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Office of the District Engineer NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT

Foot of Prytania Street New Orleans 9, La.

UINGO 13 February 1956

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS on

PROBLENS CAUSED BY HURRICI\N.ES IN THE COASTAL .AIID TIDAL AREAS OF LOUISIANA

Pursuant to Public La"1 71, 84th Congress, approved 15 June 1955 the District Engineer, New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers, has been directed to make an examination and survey of the seaboard areas ,dthin his District limits idth respect to hurricanes, with particular reference to areas where severe damages have occurred. Section 2 of the Act states that: !lSuch survey to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, shall include the securing of data on the behavior and fre~uency of hurricanes, and the determination of methods of forecasting their paths and iLlproving warning services, and of possible means of preventing loss of hunan lives and damaGe to property, with due consiCLeration of the economics of proposed break­\-laters, seawalls, dilces, dams, and othel' structUl~es, warning services, or other measures wh::'ch might be re~uired."

In order that the report may fully cover the intent of the above­mentioned Act, public hearings to obtain information on the problems caused by hurricanes in that part of the Louisiana coastal and tidal areas, includ.ing Lal{e Pontchartrain, within the Hew Orleans District (all of the Coastal area of Louisiena except the Pearl River and Sabine River watersheds) will be held at the following times and places:

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N evT Or leans, La. 10:00 a.m., 13 Narch 1956

Horgan City, La. 10:00 a.m., 15 March 1956

La};:e Charles, La. 10:00 a.m., 20 March 1956

Place

Jackson Room St .. Charles

Hotel"

City Hall

Court House

.All interested parties are invited to be present or represented at any of the above places including representatives of Federal, State, Parish and municipal agencies, and those of commercial,

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· . *' ~ industrial, civic, highway, railroad and waterway transportation and~. , other interests, and property o,;mers c~mcerned. They will "be afforded./f ~ full opportunity to express their views concerning the character and \ ~'j ~ extent of the improvement desired and the need and advisability of its execution. Sponsors· of any improvement are urged to present pertinent ~

and the economic justification of the undertaking. Opposing interests, factual material bearing upon the general plan of improvement desired ~ •

if any, are also ur~ed to state the reasons for their position.

To a~a. local interests in preparing for the public hearing, the subjects on which· factual material is requested are:

a. An indication of the developed areas subject to inuno~­tion by high tides and waves caused by storms.

b. Damages caused by such inundation, waves and ,.,rinds for each major storm experienced in the locality, classified as' to :cesidential, commercial, industri.al, railroad, highway, agricultural and public damages; also such indirect losses resulting from cessation of business, interruptions to traffic, and the like.

c. Loss of life.

d. Physical data on past storms which caused damage to include:

(1) Date of storm.

(2) Specific tide and 1.,rave heights.

(3) Intensity and duration of vTinds.

e. Assessed valuation of lands and buildinGs affected by tidal inundation, and the anticipated increase in value thereof if inundation viere eliminated.

Oral statements vlill be heard, but for accuracy of record all llJPortant facts and arguments should be submitted in v~iting, in six copies, if possible, as the records of the hearing "Till be foT't.,rarded for consideration of the Depru:tment of the Army. Hritten statements may be handed to the undersigned at the hearing or mailed t04him before-hand. . ~

Please bring the foregoing to the attention of persons lm01ffi to you to be interested in the matter.

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VlILLIAIvI H. LEIITS Colonel, CE District Engineer

UeW Orleans,. La. Horgan City, La.' Lake Charles, La.

MAILING LiST FOR NOTICE OF PUBLIC lIEARINGS

ON PROBLEMs CAUSED BY EURRICANES IN COASTAL

AND TIDAL AREAS 'OF' LOuISIANA

TO BE HELD' IN

10:00 AM, 13 March 1956, 10:00 AM, 15 March 1956, 10:00 AM, 20 March 1956,

THE CONGRESS

Jackson Roam, St. Charles Hotel City Hail Court House

Ccrmnitt.ee on Public Works, U. S. Ser..ate, Washington, D. C. Committee on Public Works, U. S. HOuse of Representatives., Washington, D. C.

H. S. SENA'l'E ¥honorable AllenJ. Ellender, Houma, Louisiana and Washington, D. C. #Honorable Russell B~ Long, Baton Rouge, Louisia'1.a and Washington, D. C.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . ffRonorable Overton Brool,>s, Shreveport, La.,' and Washington, D. C • . #Honorable :Fe Edward Hebert, New Orleans, La., and Washington, D. C. #Honorable Ja..'Ues H. Morrison, Hamrnond, La., and Washington, D. C. #]onorable T.Hale Boggs, New Orle~s, La., and \-iasbington, D. C. #aonorabie OttoE. Passman, Monroe, La., and Hashington,. D.C. #Honorable Edwi.n E. Willis, St. Martinville, La., and Wasillngton, D. C. #Honorable GeOl'ge q. Long, Pineville, La., and Wa8hlngtbn, D. C. #Honorable T. A. Thompson, Ville Platte, La., and Washington,D. C.

