The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-09-11
moved by hand under great expense to til

moved by hand under great expense to tEs
taxpayers.
2. The present Smoke Bend canal has
been condemned by the State Engineers and
IA survey made for new outlet some SOC
feet above the present one. 1t is estimated
that this work will cost $4,000, and af-
ter issuing ali thu bonds that is allowed un-
der the law the Smoke Bend Drainage Dis
trict has only $4,000 in its treasury. It be-
ing physical impossibihty to do loo per
cent of work with 25 per cent of funds /
can see no reason for squandering more of
the public funds-it has been estimated that
after the police jury get the road replaced.
the expense incurred by that body and the
at this canal will run up near to $20,nee-
and the sooner the evil is eliminated and
traffic resumed by both land and water, the
better viii it be for the greatest number OF
people at interest.
Thanking you for your earnest consider
alton. / am. dear sir.
Yours very truly,
FRANK X. SIMS.
Chairman. Elk. Com. Joint Organization
Atchafalaya and Lafourehe Levee
Boards.
On Monday afternoon, Sept. 6,
Mr.. Sims received the following re-
ply from Judge Gilbert:
Belle Rose. La. Sept. 6, 192o.
Frank K. Sims, ESQ. Chairman Joint Levse
Boards. Donaldsonville. La.
Dear Sir-I have your letter in regard to
the matter of the injunction issued against
yourself and the dredgeboat. l beg to ad-
wise you that I shall this day issue an or
der dissolving the injunction. as all matters
in regard thereto have been adjusted. You
may, therefore, proceed with your work Of
closing the hole. You may do SO with 40
surance that no matter what happens your
self and the boat win be held harmless
Yours very truly.
PHILIP H. GILBERT.
Judge. Twenty-Seveuth Judicial District
That same afternoon, Mr.. Sims is
sued instructions to dredge-runner
Henry Boudreaux to take the ma
chine back up to the canal and choke
| it off" The work of re-damming the
canal was gotten under way by the
dredge on Tuesday morning and has
been completed, and the equipment
taken on down the bayou to attend
to usual dredging of the stream, af-
ter having been tiled up at this
canal in combating adverse condi-
|tions at this point for almost a year.
| Last Tuesday Judge Gilbert issued
the following order Gssolying the in
function granted by him on Aug. %:
Smoke Bend Drainage District W.. Frank
K. Sims ct ais.
/ In the above entitled matter. this couri
ISSUED an order enioining Frank X. Sims
chairman of the joint committees of tn.
Lafourche and Atchafalaya Levee Board'
land the operators of the dredgeboat Can't
w. M. from closing or interfering with th
canal of said drainage district.
This order was issued upon the represen
ltation made that certain rice and corn crop
would be ruined and destroyed by the raj
fall unless the operation OF the said dredgs
boat was temporarily enjoined until sue
: time as these crops would be harvested.
The applicant for the injunction hsvin
! admitted to the court that such emerKenc
r had been overcome and that no fuFthe
e damage could be done. for these reasons an
E tfor the further fact that the said injunt
1 Ition, in the opinion Of the court. was ir
h rlnrpsidentiy issued 4 III s ss#8
IT IL ordered tifat thes said in5ufsc tinssssi 4
4 sued herein be and the same is hereby r
i called, dissolved and dismissed instanter
: Done and signed ut the parish OF A.
i sumption. La. on this 7th day OF Sept, w
PHILIP II. GILBERT,
Judge, Twenty Seventh District