The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-04-24
PROTESTS IBERIA PLEA
TO HALL FOR LAW
TO PROVIDE lEvEE
FUND.
April 22nd, 1915.

! Charging Plan Affords Re
lief For Only Small Section
| at Expense of All,
The Iberia police jury's plea t.
Governor Hall that he include il
the call for a special session o
the Legislature the authorization
for a back -levee-fund law for thu
Atchafalaya Levee Board, has en-
countered opposition.
j. r. Kemper, civil engineer, of
foes Whitney.Csntral Building
here, Tuesday sent the governor &
protest.
He charges that to grant the
Atchafalsya Levee Board authori
ty to borrow a sufficient sum to
complete back levees only affords
partial relief at the expense of the
whole basin.
His protest IN full follows:
"AccordiDg to a publication in
the Times Picayune there was
held, In New Iberia, on April 16,
q special session of the police jury
which resolved, THAT we do here
by most urgently appeal to his ex.
cellenuy, Governor Luther E.
Hall, to include in his said call,
converting the special session of
the Legislature, the authorization
for the Legislature to enact law
permitting the said Atchafalaya
Levee Board to borrow sufficient
snm to complete the back levee
already partly built, thus afford
ing immediate relief TO the prop.
erty owners in the parishes of ST.
Martin, st. Mary and iberia, as
we'll a. the Authority to borrow
money to assist the people of the
parishes of Lafourche, Terrebonne
and Assumption, who have al
ready presented their claims to
the governor
Gives Many Reasons
For His Opposition.
The object of this communica
ton Is to protest against the EN-
bodying Of either of these authori.
cations in the call, for the follow
ing reasons:
1.-THE Atchafalaya Basin com.
pr,sos more than 1000 square
miles, ali of which needs relief.
Much Of this relief can be accom-.
plished by protection levees In
addition to those two areas refer
red to above, protection levee,
at the Alabama dyke,
IN the upper Atchafalaya. and ex.
down the east side Of Ba.
vous Alabama and Des Glaizes,
Bay and Grand river, az
ar as Bayou Crosse Tete, with a
lood gate IN Bayou Maringouin,
would relieve several hundred |
Iqnare miles from back water.
"Tsken up again at Indian Vii
age, q protection levee could be I
down the east side of
Bayou Godell and Belle river,
dining the protection levee now
from Cancienne's Canal,
outh, into the parish of Terre-
'onne. This would protect from
Jack water all the territory from
'laquemine to Napoleonville. A
lood gate would. be required In
be Msgzele.
"If these territories are provid.
d with protection levees, Tiger
sland, upon which rests Morgan
lily, should also be protected,
nd there should be a protection {
wee from Berwick, down the At |
riSer and Wax Bayou,
, relieve from back water that
,rrit0ry between Berwick and
avon Sale.
"The resolutions by the police (
Try Of Iberia parish refer to pro-
,ction to st. Mary parish. All
no are familiar with the condi.
ons know that this protection
wee will not protect any part of
{. Mary, and only that portion Of
)eria parish above Lake Daute.
We. !
ays Plan Afloat a
or Concerted Action. Iu
"a movement is now on foot to d
'ganize . non-trading corpora. t
on for the purpose Of raising the {
scessary funds to make a com t
study Of the Atchafa q
va Basic problem, with the view t
} the development of the mos j
'asible system Of relief for the .
ltire basin. This movement is Q
Getting with almost universal ap 1
roval, and no doubt there will be 3
laced before the next regular 0
,ssion Of the Legislature a defn- $
9 And comprehensive plan Of re- t
81. q
ssFOr this reason it would be 9
siiher wise nor just to authorize .
Ie Atchafaluya Levee Board toI {
1rr0w money which muNf pventn. U