The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-10-05

I of said Sub-Drainage District No.
Be it further Resolved, that Il
Board of State Engineers be advise
that this Board would be pleased
have Mr.. w. P. Langworthy selecte
to assist the Board of State Engineer
in gathering the data necessary fC
the report of the Board of State Eng
neers to this Board, this to be at tn
expense of this Board
4 This resolution being put, was I'll
animously adopted"
And Whereas, the Board of Stat
Engineers has caused to be made
survey and an examination. run line
and levels, and determined the feas
bllity and ascertained the cost O
draining and retaining by leveein
and pumping the lands embraced with
in Sub-District No. of the St. Charlie
Drainage District No 2, described a,
follows, torwit:
Beginning at the point of intersec
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. 1247.1 it. N2Oo-36> E
Clio it. N90-O7' E. 1OSS.O it.
N170-5% E. 267.6 it. N24o-29, E..
1929 it. MI -5S E. 1871 it.
N130-44 E. 400 it. N90-12' E. 1914
fit. N00-12, w. 675.7 it.
N140-5V E. 1918 #. N140-5O, E.
449.5 fit. N3S046' E. 1908 it. :
N72o-05 E. 2562.0 fit. SS9o-42, z.
Spills it. Thence, leaving the Bayou
and following the South Bank of a
dug canal, SGD 40, E. 1925 it. Thence,
S26o -2V w. 100000 it. 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 26S5.71 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 retaining the
lands within the limits of said Sub
Drainage District comprising. 1856. II
acres by levees and pumps, which it
will be possible to accomplish at AMI
average cost of a total of $4,000. 90
Or about $35-O0 per acre; and which
report 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. |
Charles, La.
Care Mr.. VIM. P. Langworthy, c. E.,
730 Gravier St., New Orleans, La.
Sfrs7-The Board of State Engineers
s in receipt of report, accompanied
~ maps (biue Prints etc., from Mr..
William P. Langworthy, Civil Engi-
lpar Sn1aofpd and oy,opIoyod e. Al.
purpose. enabling 1t to, as follows.
omp1y with your request for an ex-
ression of opinion as to the practica-
ility and feasibility of draining and
eclaiming, by means of canals, levees
nd pumps, the lands embraced withini
he limits of Sub-Drainage District No.
of the st. Charles Drainage District
10. 2, as outlined and defined, and to
the cost thereof, viz.
1. The drainage and reclamation of
District No. of the st.
harles Drainage District No. 2, as
utlined and described, by means of
anals, levees and pumps, is practical
lie and feasible.
2. The cost of so draining and re- ;
aiming said Sub-Drainage District, as ,
anned and outlined, should not ex- j.,
led the sum of Ninety-four Thousand
ollars ($94,000.00) or about Thirty :
We t$35.00) Dollars per acre, as ap-
led to the acreage of the Sub-Drain- |;
,e District as whole; namely, Two :
thousand Six Hundred and Eighty-fve
I'd Seventy-one Hundredths (2,6S5.71) .
res. ass
3. The cost per acre per annum for
after drainage be estab- :
he'd, is estimated at eighty ($O.SO. 9
nts per acre. :
4. The character of the land is prac- Q
ally what is generally known as .
rairie lands with an area of heavy :,
press timber in Northern portion of u
lct of approximately ninety (9O) h
res.
5. The cost per acre Of putting such II
Ids in cultivation, including the cost q
ditching and first blowing, after o.
ainage pe established, is estimated !,
from $1,000 to $500 per acre.
). The fertility of the soil within the G,
hts of said Sub-Drainage District is OF
, same as that of all prairie lands a,
Southern Louisiana, namely; of
n and acceptable order. "