The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-05-05
THE WEEKLY IBERIAN.
E.F. WILLARD, Proprietor.
Established in February, 1893.
su description Price, LOO per AnnQm
CITY OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
The Hast Devil.

weather the people find themselves
hr ea,hing a Dust saturated atnos
phcre, filed with dies cc&tpd tiitII
from the Streets. eDgeDdaring .nai
Y forms Of ills and adding dan!
to their discomfort. 20 the mri
chant it means a considerable an
nual loss and constant hrht
1t is depressing to trade. lettering
many from yentuling out even Ion
necessities.
Attention has been called IN form
er sea.on., 10 this all :0und eNii
and suggestions have been offered
in these columns for lis cure In
an article Of sem, length, publish
ed June 10, 1905, this Journal offer
ed the suggestions:
~ That tbs city be divided lntn
practicable districts, 10 be cOEertd
! by water wagons, to be dawn Gy
| horses
. "That the experiment be iilst
made with the business section Of
Nam street.
! 8 That the expense Of sprlnI
ling the street in this first district
be prOrated against eacn and every
abutting property in proper ton TO
its frontage, on an annual basis,
payable in quarterly or onjhly
installments.
1 "That such ordinances as may
be necessary to carry out these
ends be adopted by either the city
council, or the board of heal h. or
by both.
5''That the water wagon, horses,
harness, etc, so employed shall
be under municipal ownship and
CONTROL"
In dealing with any suggestion
of this Oh aracter the question Of
consideration is, shas the city
council the authority in the pre-
mises?' In looking over the city
charter, Act 10 43, of 1904, we
find the following:
Sec 3. Be it further enac ed
ETC., That the Board of Trustees
shall have full power and author
ty to make and pass such resolu
tons, by laws and ordinances, as
may be deemed necessary and pro
per, first: to regulate and preserve
the peace and good order of the
town, and to proriae and maiutoin
its cleanliness and SW,itayy co,t,ii-
tion, etc.
Second: X x = to exercise The
right Of eminent domain in laying
out OF streets, avenues, alleys,
squares, and parks, etc. Ito
exercise full lrls1iction in the
matter of streets, sidewalks,
squares, and parks, sewers and
a lleys; TO open, lay out, construct,
repair, maintain, sprinkle, adorn,
and light the same; to pave, etc
to provide for sewerage of the
city, and 10 Levy and collect SpeciM
tores and legal assessments or can
trijutions to pay and defray hro-
thtrds Of the entire cost Of uny such
acork or mprooement, upon tae
owners Of re0! estate abuuing The
streets, or alleys to be SO improved
or severed. and to provide for the
terms and conditions under which
the payment Of the assessor ent
and contributions from the abutting
owners shall be enacted.
The above would indicate that
the council is vested with, full au
thOlity to act in the premises.
Under suggestion Mo-. the first
district mi sht be laid out to in
clude Main street from Railroad
avenue to Weeks street, thence to
st Peters streets, up the latter to
Jefferson street, thence back to
Main street, and all cross streets
between the above boundaries
This would give approximately
$500 running feet of street to be
sprink.ed. From this basis we
many figure the following estim
ate:
For the basis of this estimate
We have adopted the rate Of &c per
front for all AUDITING properties
throughout the line, believing it to
be both low and equitable.
$500 feet at &c for each sidn of tbe