The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-10
THE LOCKS TO BE BUILT.

The LOCKS TO BE BUILT.
That Congressman Lewis L. Nor
gan Of this district has gone to
work in earnest to bring about the
removal of the Bayou Lafourche dam
at Donaldsonvilie and the substitu-
ton therefor Of locks that will re-
store navigable communication be-
tween the bayou and the Mississippi
river is Indicated by the special
Washington telegram to the New Or
leans Times-Democrat Of Wednesday,
the 7th instant, which is reproduced
elsewhere in today's Chief,
This will be cheering news to the
people Of the Lafourche valley, and
particularly those Of the upper sec
ton Of this region, contiguous to
| Donaldsonvil1e, where the closing Of
the bayou and the embargo thus
placed upon water traffic have in
| flictcd the greatest injury upon To-
cal interests.
! Congressman Morgan merits the
| thanks Of his Ascension constituency
for the practical and vigorous man
ner In which he has taken hold Of
| this important matter, and il is to
| be hoped that he will have the hear
~ support Of the entire Louisiana
delegation at Washington in securing
the speedy passage Of his bill proFid-
ing for the building Of the Lafourche
| locks.
Pertinent to this subject, we
noticed a statement in a recent press
despatch from Thibodaux that public
| opinion there appeared to be diVid-
ca on the question OF replacing the
DonaldsonviIle dam with locks. II
theraD is any sentimea& in the low
er part of Lafourche parish, Or any
where else il the country traversed
by Bayou Lafourche, that can be
classed as antagonistic to the locks,
it must be based on misrepresentation
as to the character and effect of
the improvement, Or lack Of knowl-
edge as to the legal and moral obi
CATION bearing upon the leVee boards
and the Louisiana state government
to have the present dam replaced by
locks.
i Congressman Morgan's statement,
as quoted elsewhere, sets forth very
clearly the agreement entered into
by the levee boards, and it may be
added that the general assembly of
the state authorized and directed the
boards to make such an agreement;
hence there is absolutely no ground
upon which to question or combat the
proposition that both the state and
levee authorities are bound by every
consideration of law and morals to
build the locks and remove the tenn
porary dam. The installation Of
the Locks will not change the present
status of the AtchafaIaya and La
fourche district levees. The WOW
of demolishing the Bayou Lafoue1
ieVees can proceed without inte@
!, ton, as there will be no ~
for maintaining them. All TIL l.
, dents Of the Lafourche valley Ne
benefited and none can be ininM ny
the substitution Of locks for
NEW ORLEANS LosEs 8 THER
PROMINENT ElN.
spother more or GOOD man,
e,rsSwhile prominenrs business,
civic and political affazag of the Lou
lsiana metropolis. has gone wrong.
Where else he has gone the police
have not yet been able to discover.
T. Walter Sanziger, Of the well
known real8 eAA firm of Danziger
& Tester, receiver of the Teutonia
j Bank and q couple OF other collapsed
New Orleans enterprises, dropped
out of the public sight on Tuesday,
Dec. %, an@@hR estigation has re-
yealed the fact that he is short about
$4,000 in his receiyership accounts.
Just how much more he has skinned
his friends of is not now known and
perchance never will kaareyealed.
Tie Teutonia fund pw a deficit
of 1000 in round rs, partially
secured by a bond Us 900, and
Well-to-do relatives of the embezzler
say the difference will be made
good. The rest of the shortage in
cludes $4,000 belonging to the
Mitchell-Borne Construction Company,
and $4,000 collected by the receiver
for account of the defunct Peoples
Fire Insurance Company. Whether
the family connections of the alb
sconder will also square up these de
ficits or not remains to be an
nounced.
Mr.. Danziger was generally regard
ed as very astute and successful
young financier and business man,
with handsome income and extern
slve resources. He ha0 inherited con-
siderable means and married into a
wealthy family less than year ago,
hence his failure and disappearance
came to the public as great sur
prise. The published accounts of the
affair offer no explanation of the
causes of the young mans downfall,
but 1t is rumored around ION the
quiet" that he was a Spectator in
cotton and other stocks on change
and quite a steady participant in
little games" of poker at the homes
Of several top-notchers of New Or
leans social and financial circles.
THE PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY.
Sunday, December 2S, 1913, was
the fifty-seventh anniversary of the
| birth of Woadraw DTi1cpn DrnciHapf