The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-02-01
WATER AND LIGHT.

Water and Light Plant and It's seq
Vice.
| Will ask you, a representatives
Oi this plant and the people Of New
Iberia, 10 carefully scrutinllr this
report and make any remarks or
suggestions you may think for the
good OF all concerned.
Il, in your opinion, there should
be any Improvement, or lHrt her
extensions made to tn" Watar and
light lines, | viii be pleased 10
make them upon your instructions.
| will say mere that ! would like
Very much to extend the ligh! srr-
Vice to some parts OF the Gown that
are at present in the dark Our
plant can take care o. the load if
you Will assist in the cost Of the
material necessary for the insi all
alton Oi poles, wire, etc.
| found upon entering the ser
vice ol the plant thas you were in
debt approximately $500. Your
pole Tine, being eleven years old,
a considerable number ol the poles
needed repianting, and new cross
arms to replace old ones. The
lu. stion OF greatest importance
to me seemed to ha the soIidifying
the lines, protecting them with
lightning arresters, and the plac
ing in the Plant a Tung stem Series
Re gnlator and Switch Board, 50 as
to light portion Of .hG rear Of
town. This Regulator being in
place allows for $50 street lights Of
100 Candle Power each, Of which |
have installed 100 such lamps, leay-
ing Tor emergency capacity for
50 others
Running a ebay and night scr
vice caused US to remove some
lights from the Commercial Cir
cult. Finding that the Arc Circuits
in the plant We're connected .em-
Torarily, 1t was necessary to pur-
chase another Panel iot the Switch
Board to properly control them.
This Panel installed has saved its
purchase price in the cost OI re-
pair parts OF Arc lamps since in
service. #
The smoke stacks have been
painted twice in the las: eighteen
months. Both boiler walls repair
ed; oil tanks, leaky, repaired; Of
flee building, moved to its present
location, painted and repaired;
several water extensions and re
pairs made, fire protection con-
nected, FOR the protection OF tha
plant.
The Hon. Mayor and City Coun-
ell installed the Engines, Dyiamos
and Fire Pumps in the plant and
rendered statement showing a
Plant Indebtedness to the Ci:y IN
an amount OF S3l ,2O7.3l up to Oct.
lst, 1872 This BEING ,or all mon
eys paid in behalf of the plant. We
ri turned to them statement Tor
services up to the same date, Tor
the amount OF Sil,oo5.oa, showing
a aIanc. Iue til Pl n OF STATS T..
Since Oct. 13t, 1912, iOf months OF
Oct, Nov. and Dee, there has ac-
crued an additional charge OF X3,-
1850 for water and light service,
making a present balance due the
Plant, up to Jan. 15t, 1912, OF Sill
223.Go Our charge for this SER
vice IS lower than that made by
most towns in the stase for like
service.
The total amount spen: in cash
by this Plant, for these line I'M
provements as mentioned pre-
viously, including the payment o!
some old accounts, is represented
in total Of S5,3Ss.S2. We als6
paid, for the City Of New iberia, in
cash taken from the revenues OF
the plant, S1,424.66 for the fan ex-
change, entered into by the city,
making total spent, in improve
ments, or X6,o13.4o. These mater
ials are new and here to show for
themselves.
Now, there is one other matter
we must note. The fuel Oil bought
by the Plant two years ago cost 80
| cents per barrel delivered here.
In the year 1912 it went up to Sill
! per barrel. At the present time i
is Sl.32 per barrel In cOnsequcn@s
OF these advances in price We are
almost compelled to stop burning
oil and go to coal.
The combined revenues from va
ter and light for the month OF De-
cember last, 1912, was Sl9'0.O', VII G
il the largest single months reVsn-
ne since the plant was installed IT.
1901.
Gentlemen, the ROOF Of the Plant
building is leaky. | have bought
the material necessary to recover
it, and, / hope you will not object
to this. :,
There is need OF small boiler
feed pump, to have an entire du-
plicate to the pumping depart
ment. / will ask your instructions
or pleasure.
want to say here, that the dy-
namo end OF the plant is not III
duplicate, for should our large en-
| uine be in trouble we cannot run
the street lights. This has already
hanpened three or four times. VS.
can purchase a dynamo, that would
let us run complete, for $1,000, as
We have an etra Ideal idle Engine
on its foundation in position 70
run.
i Gentlamen, when | took charge
of this Plant it was mentioned thai
IT would receive the price asked by
me. $3.50 per month, il the plant dId
well Now, | don't ask for an in
crease in salary at this time, pu'
would like to have our Hon. Mayo
and CITY Council pay the Plant 2
| little oi that S14,223.69 given IN SER
vice, and $6,8l3.4S in cash Tor IN.
improvements, etc., so We might z.
on installing few more street
lights, and even water extensions
i YOU wish them, which, in my
opinion, are more than due some
sections OF the town.
| Now. bear in mind one thing
| while we have paid the $500 o.
old accounts, we have nncOyereo
| patac t0 nav Paul, as you Will flnd