New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-07-07
After much unavoidable de.

technicalities the First Distric
' Sewerage Board of New Iberi;
; has awarded the contract for TIL
: construction at once of first-clas
5 modern sewerage system in oul
City. Saturday morning at az
adjourned meeting the Hamilton
, Bros. Construction Co. was award
ed the work at 500, 100000. beine
the lowest bidders on this i'm
portant civic work that our PEG
pie have been eagerly awaiting
these many years. Arrangements
4 has already been perfected by the
contractors for the material an
in less than thirty days active
work will be begun. The Board
it will be remembered had re-
ceived bids some three weeks
since, bat all We're rejected be-
cause they far exceeded the
amount Of bonds that were voted
some months ago. This made it
necessary that new bids be in
vited and a slight change made
in the Disposal Plant which is
necessary to care for the sewage
after which it will be pumped
into the New Iberia Canal, a mile
or so from it's basin. There is no
better time than now to build
the sewerage for the reason that
a great deal of money will be put
into circulation through the en-
ployment of a large number of
people in this vicinity.
Judge James Simon of the
10Th Judicial District Court
rendered several decisions this
week in cases that had been tried
at the last civil term. Most
of them were suits filed against
the Morgan's Louisiana & Texas
Railroad for injury and death of
stock killed in transit. A Judg-
ment for $3.50 was given to Mr..
VIM. Lassalle, another to Bnssey
and Suttle for $1,393.00, and
one to the firm Of Derouen and
Landry for $64S.50. All Of the
cases were appealed to the Su-
preme Court by the attorneys for
the defense.
The home of Mrs. Jervev
Kleinpeter, situated on the East
Side Of the Teche was struck by
lightning last Tuesday ana Mrs.
Kleinpeter was shocked from the
effects of the stroke. From what
we learn the house was damaged
to the extent of several hundred
dollars.
Again this week several car
loads Of additional machinery has
been unloaded in this City for the |
construction of the paper pulp
factory of the Sugar Cane By
Products Company and as soon as
all the machinery is properly in
stalled New Iberia will then be
in position to boast of having a
modern pulp making industry,
equal to some of the largest in
the East. Manager Bernard in
forms us that no time will be lost
by the constructing engineer in
getting every piece Of machinery
set up and the mill under full
Roadway. This industry brought
here through the efforts of the
New Iberia Chamber of Com
merce, an organization composed
Of New Iberia business men will
some, dav, we hope, be equipped
with machinery that will turn out
grades of paper. the
equal Of any manufactured in the
United States and in that event,
instead of a complement of fifty
or sixty employees, we hope to
see several hundred artizans en-
gagged in this industry the entire
twelve months in the year. We II
note, owing to the i'll health of
Mr.. Luke Trainor, the sash, door
and blind factory of the firm Of
0. j. Trainor's Son is offered for
sale with its entire equipment.
This industry, situated as it is
On the river front should again be
IN active operation turning oui
articles of wood
work and giving employment to
skilled mechanics at remunera-I /.
i've wages. All that remains is
% interest the proper party in
;aking hold of the industry and
make it a going concern. Not