New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-07-19

just to what extent the Par
eel Post is gripping express bus
mess in general we are unable Il
state. but judging from what ha
taken place here IN this Clt', th'
business of the Express compan
les must be reduced considerably
On Wednesday Mr.. +. II. Buffin
ton who was the local agent o.
the United States express office
carving out orders from those u
authority consolidated the busl
ness with that Of the Wells Fargo
Aside from the fact that a mum
her Of people were gwen employ
ment by this Company IT Will he
remembered that not until the
L. $. Express located here could
a customer have "A package de
livpred in the City outside OF a
certain radius. which at time,
made if very inconyenlcnt Tor the
patrons of Express offices. Now
that consolidation has been Ell
fected it remains to be see1
whether service will be continued
10 the line of the Corporation AS
heretofore.
Moss Club Sarce now l5c. B"'
n bottle
/ Within few days the car
ppnters will be through with the
work of converting the large
space in the City Hall building
from n dancing floor to something
more useful to the city '"mm'@-
sionors. Three large double OF
fees have been partltioned on
making five compartments Tor
the officials. The largest on"
will be that Of the City Court
which very often requires larg"
floor space. From the general
a,rDrarance Of the arrangement
every official will have quarters
of his own in keeping with his
position. Henceforth the only
dancing floor in New lberia IS
that Of America Fire Co No. =,
situated on Hacker Street
Moss Club Sauce now l3c. Buy
bottle.
The action of the City Com
missioners in extending tlld
Corporate limits Of New iberia 10
the Lietemeyer property Inc ON
East Main Street seems to met
the sanction of majority OF the
citizens of New Iberia at the
present time, despite the Tact
that few of the residents to be
taken in the proposed extension
accept the privilege of becoming
citizens reluctantly. The adVisa-
bility of extending the limits TO
that point has been in the mlndsol
many of our citizens for seVcfa'
years and we are pleased to see the
extension made and the popula-
tion thereby increased which VIII
change the census Of the City OF
New Iberia and thereby give it an
increased revenue. When taken
into consideration the prop ~
holders of that section ENJOY all
Of the advantages srch as Model
Roads, Electric ears, lights. pun
lie schools and almost every 9th
pr civic Improvement, we can see
but little reason for them re-
naming out of the defined limits
and depriying the City OF Its
! taxes
The School Board held its
regular meeting at the office or
Parish Superintendent Valet in
the Masonic building last Thurs
day afternoon with the full mem
bership in attendance. 1T was
the sense of those present that
the schools be re-opened on
aptember 22d. The list OF
teachers appointed appears in
another column of this issue and
the full proceedings Of the meet
ing will be published in our next
number.
Mr.. w. Il. Atkinson, State
Highway Engineer and his assist
ant. Mr.. T. s. Shields, spent sew
eral DAYS in New Iberia this week
going over the road propositions
with the Police Jury. The ac-
ceptance of the Model ROAD
leading from New iberia to Jean
erette which the Contractor
sought to deliver, was deferred
on the urgent request of the Jur"
and of Messrs. Hewes and Bus
sey representing an advisory
committee appointed by the Jury
to serve in matters pertaining to
this Model Road. Defects In the
oors'ruction were pointed out to
the State officials and resulted In
notice being served on the Con
tractor TO repair these within
thirty days or suffer the rejection
of the entire road. The surveys
| TO Burke Station and st. Martin
were gone over and revised and
definite lines established for the
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