New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1908-01-04
From Mondays Daily.
CANAL CONTRACT ENDED.

| Matters as regards the City s
rtnal aIe at a stand still today al
{ ugh it is understood that C'0n-
= tor i. w. Thomas is endeav
l.ng to effect a compromise ot
It troubles. He came to the City
this morning and stated to a rep
resentative of this paper that he
would make such an effort i'll the
event of the failure Of which suit
wouid'be begun against the Drain
age Board.
During the morning he inter
viewed Mr.. H. 7. Dulany. attorney
Iof the Board and several member
of the Board but it is not known
whether there may or may not be
meeting called to discuss mat
tcrs whether the Board viii take
| the stand as heretofore that the
|completion of The contract de
pends upon Mr.. Thomas and not
upon any action the Board may
take at this time.
According to the resolution
adopted at the last special meet
ling of the Board, MIR. Thomas had
until Saturday noon to answer the
Boards demand that he advise II
whether he intended to resume
work on the canal under the con
tract. No such answer was made
and suit started by the Drain
age Board late Saturday after
noon attaching the floating dredge
boat would seem to indicate the
Board s position in the matter.
The petition in the result of the
suit Of the Southern Drainage Dis
| trict Board reads as follows:
"To the Honorable the Judge
of the 10Th Judicial District Court
Of iberia Parish. La.
"The petition of the New Iberia
Southern Drainage District Board
corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Louisiana,
and domiciled at New Iberia
Iberia Parish, La, and of which
Rene F. Delahoussaye is the Pres
ident, with much respect shows;
''That en- the 18th day OF
Aueust, 1907 your petitioner sold
to Y. w. Thomas, a resident OF
Fort Dodge. Iowa, who has then
temporarily at this place. a GER
tain floating dredge boat known
as the American Salt Mine No. 2
for the price and sum of four thou
sand dollars. payable one year
after date and for which the said
". w. Thomas executed his one
certain promissory note for the
sum Of four thousand dollars pay.
liable one year after date of said
mot with 8 per cent per annum
interest from maturity and ter
per cent attorneys fees i'll case OF
Isuit, said note being dated August
1.-THE 18th. 1907 and made payable
to the order Of the maker and by
him endorsed in blank and iden
Titled with an act of sale drawn
lin authentic form in which the
vendors lien and privilege upor
The said boat was specially re
lserved.
Your petitioner shows that The
said Y. W. Thomas was at the time
|under a contract TO dig the cana
Of the New Iberia Southern Drain
iage District and applied to tht
Board to assist him in the pur
chase OF said dredge in order t.
|enable him to complete the sale
drainage canal, whereupon thu
lsaid dredge was bought by tn,
board and sold the said Thomas
on credit the purchase price beins
represented by note as above
STATED and vendors lien and priv
lilege retained in the act of sail
both Of which are annexed for ref
erence.
| Now petitioner shows that th'
said z. w. Thomas has recent,
made demands Upon the drainag,
board which the said Board coult
not comply with, the said Thoma
has stopped work upon the cana
land has threatened to abandon
the work entirely and to sue tn,
| Board and has been notified to in
form the Board of his intention
lon or before twelve o'clock oi
Saturday, December 2Sth. 1907
las to whether or not he intendet
to go on with the work or abandon
Ibis contract which he has not done
i Petitioner shows that it ha
been informed and the fact is tha
the said Thomas is now attempt
hing to sell the said floating dredg
upon which petitioner has the ven
dors privilege. Your petitione
verify fears the said property vii
be removed and placed beyon'
This reach, that petitioner fear
THAT defendant will conceal. par
with or dispose Of said moveabl
property in his possession durin
1.-THE pendency Of this suit unles
the same sequestered and held Ill
It'll debt becomes due.
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