The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-29
DRAINAGE
COMMISSIONERS,
HOLD MEETING AND CONSIDER
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS PER \
TANNING TO THE CITY CANAL.

ern Drainage District Commission
, rrs at the City Hall, when Nj
Lewis Anglers presented his re
port showing the completion of th.
dredging which he had contrartn,
, to do. This work, done by Mr.
Anglers, makes OF the canal Wha
was originally contemplated for if
All of the bumps Of the bottom
have been cleared away, giving :
depth nowhere less than six feet
from its mouth up to the point
where the Anglers drcdgc sloppoo
work.
The lower part of this canal may
| now be considered as complete
1t is splendid channel and is
capable OF taking care of an I'M
mense amount OF water 1t has
been the means OF rcclaiming 4
large area OF prairie land and max
ing crops practically certain where
they have been repeatedly lost in
former wet seasons. This great
good has come to these land own
ers along the route of the canal
with no further cost to them than
the right of way over the lands
crossed by the canal. The owners
bear no part OF the cost OF is con-
structiOn nor maintenance.
In submitting his report to the
! board Mr.. Anglers called attention
to the fact that that section of the
canal between the point when his
dredge stopped work and the i.
& A. Railroad bridge was little
shy on the depth called for in the
original specifications. Instead
of there being uniform 6 foot
depth OF water at mean low tide
there are places where there is
not more than five and half feet
of water. There are also quite q
number of bumps left on the bot
tom between the bites OF the Or
ange-peal dipper. A map of this
section was submitted by Mr.. An
gers giving the soundings. To re-
move these bumps and make the
c*nal Of uniform depth np To the
railroad would require The removal
OF $4,000 cub. yds. of dirt. A pro
POSITION was then submitted to the
board to do this work.
The most important part Of the
work finished up by Mr.. Anglers
was the clearing OF six foot chan
mel through Cow Lake. The Thom-
as dredge came through the lake
apparently on high tide and with
out doing any cutting at all. Mr..
Thomas undoubtedly expected the
muck bottom OF the lake to wash
out when both ends of the lake
would be opened to the drainage
floods from the upper country.
His anticipatiOns, however, did not |
obtain. The bottom OF the lake re
mained unchanged. The flood wa
ters would spread, even into the
adjacent marsh, and did no cutting.
The same two to two and half IT.
depth in the lake remained un-
changed. 1t was very necessary
to open channel through this lake
of the proper depth, otherwise the
permanent depth OF the canal and
its channel would be treatened by
the DETECTING of the waters at that
point.
In sounding this Cow Lake one
would find quite uniformly feet
of water; then the sounding oar or
pole could be driven down easily
some 8 feet more through the
muck, when a hard bottom would
be encountered. This great stra-
tum of jelly like mud showed no
signs of washing, perfectly re-
sisting the action OF all currents,
and harbored many snags and old
logs. The channel, finally cut by
Mr.. Anglers, lies along the western
edge of the lake next to the hard
banks of Cow Island.
The Drainage Board has approx
$4,000 in the treasury.
There are one or two more bridges
10 be constructed across the can
II. If two are built there is not
money enough to pay for them.
There is great deal more dredg-
ng yet to be accomplished through
,igh land to bring the upper end
If the canal to the city limits. AS
he canal has well defined banks a.
ong the section where the shoals
re indicated and there is but lit
lie danger that the canal will fur
her shoal at these places; and for
'ther reasons the board deferred
consideration of the ex-
ra dredging Immediately below
he railroad bridge.
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