The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-01-28
CITY'S CONNECTING ROADS.

1t has been said that good roads
make a country. If this is true
Iberia Parish is MADE. When the
projects Of the various Road Dis
tricts of the Parish are carried out
every road Of Importance in the Par
ish will have a hard surface. We UNI
derstand that the money IS available
and that the plans of the Boards
will be carried into execution, ana
the roads completed during the year
1922
In this system the roads of the
9Th Ward are of most Importance to
the CITY of New Iberia for the rea-
son that the roads of this Ward make
connections with the roads Of the
surrounding Wards of the Parish.
The Chairman Of the 9th Ward Road
Board stated that material had been
ordered and the men and teams ar
ranged for to complete the connec-
ton between the City limits and the
completed road toward St. Martin
Vile. This road is to be built Of shell
and washed gravel The shell to be
used as binder instead of the sand
and clay from North Louisiana. Con-
nection will be made from the North
end Of this road with both the st.
Martin Parish line and Daspit bridge
The other road projects are the Lo-
reauville road connection with the
3rd Ward Southeast of town road on
the North side of bayou from City
limits to ward line. Lourd's lane road
and possibly the Morbihan road from
Daspit bridge via Landry Switch.
Director To Be Cut OFF.
Some difficulty is experienced in
securing right of way on the 2nd
Ward connection for the reason that
one Of the big property owners re
fuses to give necessary right of way.
The Board will not go to the expense
of forcing right of way, but will
seek another route possibly along
the Commercial Canal. 1t seems
strange that any tax payer should
be so short-sighted as to refuse SUI
ficient right of way for a road which
will increase the value of his prop
erty from $25 to $50 per acre. We
understand that the taxpayers be-
tween the bayous in the Morbihan
district and the people of Fausse
Point are circulating petition ask
ing the Board and Police Jury to
complete the road from Landry
Switch to Daspit bridge. They state
that they are paying taxes and to
date have not had a dollar expended
on the roads Of their section, more.
over, if the plans of the Board and
Police Jury are carried out they will
not likely get any benefit from eth
err of the bond issues. They state
that there is 10000 tons of cane the
greater part of which, since the
burning of the Morbihan Factory,
must be hauled to the Morbihan and
Landry Switches. There is also con-
siderable rice to be hauled to these
points. They maintain that the Police
Jury have included in the building
plan the Lourd's Lane, and the road
on the North side of the bayou both
of which are not as important from
the point of tonnage as the road
which they want graveled.
We have been unable to ascertain
what steps the City has taken 70
make connection with West Main ST.,
and the Ward Roads. In the case of
Center Street the Parish road was
completed two years before connec-
ton was made with the city. OF what
service to the City is hard sur
faced road from the country to an
impossible mud hole within the CITY
limits?
In the case of the st. Martin Road
there is one outlet only. 1t is time
that the City authorities are taking
up this matter. In the past the City
could afford to assume a don't-give-
a-darn attitude because THEY HAD
to come to New Iberia any how. Now
they can go to Lafayette, where
there is live Chamber of Commerce
making it worth while, to St. Mar
tinvllle, Jeanerette and Loreauville 4
1t takes time to get streets improved,
so for the love of Mike let's get
busy. Communicated