The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-04
Good Roads Boosters Visit
Point Au Fere Shell
Reef to Determine
Availability
Chamber of Commerce Extend
ed Courtesy by Capt. Lynch
of Conservation d e.
partment's Boat
Good Roads Boosters)

A party of good roads advocates.
fifteen in number, visited the Point
au Fere reef on the Gulf yesterday
with a view to investigating the
available supply of she'll at that
place and the feasibility of substi.rt-
ing she'll for gravel in road building.
Capt. w. D. Haden of Galveston, Mr..
Alfred Meade of Alexandria ard NJ.
B. F. Clarke of Kansas City we're in
the party and took soundings OF the
reefs depth and the radius of the bed.
The result of their Investigations i'm
PRESET these gentlemen that the sup
ply and availability of the material of
fered a valuable substitute for gravel
at much lower cost. Messrs Had
en-, Meade and Clarke will form
combine in the future after the she'll
has been started moving by Mr.. Had
en-, who will install dredge and ma
chinery as soon as he receives an or
der of sufficient proportion to JUS
tify him in bringing S250,0O0 plant
here from Texas. Besides using the
she'll as road material, they propose
to manufacture shell by-products,
which will necessitate the etabiish-
ment of factory at this place.
The trip to Point au Fere was made
aboard the Conservation Depart
ment's boat the Alexander, by cour-
tesy of Capt. Dan Lynch. 1t was
planned and made possible through
efforts of the Chamber of Commerce.
In spite of the fact that the weather
was bad, the trip was a most enjoy
able one. The sea was a bit rough
and rocky, and some showed signs
of weakening for while, but all soon
became accustomed to the rolling Of
the boat and all went we'll There
were few knights of the round ia"
BILE present who found that the days
voyage ended all to soon. A real
feast was served by the steward,
who displayed his knack of taking
care of the inner mar.
Those making UP the party were:
Messrs. Meade, Haden and Clarke;
Major Kemper Williams of Patter-
son; Mayor Thorgeson of Berwick;
Mr.. Jno. Buie of Alexandria; and the
following Morgan Citians: A. NJ.
Gotten, T. L. Morse, Paul Breaux,
Jos. Evans, Will c. Harman, Counci1I
man H. F. Belanger, w. J. Lowrance
and Jas. L. Stansbury of the Review.
After considering the possibilities
of the reef, the interested parties dis
cussed the various points involved in
the matter of using she'll as a road
sub-base. Pertinent facts were point
ed out by Mr.: Buie, who stated that
his knowledge of the gravel pits was
first hand, and that it was impossible
for thee pits to furnish sufficient
gravel for the road program to be i'm.
mediately carried out in the state, and
that it was necessary that parishes
contemplating road Improvements de-
wise some other material for the con-
struction of the roads. The shelf
from the reef is most excellent for
this purpose.
Capt. Haden was impressed with
the possibility for delivering she'll
by water to points along the rivers
and bayous in Louisiana, and stat
ed that if the plans materialized, he
would bring to Morgan City a fleet
of light draft barges for the pur-
pose of cutting down delivery costs.
Messrs. Meade, Clarke and Haden,
together with representatives Of
Morgan City, leave today for New
Orleans to consult with Mr.. Duncan
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