The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-10-19
OFFICIAL MIN
CITY COUNCIL

~ foHt VI SUBMITTING ana adopting
u following resolution. Member
present, Hon. ~. $ eealy, Mayor
and A. a. Giratd. J.. +. Villermin. ali
sent, being reported III:
ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY TIL
MAYOR & BOARD OF TRIfS.
TEES or THE CITY OF
NEW IBERIA.
Whereas, on the stxth day ~ofseptem
Der, lNlS, the Mayor and Board o.
trustees Of the City of New Iherie
aoopted an ~ordtdanCe in the word,
and language following, to wit:
Whereas, the Mayor aud Board Of
trustees Of the City Of New Iberia. on
the 9nd day Of February. Nineteen
hundred aud Eighteen. adopted an
ordinance under and by virtue ol
which the City of New Iberia, through
II. y. Sealy, Mayor. entered into two
certain contracts. one Of which was
with a. NJ. Lockett Il Company, Lin.
tied, domtciled in the City of New Or
leans, said contract being specifically
declared to be n Louisiana contract
uuder u by virtue of which the City
OF New Iberia purchased from A NJ
Lockett " Company. Limited.
One 250-H. i. Twin Cylinder, Four
Cycle Snow Crude Oil Engine. ar-
ranged FOR direct connection to A E go
Sycie Generator with two piece crank
shait u all necessary exhaust pipe
and fittings within and without the
building, together with necessary fuel.
water and l%ubricat,ng oil piping with.
in the building.
Also a certain contract with the
General Electric Company of Scheuec-
tadv, New Nork, under and by virtue
Of which the City of New Iberia put-
chased from the said General Electric
Company:
One Type TIRE 90 X Volt lp2 X
W-S Il. Il. \ phase-G go &, Gle 800 Volt
200 X 7 NJ Oil Engine. Type Aiterpa-
tor without Shaft or bearings, with
DE- mpins winding Field rheostat and
foundation caps.
One Type, NJ LILO X w l2h Volt-S50
II i NJ Belted Type EXETER, with base
pulley and field rheostat.
All according to specifications set
out IN said contract executed between
the City of New iberia, represented
by II. s. Sealy, Mayor, aud A. NJ.
Lockett * Company, Limited. aud the
General Electric Company, under
date the 2nd day of February, Nine
teen hundred and eighteen, 10 which
contracts are annexed the speciiica.
tiona in detail.
And whereae, under the terms of
said contract with A. NJ. Lockett &
Company, Limited, the price Ia fixed
at the sum of Twenty eight thousand
4 Il tsnIrcI md .ar,.i,,, 400 a i nnA
Dollars, of which sixty per entum "a
to be paid by a sight-draft attached 10
bill Of iading, twenty percentum thir
ty days from the bill of lading and
twenty percentum sixty days from the
bill of fading.
And whereas, under the terms of
the said contract with the General
Electric Company. the price is fixed
at The sum of Three Thousand Three
Hundred and Seventy-Five (s3 30 00)
Dollars of which fifty perceutum casb
is to be paid by sight-dratt attached to
the bill OF lading and forty %percentum
in cash thirty days from the date of
the bill Of lading, aud ten per centum
In each sixty days from the bill of Ia
ding. The purchase price of said ma
chinery under the said two contracts
aggregating the sun of Thirty One
thousand Nine Hundred aud Ninety
Two ($3l ,9D2 00) Dollars.
And whereas, it Il of material and
urgent Importance to the City Of New
iberia to have entered into the con
tracts for the purchase of said Engine.
Electric Machinery and it's appurte.
napces az recited above, not only to
make necessary improvements to the
electric plant belonging to the City of
New Iberia, and increasing the power
and efficiency thereof, and IN order TO
decrease the expenses incident to the
operating of said plant, as will be con
sunated by the operation of the Snow
Crude Oil Engine and the Electric
Machinery and sppurtenances pro
vided for in the contracts h~ereinabove
act forth.
And whereas, 1t Is desirable that q G
cost of the purchase, erection and con
struction Of said engine, machinery
and it's appurtenances, should be paid
out of the earnings of the New Iberia
Electric Ligh, Plant.
And whereas, It Is necessary 10 make
provision for the payment Of said
Crude Oil Engine, electric machinery
anu It's utttSsHt1 Hp~puIttuAHtts anu
fixtures as b~ereinabove set forth, upon
terms extending beyond the period
set forth for the liquidation of the
purchase price set ont In the contract
between the City of New iberia and A.
NJ. Lockett &c Company, Limited, and
the General Electric Company, there
fore,
Be IL ordained by the Mayor aud
Board OF Trustees of the City Of New
Iberia,
First: That the said Mayor be and
he is hereby authorized to enter into
a contract with any person or persons,
banking institutions or corporations
to assume the payment of the price of
Thirty One Thousand Nine Hundred
aud Ninety-Two 1881 ,9o2 00) Dollars,
and each additional costs or charges
as may be incident to the contracts en-
tered into between the City of New
iberia and A. M. Lockett K Company,
Limited, and the General Electric
Company for the consumation of these
present transactions; that he be and
he is hereby authorized and directed
TO enter nto a contract with such per-
sons, banking institutions or corpora
tions under aud by virtue Of which the
said persons, banking institutions or
corporations, shall undertake to adj
vance the sum necessary for the pur-
pose Of paying the obligations herein
above set forth as they become due to
A. N. Lockett * Company. Limited,