The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-12
in bonds to be provided for as fol-
lows:
Drainage district annual
Less annual interest on
$4,000 at 6 per cent =. $500

Less annual interest on
$4,000 at 6 per cent. -. 2,S2(
Leaving an annual sinking
Itlnu s,Sa
which in five years would amount
to S39,3S5. To this add proceeds
from sale of two dredges, and
which has already been put in
sinking fund, $4,000, and you
have S49,3S5 to meet and pay
$4,000 in bonds outstanding at
the end of ten years
At the termination of the first
five years a canal should have
been cut from tidewater to the
vicinity of New Iberia of a width
of forty feet and of navigable
depth of six feet, thus securing for
her drainage, sewerage and com
mercial outlet to the gulf; PEBBLES
Coulee and Coulee Rodere should
have been dredged to the limits of
the Sixth ward; the Bayou Petite
Anse dredged from near Avery
island to Pare Perdu, and the out
let of the Grand Marais, on the
western limits of the parish, cut
from the AbbeviIle branch railroad
bridge to open tidewater two miles
below. All Of this, in my opinion,
can be done in five years from the
commencement of the work. The
Seventh and Fifth wards can be
drained effectually in two years
after work is commenced, and the
second dredge can then go to the
of Dredge No. 1. still
working her way to New Iberia.
In the meantime most of the lands
in the Second, Fifth and Seventh
wards will have doubled i'm value:
as with proper drainage they will
be the most valuable in Iberia
parish.
With due Difference to the views
IF others, / submit the following
suggestions as to routes for canals
20 drain, sewer and give tidewater
navigation to small boats to New
IBERIA, and to drain the Sixth,
second, Fifth and Seventh wards:
First--A canal to be cut from Ba-
you Carlin orone Of its branches to-
Joulee Rodere, then following this
,oulee to its head, where Salt Mine
,ranch railroad crosses the public
Dad leading from New Iberia to |
Abbeville, OH lands of Jos. Segura
BY survey of Southern Pacific
abroad engineers this basin is
'nly eight feet above tide level;
distance Of cut estimated at eight
niles or less; to cut canal from
mouth Of Coulee Rodere along the
marsh to the mouth Of PEBBLES
Joulee, distance estimated at one
nile; to dredge PEBBLES Coulee
owards New Iberia four miles,
a total estimated distance
# thirteen miles for the drainage
# New Iberia, Sixth ward, Second
ward and portions of Fifth and
seventh wards.
Second To commence at end of |
auseway near Avery island and
Utilize twenty foot canal now ex-
sting and carrying off to its ca
,acity the waters coming down
Bayou Petite Anse from the Fifth |
nd Seventh wards; to cut out and
WIDEN this canal to width of |
orty feet to the main land, a dis |
ance of Il miles; thence to follow
nd cut out a twenty-five foot
oulee to the bridge where the Alb
,eville branch railroad crosses
bayou Petite Anse, distance III
niles; then to follow and cut out |
,ed Of Bayou Petite Anse to bridge |
n public road at Michel Delcam-
res store, distance il miles;
hence up Bayou Petite Anse four.
niles to Pare Perdu, making for
his canal total distance of eight |
liles.
Third-Dredge outlet Of Grand
Iarais, on western limit of parish,
stimated distance two miles, max
ny a total of ten miles, which
hould be easily completed within
wo years, when Dredge No. 2
onld be sent to the assistance of
)redge No. / to assist in cutting
ommercial, drainage and sewer
ge canal to New Iberia.
Should we succeed in having our
eople adopt the drainage system
vhich / have feebly attempted to
utline, we should not forget that
he generation to succeed MS will