The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-07-30
A CANAL PROBLEM.

The New Iberia Sou,lr.n C:n.
has been AT 4 : ami sill. ip, !. lon
time The disorganlz,fl.n If ia
Drainage District enrils4ipu i
he iasl city e!"riIun, bilr4ifg il
$ as II IL /. \ urW cUnt,n' aui dire,
: tor ,ir, inA been pnn pf la,. rans..
: Of Tattrfa resting 50 long Al,
y oth = element wac The rxhlt.Sic,
funds. a - foot cana! wa nl.r
ned and funds provided for such
but Il 80 SCOT canal las been a..
as far ~ II comes, costing NOR,
than WAS originally contemplated
10 bring on his larger cana
would un'i"Hh'rdly nuH,r" Nor,
money Both the old aud ih,
prrSen' administration have d..m
ed 'nwi4c /" ask 'hr ir"p!r I.
'''' 81 ~ ~ ~ S,'I '''iiil ISSllt
which Wrii'ti have ~ u. dom. Il,
order to ,niuplc'. he '.t.rl cana!
The suit, now pending ~ ~ Fed
teral lpiS'rl"i court ~ New ID
leans, het w"en Tia" Cuy aud til.
"Ncpn'rdrtor, Is ahol hsI reason "a,
he delayed ACTIVITIES THIS cas-.
will probably go utu another Yea,
before l's .rnrc|n~lrn il reached
And lass, bat not ,lto..r' her with
ont It's delay ing influence, WAS liz.
long 50, u Of dry weather, Win 10
apparent Immediate need for
drainage.
Thus, We -. some Of the !nnu
cnccS which have retarded nctiyi
ties ~ the wmh. 1t was nrv..
contemplated Al any limr tia. me
work Of completing he canal
should toe rested 80 long. Weeks
have passed into mnnlAa, and
months are passing into years
i" take up the work now means
arN plans.
Mr Lewis An.rra, the we'll
known canal contractor, has for
INFLATED 4 plan which has some
very commcnIab,e features His
plan does not contemplate i navi
gable canal al The way TO town,
but It will Afford adequate drain
AZ" AZ once. Ills plan il 70 cnt 4
anal . feet deep by Il 80 foo, bot
tom, 10 foot top, from the upre,
en-! Of the navigahle canal, along
the original right of way mp TO ,lr
10 alpcht road Tho new en-,
would terminate ~ It's upper end
viii he same dimensions & fee,
deer and 40 feet vide 1T the ton.
u would carry an even gsadr in
The bottom, regardless Of the SUI 4
lace !cNnIs. The bottom of The
new cut would br . feet above
mean lid" le,el, where II entered
he navigab.e, while the INNER
md bottom would b. u feet above
mean tide The length Of this
mt would br about 10000 FEET
This would give a ia ! of 81 inches
o the mI'e--enOugh to drive The
waters with great force and spced.
nee the way is opened TO cut
ms drainage canal 1t will rcUuir
he removal o. some 10, 900 cubic
ards of earth.
II this canal were cat, along tls>
mes outlined by Mr.. Anglers, il /
'ould not bc navigable canal
nder any ciIcumsta nccs; hal In
ultIDg would afford excellsat and
n'ck drainage for vesy large
art OF the town, and ii wo1lA IN
'st that much done IN tho larger
anal, whenever il would m !
lought exp"dieat by tins lrople q
brlng lido water nearer town G
esides this, the rushing Of rain \
'ods down through that canal
Qua carry a great deal of earth T.
ith 1t, to be deposited in the low. !,
canal, where all sacf. accumnla- I
Gus could he reaaov,sI at far less 8
st Than they coalAl lie taken out u
tue upper end Of the cut by a d
edglng machine. Besides this. +,
G more the wash from the lut. r
~ OF this psoSN sed extension. y
o less weight and height Of /.
mp that w0,slu have to be car "
q on ths ham.s of the up,mr f,
d Of tho canal.
II, AZ probability one Of M
St sseps that would hay. TO ~