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

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sub-Drainage District Number One
St. Charles Drainage District
Number Two.
LOCATION-Sub-Di No. 1 of
the st. Charles Drainage District No.
2 is located in st. Charles Parish, Lou
isiana, and is described as follows:
DESCRIPTION Beginning at the
point of intersection 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 meander-
ings of the East Bank of said Grand
Bayou along the following courses:
N29o rs, e. 1247.1 TT. N20036 E. 671.60
f. N9o-07' E. 1O8S0 #. N170-5y E.
1915 IT. N24o- 2Y E. 1929 #. Mi o-58,
E. 1877 #. N13o-44 E. 400 it. N90-12'
E 1914 it. N0o-12, w. $751; #. Ma 5U
E. 1077.9 #. N14e-5V E. 449.5 #. N3S0-
46, E. 1908 TT. N720 -05' E. 2562.O #.
S89o-42, E. 5271.9 #. Thence leaving
the bayou and following the South
Bank of dug canal, S63 40, E. 1925
| 1T Thence S26o- 2V w. 100000 #.
to the North Bank of Black Prince
Bayou; thence following the meander-
ings of the said North Bank of Black
Prince Bayou to the place of begin
ming, containing in all 26S5.71 acres.
j, This Sub-District is bounded on the
West by the ST. Charles Municipal
Drainage District Number One.
TOPOGRAPHY the exception
of narrow ridge along Black Prince
and Grand Bayous, and small area of
cypress on the North end, this Sub
District consists of prairie land subject
to overflow from fresh-water bayous.
There are no bayous within the bound
aries of the Sub-District, but there are
several s1oughs or areas of deep humus
commonly known as 'sfoto" These,
however. occupy but a very small area
in the tract and will not interfere with
lcultiyation when the Sub-District is
under pump.
LEVEES- are, to be graded
when shrinkage is complete, to grade
| four feet above mean tide level. This
elevation is 1.5 feet higher than the
fhigh-water mark at this point by the
storm of August, 1916. 1t viii be nee
essary to muck-ditch q considerable
portion of the Burchell Canal and
North Boundary levees. because of the
amount Of humus in the levee material
at these places. A crown of minimum
width of six feet will be maintained.
I PLAN OF DRAINAGE Field ditch
es. dug by tine individual owners, at
330-foot intervals drain into lateral
canals one-half mile apart, so that the
maximum haul for field ditch is 1920
feet The laterals in turn empty into
/ the deeper main reservoir canal, whose
bottom is maintained at SUFFICIENT
depth to insure water surface fall of
six inches per mile of canal, and the
immediate lowering of the water table
| to a depth of three feet in the land
most remote from the pumping plant.
RESERVOIR CAPACITY - The
above mentioned main reservoir and
|laterals will furnish reservoir capac-
/ ity of 100 inches run-off and the field
bitches OBS inches, or a total reservoir
capacity of 1.25 inches run-off for the
26S5.71 acres.
PUMPING PLAINTIFF pumping
plant will consist of two thirty-six inch
centrifugal pumps, direct connected to
simple slide-valve engines. The COM
bined capacity of the pumps will be
$4,000 gals. per minute, equivalent to
a run-off of 1.65 inches in "a hours for
the 2685.71 acres. The steam plant
will consist of battery of two main
boilers, burning Mexican crude or fuel
oil. and small auxiliary boiler for
use IN sCOHJuuCtlOH WitH tHo ull uuf n
ers The combined pumping and res
ervoir capacity is equivalent to- 20
inches run-off in "a hours.
TIMBER There is an area of heavy
cypress timber in the northern portion
Of the tract of approximately ninety
acres.
COST OF PUTTING INTO CULTI-
WALTON AFTER DRAINAGE After
being drained the land can be put into
cultivation at d cost Of from $1,000 to
$500 per acre. which figure includes
the cost of ditching and first plowing.
VALUE OF THE LAND-The land
in this Sub District after reclamation
will have a value of $4,000 to $4,000
per acre.
FERTILITY-The chemical analysis
Of this soil. as well as its physical
character, show 1t TO be of the same
composition as practically All Of the