FEDER:\L AGENCIES AND m"'FICIALS

#The Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, WaShington ~5, D.C. (5) ffrhe Board of Engineers for Rive:rs and Harbors, Tempor.ary C Bldg.}

Cl.nd and Q Streets, S.vl.,Washington 25, D.C. (3). 'Beach Ercsion Board, 5201 Little Falls Road N.W., Washington 61, D. C.

lIThe Division Engineer, Lower 'Nississippi Valley Division, Corps of .. - .·Eng.ineexs, .' V icksPuX&-Miss:l.s.s:ippi . ( 2 )

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, v.Jashington25, D. C. (8) Asst·. Secty. of Domestic Affairs, Dept~ of Commerce, WaShington 26, D.C. (5) Secretary of· the Interior, WaShington 25, D. C. (10 J Chief, Bure,3,u oLPowe;r, Federal Power Commission, Washington 25., D.C. (4) Commiosione .. ~, Bureau·of pubiicRoads, Hashington 25, D.C. (4) Chainuan, Hurricane Survey c.oordinating COmmittee, New England Division, . 224 AlbanySt • ;C;8lIlbridge 39, Mass '. . ( 5) Chief Engineer,-Bureau of: Indian Affairs, Washington 25., D. C. (3) Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington 25, D.C. (4) Regional· Forester, U. S .• Fo;rest Service, 50 7th St. N.E.) Atlanta 23, Ga. (3)

# COPy of this list attached. ( ) Indicates number of copies of Notic.e of Public Hearings to be supplied.

AND OFFICIALS (Cont I d):.

Director, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Dept. of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C.

The District Engineer, U. S. Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, La. Manager, Office of Field Service, Dept. of Commerce, Masonic Bldg.

New Orleans, La. Supervisor, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Customhouse Bldg., New

Orleans, La. Eastern States Area, Bureau of Land Management, Dept. of Interior,

50 7th St. N.E., Atlanta 23, Ga. Regional Director, Burea'.l of R~clamation, Box 1609, Amarillo, Tex. state Conservator, Soil Conservation Service, 1517 Sixth St.,

Al e:.>:andria, La. Regio:lal Conservator, Engineering & Watershed Planning Unit, Soil Con­

servation Service, 3600 McCart St., Fort Worth, Texas

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#RegionFll Director, U. S. We'lthel' Bureau Regional Office, Ft. Worth 2, Tex. (25~. ~!. S. Weather Bureau, Poat Office B~ilding, New Orleans, La. ( , negional Engineer, Federal Power Com.nission, Suite 2127, 300 W. Vickery

Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas Administrator, Southwest Power Administration, P. o. Drawer 1619,

Tulsa I, Okla. Regional Director, Region rJ, U. S. Bureau of lvIines, Bartlesville, Olcla. Regional Director, U. S. Fish and Hildlife Service, Glenn Building,

Atlanta, Ga. •

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(3) Field Supervisor, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vicksburg, Miss. U. S. Fish and WildJ.ife Service, 314 Customhouse,-Building, New Orleans, La. u. S. Weather Bu:reau, Lake Charles, La. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Box 477, S.L.I. Station, Lafayette, La. Regional Director, Nationai Pa:-k Service, The Mosque, Richmond 20, Va. U. S. PubliC Health Service, Federal Security Building, 4th and

Independence Ave., S.W., Wasbington, D. C • . Regio!lal Engineer, Region VII, U. S. PubliC Health Service, Room 904

1114 Commerce St., Dal1as,Texas Commissioner, Bureau ofPubllc Roads, 323 Federal Bldg., Baton Rouge, La. The Chainnan, Flood Control Co-o~d.inatiIig Committee, U. S. Dept. of

Agriculture, 357 Administration Bldg., Wa,s hi 11gt on, D.C. U. S. Hydrograph Office, Customhouse Building, Netv Orleans, La. District,Coast Guard Officer, 8th Coast GU$l'd District, Customhouse Bldg.

New Orleans, La. . . . /frhe District,Engineer, New Orleans District, CE, New Orleans, La. =llChief, Tech. Liaison Br., New Orleans District, CE, New Orleans, La.

