The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-11-28
Meeting Of The Inland NaterWa!
Convention.

The Interstate Inland Waterway
Convention of Louisiana and Texas
will hold it's Fourth Annual COnven-
ton at New Orleans, ! a., on Friday
and Saturday, December 4th and 9th.
1908. All who are interested in the
construction of this great Intercoastal
Canal, are invited to attend this Con
ventiOn.
We have secured the recognition OF
Congress to the extent of receiving
appropriations for the section between
the Mississippi River and the Mer-
mentau in Louisiana, and from
Galveston to the mouth of the Brazos
r yer. between Arkansas Pass ana
Matagorda Bay, including the Quad
eloupe River and Corpus Cove 10
Corpus Christi, in Texas So far, SO
good. But we cannot receive the 1uii
benefits until the entire project snail
have been completed from the Rio
Grande to the Mississippi River.
The prospects seem fairly good to
secure at the hands of the next Con
gress sufficient to finish the section
from the mouth of the Brazos to
Matagorda Bay, and thereby connect
Arkansas Pass and Corpus Christi. and
also the section in Louisiana from the
Mermentau to the Sabine River. Ihls
would leave out two important Sec
tiOns-from Sabine Pass to Galveston
and from Arkansas Pass to BrOwrs-
, vile. 1t is the desire OF both Louis
lana and Texas, that this project re-
ceive not only sufficient funds to COM
plete the canal in the next approprla-
ton. but we should receive q survey
on the basis of nine feet depth and
one hundred feet in witdh, so that the
succeeding Congress can appropriate
! for what our Association heretofore
and do now demand in depth and width
| 1t is therefore very important that
we make this coming Convention big
success, and thereby show how earnest
the people of Louisiana and Texas are
in theirdesire for the completion CT this
work. Every town and hamlet, through
their business organization, Mayors,
County and Parish Judges and proml-
nent citizens are urged to select dele
gates and send a list of same as
speedily as possible to c. S. l.. Hol-
land, President, Victoria Texas. for
Texas delegates, and to Hon. Henri
L. Gueyda.. Gueydan. La, or Hon.
Leon Locke, Secretary, Lake Charles:
La, for Louisiana delegates.
RAILROAD RATES.
The railroads have granted rate
| of one fare plus ten per cent from all
points in Louisiana and Texas.
Tickets will be on sale December 2 and
3. with return limit December 20,
which will permit those who desire to
attend the Rivers and Harbors Con-
gress, which convenes in Washington,
December Oil, to use the above men
toned excursion ticket from New Or
leans returning home. Any further
information will be furnished by any
member of the Executive Committee,
or bv Hon. Warren B, Reed, Chair
man Arrangement Committee, 1913
Hibernia Building, New Orleans. La.
ARRANGEMENT COMMITTEE.
C. S. E. Holland, Pres, Victoria,
Texas; H. L Gueydan. 1st. Y. p,
Gueydan, La, VIM. G. Steret, End. V.
P, Dallas, Texas; Chas. r. Kitchell,
Sec'ty, Galveston; S. Locke Breaux,
New Orleans, La, Walter j. Burke,
New Iberia, La, C G. Duson, Crowley,
La, Walter Y. Kemper, Franklin.
La, Royal Givens, Corpus Christi,
Texas: Jas. B. Baker, Waco.
Texas; G. j. Palmer. Houston, Texas;
A. L. Ford, Orange. Texas; Leon
Locke, Sec. for La, Lake Charles,
Eugene Pharr. Morgan City, La. E.
P. Munson, Napoleonville, La, H. c.
Drew, Lake Charles, La, A. B.
Davidson. Cuerom, Texas; Hugh
Jackson, Beaumont, Texas; Walter
Q. Gresham. Galveston, Texas: F. c.
Pfeiffer, Port Arthur, Texas.