The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-02-23

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Bay, the distance Il some y ! nil
From tie same starting prlnt, "
the proposed route through lh.
NeTnilIun, 10 itS mo,iil, IN some t.l
miles This la'ter. ii ~ apparent,
would shorten the rclfo fer tlis
Atchafalaya waters 10 aea level ~
II miles and would have the fen
dcUcy q stimulating q good low
that way
The Jeche would not fare 80
well. From the mouth Of ts,,atd
VIA the Techc To its mouth. where
i emptjes back into the Atchal,
'aya channel. il ~ miles. Fiurl
the B.raid, via he lakes. "a Tie
mouth Of the rccl,n, " - miles
This would indicate that the At
chafalaya hpN wVuld,emain " here
it ~ NO far ~ the Tcche is concern
ed. All Atchafalaya water enter
ing the Techr, under such c"nd,
tions must slacken it, How and
preciPitate the major portion Of
its burden NJ sii.. This process
once put in motion would doom
he Tcche tO ultimate closure, q,
to enormous dredging expense to
keep II open. IT, - n scheme, We
can readily understand, that 4 "a
road would endorse in the hopes
Of Riding itself Of water compnti
ton IN 80 far ~ the Teehr ~ con
cerhcd
The Berard would draw the
Atchalaya wafer before it would
have passed any Of the lakes or
great ha's-at u point where il
would be carrying it, heaviest
charge Of mud The hammock, n
the mouth " the Vermlion, and
the Tcchc would become common
scttIing basins for this mud.
The NrImllion would suirr, se !.
''nus'y from such 4 deposit Al ils
non'h These features alone ara
to prompt the abandonment
i the scheme.
Another view: Congressman 4.
{. Br"ussaid has given the p,o
{ ct tho navigation nf The upper
echc Im best uf hia enctgy.
bought, and hop" fpr The last
we've ~ more years Jas Y. =
lminn, Mayor, Corps ~ Engineers
; biz report on the T'chc Of May|j
S97, IN part says:
The bayou seems to he CAPABLE OIL
Improvement BY means of locks md
inns SO az to afford slack water nuvi-
,tiOn the year round. During high
ater ~ the Courtablcau IT is nayisa
e to Port Barre for boats drawing :
ct, and u was thought that, possibly,
building a lock and dam across The
below Port Barre, this
RRe Of water might be maintained in m
ayOu Teche, but the low water dis =,
large Of TIE Courtableau would moi
sufficient 70 maintain the necessary
pth without the interposition of IN
cks IN the Teche; and, since the
ater supply Of the Teche from other
urces seems to be sufficient TO sup.
y The required depth without de- in
nding upon that furnished by the HI
the construction or the ",
ntemplated lock and dam in Court
leau was abandoned. aud the pro. q"
4 for two locks Of 81 feet lift each 81
Bayou Teche adhered TO. no
The location of these locks does not
lterially differ from that recommend --
IN former reports. j. e. one auout 3
les below 81. MartinviIle and the
'er just below the mouth Of Bayou
silier; some dredging in the vicini- III
Df Port Barre; and the construction
guard lock at Port Barre TO pre- ="
i the waste into Bayou Cou,t- AZ
eat. During high water in tho 20
lrtableau this guard gate would re- $500
a open and give communication by
er transportation between points
he Courtableau and the Teche, on
{ present the Courtableau il entire. me,
ut OF from communication with al
' Orleans by reason of raft hay
formed ct IL lower end which com ~
ely obstructs navigation, and in
q to continue 30 for some time IN.
the efforts to remove IL. at present
&c wav, prove successful. II IA. +
efOfc, u matter Of consideration.
c proposed improvement TO the
z, whether the improvement OF
Souitableau should not be- consi Il
with y; because, II the mainte. =
Of the natural outlet INTO Atcha-
n IL not feasible. n diversion into ~
:; :: !: !; !: !: !
'cclie may be necessary. The ex- 49,
e Of the nee ssary locks ia the
would make he navigation Of
ourtablcau al all seasons feasible, \
e construction Cfa dam without
! just below Port l:arrc. nm mr. Hs