The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-05-17

Street; the entire amount OF concrete
side walk to be constructed aggre-
gates about pa AS square teet, and
about 81 10 lineal feet Of curb.
3.
That Your petitioners respectively ~
own and pay property taxes to said
City on properties in said City, front,
ing and abuttlng on said streets,
which properties as shown nn the oil
clal map OF SAID City made hy Paul
Guiltoux, Surveyor, about the day
of Dec lat6, and Which map is here8n
referred to, are severally designated
and have frontages on streets Of saa,l
City as follows:
Ju'es Dreyfus owns lot No. - OF
front abuttlng on Center street. OF
Eighty nine (s9' feet.
w. J. Bernard. owns lot No. OF
block No l63, having 30 feet on West
Main, 200 feet on Vine, 30 feet on Full
ton.
j. W. Eckart, owns lots on 5. w,
cor of Charles and Bank avenue hav-
thR -Dc IN1l ou AAal lSc 81 w o'A' SAN
feet on Bank avenue,
Luke Trainor, owns lot No l, block
No 2Si, 30 feet on W. Madison Street.
Mrs. y. P. Millara, owns lots Nos. 6,
IS, 9, block 220. 400 feet on Vine
Street and 100 feet on " St. Peetr
Street. That along the front OF each
said properties said side walks have
han 1..k a,i h,,iit tI1anaitV u and
each Of said properties heavy local as
sessments have been wrongfully i'm
posed all AS set forth in this petition
/.
That the said ordinance provides
that each of the ahn ting property
owners, owning property along SAID
SIRE cts, shall be taxed with the enlite
cost of the construction of the said
side walks and curbing abutting their
property, one tenth thereof 10 be paid
in cash. within ten days from the ac-
ceptance OF the work, and the balance
in five equal annual ms ailments, OF
sooner, al the oI tlon OF the, property
owner, With six per cent per annum
interest from date.
).
That 1t further provides that said
work shall I've awarded to the lowest
successful bidder, who can give salts
factory security, according to pans
and specifications on file in the May
or's office. aud further stipulates that
the said bids are sought for the con
struction of said work under Act No
l47 of 1902, as amended, this being tC
give color. though illegally, to the
pretense that same operates a lien OF
the properties for the cost of said
work.
That claiming 10 act under and by
virtue OF SAID ordinance, the Mayor OF
said City. Joseph S. Power, advertised
for bids to be received up to -four
O'Clock ?. NJ. of Nay 5th. 1913, for the
construction of alb ut thirteen and one
half miles Of side walks and curbing
along various streets OF said City
Though the said ordinance enumer
ates a much lesser exteht) all accord
ing to specifications on file In his OF
fee.
They show that the said plans ant
specifications enumurates AS among
the streets whereupon sidewalks ans
curbing are to be laid, not only all o.
the streets defined in said ordinance
but without right an additional front
age of more than 5000 feet in length
OF side walk and curbing; and pro
yides that same shall be constructed
of concrete topped with cement. That
said additional streets therein enumer.
ated are as follows:-All OF Bird ge
Street; Bank Avenue. Main to Wash
ington; Swain Street. West side; Co
rinne street, Washington to Second
HOPKINS Street, Washington to Sec
ond: Railroad Avenue, Depot to Sec
ond.
That at a special meeting of said May.
or and Board. Trustees held April 30
1918, petition signed by your pres
ent appearers and by more than one
hundred and sixty property tax pay
ers of said City, was presented tt
them asking that said work be post
poned and said assessment be not i'm
posed at this time, but that no actor
was taken thereon, and that said May
OF anu DOdIu VI 4lu6tOOO blllA P@h oA0
in building said sidewalks ard curb
ings.
That on May 5th, 1918. in meetinl
assembled the said Mayor and Boart
of Trustees opened the bids which
had been received under said adver
tisement, and adjourned to May 7,h
s1tnua1l lv mad III
bid of, and awarded to S. w. Jone
the building of said sidewalks ant
curbings as enumerated in said plan
and specifications:
which bid as accepted and whicl
award imposes a charge on each o
said butting properties Of your peti
t,oneIs cons derably in excess of On
Dollar for each running foot Of front
age on said streets respectively a
above setforth.
10.
That said Mayor and Board o
| Trustees also then and there accepte
the security rendered by said s. W
Jones for the proper completion G
the work, and, Illegally. authorized
and empowered the said Mayor t
contract on the basis Of said bid an
award. with the said S..W. Jones TO
building said side walks and curbings
which said contract recites a lien Il
hearing on each of said properties /
secure payment for said work.
! That the said Mayor. accordingly
has caused a said contract with Sal
s w. Jones for the building OF i