The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-07-05
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
Opportunities, that n l5I'
Have Been Ours ! ears
Ago, Are Allowed to Dry
Rot.

Daring h- past years thr lbt-
ri an has published so m'lcH Oh ~
snbiect Of uniting the Itche ana
Grand Lake hy canal that y y
surely NOW iecn.E'Z q rs one 81
the ..llnh.ivs'' III This 'nrnal 10
AN OF these years since We hio' ~
pan TO gather III. facts, pointing
our duty 10 ourselves ~ ~" GU
ting Of The canal, there has no.
n.en a statement or prediction
M; de by this journal, rtla'lVe 20
the possibIlit!es OF he lake 'iaup
'ha, are not being amply ve''li'a
in the experiences OF other places.
Here are 4 few facts. PLAINLY s'a'
ed They do not Apply 10 NeN
Ihe,ia-becaus" We nave marrow
high ,idgr Of ear Ii pna some two
and half miles Of low lahu ~
fwern Us and the scene OF actl'll
told Of below
Mr.. Thos. w. Ashley, who lives
in this place, has his family mere,
but whose occupation calls nm 20
he shores OF Gran! Lake and Inc
tributary streams, gives Us ~
following notes:
During the holiday season OF
last winter the fur buyers At NOT
gan City paid out sl2 GEO for fu'>
the fruits Of the labor OF ms
trappers If the swamps. Plaque
mine is also in the market for al
the furs she can get Al Morgan
City 5000 mnskrat hides whtre OF
the wharf at one time 10 temp
buyers.
During the month of October
1912, one packing house at 30,
gan City received 100 600 pound
of Ssh from the lakes above. On
boat, on one trip, Carried 10 IN
firm II 600 lbs. In the asol
there are four tugs in this trace
They run as high up as Butte y !
kose-aDout "a miles from MOI
gan City and only 20 or % iron
New Iberia.
About s years ago Plaquemin
was about as commercially dea
as any sainted town in the state
The Gas boat has lesnrrected hei
Today tugs and any number =
small craft ply the Plaqnemln
BAYOU. and the town OF that nam
is a live and thriving place.
Plaquemine has 1 moss gins, g
driven by steam. The tn one
, but recently established. Inc
pay 3 cents a pound for blac
moss and a fraction less for I'll
, flower grades. The moss marke
| ed through that town is measure
by tons One Of these glnnerl'
sends practically its whole o.
put to France.
Within the last ten days
!, barge was loaded with moss ne;
. the mouth of Bayou Bontte, wit
! 10 the range Of the sound OF Ne
! Iberia's steam whistles, aud WEI
to market at Plaquemlne.
! That town has three fish pac
Il ing concerDs, all growing, and q
g " becoming bigger rivals Of Nj
= gan City.
! Morgan City is Is miles fro
the fishing banks; Plaquemine b
is the advantage by being nearer
), only about IS miles. New beI
al is only 10 miles away, but the "a
it to her opportunity is shut.
Q Plaquemine has two barrel +
~ tories and one heading factor
y One Of these institutions emplo
" as many men as did the iberia {
press Co IN it's balmiest days.
p Mr.. Ashley farther stated II
we're it not for The fear Of the sa
III " Of the Plaquemine levees.
DE- best interest would prompt him
th make his home over there.
a. While New Iberia has the la
OF est stocks, the best goods, a
OF the cheapest prices Of any town
o. Southwestern l.Gui.i Ia, yet
!" is unable to buy a dollars VOL
le Of his camp supplies IN This p'd
ne It would cost him "a. 90 or m,
g to have a cart or wagon load
" such supplies transported to
W nearest accessible lake shore lal
~ ing; then he would have TO Ugh
" on, to his motor boat. lie bt
his supplies at PIaquemi
!, There the merchant sends his ,
ii chases by delivery wagon do
3. 20 the bayou landing and los
sR them on his mo'or boat. The s.
y. plies cost him a little more the
IN hut the handling cost him !e
il Tina. point Is accessible.
y At one time, years ago,