The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-16
To Start Moving Shell
from Point Au Fere
Reef in July
Shell Distributors Making Every
Effort to Close with Own
ers of Wharfage Sites

Mr.. Alfred G. Mead. lessee of tn
Point au Fere reef. spent Saturday il
Morgan City attending to details o
the venture to be made here in tn,
exploitation of the shell located a
this reef. Mr.. Mead informed tn,
Review that movement of this shell
would commence next month. wher
Mr.. w. D. Haden of Texas moved
his outfit over.
"Mr. Haden is now at work prepar.
ing fleet of barges." he said. "and
he expects to have these ready by
the first of July. He is making them
water tight for the gulf trip which
will be necessaryto bring them here
Contracts have been closed through
the State Highway Department
with the various parishes that are go
ing to build roads foS sufficient
quantity of the shell to warrant Mr..
Haden in making the venture"
Mr.. Mead explained that this par
ticular part of the business has been
his. He has been doing much mis-
sionary work through the different
parishes to- interest these bodies in
using shell in building their roads.
and the result is that Morgan City
is going to have a new industry in
the development of this enterprise.
Mr.. Mead read a letter from Mr..
Haden explaining the reason for the
delay in coming to Morgan City
with his outfit. At first. much diff
ficulty was encountered with Dun
bar. Ducate & Lopez. lessees of the
old canning factory site Mr.. Haden
desired this site for his loading and
station. but the rental price
was said to be too high Mr.. Haden
then decided to close with the South
ern Pacific for frontage on their
and this the company agreed
to do for nominal sum. says the let
ter. But upon second consideration.
the company has framed another con-
tract. asking $500 per month for the |
site. and requiring Haden to keep
the switch he is to use in repair and |
to vacate upon thirty days notice.
Mr.. Haden states that it is impossible |
tor him to close on such terms and
hat he has proposed a counter con-
:ract which provides that in the
went he is notified to move. the rail-
'oad company is to furnish him
mother place as good as the present
me. 1T will be necessary for me to
pend about $4,000 to prepare this
tation." said Mr.. Haden. "and it
would not be wise for me to do this
n view of the fact that upon thirty
lays notice I could be made to
move out. losing what money I had
Spended for the improvements."l
Dir. Haden adds that all arrange
nents will be completed within the
ext thirty days. and that he will be
n the job here by that time. j,
i have just returned from a stay
New Orleans" said Mr.. Mead.
and during that time I have been in :
onstant touch with the State High /,
ray Department. Due to the fact q
nat the economy of using she'll has a
cen brought SO clearly to view by a
ne department and the press. I find r
nat there has been an almost unani- a
'ous response from the roadbuild- a
IS OF the state for the purchase of .
'e shell. and the contracts are now
the hands of Mr.. Duncan Buie. (
'e state highway engineer. Mr.. ii
uie has helped to impress that fact /
pom these roadbuilders that she'll G
'sting from $3.50 to sl.6O per cubic
'rd I. o. b. nearest siding is much h
ore desirable than gravel costing h
ON $50 to $500. His is especially v
'teworthy in view of the fact that q
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