The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-01-22
URGENT ORDINANCE No. $50.

May, 1853, Harvey Hopkins granted
in full ownership to the Opelousas,
New Orleans and Western Railroad
Company, very considerable parcels
and areas Of land then just above
and now mostly in New iberia, which
grant was confirmed by further
deed from said Hopkins to said Rail
road Company dated the 9th day of
August, 1859, both being recorded in
st. Martin Parish, Louisiana; and
the Morgans Louisiana and Texas
Railroad and Steamship Company
under mesne conveyance having be-
come the owner and possessor about
1877 of said lands and having about
1879 constructed it's railroad through
New Iberia and used said lands thus
granted as above for the site of its
depot, section houses, wharves and
for it's tracks, side tracks, switches,
spurs, and for purposes connected
with said railroad; that among the
lands thus granted above in New lbe7
ria and owned and possessed by SAID
Morgans, Louisiana and. Texas Rail
road Company was track extending
from the depot site to the wharves of
said Railroad on Bayou Teche; on
which land said Railroad constructed
and ever since maintained, operated
spur tracks and other improvements
and which lands will be hereinafter
referred to as lands AUDITING on the
south side of Railroad Avenue.
And, Whereas, after having thus
granted said lands to said Railroad
/ Company, the said Hopkins caused
his lands in said locality to be plat
ted into squares and lots in doing
which the surveyor indicated on said
plat street styled Madison Street
and which is now Railroad Avenue of
said City, but that through error ne
made it appear that said lands abut-
ting on the south side of Railroad
Avenue formed part of said Madison
Street, while in fact the said Hop
kins had previously granted said
tract of land as above and neither
could nor did attempt to dedicate
same to the public.
That, nevertheless, because of said
error, claim has been made by some
parties that said lands abutting on
the south side of said Railroad Ave
nue. and including in said grant as
above forms part of said street.
And, whereas, this Board of Trus-
tees of the City of New Iberia has
recently caused the said Railroad
Avenue to be paved for its entire
| width, with concrete curbings on
either side, and recognizing the own
ership of said Railroad Company in
said lands abutting on said Railroad
| Avenue and on the curbing which
forms the south side and limit of said
street, has assessed against sald
tract of land and against the Rail
road Company as its owners pro
| portion of the costs, charges and ex-
pense of said paving of said Railroad
Avenue.
And. whereas, because of cloud on
its title to said land resulting from
said map and from assertions that
same constituted a dedication OF SAID
land as part of Madison Street now
Railroad Avenue it is the purpose OF
said Railroad Company to compel
said City by litigation to judicial
| lv admit the Railroad Company S
lowners of said lands,
as we'll as to have said curb
ing on the south side of the paving
on said Railroad Avenue defined, fix
ed and determined as The boundary
of the south side of said street ana
all land south of said curb along SAID
street as belonging in full ownership
to said Railroad Company.
And, whereas, after full dellbera,,
tion a compromise of all OF SAID
matters as hereinafter outlined and
| authorized seems to the best interest
of the said City.
Now. therefore, be it ordained by
the Board of Trustees OF the City OF
New iberia, that the Mayor OF this
] Citv be and he hereby is authorized
to compromise all of the said matters
at issue between the City and the
| said Morgans, Louisiana and Texas
Railroad and Steamship Company as
| above set forth, the said compromise
to embody in substance the follow
ling:
First: that the said City of New
iberia recognizes the said Railroad
| COMPANY to be the owner in full
property of the said lands abuttlng
on said Railroad Avenue and on the
curbing which forms the South limit
of said street, and said lands being
disected by st. Peter Street. The
two portions thereof are herein des-
cribed as follows, to-wit:
1st. A tract of land having a
front of thirty and O2-100
| (39. O2) feet on Main Street of said
City of New Iberia, extending back
along Railroad Avenue a distance OF
nearly four hundred (400) feet to st.
Peter Street of said City, the South
| line of the property of said Railroad
Company herein described being the
North line of lots of l.. z. Boutte or
assigns, being the northernmost lots
| in Block PIG of said City and the
northern line being SO run as to give
to the said land of said Railroad a
width on Main Street of thirty nine
and O2-1OO (39.02) feet and width
fronting on st. Peter Street Of for
ty-two and $40 (42.5) feet, the said
land being bounded as follows: In
front or on the northeast by Main
Street of the City of New Iberia, on
the southeast or in the rear by st.
Peter Street, of said City, on the
Northwest or above by said Railroad
Avenue and below or on the south
east by said lots of Boutte.
End. Beginning at a point on the
curb line on the East side of Rail
road Avenue, said point being the in
tersection of the said curb line of
Railroad Avenue and the projection