The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-02-03
Trolley WORK.
Even the poubiing Thoma9es
are Now Sitting | = and
Taking Notice.

to ~ sound philosophy IN he cy-
peilrnc" IF this city IN It's siinrfs
10 gel \ lroll"y I'm" This city
has bad many GisapppIu' mcHis ~
| this direction IL III" pasf-so
many. IT. fact. that many nt our
people had come 10 doubt ihe pts
slhlIfy nt success ever GROWING
the eliugts of any promoter
Back some twenty five years or
more Mr. DagnrSscau Etle p"ll.
noncd hc city council for iran
city for he establishment Of u
stfret-clr line This WAS prnha
bly HE first step IL tlas dlIsct'"n
In the fall nf 1880 project was
promoted, having Tor liR plnpoSr
\ he connecting Mp OF IN" cane
roads hptWoe lel wick aud I,afl
yrtte. primarily for The handling
Of cane. and IT, ~ operated by
rlrct,Icrty IT, proposed also -
f passenger SCI NIff.
Gcn'l i T. Nylr.' proposition
TO build trolley In" from New
iberia to- Berwick WAS sprung IN
October If 1900 After dragging
| along for three years he "hr ok"
ground for the building Of The
iIne II Sep, 1908, set np u few
polrS on lower Main street and i
hen the matter went TO sleep.
III .|any, 1906, II. a, Augur was
granted u franrhis" 10 build the
same line.
IN July, 1906. w. T. C"nery
was granted a similar franchise
which he Transferred 10 he Bayou
/ Tcche Ry & Light Go ~ Novcm
! Der Of the samG year. The tian
chise was extended il Jany, 1907
This company put up 81, 600 for
teIt guaranteeing The hnIlhlrg OF
the line and in the aptlng Of 1905
unoaded considerable uuab'liN
OF rails At this point for the con
st,ucrion work. he,e rails were
attachcH III March, 1908. and the
project fell through, An exfeh
sion Of i year vas allowed lp'm
b, the City ,ouncl! IN whlchf I"
siIaieIiipn ont their financial tan
gleS ard 10 start he work OF con
| ,trlcliun. which if done and the
line completed. would pivi eye
them 20 redeem the forfeited guar
anteh fund of 5000
II August, 1909, franchise
was granted hy the city 70 Henry
4. Menu for he hulIdiag OF AZ
lntrrn,han line lie sought to ac.
unI,e the municipal water and
nghi plant. lsy A vote OF I'll" peo
pie, at a special election beld ~
November. 1909. it was drcldc'l!
that the city should moi transfer
by lea&e or sale the city plant.
MAY 2lth, 1911, a franchise was
o. anteh to the southwestern Irac
tion 4 Power Co. OF New Or.
leans, 10 bulid the line On July
3,d. following, the city voted this
company a bonus Of $4,000, paya,
bic IN ten annual lnstallJnpnts, the
first payment to he made when
the road shall be in operation b'.
tween this city and JeaneIette
On October IT. the company pn.
up its o,feit Of 50, 900, guarantee
ing the completion OF the inc.
The first weeks Of .Jannary, of
this year, he weather was such
as to make it impl actIcable fo'
| out door work. But with the 70
turn of the sunshine activities
were noticeable along the line.
On Wednesday, Jahy - b, grad
ars were started TO work below
Nelson's canal, working towards
Jeanerette, and 10y the end Of the
week had made very credltable
showing At this time over .
niles of the grading has been
completed and for the two miles
along the new grade the cross ties
have been put in place.
4 On Tuesday Of this week, under
the direction of }. W. Folts, the
chief electrician Of the company, d
gang of wOrkmen was started a'
the task of digging the holes in
the curb line Of our sidewalks foI
the setting Of tho trolley poles
Tbln work was commenced at the
Court House square and working
uetown. 4
The machinery for the power
house has been Ordered, and th'
arrival Of building materials is ex
pected in the near future. I've
steel trolley cars, Of the latest de
sign and type, up to date in ever!
particular, have been ordered ant
their arrival is expected by tn
time the rails will be ready TO
heir service,
~ looking back over this br'e
teview IF tie trolley effort on
can readily ,ntcfstara the wan
If confluence in some 1T our pee
Dle-even yet in the fact tha
New Iberia and ,Jeanefrtie are I
f<,u "a