The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-29
lntereoastal Canal Inspection.

following delegation from Frank
lin went to Morgan City to meet
the Board of United States En-
gfneers for Rivers and Harbors
who were examining the condi-
tons along the route of tin .l,er-
coastal canal from New Orleans
to Mermentau: United States
Senator Murphy j. Foster. Judge
Charles A. O'Niell, Sheriff VIII
son T. Peterman, Clerk of Court
Wilbur H. Kramer, District At
torney Thomas NJ. Milling, As
SCISSOR H. w. Kappel, Mayor
James A. Peterman, Councilman
R. Emmett O'Nieli, Ex-Mayor
John C. Lewis, Deputy Sheriff
Arthur Martel, Joseph Brig, w.
Y. Kemper, c. F. Borah, Paul
Kramer, C. j. Boatner, Roberts
Milling, Percy Saint, George D..
Palfrey, w. P. Foster, w. H. La
than, VIM. Kyle, Dr.. E. L. Lewis.
o. L. Alpha, L. Lauritzen, L..
Caro-, Joseph Schwartz, Ben Coul-
lard, Allen and Earl Barnett.
The steamer Sewanee, belong
ing to the F. B. Williams Cypress
Company, in command of R. D.
McNeeley, E. T. Lemons, pilot,
and John Ager, engineer, left
Morgan City promptly at $3.50
o'clock for trip up the Teche as
far as Hanson's canal, having on
board from Morgan City E. A.
Pharr, Willard Ditch, Emile An
gelloz and Morris Fortune. The
first stop was made at Glenwild,
where John Pharr joined the
party. At Patterson +. B. Will
liams, BIZ. Morey, William Folse,
A. H. Thompson, Walter Maloz.
E. A. Rou ssel, David Webb and
Jules Burguieres were taken
aboard. Along the route the va
rious features OF the canal, which
is to traverse section of the
country that produces more than
nine million tons of freight per
annum, were discussed with the
Board of Engineers, composed of
the following officers: Colonel
VIM. T. Rossell, chairman, Lieu.
tenant Colonel H. G. Newcomer,
Major Herbert Beakyne, Major
j. w. Borden and A. H. Weber,
secretary, attended by Captain
K. r. Ralston, representing Lieu
tenant Colonel Lansing H. Beach,
who was unable to attend, being
called to Vicksburg to take the
annual horseback ride required of
army officers. Congressman r.
F. Broussard, who had been busy
for the past ten days attending
the hearing in New Orleans last
week and preparing data to be
presented to the board, and who
arranged the trip, was with the
party, as was Rene +. Claire, of
me Board of Trade OF New Or
leaus and Warren B. Reed.
Dinner was served on board of
the Sewanee just before arriving
at the Hanson canal, where the
launches Garden City, in COM
mand of Captain T. e. Lawless,
and the Drucilla, with Homer S.
Pickett in command, provisioned
for the trip, met the party and
proceeded with them through the
canal and across Cote Blanche
and Vermillion Bays to the mouth
of the Vermillion river, where
ehey were entertained by the
Club.
On Wednesday morning the
party went to Weeks Island,
where the salt mines were in
spected, then came to Franklin
and visited the Sterling refinery,
leaving on the 2:47 train for New
Orleans. The engineers seemed
to be favorably impressed with
the necessity for the canal as well
as the proposed location thereof.
The building of the intercoastal
canal is of vital importance to
this section of the country, and
with the data concerning the
amount of business that would |
be done through such a canal,
which was submitted at a hearing
On the Intercoastal Canal project
before the Board of Engineers in
New Orleans last week, and which |
was forcibly presented by those
present, it would seem that the
Government will be convinced Of
t. value to make the appropria-
ion for it's construction.