The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1899-12-30

Mr.. Sanders concluded by reading
the following extracts from paper
prepared by Major B. M. Harrod
an authority on the waterways OF
the State. 1t was as follow:
1.-The Mississippi, and Passes need
no description. There are three
delta streams of importance. tie
AtchafalaYa part of Plaquemlne and
Lafourche. The lower par. Of the
AtchafaIaya, known as Grand river,
Is narrow and overhung with trees.
Ii connects with Grand Lake,
through numerous small bayous,
La Rompe, Sorrel, Pljeon and the
Brothers of rensas. the best should
be picked out for improvement anu
the others closed. Scour would do
the rest. Grand Lake should be
dredged and cleared of suiken RATS
and we'll lighted. There would
then be splendid route from the
Mississippi, through either Atcha'
falaya or Plaquemlne to the Ieche
Berw,cks and Atchafalaya bays.
sin extension of this navigation,
slack water system should be ex'
tended from St. Martinville, up the
Teche, Merleoquant and Boeuf, to
near Alexandria Auxiliary improve
meuts TO this great system would be
the Clarendon Canal from Grand
Lake 10 the Teche; the removal OF
Little Devil bar on the Conrtableau.
By closing the Mamselie and Ford
,che bayous, and removing the raft
and closing of the Lamourie, which
defects most of the volume from
The Boeuf. This combination wouid
pc of Immense value III developing
be resources of the State.
"a. project for a dredged channel
through Atchafalaya Bay is no"
under consideration by the goverm-
nent. 1t Is of much Importance.
A similar work was executed by
the Morgan Steamship Company
when their Texas line OF ship starr
ed from the terminus of the Ope-
lousas Railroad Ct Morgan City.
THE Plaquelnlne improvement,
by lock and dredging, Is now well
advanced, and, when finished, will
add much to the pracllcability ana
value of the Teche and Boeuf
navigation before mentioned, saving
about 300 miles with the Charenton
Canal, between New Orleans auc
Franklin.
1.-The proposed Lafourche I'M
provement is we'll understood, anu
Is OF great Importance Every effort
8 lould be made 10 enlist the COVE
! nment in its prosecution by build:
,ng lock at It's head and securin-
na.,gable depth down the bayou
by dieiging or backwater dam,
or both.
cred river has already secured
great improvement at the hands oil
Inc State and the United States.
Nav CATION has been improved
throughout, aud extended from thu
ra at Shreveport way beycnd The
I'm OF the State. This wo'k should
be prosecnted steadily. Tributary
to Red river are the MN II SYSTEMS
of Soda and Caddo Lake, of Bodcan
Like and bayou, aud OF Lake Blste.
ueau and Bayou Dorchea', ali OF
Which are susceptible Of worthy
Improvement. Tributary to The
Re /, near It's lower end, is the great
Black river system OF stream. a
project for the slack water lmprov-
ment Of the Ouachlta, the principal
If these, by dams aud locks, Is now
before the government, aud ~
adoption is OF great Importance.
Other streams of the same sysiem
worthy Of Improvement from their
physical features and the rich coun.
Try they drain, are the Little Boeuf,
rensas. Macon and Bartholomew,
with some connecting bayous.
| "Bayou des Bla yes Is also worth,
IF Improvement.
Sablue lake aud river, as well al
the Gale sieu, are worthy of i'm
provement, aud work al the form.,
pass by the general government IL
well advanced.
There are other small streams
tributary to the Gulf, manly us,d
for fishing and similar purposes,
that are of value, snch as the Met
menteau, Vermllion~ Gallon, Tere.
bonne and Others.
"Another very important system
which would be vastly improved by
a httle work, more or less of which
has already been done by the gov.
eminent, Is Lakes Maurepas Al
Pon,chartrain, with their trlbuta-
rtes, the Amte, Tickfaw Tchefunc,a
and Tanglpahoa, and other small !
ones Tie streams need bend clear.
ing, rafting and bar dredging.
"A por. Of refuge should BE-
built on the south shore OF Lake
Pontuhartrain."
/ As Mr.. Sanders concluded be wal
| 1oudly anniao6.,d