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Field ~~sistant,-Morgan City Field Office, CE, P.O.Box 870, Morgan c~ty, La. Field AsSistant, Plaquemine Field Office, CE, P.O.Box 800, Plaquenune, La. Field AsSistant, New Orleans Field Office,CE, P.O.Box 267, New Orleans, La. Chief, Office Service Branch, New Orleans District, CE, New Orleans, La. Chief, Operations DiviSion, New Orleans District, eE, New Orleans, La. Chief, Design Branch, NevT Orleans District, CE, New Orleans, La. Commandant, Eighth Navaj District, New Orleans, La. Commanding General, Fourth Army, San Antonio, Texas

# Copy of this list attached.

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STATE AGENCIES AND OFFICIALS

#Honorable Robert F. Kennon, G.vernor, State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La. ffDirector, Department of Public Works, State of Louisiana, State Capitol

Building, Baton Rouge, La. (25) #Mr. Robert Contois, District Engineer, Department of Public Works,

State of La., 1409 Adams St., New Orleans, La. (10) #Chief Engineer, Department of Public Works, State of Louisiana,

State Capi tbl Bldg., Baton, Rouge, La. ' #District Engineer, Louisiana Department of Public Works, Box 723,

Lafayette, La. ' , (10) #'The Director, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Cornmisslon, 126 Civil

'( 5 \/ Courts Building, New Orleans, La. Mr. William J. Allen, Field Representative, Wildlife Mar..agement

Institute, 439 North 5th St., Baton Rouge, La. Director of Oyster Division, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, State of

La., Civil Courts B11g., New Orleans 16, La. Dept. of Connnerce and Ind'L<stry, State of Louisiana, State Capitol Bldg.

Baton Rouge, La. ' Department of Conservation, Minerals Division, State of La., State

Capi tal Bldg., BatC?n Rouge, La. District Manager, Louisiana Dept. of Conservation, 1207 Canal Bank Bldg.,

Ne~., Orleans 12, La, State Minerals Board, State of Louisiana, State Capitol Bldg., Baton Rouge,

La. The Director, Department of Highways, State of Louisiana, State Capitol

Bldg., Baton Rouge, La. Register, State Land Office, State of La., Capitol Bldg., Baton,Rouge, La. Department of Parks &; Institutions, State of Louisiana, State Capitol

Bldg., Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana Public Service COmmiSSion, State of Louisiana, State Capitol

Bldg., Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana Stream Control CommiSSion, State of' La., Bo~ 9055 University

Station, Baton Rouge, La. " Mr. F. L. Spencer, Fanners Home Administration, '1517 Sixth St., Alexandria"

La. Chairman, State Soil Conservation COlY[ui ttee, College of Agriculture;

University Station, Baton Rouge, La •. " Director, Agriculture Extension Service, University Station, Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. Orleans Levee Board, New Courthouse Building; New Orleans, La. Board of Corrnnissioners of Port of New Orle,ans, 2 Canal Street, New Orleans,

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STATE LEGISJ.J',TORS

Hon. Edvrard F. LeBreton, Jr., 1328 Second St., New Orleans, La. Hon. Louis A. Mahoney, 233 Pelican Ave., New Orleans, La. Hon. David H. MacHauer, 5703 Catina St., New Orleans, La.

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STATE LEGISLATORS (Cant I d)

Han. Robert B. Richards, 2423 LeharpeSt., New Orleans, La. Han. Harry H. Howard, 625 Saraparu St., New Orleans, La. Hon. Laurence EustiS, Jr., 1502 Jer~a St., New Orleans, La. Han. Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., l776·ArabellaS"t., New O:t:'leans, La. Bon. Chas. E.Deicbffiann 4220.Canal St., New Orleans, La. Han. Theodore 1-11. Hickey, 4756 Arts St., New Orleans, La. Han. John B.Cook,.1537 Annunciation St:, New Orleans, La. Han. Patrick McGittigan, 1217 AnnunCiation St., New Oi'leans, La. Han. Geo. E. DeVille, 2204 Cleveland Ave., New Or:eans, La. Hon. vlalter P. Clark, 62J. S. Rendon St., New Orleans, La. Han. Albert B. Koorie, 605 N. Carrollton A've..,New ,orleans, La. Han. Joseph S. Casey, 6859 Menrphis St., Neif Orleans,La. Ron. vlilfred J. Desmare,2734 9rchid St., New Orleans, La. Han. William J .• Hawkins, 2724 St. Be.rnard Ave., New Orleans, La. Eon. Frank X. Huestel, 3708 St. Cl6..ude Ave., New Orleans, La. Eon. Cyril Broussard, Sr., 8415 Prit(:ilard Pl.,New Orleans, La. Han •. Kenneth C. Barranger, 741il-Map18 St., Ne,., Orleans, La. Han. Raymond R. Radovich, 319 Slidell Ave., New Orleans, La. Han. Ge.orge ,Do Tessier,1569 Calhoun St., New Orleans, La. Han. Peter W. Murtes, 2102 Jena St., 11ew Orleans, .. La. '

. Hon.J. Marshall Brown, 312 Balter Bldg., Nevi OrleaIls, La. H.:m. Mrs. Bland Cox Bruns, 1425 Jackson Ave., New Orleans, La.

