The herald., 1920-09-09


one of the largest and most enthus-
iastic meetings held in the the 18th
ward. The rain had no effect upon the
crowd who came TO hear expressions
from the Embossed democrats of the
18th ward.
John r. Norman made the princl-
pal address of the evening during
which he romped on Behrman's Rec
ord" to the extent that his address
was interrupted several times with
applause
Mr. Norman said.
Il hold in my hands an article tax
en- from a recent issue of one of our
papers.
The heading in very large type
and read--'A Behrman Record tor the
Fifth Municipality | will not take
your time to discuss the grotesque
claims made therein. rather TO call
your attention to tgo most important
improvements undertaken by Behr
man and left out of this. Behrman' :
record
In this record Behrman claims 20
have paved many streets, 70 have
built and repaired many schools, de-
dicated a park. to have had construct
ed viaduct corrugated cross-tied via
ducD and too many other improve.
ments to mention. Yet. nowhere Will
you see in this bOasting record a sol
itary word of claim for credit for
either the Patterson road or the so
called Norman canal Why? Is he
ashamed of his record?
This canal, had its construction
been carried out as originally intend
ed. would have been a most precious
boon not only to the people OF Algiers
but equally so to the whole of New
Orleans destroying, as it would. the
principal mosquito breeding spot il
the parish of Orleans.
BEHRMAN DODGES RECORD
Il ask our mayor why did he not
include this most important improve
ment. as we'll as the Patterson roar,
in his Wanted record for the fifth
municipality,
This story of the Norman canal
contains disappointed dreams of lands
purchased at tax sale for a song AMI
sumo. fair price, you know, tn"
usual way; of dream of drainage for
the four land owners below me and
the thirteen truck growers above me
drainage and for whose benefit the
canal was supposed to be constructed.
For years the residents of this
section had been petitioning Mayor
Behrman for a drainage canal start
ing at the forty arpent line on the
Algiers canal and running on the
forty arpent line to the lower parish
line. The reason the canal was want
ed on this line was that in this
way, a canal so made, would give
drainage to all land owners, the lands
being titled on the river front, rs well
as the swamp lands in the rear OF
IIlc ptHl llut- III lVpls W Jul
petitions, we were invariably told
that there were no available funds 10
do the work.
zone day / saw in our newspapers
that Congress would appropriate more
than 100000 to remove the United
States Quaratine station from the
mouth of the river to a point about
six miles below Algiers and the site
selected by the city to be purchased
and made a pZesent to the United
States government, was the. Couret
Place. Preparations were made to
build a road around the place. | spoke
to John p Mayo, our then commits
sioner of immigration, and discussed
with him the drainage necessities OF
this section. Mr. Mayo rema 'ked to
me that he could possibly be of as
sistance to us and would be glad 20
have me meet DR.. Won ElmdoIf. then
in charge of the United States Marine
Hospital and the most noted expert
on malaria in the country.
NO CANAL, NO QUARANTINE
"A day or two after this DR.. Won
Elmsdorf and two other officials came
to my home and we went down to
the Couret Place, where a most thor
ough examination of the proposed site
was made Mosquitoes were captur-
ed and all the ditch waters tested for
mosquito larvae. On returning to my
home an appointment was made with
the mayor for us to meet him the fol-
lowing week and Dr. Won Elmsdorf
promised to be present, if possible,
for him to do So and remarked to me
that in the event he could not attend
the meeting | was authorized to say
to the mayor No canal, no Quaran-
tine station At the appointed time
about twenty of us met in the may
or's parlor along with the two offic-
ers who had accompanied DR.. Won
Elmsdorf on the trip mentioned, the
doctor being that day out of New
Orleans. Immediately told the mayor
that DR.. Won Elmsdorf was absent but
had authorized me to say to him No
canal, no quarantine station further
stated TO him that the officers pre-
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