The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-07-19
IN AND OUT.

The extreme eastern portion Of
THE cry has been playing leap
frog with the city boundaries for
some time, and the people who
live in the district we're not alto
rcther responsible for many OF the
Jumps made. 1t s-e.ns that the
last Jump made 50 Ear landed the m
as part Of New iberia. There
are some who arc aauot saf'sf1' q
with this result ard who would
like to make one more m"fe-
back 10 the facm"-'hen, newer
again.
Last Monday evening a number
of prominent cas'enders presented
. ,,s.;,ioB IL The City Council,
praying that the district between
the jefferson X race and the up
yer Leitemeyer line he officially
decla, ed back Into the Parish Of
iberia The Mayor. because self
interested, letrained from Al active
part in tho proceedings. This Hnt
the matter up to the other two
commissioners, who, it seems, did
not ace ii the better part OF Wis
dom to grant the prayer q the
petitioners.
The fret move that was made
in this matter was in February,
1912. when the Southwestern
Traction and Power Go. WAS seek
ing to complete its right of way
between this place and Jeanerette.
The traction people naturally did
ust care to leave the maiu thor
0ughfare, and at the same time
thore we're legal reasons why they
could not occupy parish highway.
The carrying of the eastern boun'
dairy nearly . mile eastward seem
I'd Ut the time the most expedltl
QUA means to the desired result
Of providing . right Of way for
the trolley line. The necessary
ordinance was adopted and the
trolley builders went to work.
Then followed = complication.
The Highway Department Of the
state, which had planned to build
the model road from corporation
line Of New Iberia to corporation
line Of Jeanerette, found they had
nearly q mile less TO build on this
end. We gained the trolley, but
lost the model rOad-was the way
it looked.
1t was contended by some, that
the adoption Of the Commission
Form Of Government Charter by a
vote of the people, had the effect
Of returning the city's boundary
tines to the location fixed in the
new charter. The State Highway
department, IN I'll probability,
agreed to this view, for the model
road was built-up 10 the Jeffer
son Terrace.
Then followed the re extension
Of the limits to the LiotemeyeI
line, aud the boundary crossing
Duperier Avenue was carried
Eastward to the Bayou. This
last move had it, purpOee aud
came near preci :,itstiDg AZ cleo
ton contest. l, has been the sub
joct Of many private debates, and
legal opinions have heen quoted
favoring both sides Of tho argu
ment. The city fathers, however,
are acting upon the presumption
that the boundaries have been lie
galiy extended.
Some Of the petitioners Of lower
east Main street contend that the
6rst and second shifting Of the
eastern city boundary was alright,
but that the third shift vas an &C
cident and therefore q mistake
aud illegal. 1t il contended tina,
when the City Council undertook
70 extend the Dnperier Avenue
limits it had no idea Of changing
East Main street limits again by
carrying the lines back to the
Lietemeyer property. That the
writing of To- east Nam stree,
back into tho limits was an over
sight, cansed by using the copy Of
.ha last act of the city on bounds
rlee.
There IL the contention, Oh the
other hand, that the city fathers
were acting IN good faith when
the Arst extension was made and
that they had no idea Of throwing
the territory out ut . later DAFT;
that 1t II not quite certain that
the adoption Of the new charter
had the effect Of contracting thu
boundaries; that the City Council
had never taken the Official l,0si
ton that It did; that the access
snents made and taxes collected b.
the parish we're acts subject to re
view BY the c0u' t.; that, therefore,
there was no mistake, nor acct
dent, III defining the city bounda
lies a last OffiCia)lv nnblisked.