". Han •. J9ffies E •. Beeson, 416 Sl)re,.,resbu,ry C01,l.rt, New Or.1,earis, La. Han. Bernard Engert, 2925 Constance St., "New Orleans; La. Han. Eq.ward S • Landry, Ab bevi lie ,La. . Han. Nicholas Cefalu, ~ite,La. Han. Louis H. Folse, Arabi, La. Han. B. B. Rayburn, Bogalus~, La. Han. Alvin ny'son, Cameron, La. . Han. Jesse D. McLain, Covin~ton, La. Han. Horace LJ~ Jones, DeQuincy, La. Han. Dawson Martin, Donaldsonville, La. Han. Gilbert F. Hennigan, Fields, La. Han. Clarence C. Aycock, Franklin, La. Han. C. C. Burleigh, Franklin, La'. . Han •.. Richard Dick Guic;lry, Galliano, La •. Han. John F. Rau, Jr., Gretna, La. Hon. Alv:in T .• Stumpf, Gretna, La •

. Han. Carrol L. Dup o.nt. , llo"uma, La. . Han. Theodore B. Husser, Husser, La. Han. M. Eloi Girard, Lafayette, La. Han. Kenneth H. Cagle" Lake Charles, La. Han. Guy H. Sockrider; Lake Charles, La. Hon. D. Elmore Becnel, .. LaPlace, La. Han. S.igur~1artin, Lutc:qer, La. ' Han. E.J. Grizzaffi, Morgan City, La~ Han. Clyde' J. Mereaux, Meraux, La. .' Han. Fred V. Decuir, New Iberia, La. Hon. Bryan J. Lel1mann, Jr.} Norco, La. Han. E. W. Gravolet, Jr., Pointe-a-la-Hache, La. Han. Smith E. Guthrie, Ponchatoula, La. Han. Elmore .F. Bonin, St. Martinville, La. Hon. Clyde C. CaiUouet, Thibodaux, La. lIon. H. J. Soignet, Thibodaux, La.

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Abbeville Baldwin Berwick Covington Delcambre Franldin

Akers Allemands Avery Island Barataria Boothville Bourg Boutte Braithwaite Buras Burrwood Cameron Chalmette Chauvin Creole

Parish

Ascension ':.,.

Calcasieu . Iberia, Jeffers:o!t Lafourche Livingston Plaquemines Terrebonne

MAYORS AND pbSTMASTERS (Ail tmms are ~n Louisie.na)

Gretna Hammond Houma Jeanerette' Kaplan ' Kenner

"Lake Charle~ 'Morgan Gi. ty' New lber:La New Orleans

'Patterson, .p onchatotila.

" 'PQS~1:ltiRs ONJ:,I, , " " (All' to\.irisare in LoUf$:i.:?:na.)

Cutoff DuLac Empire \' Erath Garden City Garyville Gibson Golden Meadow Gramercy Qt~d +ple

, Hackberry Harvey Lacassine Lacombe

Donl3.1dscmville _'LakeCha:rles, '

:]j!~~ .... " ""Po:Lrite::,:a,:,la .. Hache

Ho1.lIlla

~a:fitte ' , 'LaK~ ltrtb\l~ '"

Larose Livingston Lockport' Louisa' Luling Lutcher, """ Madi sonviil'e M/!Lle'rerb' Mathews Maurepas Montegut Nairn

1?arish~ ,

.itB· St. Ma,J::Y St. ~_<inY Tangipal1:0 a: VermiliQn

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NEWSPAPERS A~D P~OPICru:,.:3 ,." -.<, '" ' '

The Times Picayune, 615 North St., New Orleans, J.a. The New Orleans States, 615 North 8t;., New Or:LEians, tao The New Orleans Item, 722',Union St.,N,ew Orleans:~ La.

Sll'd.t;ll' vili'tol1 vt~~ti,~e' W~stwego

Nolfrtg, ' p'tf~~di's pii6tt:oWn

, P,9~4t<=~8,.,.la-Hache Po~$1il:phur ' Rc~%lfue Saint Bernard Sb~i1 Beach '§c),rtC;nto ' T1l,e'1'i pt Ti'iurriph Venice Violet Weel'>:s

Seat ~

Chalmette U~\riU~

Edgard' 'Franklin

Cb,f:[ngtdn Anrl.te

,Abbeville

The Daily Journal of Commerce, 5~Q Natchez 'St'j,~eW'or:teans, La. The Southern Fisherman and The vlorkboa.t, 624 q~Yie:t'St.j New Orlea,ns, La.

