The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-09-20

and maintenance of the public roads
in the first, third and sixth wards OF
said parish, the same to cost approx
mately thirty four hundred dollars
and to be paid for out of the public
road license tax fund of said wards
in part, one thousand dollars out OF
the general funds of said parish and
one thousand dollars from the city
of Lafayette by private subscriptions
or from the public funds thereof at
certain intervals of time therein spe-
Gifted.
Petitioners further represent that
it would be to the interest of the city
of Lafayette to have the public Dads
of the Parish in general properly
worked and maintained to be US
as arteries of commerce in and out
of said city; more particularly the
roads in the third ward of said par
ish wherein said city is situated as
they lead directly into its limits.
That the streets of said city con
sisting of many miles in length could
be worked in less time, and there
fore kept in better condition "a a
whole, and with less expense, if it
owned and operated such devices and
machinery for that purpose; that the
public funds of said city can be le-
gally expended to purchase such ap-
paratus in whole or in part; that it
would be inequitable, and for that
reason impracticable, to expect a
small part Of the citizens of this city
to subscribe the one thousand dol
lars required for said purchase, where
as by purchasing an interest therein
in proportion of the amount contrib
uted to the total cost thereof by the
city council out of the public funds
of said city, every taxpayer would
automatically contribute his or her
share, the funds would be expended
for a public purpose, the apparatus
would be used to open the arteries
of commerce in and out of this city,
and its streets would be kept in a
better condition at less expense.
Wherefore, premises considered, pc
titioners pray that your honorable
body purchase an interest in saiG
device and machinery Dy paying one
thousand dollars out % the public
funds of said city Of their purchase
price, said apparatus to belong to
said city jointly with said parish and
wards in proportion which that
amount bears to the total cost. And
for general relief, etc.
Signed:
F. Demanade, Laurent Pellerin, J..
R. Jeanmard, j.. P. Colomb, c. H.
Masters, c. H. Lusted, Levy Bros,
Victor Levy, N. P. Moss, l. Prejean,
Albert Landry, r. H. Comeaux, U. S.
c. NJ. Patterson, T. B. Hop
kins, Jr., J. c. Nickerson, F. E. Davis,
w. LeRosen, Julian Mouton, j. A.
Roy, F v. Mouton, Joe E. Mouton.
F. R. Tolson, David Pelletier, T. M.
Biossat, Jos. A. Lacoste, E. Mouis-
set, Felix Meaux, A. A. Mcbride, J.
J.. Mouton, Alcee Landry, S. R. Par
kersOn, j. c. Barry, A. U. Prudhom-
me, Vordenbaumen Lumber Co., P ].
VOORHEES,, Noel A. Magnon, A. E.
Mouton, Chas. o. Mouton, Felix H.
Mouton, A. l.. Marshall, J. E. Pri-
meaux. F. G. Mouton, N. Abramson,
r. H. McFaddin, c. Jeanmard, M. Pol
lingue, Geo. Doucet, S. B. Kahn, r. c..
Greig, Remy Landry, William Levy,
Max Immergluck, A. ]. Alpha, Ar
thur Bonnet, Alfred Hebert, J. R. Do
Frank S. Domengeaux, F.
H. Landry, Sim J.. B~oudreaux, Felix
o. Broussard, John o. Mouton, Maui
rice Mouton, Paul S. Mouton, Aug. V.
Liable, A. T. Caillouet. Jos. Guidroz
& Co., per Joe, Chas. S. Babin, l. B.
Bendel, Mrs. B. Falk, l. B. B., Atty,
Falk Mercantile Co., Ltd, l. B. B..
Frank E. Moss, Saul Broussard, F. X.
Hopkins, Mrs. Jos. Ducote, per Jos
Ducote, Alex Delahoussaye, Albert
Jack Doucet, Henry X.
Ruger, W. H. Adams, J. E. Trahan,