St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-04-10
THE GAS NEE Ting in
0PEL0USAS A SUCCESS
Representatives from many Towns AIena Roulo
attend the Canisraaes.
|CONSUAl TION, not DIST
Will HsssFHliRe Tue Route % hs seIested by aas
paaple, and s.GuF'' Rsute Makes BEST
Showing in that Respect.


Braving verftabIe ayalance D
rain, what may BIZ termed 600
4 crowd assembled at the Band Audi
torium Wednesday night 10 discus
the scheme of bringing The pipe Lin,
of the Busch-Everett Gas Syndicatt
from The Caddo Field to New OrleanI
Eby q route following the Southern
Pacific railroad. and taking ii th,
towns and cities from Alexandra {,
New Orleans situated on the IS. p
lime.
The meeting had been called by
citizens Of 0pelousas, and the al
rangements perfected by a committee
composed of Mayor Halphen, i. g
LaWier, Aaron Jacobs and Dr. A. j
Bercier The perfect manner II
which the committee attended to III
duties was attested by the fact that
delegates were present from many of
the towns and cities along The pro
posed route. Those not represented
made known their intention 81 Join
ing il the project by letter.
The delegates present were:
st. Martinville: j.. j. Burdin, n.
T. Guilbeau.
New Iberia: Ghas. .. Provost, Jos.
We'll.
Broussard r. u. Bernard.
Lafayette: e. u. Mouton, G. Ct.
Mouton.
Grand eoteau V Barry, Simon
Levy.
The deliberations were opened by
DR.. BercieE, who, Id few happy
words explained the objects, after
which he introduced His Honor,
Michel HaIphen, Mayor Of Opelousas.
Mayor Halphen welcomed the visitors
in most cordial and business like
manner, and bis address of welcome
was felicitiously responded to BIZ
Mayor c, @. Mouton, of Lafayette.
Il committee on organization, com
posed of one delegate from each Of
Of the towns represented, was ap-
pointed.
After q few minutes deliberation,
The committee made The following
report
That the organization be perfected
with the following officers: Presi-
dent, Dr. i. ]. Bercier, of 0peIousas;
Treasurer, Aaron Jacobs,
of 0peIousas Vice Presidents: III.
Halphen, of 0pelousas; v. NJ. Monitor,
d Lafayette; g. " Barry Of Grand |
soteau; j. Burdin, of st. Martin
vile; r. 81. Bernard, Of Breussard;
Jules Dreyfus, New Iberia.
Committee ON resolutions: 4. I. /
zuilbeau, Ghairman Ghas. Provost. /
R. II. Bernard, G. @. Mouton, i. II. /
Barry, Jno. w Lewis.
The committee further recommend
ID that Lafayette be selected as thel
lext place of meeting, and that the
late be fixed for April 81.
Dr.. Bercier, who was elected Presi-
lent, urged that he was not in q po-
ition just at present 10 do justice to.
he Office, and insisted that another
,e selected. The delegates were
qually insistent that be retain the
but after the Doctor had
zone into details explaining the rea-
on for bis declination, Mayor Mou-
On, Of Lafayette, moved that his
easons be reluctantly accepted.
Whereupon John w. Lewis, of 0pe-
ousas, was unanimously elected to
be Presidency Of the organization.
Mr. Lewis, who was on the pro
ram for an address, was then intro
need, and after thanking the dele
ates for the honor bestowed upon
i'm spoke as follows
I dom know why / was selected by
y friends Of the Comrnitte 10 open
discussion Of this gas proposition.
Mess they had ID mind the near re-
ltionship between the subject in
and and my profession Certainly
do not possess sufficient knowledge
ON d technical standpoint to intell-
emily discuss the feasibility Of the J
sheme, nor have accessible the
ata and statistics which would en-
1le me to discuss the economic side.
take it, however, that al we can be
spected to accomplish BIZ this con 9
renee is the capitalization Of some 3
,ncerted movement BY the different 7
ties and communities along the pro-
,sed route, looking toward securing G
i themselves cheaper light and fuel e
trough the agency Of the Busch
Feratte Syndicate.
There Is no question but that the :,
lvelopmant of Louisiana and espec- = =
lly South Louisiana Il greatly inn =
'ded BY the costliness of fuel. an s
IN the beginning nature endowed :
i land with magnificent forests,
ON which It seemed We would Be
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