The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-01-16
TECHE IMPROVE
MENT ASSOCIATION,
a Brief Sketch Of its Organi-
zatlon, Its Purposes and Its
Accomplishments.

1t will he remembered that O
Tuesday, September l5, 1908,
general meeting Of the bmsines
interests Of the parishes "f 81
Mary, st. Martins, St Landry an
Iberia, prcs'.'e'i overly Chief Jn,
tlce JOS. A. Vrcaux, was held In th
City Hall Fof this city pursuaE
to the call, issued Ivy Messrs. Sil
vIo Broussard, DIR. l.. A dc Ilau
real, Y. =. Guilfoux, DIR. II u
Baylis, Il. J. Fleming, A. o. Le
vert, Frank r. Guilbcau. V. NJ
Aubry. a. & Leblanc, Jr Il. !
BienvcDn, J. J. BurdlD, y. l.
Fomrnet, W. u. Kramer. j. II
Duchamp aud !. ! Liable. The
call stated the purposes Of the or
ganizatiOn to be sto organize .
permanent association fer the i'm
prOvcment Of the Tecl,e, the duty
Of which shall he to assist ON
Congressman in obtaining the ne
cessary appropriations from Con
gress, and 10 the L. S. Ehginec,
in charge of the works in carrying
ont the purposes Of said appro.
priatiOn>," "All those who arc
Interested in improving the navi
cation of the Teche' were request
ed to Sttcnd this meeting ana psrl-
ticipate in its deliberations and
acts. The meeting was well at
tended and Indicated a deep and
broad interest IN this undertaking.
Three days later the temporary
secretary forwarded copies Of the
report y of the committee on
organization, Hon Walter J..
Burke, chairman, to Police Juries
CITY Councils, and many promi-
nent planters, manufactures and
business people of the Attakapas.
This report requested that dele
gates be named prior TO Oct Is,
who should have 2athority t%per
organizr an associa-
ton, winch shall have for it's pur-
pose the carrying out Of the objects
of the call.
On Sept. g The temporary or
met and fixed Oct. 22nd
as the date of the meeting for per
Inancnt oIEanlzatioIa
Oct. 219 permanent organization
vas effected. The various com
mittees were appointed and the
work. started. The Executive
Committee was authorized to con
tract with Mr.. Warren B. Reed,
Dr someone else, for the immediate
survey of the Tecle, SO that the
maps might be ready for presenta
ion to the Rivers and Harbors
Committee on the opening of Con
yress.
Nov. 9th Mr. Reed appeared be
ora the ExecuEve Committee, at
is session held on the Stmr. II. b.
presented his PROPOSE
ion and received the award of the
Ontract.
December 9th, tbs engineers
'lans and maps. an! profile were
aiken to Washington, ID. G.
From the above it will be seen
hat the Association has had to
ct with the greatest haste in all
,atters pertaining to this very
Important work. The one lmpor-
ant end was to save time in
getting the matter be
Dre the Rivers and Harbors Com
littee. There was no division of
piniOn on this point at any time.
Ir. Reed hurried into the field,
hile the Finance Committee was
ealing with the money end Of the
Then followed the
ANY Interruptions of the ap-
holiday season and the
ossing of harvesting. =
1t now behoves this section TO
, promptly respond to the call t
the Finance Committee for i
Inds with which to meet the Ob- {
cations Of the Association, as a
as Mr.. Reed to respond to the |
II Of the Association to make the v
'eded survey. b