The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-10-13
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
Iberia Capital Will Build the Up
Town School Building.
St. Mary Capital viii BE Employed
In tho East End Building

In the East End Building
At the special meeting of th
City Council Of April II, 1906, TIN
following ordinance was presented
and adopted:
BE 1T ordained by the Mayor an,
Board of Trustees of the City of New
Iberia, that the sum Of fifteen hun
drcd dollars per annun be allowed
and given TO TIE School Board of lbe
ria Parish during the term Of the pre-
sent administration and that the same
be budgeted for during the years 1906
1907 and 1908 for the purpose Of assist
ing in the payment Of an obligation
incurred by the School Board of Ibe
ria Parish on the 7th day of April
1906. for school buildings, and thai
the future administrations of the City
of New iberia are hereby urged and
requested to make similar apprOpria
tion OF fifteen hundred dollars, per an
nun for the years 1909, 1910. 1911. 1919
1913, 1914, and 1918, to assist in the
payment Of said debt. incurred by the
School Board, 10 raise money to build
and repair the school buildings in the
City of New iberia.
Be 1t further ordained, etc. Thai
in case the City Of New Iberia shall
during any one year. have to pay
from its funds its portion of the Grim:
nal expenses now met by crimina
tax imposed In the Ci'y of New Iberia
by the Police Jury, that during these
years the City of New Iberia is not te
be held liable or responsible for the
fifteen hundred dollars per year as
above provided.
The Police Jury passed a similar
act at about The same time. These
two acts gave the School Board
the desired and necessary means
with which to erect the two schools
80 sOrely needed by the town Of
New Iberia in order to properly
care for the increasing number of
children applying for admission to
the Public Schools of this city.
The School Board then definite.
Iy arr anged to locate one Of the
proposed new school buildings in
the eastern portion of the city and
the other in the western, or up.
town section.
The next step was to negotiate
the pledges of the Police Jury and
the City Council for the immediate e
cash, in order to promptly erect
the two buildings This task fell
upon the shoulders Of the law firm
Of Burke and Burke. 1t IS q mat
ter of deep satisfaction to the head
Of every family If this city to
know that the task has been fiUal.
Iy accomplished, and the commu-
nifty at urge owes q lai &c debt Of
gratitude to the gentlemen who
have so persistently labored for
the success Of the undertaking.
There seems to be no reason for
further delay in the erection Of the
buildings. Through advertise
ments, proposals were invited,
with the result tina: the contracts
were awarded 10 Mr. 9. + Rey-
nolds on his bid Of 500, 900 for both
buildings; one to he located upon
the King property on East Main
street. and the other upon a lot
adjoining he Loud School, on
Chestnut street The money for
the erection Of The the East End
school has been successfully ne.
g,tiated from a -. Mary capatal
It; while for the Chestnut street
building the Iberia Building As
sociation has agreed to make ,hs
loan.
At a special meeting of the
board of directors of the Iberia
Building Association, held on last
Monday evening, the school loan
came up for final consideration
with the result that the Associa
tion agrees to make the loan,
amounting to s13. 600, for the pur.
pose Of purchasing the necessary
site and erecting the proposed
building according to the plane
and specifications submitted by
the architect, Mr.. e. w. Phillips
and agreeable to the contractor
bid Of $1,000.