Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25
INLAND WATERWAYS CONVENTION
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION
WANTS IMMEDIATE CON-
GRESSIONAL AID.
Greatest Convention Ever Held and
Resolutions Passed on lntercoastaI
Canal Have Great Meaning.

congress asking immediate action in
completing the iutercoastal canal and
providing for its maintenance and OPP
GRAFTON; hearing addresses from Con
Cressmcn T. l.. Henry Of Texas and
l.. L,azrO of Louisiana, and listening
10 many other rJusing addresses and
discussions, the two days ninth an
nual convention of the Interstate IN
land Waterway League OF Texas and
Louisiana formally came TO a close
Saturday. The closing session OF the
convention was characterized by much
important action on matters pertain
ing 10 the iutercoastaI canal in its
construction, maintenance and opera
ton.
The sessions of the convention have
been harmonious and marked through
out by great enthusiasm on the part
of the 500 or more delegates attend
ing from all parts OF the coast country
of Texas and Louisiana from New Or
leans TO Brownsville. This convention
has been, perhaps, the most repre-
sentative OF all sections to be touched
or benefited by the intercoastal canal
ever held. All sections have been rep
resented by delegations.
The opinion has been expressed on
the floor Of the convention by promi-
nent men of both Louisiana and Texas
that the intercOastal canal work has
developed 10 point where it is time
the Interstate Inland Waterway
League was getting busy on the prop
osition of using this canal and also
on the proposition Of the greater canal
that is to be dug, a 9-foot canal with
a minimum width of 100 feet. The
resolutions make particular reference
TO the two sections of the canal now
incompleted, but for the construction
of which appropriations ihaye been
made or favorable report made by the
board of engineers.
The resolutions as adopted are as
follows:
/. We especially urge that congress
carry out the recommendation Of the
government engineers and provide i'm,
mediately adequate means for the
completion of the following sections
of the intercoastal canal from Calves.
ton to the Sabine; from Bayou Yer,
million to the Teche, eliminating Cote
Blanche and Vermilion Bay from Nor.
gan City to New Orleans.
2 We 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 Baffins Bay,
3. We recommend that the water
now open between Morgan City and
the La Fourche, via the Casienne
Canal, be made a section of the inter
coastal canal.
4. We 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 in,
tercoastal canal as have been or viii
be completed, together with the
mouths OF the adjacent rivers and
streams, the improvement of which
has been authorized.
5. We ask congress to make suit
of lights and beaoons for the inter.
coastal canal and its tributary waters
6. 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.
Z. We hereby declare ourselves in
favor of a canal from the Mississippi
at New Orleans to the Rio Grande at
Point Isabel of a 9-foot depth and
100-foot width at the bottom, and
pledge our labors to securing from
the United States government at the
proper time sufficient appropriations
to construct a canal of the above di,
mansions.
s. We commend the good work be-
ing done and publicly diffused by the
National Rivers and Harbors Maya.
zine in the interests of the waterways
of the United States.
8. We urge representatives of JEFF.
ferson, Galveston and Chambers coun.
ties to take steps in securing the nee
essary 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 engi'
neers, and also furnish to the govern.
ment the necessary abstracts of title.
Resolved, That it is the sense of
the convention that the greatest
amount of information can be secured
and the greatest interest maintained
by the free discussion of matters or
subjects by the delegates on the floor;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the officers and the
executive committee are hereby in.
structed to arrange a program for the
next convention that will provide for
one session to be devoted to the dis.
cussion of topics of interest; be it
further
Resolved, That a delegate be desig.
mated TO open discussions on each
topic selected, and that a limit be set
on the time each delegate may 90
cupy in said discussion.
Willard Arrives in Spain.
Madrid.-Joseph E. Willard of Vir.
ginia, the newly appointed American