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The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. The State Times, Baton Rouge, La. The Meridional, Abbeville, La. The Banner Tribune, Franklin, La. The Vermilion Post, Abbeville, La. The St. Tammany Farmer, Covington, La. The Acadia, Crow'ley, La. The Signal, Crowley, La. The Review, Morgan City, La. The Daily Iberian, New Iberia, La. Plafluemines Gazette, Pointe-a-la-Hache, La. L'Observateur, Reserve, La. . Times & Weekly News, Slidell, La. Southwest Builder, Sulphur, La. Southwest Star, Sulphur, La. The Courier, Houma, La. The Terrebo~~e Press, Houma, La. The Enterprise, Jeanerette,' La. The News, Jennings, La. The Advertiser, Lafayette, La. The Progress, Lafayette, La. The American Press, Lake Charles, La. The Louisiana Conservationist, 612 Civil Courts Bld., New Orleans, La.

RADIO STATIONS

WE OK , Inc., 505 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. -VrDSU Broadcasting Co., 520 Royal St., New Orleans, La." WJBVJ Radio Station, Cigali Bldg., New Orleans, La. WJMR Radio Station, Jung Hotel, New Orleans,. La. WMRY Southland Broad.castingCo~,2l07 Dryades St., New Orleans, WNOE Broadcasting Station,St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, La. WTIX Broadcasting Station, 624 Canal St., New Orleans, La. WSMB Broadcasting Station, Matson Bl<mche Bldg. New Orleans, La. w~PS Broadcasting Station, 601 Howard Ave., New Orleans, La. wWEZ Radio Station, Hotel New Orleans, New Orleans, La. WWL Radio Station, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, La. KROF Radio Station, Abbeville, La. WARE Radio Station, Covington, La. KSIG Radio Station, Crowley, La. h'FPR Radio Station, Hammond, La. KeIL Radio Station, Houma, La. KJEF Radio Station, Jennings, La. KLFY Radio Station, Lafayette, La. KVOL Radio Station, Lafayette, La. KAOK Radio Station, Lake Charles, La. "l<Tf\TT "Ro~~~ c!.f-~.f-~~_ T~'r~ ,,'--__ , __ T_

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CONTEACTO~ ,

Lester F. Alexande,r Co., Audubon Bldg., NeM OlilJ:~anS:, La. Atlantic, Gulf & Pacit'icD~edgipgCo., 15'Parlt:)lbw, New York, N.Y. Atlas Const. Co., W~chie,':Cexa.~ " Avondale Marine Ways, Harvey, La. " Brown & Root Co.; Hatv~y i~' .," ,"

Guarisco Const. Co.,'B~x 12er;MQt'~?I1,Q~tYl LEi. Ike Haggard Machine Wot:~~j: ?e1;e#'~fR9aq." a!3.~ey~ La. " ' Halliburton Oil Cementing Co., Spell Bldg.:, New Orleans, La. Harvey C onst Co., ;tric., Harvey,: La. ' Horton-Showl,c:raft Const Co., Pet¢:r~ ,Road, IiaJ;'Vey, La. H. B. Hughes, Rathborne Bldg., Ftiirvey, La. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Hal;'Vey, La. " , ' McWilliams Dredging Co., 993; ~~~,J'<ilffel:'f?<:mD!i~",?pa,rkw:aY, New Oi"le8.l1$jLa. John W. Me(2Qm, 10l caii:fdllinia: Bl:c1gli" New'or:l.~~, !..a. F.J.J. Sloat Dredging Co., Bo)\:,396, Slideti" La. T • Smith & Son, Hi bernie. Bl<Ig. ,+'lew Orlean$~ til. Monroe Wolfe, 1023 RidgewayJ~:r,i ve, Metaifie,La. Russell Wolf & Co., Inc.,'Ha.rvey; La~ ,",

