Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-04-16

surplus gas IN view OF the fact that
there IL no other market for gas In
that section at the present time.
That is a matter" the governor re-
piled. that can be left to the Depart
ment Of Conservation. The State pro-
poses to play the game fairly and
serve the interests of the whole peo-
Pile. and not any special class"
Governor Parker questioned Mr.. Carr
concerning the amount of money spent
by the carbon black interests in props-
ganda work In Louisiana. He told Mr..
Carr that ii had been reported tho
carbon interests rnised fund OF $780,
900 while bills affecting the cOnserva-
ton Of gas was pending before tho
! Legislature. and that only $4,000 OF
( this sum was spent; that 100000 had
been raised by the same interests in
propaganda work to prevent action By
/ the Constitutional Convention and ths
| Legislature. Mr. Carr denied these re-
ports.
The governor said he saw a state
ment published to the effect that tho
carbon black interests owned $1,000
900 worth OF property in Louisiana.
Then he produced the record of the
Board of State Affairs showing that
the combined assessment OF ali the
carbon black companies operating in
the State totaled only s1.493.71O for
1920 OF this amount. the governor
said. the Southern Carbon Company.
represented by Mr. Carr, was assessed
for only s426.920 Mr. Carr said the
assessment OF his company had been
increased and would total about ST.
100000 for 1921.
The question OF supplying natural
gas to New Orleans was discussed.
Mr. Carr expressed the opinion that II
would make gas expensive to New Or
leans If piped from the Monroe field
He figured that pipe line from the
Monroe district to New Orleans would !
cost between $12000,000 and $l5,O0O.- !
900 and in addition to this pumping
stations would have to be built.
THE only source of cheap gas for
New Orleans" Mr. Carr said. lis from
the Terrehonne field | say this be- |
cause the distance is short. being only /.
abobut fifty miles. Gas will go from
the Terrebonne WELD to New Orleans |.
from the we'll pressure
Our interests have secured options
on considerable amount OF acreage in |
the Terrebonne field and we contem-
plate some development work there" |
Governor Parker told Mr. Carr hiatt |
the Legislature would meet early In |
any and all questions that may be pro-
pounded to him.
An ordinance fixing the minimum |
license tax on motor, -steamdriven ,apd |
other vehicles was introduced by Mr.. I
Weber of Ascension. The ordinance |
is intended as a companion measure |
to the one introduced by Mr.. Weber |
last week, segregating motor vehicle |
licenses into a road fund.
Election of members OF levee boards
by direct vote OF the qualified voters
of the various levee districts, after the |
terms OF the present board members
expire in 1924. is required in an ordi- |
nance introduced by Mr. Gilfoil of East |
Carroll. The ordinance also author
lies an increase in the interest rate |
on leyee board bonds from to 6 per |
cent.
Mr.. Warren Of Lincoln introduced |
by request an ordinance changing the |
provision in the Constitution in regard |
TO the formation of new parishes. The |
present provision requires a terri |
torial size of not less than 625 square |
miles, and not less than a population
OF 1000. The ordinance reduces this
to 800 square miles and 5000 popula.
ton.
Compulsory guaranty of deposits In |
banks is contained in an ordinance |
introduced by Mr.. Walker OF East
Feliciana. The ordinance provides:
All persons, firms and corporations
doing, or to do, banking gbusiness in
this State, shall furnish solvent secur-
ity for their deposits The Legisla-
ture at its next regular session shall
enact the necessary laws to carry this
ordinance into effect. to define what
constitutes banking, to fix the guar
anty to be furnished. and to fix a
penalty for the violation OF the act"