The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-14
BAYOU LAFOURCHE DOOMED
OF TIE SIDE OUTLETS OF TIE
MISSISSIPPI TO DE CLOSED.
lmpossibility of Keeping Up the Levoo
System-A Dam or n Lock TO He Put
Across the EntrRnce-Tho Interesting
CnnntrH and the Pennla of the SWIMMING. !

NEW ORLEANS. May bayou Latonrche. the
iast OF the slde outiets OF me Mlssissippl anu
Itself a stream OF considerable commercial I'M
portahce' hgurlnR conspicuousiy IN the RIVERS
ana hafDors Dill az ehch session. IL 10 ne closeu
by the building OF n dike or other obstruction
across tine hcah. where u branches on from inc
mississippi at the town OF COMMISSIONING
the ola capital OF Louisiana. rms Is III
ilho WIN the poHcy thaC hus p'eh puI-
s"eo 'or hcariS Il century W u.seonhec',
ing streams moving from inc MISSISSIPPI
10 the hui OF MeSleo-a pol'cy whlch mas 'he
strong support OF the Mlssissippl hiNor com-
mission ohr py one these outlets nave peeh
'i"seu uh'i the orlRihai ue''a Oh the Miss'S'
slppl mas dlsapIeareu' anu no longer exists
gcosthphicai'y "hen orls'na'ly ulscoNereu
'h' MisS'ssippi ehiptieu i'selt III 'he uui
,nto"gh huh'n"roi streams or iorks' IKE me
Me- Amazon orihoeo ana o'her streams
'otnh'"s Vie 'reth 'e''er De,'"'
ne closure THESE prahcnes nus oeen gong
:" y "e"ils ",en.u,y. Al 7 'neASon
closed Bayou Manchac. formerly known as
Iberyille River. fearing that the British might
cot into tina Nissiosinni nhnva Nav or,nons Lv
. H II ' ne nnss,ss'pp. noo'p sem iran -
this means. through Lakes Borgue and Pont-
chartrain. This BAYOU had been the route
thro,gt which pio,yuIo ara ,bo oor,, rron,h
".yus" ""'.n ,n. "ii y. a." Zoo i.,
was the principal means of communication be-
tween the river settlements and the Mississippi
Sound coast. The banks were well populated.
one ofthe earlier towns in Louisiana ,Galvezton.
~ ~" ~, hn y" uu',.H, ""s ..u"t
on the bayou ana had considerable PROSPERITY,
se'temen. OF 81. "aor'e'i JACKSON eonoue..n
prevent vessels entering the Mississippi by this
route Tho bovou has NOT been payipnbIe since
1tI ho. = n ~ U"in" ana m.I q" w avh =" - ,n,o,
hole. the haunt Of the swapping turtle. the gar
and q multitude Of frogs. The settlements
along the banks nave disappeared ana only a
few bricks stand where Galve2ton once stood.
Gen. Jackson provided for Bayou Iafourche.
on the west side Of the Mississippi and one Of
where II Ieovns thn Mississinni hut At ito month
WHARF :, nonrs into tha air. and 70 the Oh.
structions he then placed in the stream the
dwcllers along its banks attribute their oondi-
ton to-day. He sum- a lot of vessels loaded
with stono at the mouth Of the Lafourche, and.
although the United States has expanded n
G GoIu ne@ rnm "6 money IN a. HreusihG a"r IA S'n "t
sSrceedeeJJ in getting rid Of them, Then he
ths Mississinpi puf M mora ~ "or ,e ca cImseJ nv its
mo 7 hnsss'sbbo ottle ID m? stream ar lf in am aipS excellent II mt
Some HI4. twen 1yet veoEs after ,Jocksop's time
another OF these outlet or delta ,bayous.
Y raaTuei nnber Was vas r n4yfcs' ana ra an ing E, ias' i ths
Mississippi River commission severed or near.
" severa3'' the greatest OF ali the river outlets,
,ne A aemn an Ss c %haSh !, 1 rIVer n Th a oa N" da ma
e eRRm IL, Of i the he Sihlsh fhri BEEN destroyed.
,nt9 The ths CUT ~ tire from ni AtShnin biyng Bay = yoa near Of N bg6
Smiias 'trba riiosrre ~, tbn st"hofaIava and
RRavo,, pI,n,enS;nn On tha vast a. AMI 1f"vnyn Man Ian
rhac on he east has cut of ali outlets but The
datoHpchei me closure OF that stream WI!
