The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-02-09
TNH PROVISIONS
OF TI'G BILL
Rlvo'8 aud liarbors Committee Pro
yldcd for Iniercoaa'3 Canal
AttJkaraa Interest ~ the Measure
~ Greai and Far Neaohlug

4
u Great and Far Kpaohlng
u ! Iie Iautuane 81 li Rivers ~
! iInl bote bal! san H." i ii.,cl,t Iicu
} ~ La Ia'cte"a9ia! c.ral -
ioitp5,s.
eImp,oFrpc Ea}" Fla4,"rpit
GtaHl Eis"t and ~ 'sor l'nNo'
/ LoulNi;,na. 81, r",sf u, ION "I
G. d,cd} q and mniui.rAipn, TOO, GO'
+, .mptoviut inlatd ua,r,wa
channel from l'tani In f. Ncime,
3 '"aE. ll"nl+i1un. II aer",I nc
Wiil I - ,ep"tt submitted, - -,
! he sccIcia,, # Nai may eat,
INTO i contract for vol, aud ~.
tcllal ~ may j." necessary TO CON
500 600 ~ eNccsa nf 'hc nbov,
amount,
"lmp,"N'ng West Galveston
Say channel and mouths III I'd
I'""ni streams, Inel'idIuG IrIuit,
River. Anal,nar channel. Cchnl
Bay o", Chocolate Bayou and i;.a
i,"p Eay"u, continuing improve
m.nf, T",ooo
Improving iul,n,. waterway 81,
lc coast OF IrsaA, IT, im applied
L" PORTIONS ~ follows: West
Galveston Bay anh I.,azea rive,
canal improvement IN accord
ancc wi,h report Ot board Of en-
/ pIncr, D'c'hlrr -, 1906. the ca
'lmnied cost being 4lol 80; IN
land waterway channel from Ar
ranRas Pass {" Pass CayalIo. in
Guiding The Gnahalupn river to
Nr'n,io, csi,m ted cost being
%lJS, ooa: Tu,lr Cove channel
from Arkansas Pass to Corpus
CD, 'ati, estimated cost being
tI2.i, 40; for al The above, *l,c,
80. PROVIDED, 'hat the aecre.
taly pi war may enter Iuto cor
trar! OF contracts for such ma.
t'ltlS and work ~ may be ne
rcSsafy I" rnnphte the above
p!"J"t in nrcordantc with said
reports, 10 be pald for ~ anpre
lailailons may from tune to time
he made by law, not Ia cxcc.d IN
lW aggregate $500 GEO, exclusive
of the amounts ho,nin aud here
i"fore appropriately
on "Wednesday evening Hons. Hen
y J. Cncvdan anl Icon Locke appcnr
q hctore The i ,nrd Of Trade Of the
'tty and s"bmit'cd p'aus looktog to n
'hangc IA the program Of HE work in |
he interest Of Inc micronesia Cannl.
10 mapped out hy the engineers Of the
Wat Department al Washington. The
dea was to have the endorsement of
he Board Of Trade and then rppenl
o the police jury, soliciting it's coop
ration aud patronage. In their ct
orIs the gentlemen were cmincntly
uccessiul.
On Thursday morning the gentle
IN, accompanied by 4 large number
I The members Of the Board Of Trade, :
before the Po,ise Jury 10 >
rye the merits 81 their t,tHns and ask
~ that body 10 appropriate the sum
900 towards del,aving the light /
'aic aud necessary expenses Of carry
x on the campaign. Is
The Rivers and IIarbors Bill carries
! appropriation, ~ tbs recommends
On OF the committees. of an amour,
'ccssarv TO complete the canal from
c 1crhc 10 the Mernentau river
+. Gneydnn proposes TO carry the
ut on 10 the Ca'casi.u river ut 1casi
The earliest possible moment.
The Government engineers propose
Utilize Vermilion Bay ~ part Or
: route The hazards Of the bay to
barge trade made il undesirable. |
c cam! shonh be micronesia IL
t. hi can be done by cutting the
III through the marsh. coming cast
rd, INTO VsfmiIsnn bayou, then on
Bayou Petite AUS and The y Sn
la' lh's latter should be cont,b-
INTO the Techc, and BY anothe.
u cut Grand Lake would become II
II is urged that such route
~ not only carry n far greate, !
,slre ~ satei, to hargcs tn, wou!d
: macy miles Of travel in reaching !
Mississippi river through riaouc-
&c. ]
'tho"t dissenting vote the Police
made the APPROPRIATION.
ter appearing before the Police /
W.. cite, dan. the First Vice
'idcnf OF til" Interstatc Inland
erway League aud chairman of /
Louisiana Executive COMMITTEES
d meeting of The committee TO
r III the Offices Of N..sra E,rl.
Burke. The members Of the Ex !
I'VE COMMITTEE present were ILL.,