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Dioccsc Of Raton Rouge Department Of Hit Archives 1800 3. Acadian Thruway P.O. Box 2028 Oaton Rougf, La. 70821
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Olealphore Blanchard
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id. 19 November 1860
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Xow 1 ?rlvans. La., May lf,._]>j(| were ii|i>.iml Wcdnesilay noon. Ma M, in tile olfice of Major K. I'. Fowlei I- . S. district Kmjinerr. ior tlie <lrc<ln
ini' 01 the Merniciitau-Calcasicu see tion of the Intracoastil canal. a di? tame "f ,?o.27 miles. I'ourleen pro |io>als were received fur the work which involves the excavation of 8. 2U8.00I) ctihic yard.- ol material. Tba <jf R. I*. Clark. Miami. Fla., who bi< 5.759 ccnts a cubic yard, was appar
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contract will be nmde by the Chic of Kni'ineers on the bid offering the best advantage to the government. The section of the waterway on which bids were opened is one of five sections in 1,?'iHMana. The two sections from the Atehafalaya to the Mermen* tau river will soon be ready for advertising for bids, while the Calcasieu-Sabine section of the canal is already completed.
Directors of il.e .\>>ociation * of Commerce at a meeting Wednesday pfternoon voted lor an investigation of the cotton handling situation on the M ississippi-Warrior Service, which lias been the Mibjed ol a controversy between local interests and barge line officials The board also voted appproval of tlie request that a general manager of the bar^e line., be appointed. "
Capt. Oleziphore Illanchard, (>8,7 widely known master and pilot, son of Capt. Max Blanchard. Sr.. one of the relief pilots who helped drive the Robert K. Lee to victory in her race against the Xatchez trom New Orleans to St. Louis in June. 1870, died here early last Friday morning. In days ??i* the Anchor Line. Captain Blanchard served as a pilot on the City of Mnton Kmiuo when llorace liixbv \va< iiiit'fcr of that boat. lie aNo ran on the City of St. Louis and was once pilot of the General Pierson, famous railroad transfer boat which operated between Mopeficld Point anrl Memphis, when tin- Iron Mountain and the Little Rock & Memphis railroads ferried their train> across the Mississippi.
A certificate ai:th??ri/vnc the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company to aennire the old Louisiana and, Arkansas, owned by the Harvey Couch interests, and the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, was approved bv the Interstate Commerce Commission recently de?nitc the on-position of the Missouri Pacific The application covcrincr the acquisition of the Angola Transfer Company was approved. This company operates the tnwhootc Willir.ni r.?(?w')nrn and Sarah Fd<*nli??rn niuj track barcrc
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CAPTAIN BLANCHARD, RIVERMAN, DEAD
Veteran of Steamboating Passes On at Age of 68
Captain Olezlphore Blanchard, 68 years old, a veteran rlverman, died in Touro Infirmary Thursday evening. Since 18S7 he hna been close-
ly connected with the *tenmboftt business on the Mississippi and his j father. Captain Max Blanchard, was1 a pilot on the Robert E. Lee during her historic race with the Natchez in 1870.
Captain Blanchard had been ill several months.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o?clock at the Markey mortuary parlors. Interment will be in St. Louis cemetery No. 2.