The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-11-01
!. |. ". |. RESOLUTIONS.
Congress Urged to- Provide Immediate
Iy Adequate Means for Completion
of Various Sections of lntercoast-
al Canal,

al canal.
At the ninth annual convention of
the Interstate Inland Waterway Lea.
que of Louisiana and Texas, held
Oct. II and 1S at Orange, Texas, the
following resolutions, presented by a
committees of which Messrs. John
Marks Of Assumption and Walter
Lemann of Dona1dsonyille were mem.
bers, were adopted unanimously:
1--WE especially urge that congress
carry QUIT the recommendation of the
government engineers and provide
immediately adequate means for the
completion of the following sections
Of the intercoastal canal: 1, From
Galveston to the Sabine; 2, from Ba-
you Vermilion to the Teche, elimi-
mating Cote Blanche and Vermilion
Bay; 8, from Morgan City to New
Orleans.
eve urge action on the part of the
government looking to an early con-
struction of that part of the canal be-
tween Corpus Christi and Baffin's
Bay.
''We recommend that the water
route now open between Morgan City
and the Lafourche, via the Cancienne
canal. be made a section of the in
tercoastal canal.
+ I'VE ask congress to authorize the
appropriation for operating and TAX
ing care of the canal and the work
of navigation to such portions of the
canal as have been OF will be COM
pleted, together with the mouths of
the adjacent rivers and streams,
the improvement of which has been
authorized.
eve ask congress to make suitable
provision for the establishment of
lights and beacons for the intercoast-
al canal and it's tributary waters.
..We strongly urge our senators
and congressman to work diligently
for the carrying out of the requests
of this league as set forth in these
resolutions.
eve hereby declare ourselves in
favor of q canal from the Missis-
sippi at New Orleans to the Rio
Grande at Point Isabella, OF a nine
foot depth and a hundred-foot width
at the bottom, and pledge our labors
to securing from the United States
government at the proper time suf-
ficient appropriations to construct a
canal of the above dimensions, in
order that we may be placed upon a
parity with the Ohio river.
We commend the good work being
done and the publieIty diffused by
the National Rivers and Harbors
Magazine in be interest OF the wa
terWays Of til
urge upon all those crested to
subscribe for the magazine and in
that way aid in the propaganda be-
ing carried on by the National Riv-
ers and Harbers Congress.
We urge representatives of Jef-
ferson, Galveston and Chambers
counties to take immediate steps in
securing the necessary rights-of-way,
800 feet in width, along the route
Of the intercoastal canal, as the same
has been or may be located by the
government engineers, and also fur
nish to the government the neces-
sary abstracts Of title.
Resolved, That 1t Is the sense of
the convention that the greatest
amount OF information can be Sc
cured and the greatest interest main
tained by the free discussion of mat
ters or subjects by the delegates on
the floor; therefore be it resolved,
that the officers and the executive
committee are hereby instructed to
arrange program for the next
convention that will provide for one
session to be devoted to the discus
sion of topics of interest.
"Be it further resolved, that a del
egate be designated to open discus
sions on each topic selected, and that
a limit be set on the time each DEL
egate may occupy in said discussion.
'sBe it resolved, that we extend to
the citizens of Orange our sincere
thanks for their generous and kindly
hospitality, and to the press Of Tex
as and Louisiana and. the magazines
much to bring our project before the
American people, our appreciation
and thanks.
3tWhereas, the Colorado river is
one Of the most important streams
in the state of Texas. having a large
area rich in agricultural and CONNER
cia1 resources adjacent to it's waters
for several hundred miles, and emp
tying into Matagorda Bay and the
intercoastal canal; and
"Whereas, said Colorado river can
not now be navigated on account of
the accumulation OF raft for dis
tance of several miles between Bay
City and Wharton, which should and
could be removed by a small ap-
preparation from the federal govern
ment; and
whereas, the removal of said raft
would greatly increase the CONNER
cial value of the infercoastal canal
as a means Of transportation and
would afford means for cheap trans
portaticn for a large sectien of the
richest and best developed CONNER
cia1 and agricultural portions Of the
state of Texas; therefore be it
Resolved, that committee of
five be appointed by the president to
obtain agricultural and commercial
statistics and other information with
reference to the territory contiguous
to said river and the benefits to be
derived from its opening to naviga-
tion. and that said committee report
as soon as practicable at a time and
place to be designated by the presi-
dent. That all such data be furnish
ed the Hon. Morris Sheppard, senior
senator from Texas, together with
a copy of this resolution. and that