The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-05-27
GOOD ROADS,.

No better testimony Of the
quality Of the roads could exist
than that which comes to us of an
automobile trip, made last week
from New Orleans to this city and
on to Loreauville. The records
made by the odometer and cbrono
meter tell their own wonderful
story, In forcefnl and eloquent
terms, convincing one that the
"fying" must have been good
What wonderful testimonial
such trip IS for the makers OF
the car that made the trip!
Mr.. Thos. Gonsoulin, of Loreau
vile, had very good car, which
had been serving him well; but
he had grown accustomed TO its
greatest speed possibilities, aud
demanded little more. There
was a time IN the life history of
Mr.. Gonsoulin when humane
person would spend two hours of
life making single journey from
his bone town to this place,
rather than abuse a good horse on
a dusty road, under torrid sun.
In those days the business man of
Loreauville would start such a
journey early in the morning, at.
tend to his business here, possibly
have dinner and greet friend or
two, and return home in the even
ing in time to superinteDd the
feeding Of the work animals and
The penning of the calves. A day
expended in single trip to bis
county.seal! The sands in the
hour glass of Father Time were
running too fast to tolerate such
waste Of time in 1916
Last week Mr.. GOnsOulin found
q party in st. Martin who thought
he would De satlsfied with the
speed possibilities of his auto, and,
after the usual preIimlnarIes, a
trade was oODsumated. 10 be
several miles away from depot
on q through line of railroad, and
without an auto, was enough to
make one restless, nervous, aud
sleepless; so, q trip was planned
impromptuly to New Orleans, to
select Car in every way desira
BILE for his peculiar needs--one ca
pable of beating the best time of
grocery delivery wagon. He
experienced no great difficulty in
finding just such car as he de-
sired. and the deal was soon clos
ed. The car is an unusually large
one, with capacity for seating
seven passengers. 1t is equipped
with all of the modern convent
ences and is marvel Of ingenuity
and the auto building skill 1t Ia
. Mitchell, of 48 horse power.
One day, the latter part of last
week, he started his trip for home,
at 1880 q m, from Canal street,
New Orleans. His route lay up
the Mississippi az far ss Donald
sonville, thence across the river
and on to Thlbodeaux and Morgan
City. Like q meteor he few
through the villages aud hamlets
of the Teche valley. Time was
almost haulted in his fight and
distance was reduced to an incon.
siderable compass. AT 6:45 that
afternoon he telegraphed, back to
New Orleans from New Iberia, to
the sellers OF his car, that the trip
had been . success; that he ex.
pected to be at home in Loresu.
vile at p. m. In due time he
rtOsived an acknowledgement of
his message with the suggestion
that he return the auto and try an
aeroplane for the further reduc
tion OF distance and time.
The odometer registered a total
distance Of 2O3 miles covered on
the trip from New Orleans to Lo
reauville, and the clock indicated
that it was made IN 81 hours from
start to finish. The average dis
tance per hour was nearly 243
miles. Can your machine beat III
Gan you imagine the roads we're
badi