The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-10-30
INTERCOASTAL CANAL.
Cong. Broussard says it
Should be an finland
Canal" The Route left
to Colonel Beach.
Col. Beach will Soon Make
Report on Proposition to
Deepen the Teche.

Report on Proposition te
Deepen the Teche
| The New Orleans Picayune says
A plan will be formulated 10y Con
greSsmaD Robert Il. Broussard OI
the Third L"aisiana district, New
Iberia, and Col. Lansing II. Beach
United States engineer, during Tho
waterways convention, for calling
a meeting of police juries in al
parishes affected by the water
lilies to adopt measures for perma
nentIy using the federal aid and
eradicating this pest to navigation
in Louisiana.
Mr. Broussard was in the city
yesterday, having attended the
conference of United States engin.
GERS on the intercOaslal canal
Ioute. He will go from here t0
st. Louis to join the Taft party
down the river.
'.During the waterways conven.
ton" SAID he, 1--WE will confer
with Congressman A. p. Pujo of
the Seventh, and Congressman
Robert C. Wicklffe of the Sixth
district, relative to the hyacinth
campaign The plan il to call a
meeting Of police jnsies in all par.
ishes where navigation is otstruct-
ed, probably to be held at Lafa.
yette, which is central point,
about the middle of November.
My idea ls to secure the adoption
of some systematic scheme, 50
that the government money appro
priated for this purpose may be
made permanently effective"
Mr.. Broussard said it had been
finally determined that the route
of the interc0astal canal between
Bayou VermiIlon and the TecLe
had been lef, to Co:oael Beach,
also the matter OF right Of way.
''If possible" said the Iberia
congressman, i've want to obviate
the crossing of Cote Blanche Bay
and Vrrmilion Bay. 1t is our de-
eire to make this an inland canal,
and not one subject TO long
stretches Of open water, where
the craft that could use an in and
waterway would not feel safe in
ventntiDg. This il the trouble in
making these open bays parts of
the canal. We are also trying to
obyiate the necessity of going
through White Lake, in Vermi.
lion, and Grand Lake in Calcasieu
parish. The board Uf government
engineers has agreed that it shall
BE- an inland canal, and not an in
cercOastal canal, as hae been talk
cd. It was always my desire and
intention that this should be an
inland waterway. All the l.gis
sation which l haye secured has
been looking to that end.
IL am now convinced that this
great canal system will come d..
rect to New Orleans from Morgan
City, via Houma. THIS means a /
great deal for New Orleans. The
canal ,yill be n,ne feet deep and
100 feet wide. It will be an fine q
waterway as any in the state out
side Of the Mississippi river. II
will he q shorter ronte from the
reche and the Vermili'n than the
railroads offer.
nC0l. Beach will soOn make a
report on the proposition to deep
en- Bayon Teche from six to twelve
feet. It il believed his report
will be favorable to the proposed
project.
"The dredge and snsg boat pro-
vided for In the last rivers and
barbors bill, to cost @35. 600, for
use In the Louisiana territory,
will be In commission in ab0nt fif-
teen daya. We have $50 600 for
operation, and the boat will 60 to
work at once. Il viii start in on
Bayou vermilion and win make It
4 nav,gable stream all The way up|
to Lafayette
Congressman Bronssard said
the dredging Of Bayou Plaquemine
was progressing satisfactorily.
WANTED-SuccRss MAoAx1xE wante
An energetic and responsible man or
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