The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-28
Drainage and Navigation.

Canal and Navigation Company
exposing the plans and objects of
that incorporation in reference to
the cutting OF canals and dredc-
ing bayous along the gulf coast
from the Atchafalaya river to
New Orleans. From the amount
of subscriptions to the stock Of
the company already signed and
the rapidly with which all stock
offered in the market is taken. no
doubts can be entertained OF its
ultimate success, not only as an
.nvaiuAlI" benefit to the country
IN the district through which it
will run, but as a financial in
veStlnent.
Twenty FIVE thousand dollars
stock was the amount proposed
o be >Oid at the beginning. but
SO many persons being DESTROYS
OF purchasing shares, the com.
panS. rs our information goes.
agreed to sell two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars worth il
deemed necessary. They ho"ey-
er, Only placed twenty-five
thousand dollars more III market,
of which fifteen thousand dollars
were subscribed in 4 few DAYS.
With such men dis T. s. Goode,
D.. 3. Gage, j. Gueno, J.. l.. Bis
land, I. NJ. Cage, W. \. Shaffer.
W. y. 3is|ani, Z. McCnllam. p.
FaiSons '. Buron. y. \. Connolly.
Il. Bush, j. NJ. Sanders, j. p. Wig
nerir and A. Y. Woods, as direc.
tors. there can be 10 sucl. word
as fail. and efore their combined
energy all obstacles will vanish
that may De intrrposed.
For a long time the people OF
Ieuebonne have remained uuieS-
cent whilst their bayouS were
filling up. their lands ose.Howiny.
their public reads being converted
into channels for surplus water to
seek an outlet, but ii appears ON
~ to have been the sill. nee that
prectdeS the volcano. ana now
with Il determination and vim
that is astonishing they have
awakened from their Zip Van
Wrinkle sleep. and with one single
bound they are accomplishing
In one year Il labor that the most
%sangnine mind would not have
imagined could be done in five
years.
The Indifference 20 improve
ment OF the natural advantages
OF the great and rich Latourche
valley has at length been ove,>
come, and life and energy taken
hold OF the people the: Elm, wlicl.
viii soon devrlope the resources
OF their section Of the state SO as
to Increase its values 100 per cent
III Il s. than five years.
The people Of LafDurche parish
nave II deep Interest IN this work.
lt will open an easy and short
water route fi0m the eastern end
Of III" parish 10 New Orleans, and
be a powerful AID to the immense
trade that is DOW dangerously
carried OH by means of luggers
and Schoonera through Uarang'$
canal and by The moutl. of tha
bayou. 1t will also shorten the
route OF the oyster runners to the
BAYOU Lai0nrcEe 10y some 10 OF
% miles, and avoid the dancers
oi tue winds that are often peril.
Gus 10 those crafts IN enterin" by
the moath ofthe Latoulche.
Not only this, it will by the
cli1tin2 OF the canal on either side
"f the Latuu che. enable the wa
terS that pass down this bayou
to reach tide water some 80 miles
sooner than it now does. and
thereby receive TIL lower inllabi-
tantS, to a certain extent, from
overflow.
This canal, extending from New
Orleans to BerWick's Bay will be
the finest canal probably in the
world. 1t will require no locks,