New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-04-06
HENRI GUEYDAN.
THE ENTERPRISE AND
server, Consolidated
N. N, FISHER, Editor and Proprietor.
ORGANIZATION OF A GOOD
nUADS ASSOCIATION IN
IBERIA PARISH.


ments Tor the betterment OF lDe-
r.a Parish the proposed Oood
Roads Association Delng organized
TO ma .ntain ali OF the public ROADS
OF the Parish Of IBERIA IN con-
junction with the Police Jury.
Early this week Mr.. SllvlO Brous-
sard circulated the suDJolned Pc
lion among the business men
winch resulted in large mass
meeting last Monday at The city
liall and preliminary steps DelnS
taken for an effective organlZa-
ton. The call was as follows:
The undersigned respectfully
invite all citizens TO JOIN III the
organization OF Good roads AS
soc.atlon covering the entire Far
ash OF Iberia. To the end OF Ell
tect.ng All organization mass
meeting will be held at the CITY
Hall this evening, Monday, April
lst, 1912.
Remember that the progress
and development OF a Parish are
marked by the chan acter OF the
public roads, and remember that
no parish in the State needs I'M
provement on it's public roads as
does the Parish of Iberia. DO
not fail to attend.
j. E. Schwlng, p. l.. Renoudet:
P. l.. Landry, A. j. Cammack,
Fred Decuir, r. ID. Southwell, }.
S. Power, Edward 7. Weeks, W.
G. Weeks, DR.. S. Sabatier, DIR. j.
w. Sanders, j. w. Eckart, Lewis
Anglers, Edgar Bourg, z. K.
Burke, Silvio Broussard, Jules
Dreyfus, Lazard King, S. c.
Sumrall, G. c. Henshaw, DR.. Har-
rison, John ID. Valet, Hazard
Vaughn, DR.. Guy Shaw, DR.. OAR
by, Henry Pharr, j. R. Perry, +.
E. Delhommer, Dauterive Furni-
ture Co., Ed. IL. Estorge, Leon
Dreyfus, E. Gajan.
Pursuant to call fully one half
hundred Of our representative cit
liens met at the City Hall for the
purpose of organizing a Parish
Good Road organization. The
initial meeting was under the aus
pices of the New Iberia Beard of
Trade, and was called to order by|
Mr.. Jules Dreyfus, president OF
the New Iberia Board of Trade J;
Mr.. j. w. Eckart, Secretary-Man-
ager Of the same organization act
ing as secretary.
Mr.. Dreyfus in stating the OBJ
ject of the meeting said in part,
that the meeting was for the pur-
pose Of making an organized eff
fort in securing better roads for
the Parish, drainage, the rapid de-
velopment Of the country and gen.
eral improved conditions, making
good roads imperious, cOnstruc-
tions Of good roads, being me-
cessity and a factor in all ages
whether for work or commerce.
In addition to all the improved
facilities Of water and rail trans
portation. good dirt roads was
still of vital necessity.
Mr.. A. j. Maumus moved that
the chair appoint a committee Of
seven on charter and organiza-
ton, carried.
The chair appointed Messrs. S.
c. Sumrall, Lazard King, George
Dallas, George Labau, A. j. Mau-
mus, p. r. Burke and Edwin S.
Broussard.
Mr.. S. Broussard then moved,
which was seconded and carried
that the chair appoint commit
tee on membership to-wit: Six
from the 9th ward, five from the
8th ward and three from each O..
the other wards of the Parish, the
chair appointed the following
gentlemen:
LIST ward-Rev. G.. de Corgnais, |
DIR. U. s. Perrett, w. S. Patout.
"a ward-H. Romero, Jules
Olivier, j. j. Smith.
Sd ward-Albert Mestayer, Geo. |
Fisk, L. L. Gonsoulin.
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