The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-01-24

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that in all towns and cities OK the
size of ours there must be GER
tam amount OF accumulation oi
said stable refuse but must say
that, in our case, these are removed
every twelve or twenty-four hours
Az regards the rubbish hauled
behind the Methodist Church, on 4
vacant lot, | will say this for your
information: | was requested to
haul this rubbish and dump Ii In a
canal partly filled up by the City
rubbish, leaving a cavity which
contained the surplus waters, ant
which, at times, became very dis
agreeable to the neighborhood, ana
| did so at the request of Mr.. Harr,
Winters, who owns store adjoin-
ing said empty lot. The lot upo,,
which the Methodist Church nov
stands was filled with rubbish ana
made beautiful piece OF property
l read with surprise your criti-
csm in the "T-D", aud / must sa,
that. am at d loss to ascertain tn,
motives which could have induced
you to criticise the City of New
iberia. IL must DC apparent to yoL
that such criticisms, soming from
such high authority az the presi.
dent of the Board of health OF thi,
great State, whose sole duty in tc
protect and encourage instead OF
dcnouncing and discouraging, mus.
be injurious to our community.
Knowing that you are very en-
thusiastic in the discharge OF youl
duties, and believing that / car
render some assistance in the dis
charge OF your duties, l take thu
liberty Of calling your attention
10 the insanitary condition OF tn.
Banks OF the Bayou Tccke and The
lower Atchafalaya River durint
the season when the acid used bS
the rcfinerics are being disgorge1
In those streams, the result OF
which is the killing Of tons OF fish
and the infection OF these streams
with dead fish, the stencil O.,
which is at times unbearable. ]
feel that you are ignorant of thu
existing conditions OF thos,
streams. ! can not attribute II to
negligence, or Sinking of duty, OF
yoar part. Therefore, ] take The
liberty OF calling your attention tC
those facts because know that the
health, the lives OF the people o.
the whole State, is in your hands.
Now that | have called your at
tention TO that fact feel sure IL
will be properly attended to.
In your criticism in the .sT-D
you state that New Iberia and Opc.
lousas are on par SO far as clean
lincss is concerned. We appreciate
your kind sympathies expressed
by you for "poor Walters'', az hs
will have to repair to that Town
and stand his trial. Il Is true that
y0H have bitterly criticised oui
little city, but we feel also that We
owe you thanks for placing us or
N par with our beautiful little sis
ter City. As to this VIC feel highly
flattered and we thank you for the
compliment.
My experience teaches me thas
harmony aud concord between ths
officers and the employees or The
Corporation always brings gooc
result: aud that nh attitude OF ar
rogance and loneliness creates
spirit of resentment and disturbt
the harmony which should exis,
1 believe that Al attitude OF friend.
ship and advices given, heart-to-
heart, TO subordinates and a good
friendly clasp of the hand instead
OF publishing theshort-comings o,
different officers throughout iht
state, for what motives | am at
loss to understand, would brinp
abour better results and the peo-
Pile OF the whole State would there
by be benefited.
As to your reference In the aT-D'
that New iberia Ii non-progras-
sive and retroErading, you are A.
gain Inisinformed. You are probah-
~ not aware that We are on the
eve of having a big improvern sni
tax voted upon, one for the
purpose OF building canal
70 the Lakes for commercial
one fQr the pur-
pose OF paving Main Street
through Civic pride, and one for
tho purpose OF sewering the City
Tor sanitary measures. Doss that
show that We are n0n-progressive
and that we are retrogradingg
Dear Doctor, permit me to give
you the assurance OF my undivided |
support TO all the measures neces-
sary for The health aud welfare or |
New Iberia, which will be properly |
brought to my attention, and per-
nit me- also, 10 assure you that NV
ievotion for the welfare and the
progress OF our little City viii inn
,el me 70 do all In my power for
e. advancement, and | invite YOUR
,o-operatiof In the attainment of
hose results.