fl$H,ING, ,AlmNAtiuwlC>NlN'l'ERE$TS -':"'<,';" i",·" "".j

American Wa;teWWay, Opera;$brl? IhC,,'Wht~F~¥ ~i.gi;.J: New Orleans; LCj.. Acadia Vernp.lion Nav. Co., G:row:L,ey,.J;if.h::~>i~, " ' Adams Marine Service, 6119 'AitsS:e; {,~ew 9l"iea.rif? 2Z',I4.t . 'if' Alphen Seafoods, Ine .• ,q:J.6J?9Y@~l:Ijl{eW<911J.e84$', La~' , ' As socia ted,. ~.~ch ·'pflo;Qf?~,J4()2M¥: f:l$.~.·E,~~Che:· Bldg. "New.or1~a.na, ,'_I~.' , T. AUCoin &: ~8B' ,S.tar R;<;>ute Box; 33, 'lv1Cirg~ ,.Ci~;Y~i ~~.

~~~~: ~~~:t~~~~:! tl~~~~i~~ f:~··'·' ~"" ,,'" ,"" . E. T. BaEY &,cci.,',464$t~Cha.r1es St.,';pe~l 9#:t~an81~, tao LouiS BatiSteJ,.:!..a, Emp:i,re, La.' Bayside Towin.g Coe:., Beoo¢lt, :La. " "," ' ',": ',' ., Berard Bros. Tow:ing cd~ ,2Q9l!!~; M.&:i.nSt'."N~WJ:ber:i,a, La. Berwick Bay TtYw:*ngyC)~, '41() S:hel+:Bldg!.l::;1few.-9tj.~anS"Ll:j.~ " Black Warrior'l'Rwihg Co., Box 232, Harveiy; 'lli!~ , Robert J. ]3oua±'ee,ux, ~l'a(j:~ La,' " Nolan P. Bourg, Box 5, €fu:!.uvin, La. ' ' A. P. Brea1P!l & Son, Lockport, La. Norman Breaux L\mlber Co. jMorgan City, L~.. , J.P.& L.J.Broussard, 917 Front St~, Morgtill,clt,y, La. Buras Transportation Co ~ Ih~., 814 J?iE:r~YSJ.j l'tew O:rlelWs 17, La., Burton Barge L1nee, SU:j.:phux', La. -, " r.R.]~l'IR;PU ti4~TI'>-¥i:P;'",,+,c, iI~o:;'; 'T~l?" ~'h.:. ... ,;;i' T,;'"

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FISHING AND NAVIGATION INTERESTS. (Cont'd)

C. Cenac Towing Co." Houma, La. Chauvin Fishing Co., Cha.'llvin,1a. Maximilian Cheramie, R.F~D. #2, Box 33, Cut Off, La. Chotin, Inc., Shell Bldg., New Orleans, La. Oliver J. Clark, Box 489, Slidell, La. -.. Coastal Towing Co., 1573 Henry Clay Ave., New Orleans, La. Collins Towing Co., Box 302, HB.fI!f!Y, La,. '. Coyle Lines, Box 6056~ St~. A. , · Ne,v' Orleans l4~ La. Crescent River Port Pilots, Whitney Bldg., Ne1v Orleans, La. Syriague Curole, Box 191, Lockport, La;.' '.' ' Ernest DeBuse, 203 W. Peter St., Ne~!,peria,·~. Walter Delgrandile, Lafitte, La. . Dixie Carriers, Inc. ,Harvey,Le:.' Joseph C. DOmino, P •. o. Drawer 247, Harvey, La. Donohue Bros., Box 191, HarVey, LB.. Edmondson Towing Co., Ra~hborne Bldg., Harvey, La. Fisherman 1 s Co-op Assn~, Morgan City, La •. ' Freeport .sulphur Co., 1506 American B~ Bldg., New' Orleans, La. Wm. M. Garrett, Box 36, AbbeVille, La. " Norman C. Gautier, Box 132, Harvey, La. Gulf Coast Towing Co., Box 8113, New Orleans 22, La. John R. Harde,e, Jr.-, Morgan Qity; La. " Jolm 1. Hay Go., Whitney Bldg., New 'Orleans, La. Chester Henry, Box 343, Morgan City J La~ Higgins, Inc., Highway 90, New Orleans 9, La. Houma Fish and OYster Go., Houma, La. ' Indian Towing Co., Inc., Box 8217, New' Orleans 22, La. International Shrimp Co., '724 Whitney Bldg., New Orleans, La. Jahnd:.e Service, Inc., 814 Howard Ave., New O;r;Lt;ans 13, Le,. Koch Elli s Marine Contractors, Inc.,' 407 Balter Bldg., New Orleans, La. Lake Charles Towing Co., Inc.,.321Q Shell Beach' Dr., ':hake Cl)ar.-les,La. Lake Oyster & FiSh Co., Houma, La~ Reynold G. Lapeyrouse, ChaUVin, La. LeBlanc and Broussard, 321 E. Main St., New Iberia, La. Leftwich Co., fnc. Franklin, 1a~ Loffland Bros., Box 633, New Iberi'a., La~ Lone Star Cement Co., Hi'beruia Bldg-., i~ew Orleans 12, La. Marcolllb Boat Works, 1£J5 Laroussini St.) West\{ego, La. May Bros.} Garden City; La. Morgan City Packing Co., Box 910, Houma, La. De. Shelley Moledous, Abbeville, La. Moran Towing & ~ransportation Co., Inc., 2420 4th St., Harvey, La. New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot Assn., 107 Camp St., New Orleans, La. New Orleans Coal and Bisso Towboat Co •. , United Fruit Bldg.,' New Orleans, La. Vi. E. Norman Co., Morgan City, La.' . Oil Transport Co., Inc ~, 283'7 Tchoupitoulas St. 1 New Orleans 13, La. Oyster Shell PJ;oducts Co'., Mbrgan City, La. P.A.G. Co., Inc., Triumph, La.