+" n sinrIc cnennsL ~ '''' u
- 49, e' ,Nf.' "e =
~ n ssnabin II 70 carry of its mud and sill aud
prevent the 'ciRHaGnIm'esl' from MINK ii up. It it is II" The
iny on Xxi n stpn have h. "a hvht, neo so In tfr
and N on W = they i arc not S's yet Sngreeds" QUIZ out.
nmtIss. a INV lilo now W. my Sms T Tiitt h. =" y t InH fanttion
U" yre IN cont nmu ri ntf ~ n.y." rs ci %mL III ~ ontIstsNtbnx:
nave closed an except me Lal2urene-end
crease tbbe velocity % y,'s and I"s eros Ave force re OF
this policy %s is rfspHnsiSGIs for the raising Isl Of the
around New Orleans, T reauiripas the ,a 'ieVses to
be made made ,ds ero and IF t the LAT, Eafou ,Tat ! bring ring
t H. d a;fiIcu uIo n ne4Isg sN tbey I nrn now 9na co n,rg" nn
Ei oy ire II SH and tS ask ii il t." eci Sss' Bayou mI I.afoarche.
utarv ith"r in or o !, rom VicE s uin vhape
tbs 2a e , Riynr ar en- mi .r2 into > If 70 tha han amTsI ns
the rasso; ,o In r hiE aoo water The !isd Riyer
eemntl bb, v th so" Mans " t n1"1 Ri iHep com Hnn m missi"n ttbba.
two " eyo h h. Iisossonioted an N vii II mitimntniv
hn ENE lAtA 1r INHIa
w pf hfiEm ~ ben, s Ssepy il, ex ,bi ,f fduIeI Il II lo bS:
"a mn daoijaI vii hhoo n1t ~ "a @ q nn'
ton at its HEAD Gov Foster has called the
!, oi -" shn 1917 nu',u7 ~
nh ! a ~ yIn Sb Sss sbmu a. %n JJn np aIs q mi nj
Ciue TNoctty mnt't sn,u',t oe u,he, n.iSuIi-
,rfEarsssndHs hs otb ,nr' ha we ol hynUya linus mus' l NE
wbbntther nv ~ m y. >. ~, , I"ck Shathbo, tho o ~
sIhmnIiii b a]b5nndoned u o1tosrthcr re or nm u att n "a
Snn MI = "U ~ tI,osron, pr an ntttn'rt
llaae 10 "oiNrr' ~ mo d natirni canal IS iH pc
dei9 I'm inGII by me CONVENTION: ~ should De
iho /" m, w1aId s eyer Tor a mh Il 16" imnGine II TO
IT, d hn hmtt, ~ Htr Ia NJ ~ 1ooNS HNatIy Us
studShh on nhs by ,hD n nano mI man ~ ri t. henFtSS
H,.a,fm,, eoe o = hnnt III ~ ~ ,s miuth' WIN
eFE E pnnhs anu Wrtuoh' uiuu.nIies. p,,,
ine Sre'asse Tn,cn OCCURRED on baymu
d:dionrcne. hear hnrrndhu; Inc o.ner uay,
,Mi nps in U th, ! Mans, sT carrind OF ,b .n' d HHes, nn pla cnn.
niir mnst me he HEIR Htt@G't in n Opds c aton Gr ' rem Day }6o T ITiat
sissippi. This has been the i.afo9rch" uues-
s nma ,8f s1n i v {lLaS' ana inc Th he0p!e haGe s, DeSn
s soa IN rS ra n,o,ur n,nn oH in i iiu ~ M nm,tJa HIa,SS
tthh es hay9u, eIIE nt The ric IA f farm sne eI0sp tb q,
ttnnw"tt tho tru , np!yTI"n w. w. ~ ~ mh ,me gr"TThhni
LIZ. .n nhs n ~, r,opS h Wo hir, ~ DG rul ~ no rrinnoo
iaiouTcne r1untry ~ 'hH 9lrohpiarc 9n me rice
inanStrH OF L"uislahu; ~ - numiraoly adanieu
| 10 InS culture, tlt IuluS lying low ana being