The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-01-17
LOCK BOOSTERS RALLY.
Meeting Held at Morgan City in In
terest of Project to Reopen 6a-
you MISUNDERSTANDING Of
DonaIdsonvI!e Route Shown.
BY r. S.. Vickers.

By r. S.. Vickers.
In order to bring about concerted
action on the part Of all interested
| in restoring communication between
the Mississippi river and Bayou La
| fourche, and showing the advantages
| of the Donaldsonville route as part OF
the great IntercOastal Canal connect
| ing the Rio Grande and Mississippi
rivers, the DonaldsCnVille Chamber
! Of Commerce arranged a trip that
would include representative citizens
from the parishes of Ascension, La
fourche and Assumption, to start
from Donaldsonville and go over the
oonIlnuous waterway 10 Morgan City,
there to join other representatives OF
the parish of st. Mary.
EARLY Thursday morning the Dom
aldsonville delegation, composed OF
Mayor Walter LemAnn, Hon. Il. N.
Sims, Hon. Chas. Maurin, Messrs.
j. Rumsey Duke, B. J. Vega, Louis
Boston, Lawrence Montero, Edmond
Richard, Capt. Al. Whiteman and T..
S. Vickers, embarked in launches
from the head of Bayou Lafourche,
ana after being joined at the en-
trance of Cancienne Canal by the
other delegations, arrived at Flat
Lake, where they We're met by about
so prominent citizens of Morgan City,
who had chartered a steamboat to
come out and welcome them. At
tached to the side Of the launch
bearing the Donaldsonville delegation
was a large steamer, displaying the
slogan, The locks must be built"
Refreshments provided aboard the
vessel were partaken of while the
remaining distance OF five miles to
Morgan City was being traversed. In
that prosperous and progressive little
city a royal reception attended the
arrival of the delegations. After be-
ing Hospitality entertained at the
Elks' home, a meeting was held over
which Mayor Shannon of Morgan
City presided and R. S. Vickers of
DonaldsonVille acted as secretary.
On motion Of Capt. John Drackett of
Morgan City, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
I'VE, the accredited representa-
uves Of the parishes Of St. Mary,
Assumption, Lafourche and Ascension,
in mass meeting assembled in Nor
gan City this 10th day Of January,
1914, recognizing the vital Importance
of opening up communication between
Bayou Lafourche and the MISSISSIPPI
pi river, and the advantage of this
as a. part of the Intercoastal Canal
route connecting the Rio Grande and
Mississippi rivers, do hereby resolve:
THAT the joint organization of the
Atchafalaya and Lafourche Levee
Boards be urged to carry out their
clear legal and moral obligations to
replace the dam at the head of Ba-
you Lafourche with a lock, and that
appropriation Of sufficient funds to
commence this work without delay
be made at the next meeting of
the joint board to be held in Don
on January 10; and
further, that our Representatives
and senators in congress be called
upon to ask the federal government
for an additional appropriation to
complete this great undertaking.
After some Informal discussion a
further set of resolutions, offered by
Hon. Walter LemaEn, were also
adopted. as follows:
Eve, the accredited representa-
tives of the parishes of Assumption,
Lafourche, Ascension and st. Mary. |
in mass meeting assembled in Nor
gan City on this. the 18th day of |
January, 1914, do hereby resolve as
follows:
Whereas, the federal government
through the War Department, in /
he year 1902, granted permission to
he Observation-Disclosures LeYee
8oards to place a temporary dam at I
he head of Bayou Lafcurche, with the
tefinite and distinct understandings
hat the said dam would be replaced
" locks, the construction Of which #
would begin in a period of two years @
nd, Masma. &
f.e : said di laeed at s