FISHING AND NAVIGATION INTERESTS (Cont' d)

Pan .Am Southern Corp., 1040 St. Charles st., New Orleans, La. Charles Ray patterson, Jr., Houma, La. Point'Landing, Inc., Box 134, Harahan, La. Pelican Lake Oyster and Packing Co., Houma, La., Easton Pellegr:Ln, Jr., Chauvin, Louisiana Theogene' Pellegrin:, Box 258, Chauvin" La .• Quality Seafoods Co '1 Inc., 818 Nat'l Bank of Connnerce Bldg., New Orleans,

La. Ramos Shrimp Co., Patterson, La. Rathborne Lumber Co. , Harvey, La. Red River Barge Lines, Foot of Robin st., New Orleans 13, La. o. J. Schwabe, Larose, 'La. Hazard Segura, Delcamvre, La. Southern Shell Fish Co. Inc., Harvey, La. Southern Yacht Club, West End, New Orleans, La. Star Towing Co., 7324 Beryl St., New Orleans 24, La. Steeds Fish Co., Cameron, La. . Sweet Lake Land and, Oil Co.} Lake Charles, La. Teche-Vermilion NaVigation Co,} Box 12~, Lafayette, La. Terrebonne Co., Inc.} Morgan City, La. Durate H. Terrebonnej Golden Meadow,; La. Thorguson-Scott-Sumrall, Be~ck} La. VersaggiShrimp Co., Box 188, Patterson, La~ Jules S. Vi dos 1 1509 Front St., Morgan. Ci ty, La. Eunice J. Vinet, GoldeilMeadow, La. G. B. Zigler Co., Jennings, La. Union Sulphur Co .', Sulphur, La. '.' . Intracoastal Canal Assn.; P. O. Box 3344, Beaurnont,.Te:xa,s

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OIL, GAS AND PIPE LI~ INTERESTS

Amerada PetroleUm Co.,' P. O. Box 2040, H6~ston,Texa6 Arcadia Production Co., Richards Bldg., New Orleans, La. Atlantic Refining Co., Box 895, Lake Charles, La. W. T. Burton Co. Inc., Sulphur, La. The California Co., Califqrnia Co. Bldg., New Orleans, La. Canal Oil Co., 912 Whitney BId., New Orleans, La. Continental Oil Co., 8th St., Harvey, La~ Esso Standard Oil Co., . Baton Rouge, La.,. D. D. Feldman, Mercantile Banle Bldg., . Dallas, Tex. Grub b and Hawkins, Hhi tney Bldg;., New Or leaJ;lS ; La. Gulf Interstate Gas Co., Box '1642, Houston" Texas. Gulf Refining Company, 127 Elk Place, New OrleanS, La. Heni s Es tate, Whi tney Bldg., New ,Or leans, La. Humble Oil & Refining Co., 909 S.· Jefferson pavia Par1cway, New Orleans, La. IllinoiS Pipe Line Co., SI;1llJacinto Bldg - 9th Floor, . Hou.ston :L, Texas

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Interstate Natural Gas Co., Monroe, La. Interstate Oil Pipe Line Co., 522 Market St., Shreveport, La. Lafi tte Oil Co., Masonic Bldg., Bartlesville, Okla. Magnolia Petroleum Bldg., Pere Marquette Bldg., New Orleans, La. Magnolia Petroleum Co .. , DalJ..a,s., Texas Joseph 1. O'Neill, 209 N. Big Spring S~., Midland, Texas Pan American Natural Gai? Co., Mellie Esperson Bldg., Houston, Texas Pan Am Southern Corp., 1049 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, La. Pelican Crude Line, Pioneer Bldg., Lake Charles, La. Phillips Petroleum Co., 1043 City National Bank Bldg., Houston, Tex. Placid Oil Co., Carondelet Bldg., New Orleans, La. Plymouth Oil Co., Richards B;J..dg., New Orleans, La. Pttre Oil Co., Richards Bldg., I~e\.T Orleans, La. Richardson & Bass, Louisiana Acct., The Warwick, Ne't<1 Orleans, La. Scurlock Oil Co., 921-30 Bankers Mortgage Bldg., Houston, Tex. Shell Oil Co., Shell Building, New Orleans, La. Sohio Pipe Line Co., Lafayette, La. .

. Southern Natural Gas Co., Shell Bldg., New Orleans, La. Stanolind Oil and Gas Co., Pan Am Life Ins. Bldg., New Orleans, La. Sun Oil Co., San Jacinto Bldg., Houston, Texas . Sunray Oil Co., Box 5217, Lake Charles, La. Superior Oil Co., I\merican Bank Bldg., Nev, Orleans, La. Tidewater Associated Oil Co., Houston, Texas. Talbot Oil Co., 2600 Euclid Ave., Bay City, Mich. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., P. O. Box 2511, Houston, Tex. The Texas Pipe Line Co., P. o. Box 2332, Houston 1, Texas The Texas Co., Box 252, New Orleans 9, La. The Texas Co., Texas Co. Building, New Orleans, La.·

