The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-04-01
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was slow viii soon tind that sh,
WAS only taking "A rest Tn
awakening il all but at hand
The present city administration
has contributed 10 little 10 thi
end. BY a wise conservative
business policy II has taken Dol,
- The cry canal affairs and mad
such contract with A dred ge boa
man IN viii give tn" reu portion
O the city perfect drainage III IN
very near future The dIedg'
boat, a present working TO tha
end, passed through the hlghes
ridge on lts way 10 town this
week. The dr"dgr is now on M
down SLOPE Of lis cut and promise!
70 soon score 4 "hOHe run
n II IL true that the flushed cana
VIII no; enIbody all that MAS orr
! ginaIly contemplated. Int II vii
give drainage one of The creates
consideration for is cutting -
ahd this much will br accomplish
~, .thruugit jndici ,us handling OF
i the problem, without imposing
any extta tax burder upon tn,
people.
Ibt SAM city administration
bat 4 few months ago. was con
fronttd with "A disaster, first III
the water end, and then in tn,
! lighting end Of the municipal wa
Ter ANA electro light plant. Re
cognlzliig he necessity of AIDE.
qna'e ittr protection they prompt
~ authorized The purchase Of n
moutIn ulto date fire fighting
marhin" of ample capacity to meet
he needs 81 dis cry III tht hour
Of 1IsLi'ss This new pnmp in
stalled Ne old pump. were rebuilt
and made practically good as new.
The la'tcr are used for the com
meiciaI necessities, supplying a
cons ant water service of the city,
while the fol me, is the ever ready
reserve force held for the pIUtrc.
tiou Of prop ,ly.
Before the complexion Of the i'm.
proven, nts undertaken III The wa
Ter end Of the plant, tho neccssi
ties Tor AT least extensive repairs
IN the electrical depaI tmcnt DC
came Necessary. While improve
meniS were and had been desired
III this department Il more prupi.
tiOus time could have been desir-
Oh, thereby not neress'lating such
great expenditures All in one year.
Bat the disaster To She principal
dynamo Of he plant precIpitatetl
matters. The Council very mag
unanimously co operated with the
Board Of Commissioners Of the
plant and authorized such in
pIOvemehts, not only in the dyna-
mos, bli in the engines AZ well N
will practically give this city a
new lighting and water plant.
These expen.ti nres aggregate
many thousands Of dollars, ,e,,
the city council has not asked the
people to bear on. cent extra tax
burden III consequence OF their
making. With THESE three necrn-
snry works accomplished, withn,G
h"i d-ning the people, the taxlay
rrs now bave 4 flee hand to ssp-
template and undertake other big
things for The betterment II H..
r'fy. SANITARY sewerage ia one Of
The vi ~ questions to heAlth and
comfort now demanding she atten
ton Ut the People
In considering he question of
sewerage there are = number Of
things that it might 10 well 10
bear III mind III OF der that the fin.
shed work will bring the greatest
good with the SMALLEST expense.
The city haas already some *3:a WV
invested III underground sewers.
Jne OF these Is under Cvrinne !
street; another under jefferson
'tree'; aud the third under Weeks !
street All OF these are capable. ,
Il rendering many mute Years OF
etVice - even unto The coming
entury vi bout maintenance * 4
sense They are amrl, Target
nough 10 meet the demands sEI
he territory they serve. ShOala
ot the lnvestm ent ia their Orixia.-
cost be saved, it possible, in
contemplating new wrlk in that
IectI"h! Can thls b- doIlse OH /
+ sewers aud extensions, u sOu,sc,
i'll have to he Land.
II W. lo"k toward I'm. set for
ne disposal of the sewage w.
,uld hardly hope Il. successfully
hPIoJ til" canal, how nearing
,mPletiOn, IA y. vhanu.l Wei
ould have 10 lay H.swer artery 81
'e largest catblc, at ,~A~t ,uI
me point Mull our iAi~ thui
atsil. ais sewer. heyvud the
~ i'mlls, would Pile ~, The cost
= INTO the thousands Of dollars
"A hllerlns plant or seiLlaA,g pool
auld represent possibly a IAss
al for lhstallaliNu, but would BE-
lehsitc I, opef ate AM maintain