The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-20

New Orleans yesterday at the of
flee of State Highway Engineer
| Duncan Buie. Contracts were closed
/! through Mr.. Buie- between the va
rious bodies that are going to build
good roads and streets and Capt. w.
D. Haden of Texas for cement she'll
to be used as sub-base in the build
| ing of road beds. The shell and
gravel questions were discussed at
length. Mr. Buie explaining the limit
ed supply of the latter, and the ad-
visibility of using the former if the
work is to be expedited and at the
same time done so as to be lasting
and to give the taxpayers best re-
suits for their money.
Representatives of the four par
ishes interested in the Caroline Gut
off we're present, and contracted for
cement she'll to be used in complet-
ing that important stretch OF road.
Hon. c. N. Frost, president of the
St. Mary Parish Police Jury, closed
for she'll to be used in building the
Avoca road. President Billeaud of
Lafayette Parish Police Jury closed
for she'll to be used in building roads
| in Lafayette parish Mr.. Isaac Woos-
ter closed for shelf to be used at
Centreviile and in the fourth ward
of St. Mary Parish. Mr.. Krumbaar,
authorized representative of the
Terrebonne Police Jury, contracted
for she'll to be used by that body in
| various parts of Terrebonne parish
and at Hotma. Mayor M. D. Shan
non was a caller at the office Of the
!, engineer. and assured him and Mr..
Meade, lessee of the reef at Point
| au Fere, that Morgan City would
be in the market for a certain yard
age of. the cement shell to be used
in the street building program being
carried out in this city. Mayor Shan
non has called a special meeting OF
the city council for Wednesday
night for the purpose of taking ac-
ton on the matter.
! With the contract from Morgan
CITY for additional cement shell to
that which has already been con-
tracted for by other bodies, it is be-
1ieved that the dredging of the shell
will start at once, and the shell dis
tributing plant will be located at
this point. Mr. Haden, it is believed,
will be justified in bringing his
equipment here now that he has
closed with collective number OF
roadbuilders for a sufficient quanti-
ty of she'll to assure him that he
can safely make the venture without
prospect of loss from lack OF de-
mand for his product.
Mr.. r. v. Glenn, the Federal High
way engineer. was at the meeting
and Offered suggestions in the mat
ter of building roads. Mr.. Glenn
assured the gentlemen present that
his department thoroughly approved
the use of shell as recommended by
Mr.. Buie, and that thousands of dol
iars had been spent under his direc-
ton in carrying out such work He
stated that cement shell had been
successful wherever it had been pro-
perly applied as a roadbed. In this
regard, Mr.. Glenn reiterated Mr..
Buie's statement that the best re-
suits could be obtained by laying the
she'll and letting it stand for a Pc
riod Of twelve months. during which
time it should be constantly treated
in order to obtain a uniformity along
the entire road After that, it should
be swept over and applied a surfac-
ing Of washed gravel mixed with an
asphaltine oil which will act as a
binder and tend to form concrete
surface. "a. s@
The. people of Morgan City are
interested in the exploitation OF
shell as a. roadbuilding material and
for other uses. 1t is one of the nat
ural resources of this section that
has. heretofore been but little util-
lied even though its merit has long
been apparent to the people of Nor
gan City. These people want. to
see this latent asset awakened and
brought to bear upon the develop
ment of the. city and its adjacent
territory. It has been said that af-
ter the shell has been started to mov-
ing from the beds in the gulf, other
uses, viii immediately developed be-
sides for roadbuilding. By-products
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