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Texas Gulf Co,,;, 804 Jefferson St., Lafayette, .La. . . Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., First National Bank Bldg.; Dallas, Tex Union Oil & Gas Corp., Shell Building~ New Orleans, La. . Union Oil Co. of Calif. Nat'l B~ of CommerGe Bldg., New ~rleans, La. Union Producing Co.-, Nat'l Bank of CowmerceBldg.; New Orleans, La. United Gas Pipe Line Co .. , Nat'l Bank of Commerce B1Clg., New Orleans, La.

UTILITY caMp ANIES.

Cameron Telephone Co., Cameron, La" Gulf States Utilities Corp., Baton Rouge, La. Jefferson Davis Elec. Corp., Inc.,. Jennings, La. Lafourche Telephone Co., Golden Me admf , La~ LaPlace Gas and ~el Co., Inc., LaPlace, La. Louisiana Power & Light Co., 42 Delaronde st.) Algiers, La. New Orleans Public Service Co., Inc., 317 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. Norco Gas and Fuel Co~, Inc., NorcQ, La. Reserve· Public UtilitieS Corp., Reserve, La. Rural Electrification Adm., Baton Rouge, La.

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RAILROADS

Committee on Waterways Projects, Association of American Railroads (Attn: F.S. Schevina), P.O.Box 2052, Houston, Texas

Mr. L. L. Adams, Chief Engineer ~ Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 908 W. Broadway, Louisville 1, Ky.

Mr.G. H. Echols, Chief Engineer, Southern Railway System, Washington 13, D.C.

Mr. L. A. Loggins, Chief Engineer, Southern Pacific Lines, 913 Frarutlin Ave., Houston 1, Texas

Mr. C. S. Kirkpatrick, Chief Engineer, Missouri PacifiC Lines, Box 2052 Houston, 1, Texas.

Mr. E. F. Salisbury, Chief Engineer, Kansas City Southern Railway Co., Kansas City 6, Mo.

Mr. N. D. Howar~, Sec., Engineering Committee in Waterways and Flood Control, Assoc. of American Railroads, 59 E. Van Buren St., Chicago Ill.

OTHER INTERESTS

Chambers of Commerce Abbeville, La. Crowley, La. Eunice, Le,. Franklin, La. Houma, La. Jennings, La .• Morgan City, La. New Iberia, La.

Lafayet te, La.. Lake Chas. La. Thibodaux·, La.

315 Camp St., New Orleans, La.

Young Men's Business Club, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, La. New Orleans Jr. Chamber of Commerce, 315 Camp St., New Orleans, La. St. Charles Hotel (Attn; Mre. Davidson) New Orleans, La. American Red Cross, 2000 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, La. Director, Industrial Union CounCil, C.I.O., 718 Jackson Place, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. Pres., Bldg. Trades Dept of AF of L., 901 Mass. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Isaak Walton League of America, 31 N. State St., Chicago, Ill. Insurance Rating Commission of La., Richards Bldg., N~ew Orleans, La. City Planning COmmiSSion, 535 st. Charles Ave., New Orlean~, La. Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, 526 Carondelet St., New Orleans,La. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., Am. Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La. Mr. Nathan Hale Snider, 422 Canal St., New Orleans 16, La. Mr. Rene Steigler, 1319 Broadway, New Orleans, La. Louisiana. Rice Irrigation & Milling Co., Crowley, La. Deutsch,Kerrigan & Stiles, Hibernia Bldg., New Orleans, La. F. Shutts & Sons, Ull{e Charles, La. C.I.O. State Director, 544 Camp St., New Orleans, La. President, Louisiana Branch A.F. of L., 222 Ward Bldg. Mermentau Basin Assn., Jennings, La. Acadia Vermilion Rice Irrigation Co., Crowley, La. Louisiana Furs, Inc., AbbeVille, La.

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Dr. Martin O. Miller, Pere Marquette Bldg., New Orleans, La. Mr. F. M. MattIe, 8237 Cohn St., New Orleans, La.