The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-10-14
Continued from page l.

were but 8 votes against the pro
pOsitiOn-they are unanimous il
wanting the lnterurban line. The s
p should not have made the effOr
to nullify the will Of the people b.
attempting to invalidate the tax
He advocated the laying Of THU
view before the 5. l.. Officiall
through a committee of five. Ii,
opposed the passing of resOlu
lions condemnatOry Of the s. r
before giving that road a chance
Of showing a kinder disposition
towards the expressed will OF thu
people.
Col. +. NJ. WEIGH
Was next called and in respond
ing he declared that he was not
opposed to the 5. r., but he was
opposed to the S. p. tactics. The
s. P.'s object is detention. 1t
held the Franklin case in the
courts oyer a year. The S. =.
does worlds of goOd-wherc 1t has
competition. Where it han DO
competition it does as other roads
do-give you the worst end of it.
This talk about moving the s. p.
shops to New Iberia IL nothing
but bluff. If they were IN ear
nest in this would personally
subscribe $1,000 to bonus fund.
would vote for q 10 mill tar in
their favor, and wOuIa advocate
the exemption of their properties
from city taxes for a period of 20
years. But before doing these
things l would have them give
the city a $50, 900 bond that they
would make good on their propO-
sitiOn. In the matter of the troll.
ley tax, should it be necessary to
re-vOte it, | will work to the end of
making the result of it's second
submission a unanimous vote for
the tax. This section of the coun.
try, between New Iberia and Ber.
WICK, will develop 1864 carloads
of freight. The 8. p. cannot han
die it all on time. 1t is short Of
cars by 200 or more. The bus,
Dess interests of this section needs
the new road. II up North such |
a section would have three or tour
roads after that trade. We will
have them here.
Mr.. r. d. SOUTHwHLL,
Member Of the City Council, then
moved that \ committee of five be
10 craw mp the resola.
ti0ns. Mr.. w. l.. Grant amended
this by asking the privilege OF
nominating the Committee on Teso-
lutio,'s, an follows: X. 8. McMa.
hon, Jules Dreyfus, Henry l..
Smith, Il. ID. SouthwelI, and M.
w. Fisher. The resolution, az
was carried without
voiced opposition. At this juno.
ture
Mr.. VENTREss SMITH
Addressed the chair, saying, chat
he had not been invited TO express
bis views, 80 that he now felt con.
strained to appeal to the chair for
the privilege of the floor, as h+ had
, few facts which he desired to
lay before the committee before it
should retire to its room to pre-
pare the resolutions. The privil-
sge was granted. He then advIs.
I'd the committee to be cOnserva-
i've in all expressions, fair and
square with all roads concerned.
'Or the reason that he had been
advised that the attorneys for the
}. p. and for the Iberia, st. Mary
Y Eastern were at that time in
ct New Orleans with q
new OF coming to an amicable I'M.
lerstandiDg about the dilterenoea
which are the subject Of this meet.
ng. and that Il II probable that
ermS Of agreement would be con.
'luded satisfactory to both roads.
The effect OF Mr.. Smith's re.
marks was quite dramatic, being
'ltoxether unexpected by the audi.
nee. The c0pmittee, however.
vent on with Its work and report.
d the following !
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, the people Of New ;
IBERIA encourage and support !
Ompetition In railroad transpor. J
alton in this territory Az q funda.
rental principle in the general I
Movement for the development Of
ur landa and other resources;
WHEREAS, the present efforts !
I new and competitive railroad
to introduce their sys-
ems into the section Of country !
~ met the Systematic and stud.
I'd opposition OF the Southern
'acific railroad interests, il order :
0 delay and harass construction
nd vitiate the contract With the
eople IN voting the bonuses Of !
pscial taxes voted for the enter.
rises; {
W11REAA the unanimous senti. I
leet and public opinion Of the 5
q nunity, backed and endorsed ),
y 1he commercial and Industrial
ltoreo1o of the Nnmmtrv enA a.. IN