New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-09-23
TECHE IMPROVEMENT
MEETING.

10Th inst, relative 10 Inc Improve
ments to the Teche and COurta-
bleau, met at the City Hall in this
City at 3 p. m. on Tuesday last,
/ together with vast assemblage OF
citizens from this and the sur
rounding Parishes Those present
were:
St. Observation-Disclosures, Gil
beau. Olivier. Broussards Liable
and Delahoussaye.
st. Martins 9Th Ward-Latia-
lois and Champaign.
acknowledgements, Shaw
Prince and Nestayer.
Breaux Bridge - Dominique,
Meyer and Martin.
Arnaudville-Olivier.
st. Landry-A. Martin.
IBERIA. S. Power, w. j.
Burke. Edwin Estorge and j. w.
Eckart.
DR.. j. NJ. Olivier of st. Martin
vile, Chairman of the Joint Com
mittee called the meeting to or
der and on motion. duly second
ed Hon. r. J. Liable, chairman
of the Executive Committee Of the
Teche Improvement Association
was made chairman.
Mr.. Liable in stating the pur-
pose of the meeting, said. the OBJ
ject Of the meeting was to give
encouragement and support to the
plan mapped out for the improve
ment, of both, the CourtabLsau
and the Teche, plans not of recent
origin but that had been un> er
consideration for the past twenty
years. plans on which both State
and Federal engineers were in ac-
cord, and the first tangible evil
dence were the Keystone locks,
but that there could be no perm
anent improvement in the Teche,
no permanent safety from over
flow. until the Courta bleau was
damned and shutting off the wa
tiers of the Atchafalaya and d.
verting the waters of the Courta-
bleau down the Teche and con-
verting it's waters from a stag
nant cesspool into live running
waters. relieving it Of it's polu-
tons and at the same time remov-
ing bone of contention, namely
the workings from the sugar hous-
es into the Bayou. a source of SO
much trouble and annoyance to
our sugar planters, not only this,
but that the early completion of
the contemplated levee improve
ments are the West Bank Of the
Atchafalaya were entirely de.
pendent on the damming of the
Courtableau. Mr.. E. F. Willard,
Secretary Of the Teche Improve
ment Association was made See
rotary.
Mr. w. j. Burke. in a short adj
dress stated that he desired to
supplement the remarks. of the
chairman by calling attention to
the fact that both, State and Fed
eral engineers were advocating
the same project. and were in
hearty accord. not only this, the
Levee Board were also favoring
the project and with these three :
working for the same |,
ends and purposes and in perfect ;
accord was convincing to his mind
Of the utility of the plans.
Mr.. Burke offered a resolution.
that as the government desired
quick statistics and data that each
community and Parish along the
route OF the proposed improve
nents be invited and requested to
subscribe prorate to a total sum
IT $4,000 for the purpose Of en-
yaging help to gather these sta
istics and data and to secure sig
natures to the resolutions passed
It the St. Martinville meetingl
ind that the chairman be made
he head Of a committee of five,
o take charge of this matter, to
olicit from the Parishes of Ibe-
ia and st. Martin and the differ
mt municipalities their quarter 5
4 expenses and to push the work ,
f gathering data and signatures +,
o an early completion. Il
The committee appointed was
!. j. Liable, Chairman; J. J.j
'urdin. St. Martin; f. F. Willard, /,
IBERIA; A. Gonsoulin. Iberia; O. !
iberia.
The meeting was in perfect ac- =
ord not one dissenting voice was /,
card on any of the subjects dis ,
used. the plans outlined at st.
Iartinville were given hearty ap- ;
rOval. !