New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-12-21
From Fridays Daily.
THE CITY CANAL.

IHE CITY "a NAL,
VIII the work of the contractor,
Mr. 2. W. Thomas, fox the con
struction Of the canal from the
Gulf to this City, be continued
or viii Mr.. Thomas stop Sqd the
case 90 into the courts for al. ust-
ment2 That is the question that
is interesting the people today aud
as Mr.. Thomas left THE City last
night after the Southern District
Drainage Board had decided TO
reject his demands the answer is
not certain.
According to statements made
by Mr.. Thomas on the day he pre-
scented his demands to the Board.
he will stop the work on the canal
at once and if tits to be con
tinued il will be only after the
matters involved are decided upon
by a court at law. Mr.. Thomas
then said that these demands were
his ultlmatum and must be com
piled with or he would stop work
at once.
These demands which were de-
MED by the Drainage Board were
set forth in substance in the En-
terprise-Leader at the time of the
meeting They read as follows:
/ demand first that the Board
pass resolution fixing forever
the datum line of the mean tide
level as taken from the Southern
Pacific railroad and used in the
original survey of the canal by
the IIoyt aud Guilfoux as the cor
rect datum line ON which all work
shall be taken up aud the basis of
mean tide level on which the work
shall be finally accepted and that
the Engineer place his water
guages to conform to this datum
line.
"2. That the basis of Zoe per
cubic yard be adhered TO upon the
for balance of work upon
canal.
"3. That three wagon bridges
and the railroad bridge be paid
for at actual cost to contractor
not TO exceed $1,000, set aside for
same.
81 That digging already done
i'm excess of contract be paid for
the same as other work and also
$500 cubic yards allowed to eff |
feet change Of route to be paid for
in full.
% That funds for the extra
md excess work required to be
lone paid for and not paid be
returned by the Board to original
'unds set aside for the contractor
II the canal under original con
ract. "
The Drainage Board met last
evening to listen to the report Of
he final committee that had
)een appointed to consider care
.uIly the long history of the canal
hat Mr. Thomas had presented
md to make recommendations on
he demands
The committee presented the fol
owing report:
Gentlemen We your Commit
ee appointed TO examine and re-
'ort on the communication from
IT. Il. w. Thomas. contractor. beg
0 report as follows:
81 On the demand as to the
atum line the Committee con !
ludes that the datum line of the
outhern Pacific Railroad was =
dopted only for the purpose of 7
liking up the work monthly and I
wing estimates, and that the Ill :
mate object Of the contract il to :
btain six feet of water in the =
mai at mean Gulf level. !
"2. On the second demand this 4
ommlttee concludes that, as the h
'ntract is for lump sum, the bal !
ace OF the excavation must be a
me for the amount Of money left
r that purpose divided by the q,
lrdage to be excavated and this \
nounts to 500 cents per cubic :,
lrd, from which the usual % IN
n cent is to be deducted. =
3. This Committee concludes =,
at the bridges are to be con :,
ructed according to contract and =.
aside for that purpose the ex -
IS IS to be taken out of the ex e.
walton fund. If the cost is less G
G difference is to be returned to rp
excavation fund. m
"a. This Committee does not ~
q that any excess excavation at
! been authorized by the Board. th
r that there is any excess yard Of,
2 IN the new route adopted BY ne
reement. tl
.. This nmittee sees no th
son Tor e. Tci n~~ for the Ina
hands made. -
Finally, this Committee recon-
nds and insists upon the prose-
ion of the work Of the Contrac-
under the contract and that Th
further violation Of tie last
cement as to the coutlno,ls
secution of the work night
day be tolerated. am,
Respectfully submitted. sci
l.. INDEST. toll
O. RENOUDET. at
G. G. LAUGHLIN. but
Committee. il
he recommendations were pr
pied and it was resolved TO at
~ Mr. Thomas of the decision of