The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-04-26
WATER AND LIGHT.
Regular Board Meeting Last
Monday Evening.

New Iberia Electric light and
" afterwards + ant. and The meet
ing took place with May" d, =.
Erwe, ~ The presiding char anu
III following commissioners pres
.ui. MpsRra Louis inhrst, ST =.
Alfred Ronnu,,.t, Octave lienou
d.t and T. i Willard Absent:
Nesa,E Il y Rihbeck and tle'
Gila,d
The reports Of III" several de
ra,tmenta wor" presented, d'a
cuascd. aud ordered iiled The
report given the most ""nside'a
ton was that ~ the Snperlnt"nd-
ant II Indicated the installation
Of the new pump tnT suprllng WA
te, ~ he BOILERS. he putting o. y
new metal root on the main build
nag Of he plant. and then dealt
with AZ anal, rls 81 the fuel uuas-
zion Undo, tins batter head II
indicated that he Plants last
contract foi fuel oil WAS ut 81 -.
l,u, 81 b was demanded on "A re
rcva If the con 'Iact The re.
nrwa was not taken and the
Plan, returned To the use IF coal
Through correspondence with
coat dealers IT WAS learned that y
-aving mighi be effected by sys.
ten of feeding coat 10 the fur
nac,s. Supt Nillelmin ordered
J, "a, II the coat aud requested
he 4ci ices 1T this expert ii e
man to demonstrate the method
Of firing / he result showed tina,
coal could be used at $40 %,
ton t. equal advantage with oil
Al 9Oc re, barrel. THIS led him I"
place orders Tor : 600 tons nf
coal. at an average price Of 81 -
AT the recommendation of the
superintendent, aud ~ conse
uuence Of using coal instead Of oil
fuel, entailirg greater labor, an
increase Of ~ 90 per mouth was
authorized by The board in the
wages uf both the day and night
ti,emen, effective April lat.
The superintendent next called
attention to the tact that be re,b
lie service had increased to $3.50
per months. on basic rate for
both water and hight lower than
that obtaining IN any privately
owned plant within 100 miles of
this city. THIS service 10 he
city represents an annual value
rf *lj 500. for which the city
practically pays nothing, now
hat the plant has been brought
to y seltsustainlpg basis Not
only has the plant sustained it.
elf, but 1t has paid for a humble,
Of extensions of both it's public
and commercial services out of it's
own revenues
The Superintendent then called
attention to his former report, in
which be advocated the purchase
uf al additional 100 X. w. dyna
mo. BY the addition Of such
genera or the equipment of the
plant would then be represented
ia three distinct units, effecting a
practicable duplicate system for
either tue day or night service.
The cost Of such a new installa-
non would be approximately
$500. Its advantages to the
service would be worth many
ines the cost. The Plant has
an idle engine. fully equipped,
mounted, aud ready for running,
hat would complete the inatalla
ton without further cost than
that OF the dynamo itself
A call WAS made for the rppor,
OF the special committee Ga boile,
equipment, but Commissioner Il.
p. Kibbeck, chairman Of this com
mittre, had failed 10 transmit his
report 10 the board: neither was
he present at this meeting.
"A resolution was then present
ed and unanimously adopted, set
ting forth that ~ Mr.. Ribbeck
had not supplied the Information
which he had volunteered to tur
nlsh, the secretary he instructed
10 officially address 4 com u un,ca-
ion to him requesting the infoI
nation at his earliest convenience,
he secretary was further in.
struc,ed to Immediately notify
the members of the comlnissio
upon his receipts Of Mr.. Rib
beck's report, when a apecla,
meeting will be called at once for
it's consideration
1t will be- RENE n bered that at
the meeting Of the board Of com.
missioners. held on the 3Oth If
lao January, COMMISSIONS, Rib.
beck vehtmpntly declared that
there was something rotten
about the Plant aud its man
agemens," that the amount OF the
fuel bills was out Of all rea
son, and that such conditions
would not be tolerated in private.
w owned plants. His denEncla.