St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-15
1bricating oil, etc 80 90

Revenues
From Light service ) 942 bO
From Water service ss4 %
From Public service $40 OO
Total $I656 IS
Profit 5 $50 20
I wish to report that we have
been having a great deal Of
trouble with the Metz and Weiss
oil engine due to it having been
installed with a defective ar
rangement for maintaining the
water level in the cylinder water
jackets.
I have protested to the Metz
and Weiss Co. in every letter
| have ever written them about
the engine but they have never
done anything to correct the
defects. AS a consequence of
this both cylinders have cracked
and both heads also. The Com
pany has replaced the heads and
we have made a claim on them
to replace the cylinders and are
expecting to receive notice Of the
shipment at any time. Their
erecting engineer took the auto
matte water regulating device off
of the engine in the early part of
February as he realised that it
was impossible for us to run the
engine with it on and arranged
to run it as a water cooled engine.
We have been getting very good
results with the engine ever
since. AS it is now running we
can depend upon it doing it well,
but it uses a little more ruel.
The engineers at the plant un-
derstand it well and are not to
blame for the damage to the
cylinders as they have work
hard and faithfully to get good
results. | make this statement
! because I have been told that Mr..
Fust has written a letter blaming
all of the trouble on the men at
the plant and that this letter has
, been circulated around town.
[ wish to state further that the
water regulating device on the
engine never did work properly
and that MI. Fust and the Metz
and Weiss Co. knew that they
never worked properly and they
should have known what the
results would be if the throuble
was not corrected. We have
followed the advice give us by
the erecting engineer and are not
to blame if the advice was bad
on the devices u~ed on the engine
would not work under the con-
ditions here. | never worked
harder on anything in my life
than [ have on that engine and I
Twill not stand take the
blame myself or have it placed
on the engineers at the plant at
as we followed the advice given
us by the man who was supposed
to know.
Under their contract with the
city, the Metz and Weiss Co.
Twill have to replace these
cylinders and when this has been
done we will have no further
trouble.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. JONES',
Superintendent.
On motion duly seconded and
carried, the report of A. G. Jones,
Supt., was received as read.
Opelousas, La, March 4th, 1918.
To the Hon. Mayor and Members
Of the Board Of Aldermen Of
the City Of Opelousas, La.
Gentlemen: I beg ito report
that I have received from the 1st
lof Feb, 1913, up to the 28th Of
Feb, 1913, ten prisoners to
work out their fines on the
streets, to-Wib;
Total time worked 81 IL days.
I have worked ffty.six squares
of streets; put in three new
street tile bridges; one new foot
bridge; repaired a number of
of old bridges; handled two
hundred and six loads Of dirt on
streets; tWenty-seven loads Of
brick-bats on streets; dug three
and one half acres of canal;
drained the water off a great
many streets.
Respectfully submitted,
M. HALPHEN,
Street Commissioner.
On motion duly seconded and
carried, the report of M. Hal
phen, Street Commissioner. was
received as read.
AN ORDINANCE
Ne. 4 of 1913
Prohibiting the keeping of Swine
within certain prescribed limits
of the city of Opelousas, Lou
isiana. prescribing the said