The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-05-16
CHAMBER or
COMMERCE.
Another Step taken in the
Completion of Organiza-
ton.

7 On THURSDAY evening At the C1tS
4 Han the entire Board Of Directors o'
4 - members met tor the purpose OF
completing the organization Of The
4 Chamber of Commerce OF tuis cts
i Mayor Alpine Foutelien " - elected a
temporary chairman and Mr. Saml .
Nuckolls was chosen unanimously az
4 temporary secretary.
Mr.. f. l. Estorge was then elected
as the President Of the Board Of d.
r. ctors and Mr. J. ?. >uherblelle. The
/ Civ Commissioner Of Finance, was
elected Vice President. Mr.. Jno k
/ TAYLOR was next elected to till the OF
! fee Of Treasurer The office Of >ecre-
ttfy Manager was left untitled for the
pime being until BY Laws could be re
ported by committee.
The President was authorized by
resolution 10 appoint a committee on
! Laws. Ma ssrs. Alphouse DAVE
NJ. ". Fisher, ;. Q Nuckolls aud Il
! +. Willard we're named az the commit
tcemen with Mr. ". q Weeks as AN
advisory me mber OF the committee.
The Board then took up the qnes-
on Of re, enue and discussed il IRON
z
b. The concensus of opinion that the
{ hamber of Commerce would be ser1-
ously handicapped in it's efforts to ali
/ am results If It's revenues could not
be brought mp to minimum of.S2500
per year. The secretary was request
ed to apply to the secretaries of sIusi-
l,r organizations at Baton Rouge, la
fayette, alexandra, Lake Charles and
Crowley tor information relative 70
the Raising nt revenue. On motion Of
MIR. A. DAVIS committee Of three
Was created and authorized TO compile
"A list Of names from the city's assess
mem rolls Of probable mtterlal tor
mem bership in the Chamber OF Com
merce and u place opposite each
name an estimate Of possible assess.
ment with the view of providing the
necessary revenue for the oIgai liza
ton Messrs Fuutelieu, Jno. II
Taylor and Daigre were constituted
"A committee and entrusted with the
charge of this work.
The question of the proposed indus
trial sch ool to b. located in Sou H.
western Louisiana by the State, was
brought up and discussed. Mr. Du
puy. who is a member of the aupro-
priation committee of the Leglsla
ture, said ne was unaware Of any such
movement on the part of the STATE at
This time. However, the Board of DI-
rectors wished to be- on record AZ an
az irant for any such institution with
disposition not to be out-doue by any
other town in this section A commit
tee was authorized TO take The matter
-. l.. =, l..
ear to the ground. The personnel OF this
c tmml,tee is Hon jules L Dupuv. |
Messrs Jno X Taylor, ID. A Dimir,
aza'd King, MaNor Alpine Fonttlieu
aud DIR. ii A Aing.
In the matter OF the prov osed Wis.,,
OF some 20 edl ors of Farming Jour
nails TO THIS ST elton OF the country II
was thought wise to have their spt-
clal tram stop at New iberia Thes,
editors will be through here about he
loth Of June. 1t the pr, gram - car
RED ont the Board will have to raist
between two fifty and three hundred
dollars for their proper entert inment
III showing them the surrounding
country.
Proposed changes of RAILROAD
hpp'l'hiiohS loi Wiich ia
been submitted 10 he state Rail,oar
by the respective 70. ds,
was discussed at some length The I
secretary MAS instructed to write The /
Secretary OF the Railroad Com M jssion I
indicating the opposition of IN
Board to any abridg. ment of presen, I
train service.
The BOARD then al ourned t. meet .
on next Thursday ev.nin al I p m.