The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-26
IOUMA WANTS INTERCOASTA.
CANAL BUILT
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! % Morgan City, the last remaining
ink to be developed in this import
ant waterway project. A few days
ago to form an Intercoastal canal
mt waterway project. A movement
vas started in New Orleans a few
days ago to form an Intercoastal
canal committee for the purpose of
boosting this very link
"The Inland Waterways League,
organized some ten years ago, has
been doing splendid work for the
western end of the canal project,
and has succeeded in getting the
work in that section about. complet-
ed. This league keeps man in
Washington much of the time. But
it has never been able to do much
for this end. The Intercoastal canal
committee should do for the New Or
leans-Morgan City section what has
already been done for the western
end.
"The government engineers have
already mapped out route for this
canal, which parallels the Harvey
and Barataria and Lafourche canals
from the Mississippi river to the La
fourche, and from there it takes a
straight shoot to Bayou Black, cross
ing the Terrebonne a few miles be-
low Houma. But it will be many
years before this project is carried
out, according to plans now under
consideration.
What the people of this section
want is to have the government take
over the Barataria and Lafourche
canal, and if necessary the Harvey
route too, and deepen relief to this
district. 1t would not only be
great thing from commercial point
Of view, but it would be of service
for war purposes, as it could easily
be made sufficiently wide and deep
to permit the passage of large boats
for transportation of army supplies,
foodstuffs, etc., from New Orleans
to the Mexican border.
From Morgan City to Houma and
New Orleans through the Barataria
and Lafourche canals, an almost air
line route is afforded, and the dis
lance is not more than eighty miles.
It passes through the richest section
of the South and would be of meal
culable benefit.
ut is hard to understand why the
New Orleans business interests have
not used their influence for this
route. If they would wake up, get
busy and cooperate with the people
along the routes we might get sub
stantial results at the coming session
of Congress"
Pushing Road Work.
Although the people of Terrebonne
parish are intensely interested in the
Intercoastal canal, they are not over
looking road construction. The par
ish has voted special tax for the
construction of a model road from
Houma to Raceland. This will form
a link in the highway to New Or
leans, and when completed it will
open automobile traffic between
Houma and New Orleans.
Work on the new road will begin
as soon as the weather is favorable. !
A considerable portion of the road !
viii run through marsh section,
and dredge-boat will be necessary
TO build an embankment through /
that district. No rain has fallen in !
several weeks and the marsh is now
entirely dry. AS soon as the marsh
fills with water dredgeboat will be
put to work. When the embankment
IS completed it viii be surfaced with
shells and then rolled,
Other road work is also to be done
- the parish. The road between
presquille and Houma will be con-
'erted into a model and surfaced
nth shells. The police jury was
iorced to suspend work On this road
. as to permit the use Of the labor