The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-07-13
NJ EaYNsi9ssSTe
CITY DADS SHOULD
GET BUSY; GROLEE
STREET CALLS 'EI
Residence Thoroughfare
East of Main Presents
Gruesome Sight
EVERY HEAVY RAIN
TAKES ITS BIG TOLL
Big Undertaking But Long
er It is Delayed More
It Will Cost

East Grolee street, from Main .
the corporate limits is one Of the
prettiest residence sections Of the
city. There are a number Of nice
and up-sO-date residences, many 81
which were built the last year Or two
1t is a street that is Travelled much IS
country people residing at Camp
Hamilton and the Little Teche and
points beyond get into the city
through that street, and this heavy
traffic coupled with the fact tha.
there is tremendous wash Of flood
water down the street every big rain
Is continually damaging the thorough
fare.
AT the present time the street. from
Main east, runs by steps. each block
representing one Of these huge steps
At the corner Of Union the wash 81
water has simply made the street
look like wide canal, the small 81
ters being totally inadequate to taka
off the water The next block, where
Walnut crosses, is even worse, and
so it goes down the full course Of
the street Each heavy rain but ac
centuates the bad condition Of the
street. Unless some immediate steps
are taken by the city administration
the thoroughfare will be little better
than huge drainage canal in the
course of few years-the way the
soil is being washed away the time
of such a metamorphosis wont be that
far off
i 1t viii require quite an engineering
feat to repair the damage already
done, and to the unskiiled eye 1t looks
as if the best remedy is to raise the
grade to its former height. In order
to do that countless wagonloads 81
dirt will have to be hauled for the
narrow width Of the street, couplea
with its badly washed condition, viii
not permit of simply grading the
bitches out and piling the small
amount of soil in the center Of the
thoroughfare Thousands of tons ok
soil have been washed from the
street and have gone down the
drainage creek running near the Wal.
lior residence at the eastern corpot
ate limits Thousands OF tons more
are due to go the same way unless
steps are taken to stop the washing
and establish a system Of drainage
which will take care OF the surplus
water without erosion to the street
After the grade is raised by the add.
tion of dirt the next best thing To da
is to hard-surface the street with
gravel or some other ravine
material. In addition, If graveling Il
impossible at this time, concrete gul
ters should be provided in order ID
accommodate the water that drains
down the street at the present time
There are several other streets Ii
, the city that need similar drastic At
! tention For instance. two blocks d
South Court, from Vine to Cherry
, are badly in need Of grade raising bs
; the addition OF soil hauled there ans
/ spread out. Then there is at leag
one block on North Market street
from North street to Grolee. that 4
8 a veritable basin on top Of q rids.
!. and the only way to get It tuned n
is by hauling dirt and raising the grad.
so that the surplus water can get awas
!. and not remain In the cutters to dF!
/ up by evaporation. North street run
' ming west from Market is also ia /
badly washed condition. and while
y is not travelled much still It Is an In
r portant street and should get its shafl
; lof attention.
g We believe there is still goodi.
sum OF the paving and drainage funi
9 left in the city treasury and som
d Of that fund should be used to plae
s these streets in first-class condition
!. To delay matters any longer mean
L that when the work is finally takel
e up 1t will cost more than It win nos
n for the damage viii be much create
It then than it is now, and eyer0n
e knows that it is bad enough as Il i