New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1908-01-11

There was petition signed by
nine property owners protesting
against the proposed change out
ii was stated that none Of these
lived or had property within a
thousand feet of the property.
Judge u. Q. Hacker appeared
and asked that the petition be
granted stating that if the Com
pany were allowed to establish IT'S
plant there it would make an IN
Iestmeut of fifty or sixty thousand
dollars. would make the distrlbut-
ing point for the supply Of the
surrounding territory, and that ii
the Anse La Butte fields turns
.out TO be as great producer as
hoped, the Company will probably
build n refinery here, piping the
Ioil from the field here and manu-
featuring the various products t.
he obtained from the crude
article.
Srah a refinery would he sand
mean that large number OF EN-.
| plovees would be required here
land tie establishment Of such an
Industry would mean a great deaI
Ifor the CITY But even as a DIS
ltributing point only the establish
Ilncnt lf the depot here would he
a rood thing for the City.
lie argued that there was ne
danger from such plant now
with the improved tanks. They
would not and could not be Elk
Iploded. Az for the contention
Ifhat the drainage flows toward The
lofty he said that proper levee'
could be built SO as to do away
with all danger. lie could see NJ
Iobicefion to encouraging new bus
mess like this in this City.
70 show that the plant would
mot be considered dangerous h'
Isaid that the insurance companle.
charge $ per cent to insure the
Iciin gia. whereas they W3gl'
insure the oil plant at a 212 pc
cent basis. This was an eXhlbi
in itself
Mr.. Jules Dreyfus also urge
THAT the petition be granted. III
said that the City wanted enter
Iprises and industries and it woul'
mot do to drive one of this KIM
outside of the City limits. Their
was absolutely no danger from
plant Of modern construction an'
I'm case the refinery were place.
here it would mean the building
of many cottages around tn
works for the housing OF the EN-
ployes. lie said that Lafayett
would like to get the Company t
make that city the distrlbutin
point and would offer bonu
whereas here the Company woul
ask nothing but permission to sta
inside the limits in section OF tn
tCity which was not now built NJ
7 The Council decided to resoly
itself into Cnmmitteavsef pr
posed this afternoon, at fou
clock and then to finally dis
pose Of the mater ON Monday mex
at four O'Clock in special session
A petition was then presente'
from the residents of the Eas
End asking that the City contri
butte $50 Per month and appoin
la hight policeman for that dis
trict. Quite a number Of the res
lidents there had agreed to con
Tribute to the amount 50 as &
bring it up to enough to pay
policeman. Ii was stated that tn
ladies of that end of the Cit,
were insistent upon protection
AS it is now the men folks coulC
not ret away from home: at night
Some Of the Councilmen sale
that if they had to go to theil
office at night they had to tak'
their families with them.
Chief Migues stated that ther,
were four night policemen and i
was obvious that no part of thu
City could be given specially pro
lection with only that small force
Their districts were too large.
1t was decided to appoint {
night policeman for the East End
the City paying $50 per montl
and Mr.. o. Bayard was elected
as the man. he to furnish bond,
t in the sum of $500 and his dis.
ltrict to extend from Bank Avenue
to the Cypress store.
Mr.. Renoudet said that Com
mittee on the extension of the
water mains had been appointed
some time ago and he thought il
was time for it to do something
and make report. 1t was stated
that the Committeeman had not
succeeded IN getting together as
yet but that it would do so at
once.
At this point the Water Works
management was brought up.
Mr. Dallas said that the City
faced a serious situation. He had
learned that the City was about
to be sued for Indebtedness Great
ed by the Water Works Board
which it could not meet. Al