The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-03-03
OIL FIELD BROADENING
Some of the Interesting Hap
penings of the Week
Here and Elsewhere.

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Of the last blow of the maui. which
was the signal marking the com
pletiou of the undertaking, had
hardly died away before the
stream Of oil was turned into the
big tank. In addition to this big
cypress tank, this company has
bad constructed an earthen vat by
system of levees calculated to
hold about 10000 barrels. The
construction of this vat was a
work of preparedness for any
emergency.
On Monday morning tour splen
did mules, drawing u wagon load
of lumber, passed through Main
street. The mules wore get of
new and heavy harness, which
was made conspicuous by the ap
parent newness of the whole outfit
1t was learned that this was one
of three such teams, just received
at this point, for the Gulf Refining
90. The first trip of this team
was being made from this city to
the field, hauling load of lumber
from the yards Of the Bertrand
Lumber Co. The lumber is to
be used in erecting houses for the
shelter of the workmen employed
at the company's well.
1t is learned that the Gulf Re.
liniDg Co. has opened an Office at
Olivier station. This gives the
management the advantage of be
ing near the well, and at the same
time beng IN touch with the home
Office at Houston by either tele
graph or telephone, and having
both railroads, the trolley line,
and the bayou Teche Immediately
available Tor any transportation
necessities.
The surveyors for the New lbe.
ria & Northern X. K. 90. are 10
the field this week above this city.
A rumor found currency at once
that that road would build
branch or switch from Vida to the
OIL field, via Belle Blace. Such
scheme is possible. The distance
is not great. Every fnrlong of
the territory traversed by such
branch would produce q good
freight tonnage independent of
what may be ultimately developed
by the oil field.
The rapid organization of oil
companies IN this section has
prompted the Bertrand Oil Go. to
carry in stock the materials neces
sary for the immediate building of
derricks. The new oil company
can now have it's need of der
rick supplied while it waits on
surveyor to locate the site of the
p. opposed well. The foundation
timbers of these ready. made der
rlcks are 8x10 inches, by % feet
long. Lumber in the proper di
mensi0ns are at hand for the build
ing up of the superstructure.
The officers and directors of the
Enterprise Oil CO., which will do
velop the VOORHEES, Lewis Emmer
prospects in the eastern end of
town, are Mayor Il. s. Sealy, pres
ideni; A. Daigre, vice president;
W. q. Segura, secretary treasurer;
@. Il. Provost, ALI LIE
wald, Victor Erath, M. W. Fisher,
Emile Simon, o. w. Outhwaithe,
Joseph Renoudet, Emile GajaD
and d. A. Dimitry. The company
to begin active operations
within ninety days.
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weeds. The European war came
to our relief after we had been al
most destroyed by our own couD-
try. This war has saved the su
gar industry for the time being,
but that war can not last forever.
When peace comes, as come it
must, and the internal affairs of
the now warning countries adjust
ed, then sugar, as well as many
other industries In the United
States, will have to be afforded
adequate protection or go to the
wall"
"Have you any reason to be
lieve that protection will be given
by the Democratic partyr | asked.
"a great stateman of Virginia
once said that the lamp of expe.
renee was the only one by which
Dur feet can be guided. Expert
ence has given us no hope for
help from the Democratic party |
along tariff lines. A new revenue
bill has just passed the House and
Is pending in the Senate, bill de-
signed to raise hundreds of milli-
pms of revenue TO make good the
loss under the Underwood law,
but not dollar in this new bill 10
to come from a revision Of the tar.
if, but every dollar by taxation or
sale of bonds. The bill now un-
der consideration is a notice to us
that Democracy as now organized
will not aid the sugar interests