The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-01-06
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improvements are to be. Our peo-
pie have voted for a bond Issue of
about $I12, 900, whlchsis the highest
limit which the law allows. just as
soon as those bonds are floated, we
shall utilize the money for the ercc-
ton of complete systems Of water
= orks, eieetric lights, sewerage and
drainage. In fact 1t is intended to
thoroughly modernize New Iberia
and to make 1t in every sense an up
to-date city.
BAYOU CARLIN CANAL.
While New Iberia can legally and
will gladly grant the Bayou Carl'n
an appropriation from the funds
rising from Its bond issue in order
to utilize the canal for drainage pur-
poses, the construction of this valu-
able Improvement must be a paro-
chial matter. 1t has become such,
and the work of construction Is IN
the hands of competent board. AS
our parish outside of New Iberia
has been asked to levy no tax for
the Industrial School, 1t will be the
better able to provide the financial
resources Tor this canal. 1t will
only require an excavation of nine
miles, and it will drain thousands of
acres of land which will Drove as
rich as any IN the state. Moreover
it will make New Iberia fish and
oyster market of large and constan-
tly increasing Importance. The
drained lands when brought into cnl-
tivation Will be another source Of
revenue to New iberia
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
| In locating the Industrial School,
one Of the most important consider
atlons Is the intellectual and moral
appreciation which the people will
have for such an institution. We
can only judge of this by what a
community has done to foster edn-
cationa, and morallzing influences,
When AL the neighboring parishes
of Southwest Louisiana were con-
tented with five or SIX months
session and very poor grammar
school grade as the acme of lntellec-
tual development, Iberia had we'll
established nine months session, and
New iberia had a well equipped
Hle b School. which was giving ad
yanced instruction to pupils from
! st. Landry, St. Martins and Lafay'
etle. as we'll as her own young men
and women.
The new High School building
which is one of the greatest orna
ments of our city, was completed
in 1895. The total cost Of construc
: ton was $4,000. Of this amount
! our citizens gave by voluntary con
| ,ributions one-half or 81, 500, W.
mention this fact 10 show the grea
interest of our people IN educationa
movements. New Iberia's schoo
system Is no spasmodic impulse o
!. mushroom growth. 1t has been ;
steady progress, which has constant
|ly expanded from without ant
: strengthened itself within. Thl
latter work has been accomplished
by more through grading and equip
men,, and by the employment of j
large percentage of PROFESSIONAL
prepared teachers.
To-day the iberia Police Jur
d piyes 8 Of its 10 mills for schoo
2 purpose (2l-2 mills to the Parls
I Board and IL mill to the Industris
CoIlegr). The corporations OF Me-
: iberia and Jeanerette act separately
but each gives 2-12 mills for educ'
tional purposes.
The parish this year IN lmproV
ments and equ,pmen.s and repairs hi
spent or contracted for $9700. In
added to the school possession
last year makes present va'uatlo
of school property of SAT, 200 II
available cash for school pnrpos
: during this present school year
500, 240. 80.
The city of New Iberia, with
population OF about 5000 has
! enrolment of 938 IN the publ
:, schools. In the private schools a
!, 2l2, making a total OF 1850. n
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