
And Whereas, the Board of State
Engineers did on May Is, 1918, present
report with maps and profiles attach
ed, which are on file with this Board.
showing the cost of reclaiming the
lands within the limits of said Sub
Drainage District comprising 26S5.71
lacres by levees and pumps, which it
will be possible to- accomplish at an
iayerage cost of total of $94, 0O0.00
or about $500 per acre; and which
ireport Is as follows
New Orleans, La, May Is, 1918.
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers Of the Board OF Commission.
ers Of the st. Charles Drainage
District No. 2, Parish of St
4 Charles, La
Care Mr.. VIM. P. Langworthy, G. E.,
4 730' Gravier St, New Orleans, La
sirs-The Board OF State Engineers
is in receipt Of report, accompanied
by maps (blue Prints ETC., from Mr..
William p. Langworthy, Civil Ensi.
neer, selected and employed for the
purpose, enabling it to, as follows,
comply with your request for an ex.
preston Of opinion as to the practica-
bility and feasibility of draining and
1reclaiming, by means Of canals, 1evees
and pumps, the lands embraced within
the limits of Sub Drainage District No.
of the st. Charles Drainage District
No. 2, as outlined and defined, and to
estimate the cost thereof, viz.
1. The drainage and reclamation OF
SUBJ Drainage District No. / of the st.
Charles Drainage District No. 2, as
outlined and described, by means of
canals, levees and pumps, is practical
| BILE and feasible.
2. The cost or so draining and re.
claiming said Subj Drainage District, as
planned and outlined, should not ex.
coed the sum of Ninety-four Thousand
Dollars ($94,00O00) or about Thirty
five ($35.O0) Dollars per acre, as ap-
piled to the acreage of the Subj Drain
| age District as a whole; namely, Two
Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty-five
and Seventy-one Hundredths (2.6S5.71)
acres.
g. The cost per acre per annum for
maintenance, after drainage be estab-
llished, is estimated at eighty ($0.S0.
cents per acre.
4. The character Of the land is prac-
tically what is generally known as
prairie lands with an area of heavy
lcypress timber in Northern portion of
tract of approximately ninety 600
acres.
5. The cost per acre of putting such
Lands in cultivation, including the cost
of ditching and first blowing. after
drainage be established, is estimated
at from $1,000 to $500 per acre.
s. The fertility Of the soil within the