The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-27
PLAQUEMINEs PARISH CANAL.
Advantages of that Canal to New Orleans

The survey Of the line along which the Plaque
mtnes parlsh canal Is to be dug was begun in
June last. resumed q week ago, and is now COM
plated. CAPT e Uneas Lewis returned from
the survey on Sunday evening and gives most
encouraging reports Of the work. The Plaque
mines CANAL Company was Incorporated by act
of the Legislature, approved March 13. 1878. au-
thorizing the company to deepen the Taglta
Zero canal aud to construct q new canal by the
nearest and most direct line to Bay Baptiste.
Capt. Lewis informed us that the plan Of or
erations is to be as follows
Taglafero canal running into the Mississippi
river three miles below Pointe- ala Hache is 20
be widened Is feet and deepenea feet Tor the
present with prospects OF further Improve
ments. Tagliafero canal is IL mile In length
and emptIes into Grand bayou.
The line OF survey follows Grand bayou TO
point
TWO MILES FURTHER DOWN.
where the new canal is to be begun. 1t will be
one half mile long, twenty five feet wide ana
Ave feet deep. and is TO- connect Grand bayou
with Bayou Uhenier. and this new canal opens
into the latter bayou at point directly opposite
Bayou Soeoa which empties into Bay sam
Il is. This bay IS connected by Bayou lap
tiste with Bay Baptiste, an arm OF BhrataIla
bay The proposed canal connecting with the
bayous aud bays above mentioned, makes the
distance from the beglnntng 81 the naga, an9
from New Orleans TO Grand Isle. seventy five
miles. BY the usual route from New Orleans
Grand and lss ~ ABOUT IS tSry s
il through dreary. sultry and uninhabited
swami. lands. The advantages to the travelling
public by the proposed route
ARE INcALcULABLE.
The trip by boat lwn the Mississippi river
| Ii recreating and affords the passenger OpGor.-
tuniies q enjoying the bsautitu scener ,ha q
| cultivated fields and fine plantations Inen q
| MI IF mile and n nall through
Canal ragltafero brings them to Grand bayou.
After trip Of SIX miles Of canals Bay Baptiste
i Yesterday the dredgeboat begaA digging the
new canal between Grand bayou and Bayou
ghenier and after mpeting 1t, thetask q wi
dening Canal Tagiafero will commence. WORK
will BE- pushed forward az vigorously as posi-
| ble and In few months the triD
TO GRAND ISLE
can be made by short, pleasant and delight,
| fully picturesque route. The lugger trade VIII
also be benefited by this new route. by the fact
that the vessels have to be ,poled through the
canals by the old route. whilst with the pro,
| posed system of communications with Grand
| Isle they have to go through only six miles OF
bayou. the rest Of the voyage being through
Mr. A. socola il at the head OF the company.
and by his energy has succeeded In pushing
matters to their present state. when DID ialr TO
hmsa IL favor Of te
canal.
| Save costs by paying State license ana eap1tal
tax now.
Great reduction In prices of photographs al
| Washburn'a
The best artist and most elegant poser is nov
with Iillenthal.
The wine most sought after now is the Cham
payne dc Montlgny.
il -AsA
Seigel's extra dry champagne In miniature
bottles ptnts and quarts. at very low prices, nj
Miller 4 Dlelmann's. Nos. 90 50 and 81 South
pptara attract.