New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1916-11-18
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

look place III New IBERIA last Tues
day to get the sense of the tax
payers as to whether or not th'
people Of New Iberia were il
favor of imposing upon them
selves special tax of 500, 10000
payable in forty years, resulted
in our citizens giving their ap-
proval of the project almost
unanimously. It is seldom that
special taxes Of any nature what
sOever can be imposed without a
number Of the taxpayers, for some
reason or other opposing it. Not
- this time. as the amount of
property voted in favor of the
bond issue amounted to $497, ).
1851, while there were only three
persons who registered their dis
approvalFof it by voting the sum
Of SIG, ,825.97 against the tax. This
bespeaks much for the citizenship
Of New iberia and the advocates
Of modern improvements that are
90 essential to the general health
of the inhabitants of the COM
munity. Iberians, when they
have reasons to believe special
taxes are beneficial, never lose
an opportunity to give move
ments Of this nature their moral,
as well as their financial support,
and now the members of the Sew
eraee Commission can 60 ahead
and float the bonds at once. From
what we learn all Of the arrange
mcnts for the taking over of the
bonds by Eastern capitalists have
been made, and it is hoped there
will be nothing further to hinder
the progress of the work. The
laying of the mains and making
Of the connections of all property
within the limits of the First Sew
eraVe District will necessarily
create a demand for the surplus
labor hereabouts. after they get
through with harvesting the crops
Of this Parish. and thou sands of
dollars will necessarily be circu-
lated amongst our business men
and merchants that will be of
great benefit to them while the
work is in progress.
Now that this matter rest sole
" with the Sewerage Board,
Mayor Sealv is now strivino to !
get things into shape so that New /
iberia will soon have waterway !
connections with the swamps
through Bayou Boutte that will
virtually be the making of New
Iberia. as it will omen up the hard
wood timber fields that are now
lying dormant. while we are suf-
fering for hard wood timber mills
that would give employment to
hundreds of our citizens the en-
tire year round. to say nothing
Of the fish trade of those lakes
which now find it's way to Nor
"a City and the thousands upon
thousands Of tons Of moss that is
annually brought into the town
Of Plaquemine and milled to be
afterward shipped to outside mar
kets for mattress making and
other things that this valuable
product is used for in other chan
ncls Of trade. It was our pleas
ure this week to be shown the
map Of the proposed route of the
Teche Boutte Navigation District
which will shortly be formed. the
Police Jury, SO we understand.
setting under the law will appoint
two members Of the Board and the
other three will be recommended
70 the Governor for appointment
at some near future time. These
gentlemen will form themselves
into ! Board which will comprise
lands in the Second. Third, Fourth.
Sixth and Eighth Wards and ,'rf-
1cisnt millaee viii be levied an
nually to raise $3.50, ,OO0. 90 to COM
plete the canal. retaining a sink
ing fund for its maintenance to
care for the nine mile canal. a
map Of which was recentlv COM
pleted bv Mr.. Walter Y. Kemper,
the civil engineer who made the
Sine prints. etc.
The movement for building
canal to Lake Fausse Pointe has
been discussed and otherwise agi-
tated 40 much by our citizens that
now there are hut few who do
not feel that the Investment will be
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