The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-01-08
TECHE IMPROVEMENT.


The following letters indicate the
status Of the proposed work Of i'm
proving and deepening the Bayou
Tcche.
In Col. Beach's letter it is clear
'y indicated how important is the
question Of disposing of the waste
and il the riparian land owners
will not consent to receiving this
dump, the Teche may have to re-
main a shallow stream.
If we understand the situation
correctly the discharge from q
suction drcdge is practically in
solution. 1t would not only lcvel
itself to a great extent, but il
would seek and fill the low places
quite completely. This should be
accounted an Improvement
Jeanerette, La. Jan. 6, 1910
Mr.. 4 +. MIlard,
New Iberia. La
Dear Sir | am enclosing YOU
herewith iOr your information copy
Of a letter ! have received from
Col. Lansing " Beach, relative to
the proposed Improvement OF the
Teci.e
| have replied to Col Beach that
| anticipated no trouble in getting
permission from the planters along
this stream to allow the material
to be spread out over their fields
but to make sure o, the matter that
| would Immediately communicate
with the largest holders OF land
with a view Of getting their per
mission allowing this to hn done.
am also enclosing you copy Of
a letter | have sent out to all the
principal property owners anr
planters, requesting that they give
the Government permission to dc
post the refuse over their fields
Any publicity or assistance yO,
can give us i'm tn" matter will ~
much appreciated.
Yours truly.
II. u. HEWES, Pres
New Orleans. La, Jan. 3, 1910
Mr.. IL. B. Hcwes,
President, Techc Improvement
Association,
Jeanerette, La
WY utaF W.T.. VtWeS. : III pItI'il
ing estimates for the Improvement
0 fths Tcche find that the dis
position Of the material which is
dredged from the stream is go
ing to9be matter of the utmos
Importance. 1t will be practical
~ impossible to deepen the stream
by means Of a dipper dredge and
deposit the material upon the bank
It will also be practically impossi-
bic to barge the material the en-
tire length of the Teche and de-
post il in Berwick Bay. Tha only
practical mathoI OF doing the
dredging, and practically the only
one for accomplishing the result
within reasonable cost, will be to
remove the material by hydraulic
dredges, in which case il will b
necessary to deposit the material
upon the ground back Of the edge
of the bayou at a distance probab-
" not greater than half a mile. OF
course when passing through a
town it may be possible to carry
the material a short distance in
dump scOws, but this can only be
done in a few places, as to do it at
several localities, would make the
cost prohibitive.
| would like to inquire whether it
will be practicable, as far as the
property owners are concerned, to
waste this mat tarial upon lan1s back
of the bayou. | am afraii that it
this is not permitted the question
of Improvement will be stopped on
account OF the expense involved.
Will you kindly take this question
up with peOpl, in your vicinity and
let me know what can be done?
Either Lieutenant RalstOn or
myself, or both Of u, will como to
the Teche in the cou~s, Of the next
week or two and go over the
ground with you and other people
interested.
have written similar letters to
Mr.. r. G. Taylor, Franklin. and Mr.
p. r. Delahoussaye, New Iberia, La.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Lansing II Beach,
1t. Col, Corps of Engineers.
TECHE IMPROVEMENT ASSN.
Jeanerette, La, Jan. 9th, 1910
Dear Sirs:- Relative to the
proposed Improvement Of Bayou
Teche, it developes that it will be
necessary to remove the materi-
al from this stream with hydraulic
dredges, and in doing so, deposit
deposit the refuse out over the ad-
iacent fields, and it will be incum-
hent upOn us to obtain permits
from the property owners, per-
hitting this to be done. OF course
when passing through town, it
will be possible to ca"rv the ma
terial Ahort distance i, dump
scOws, bu this can only be done
I'M a few places. l would be pleas
ed to have you advise me if you
will grant permission to the Gov
ernment to dump the material from
the Bayou over your fields ada
cent thereto, back distance o.
not to exceed one-half mile.
l understand that the dredgingf
from the Teche will make excellent
fertilizer, and, if this is the case
YOU would be amply repaid for any
inconvience it might cause you.
Your prompt attention will O.
blige,
Yours truly,