The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-01-11
COMING ROUND.


izenn and leading business men
started ont from this city on
horseback to prospect a route Tor
4 canal from this town 10 the sea
The back country, At that time,
was pretty we'll covered with the
accumulated waters Of the sprlng
rams III" little drainage which
nature had forced, aided by the
more cnir,Ini islng and public 4plr
ittd citizens Of the day. gave nsi
enough movement TO the water 10
indicate the lower levels Of the
country
This patty oI drainage prospect
ors took, aa It's starting point,
that low area back ot the a,hol'c
Cemetery. and ~ soon as It got
beyond the influence of the ~ f.,
son street sewer uhen III rx,stenrrl
the movement of the waters poln'
wl the direction To be straight
back along The line "f th" resent
Carol street. Back of the pnpuy
place the water found its course
through lha,leuua,c bitches to y
much lower basin in the TrevlIle
Segu,a pasture Thence an east
erly course was followed fol some
distance, changing back 10 south
crly. through a conlec leading int"
Cuulec Kndaire.
The levels, which were taken
when the Salt Mine branch rail
road was built, indicated that the
bottom Of tho ponds, crossed by
that line, IN the Segnra pasture
were 81 feet above sea level This
was twn miles southwest Of Main
street At the intersection Of I.tter
son From this II is clear that Main
street il bet wcen = and II feet
above those ponds. two miles dis
tant Az "A foot to he mile will
afford drainage, il is also clear
that there would be u rush Of the
water from any part Of the town
,f 4 channe! were provided in the
direction Of the above mentioned
ponds
Some t. years after the excur
sion Of the prospecting party the
N. / Southern Canal was located
on higher ground. Thls canal in
ieraects the channel Of Gunlee Ro
daire
After an expenditure of consid
erably over 500, 600 in an effort Il
make the southern Canal navIga
ble to town, the navis able feature
ends possibly more than ; miles
away from Main street, and a Iii
above 2 miles from the corpora
tion limits.
There are those now, who arr
| coming 10 the front, who see thai
the Rodale was. and is still. in al
p obability, the more practicable
route for the navigab'e canal
With \ good basin located in thu
low flats of the Tlev,lle Segur'
pasture, bet ween the Iberia \
Nermilion Railroads. right Of way
and Mr.. Jno. Curtis boundar,
line, the canal could he made fa
more available for II protitabl'
traffic to this city than it could b'
il it were finished along the lin
Of the survey Of the Souther'
Canal.
1t would, in all probability, cos
less to open ny the Rodaire rout
than Il would to finish the South
ern Canal az a navigable waite
way.
The Rohaire canal would hav
rail shipping facilities already et
tablished at its head or basin
while = good deal Of railroa'
building would have to be done I
provide such facilities at the basi
end Of the Southern.
The Rodaire canal would eifec,
ually drain large areas and lon
stretches Of parish roads whic
cannot be helped by the influenc
Of the Southern.
| The ROdaire basin would l,av
banks approximately 9feet abov
water, while the walls Of tn
Southern Canal basin would b
some | or Is feet high.
| The distance from the lnterset
| ton Of the two routes to the r.
spective basins would probably b
less in the Rodaire. The Sontl
ern's basin would he a bit close
TO lower Main street, butgfurthe
from the railroad depots AZ pres
emily located.
These features have attracte
the attention Of the Police Jur
and DIR. II. A. King, the Pres
dent Of that body, has alread
made request to the Engineerin
/ Department of tho State for
! preliminary survey of the Rodail
,oute--espec,ally because of it's II
tluence upon Good Road problem
DOnaldsOnyille wants the Con
mission Form of Government.