The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-30
GOVERNMENT TO
ASSIST ON LEvEE
RIVER COMMISSION WILL MAT
TRESS BANKS TO PROTECT
CITY FROM CAVINGS.

United States government will a
once begin the work Of affording ad
! iitional protection to the river bank!
in the Third district This task t!
in the hands Of Capt. McIndoe. o.
the United States engineers 1t !.
not known by the Mississippi River
commission Just how much Of the
port appropriation Of 500 900 may
l,e devoted to this work but atten-
ION will be given to the most dang
erous spots al once. This was de-
boat Mississippi at Baton Rouge yes
terday. following an appeal by Gov
ernor Blanchard. Mr. j. w. Porch
and Mr. Bernard McCloskcy. and the
presentation OF memorial asking
government aid by Gen Arsene Pc
riIlat Of the state Board of Engi-
ncers
Col. Sears. Of the Mississippi River
Commission. stated yesterday, on the
return Of the boat from the Barracks
with the members of the commission
and delegations from this city. that
the danger in the Third district was
not as great as it might be thought.
but that attention would be given to
it Immediately. this step having been
decided upon by the commission
While the boat was at Baton Rouge
VIII DO Some Work.
II cant say that we were Impress
ID with what we found in the Third
district" said Col Sears with al
mile. You must remember that
We are impressed at every point we
visit. both on the high water inspec-
ion and on the low water trip. In
other words. we are impressed twive |
4 year at good many places.
Still, you may say that We have
'ecided upon doing some work down
here. Capt. McIndoe will take
barge Of this at once We cannot
'ay how much will be spent. but the
most threatening places will be at
ended to-
"Fhe government has already done
rome wo~ls down there There are
! number of spurs and dykes built
mt from the bank. but the current
has formed pockets in between them,
md there are two or three places
hat nav possibly be little bad.
'aving can. of course, be stopped by
addressing. but the piling that has
cen driven along the banks there
ill i"tcrfere with this work to some
'vtcn;
II appreciate that if these people
re going Io spend great deal of
noney on their harbor and levee i'm
'rovements, they want some assu-
ance that the whole works will not
o into the river. You may say to
hem that the bank will be held
ust now we are doing some work 1T
mesville, and here and there" said :"
ne colonel. pointing on the map to
re Algiers shore. opposite Napoleon
venue, and Westwego, land we can
OF spend all the money in the Third
istrict. but possibly next year we =
ay do a little more"
Captain McIndoe explained that II
ould be little time before the
ork In the Third district cO::,; be
'gun or it could be estimated howl
uch II would cost, as there were +.
rveys and other preliminaries 20
finished first.
und that the abstracts rendered to
e Board were in many instances in T.
rect, and that 1t became necessary
return great many of them for
ERECTION, and among the several
at were returned was an abstract
ndered here from the parish Of m.
aria, and had the assessor of the
IRISH of Iberia been anxious to cor fn
It his statement of the $4,000 acres
sugar lands he certainly had the ne
portunity of making the correc-
n at that time; and moreover, the Ne
lly Observation-Disclosures makes the Sc,
tement that the assessment rolls of dia
ria parish were being held up in
ton Rouge by the officials. This ten
tement, SO far as know Of, is in the
rect, and of this know that when ing
Poirson arrived in Baton Rouge ant
n his roll | made a statement to the
that If his figures did not cor ney
pond with the figures set out by bee
State Board of Equalization that In
would have some trouble in hav- adj
his roll accepted. because there ma
been instructions isauod -. - des
ept the roll unless the figuresb 81
eed with the figures of the Secre- 90
OF the State Board of Euuiliza- cur
!. Before this roll was accented y
Poirson was obliged to file with ""
Secretary of the State Board OF
ilization. Mr.. w. N. Curley, a let
in which he, Mr.. Poirson, stated ss"'
1t was through his mistake in
ing the rendition of lands in his -
sh that the discrepancy In the lig-
existed; on this statement the
etary of.the State Board of Equa-
ion authorized the Auditor tn ~.