The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-04-06
PROCEEDINGS of the Board of Trustees,

MAYORS OFFICE, March 70, 1899.
~ At a called meeting of the mayor and trustees Of
the town of Shreveport for the purpose of considering
the subject of Il change in the grade on Milan street,
dc, present, his honor, Jonas Robson, mayor, c.. r.
Griswold, DIR. TIP. Hotchkiss, Vim. Robson, r. a.
Waller, and R. D. Sale, trustees.
On motion, the mayor called the meeting to order
and r. D. Sale was requested to act as clerk pro ten.
DR.. T. P. Hotchkiss offered a resolution to indeti-
nitely postpone the subject Of the change of grade on
Milam.street, which did not meet with a secOud.
R. D Sale offered the following resolution, viz:
Be it ordained, DC, That the street committee after
Il careful examination (being aided therein by the
town Surveyor Of the present grade on Milan street
in Shreveport, known as the Rafferty, grade, have the
power to change or modify the same as in their judg-
ment deemed necessary, and such change can be made
SO as not to iniuriously affect the property on other
streets, and if any change be made a profile of the
same be made by the town surveyor and returned to
this office.
The motion being seconded, the yeas and nays were
called for, which were as follows: yeas, Sale, Waller,
Griswold, Robson; nays, Hotchkiss.
On motion Of VIM. Robson, the mayor was request
ed to appoint two other members of said committee.
W hereupon the mayor appointed O.. X. GrIswold
and R.. 0. Sale. And on motion Of I. P. Hotchkiss,
the mayor and the tive new members of the council,
Waller and Clark, We're also added.
DR.. 7. p. Hotchkiss then offered the following re-
solution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, dc, That the mayor be authorised and
requested to have the profile of the "Raferty" grade
of Shreveport recorded or placed on record in the
recorders office of Caddo parish, and that he be au-
thorised to draw on the town treasurer for payment
of the same.
On motion, the board adjourned.
JONAS robson, mayor.
R. D. SALE, elk pro TEN.
For Mayor.
1--WE are authorised to announce JONAS ROBE
son (the present incumbent) as a candidate for
mayor of Shreveport, at the election to be held on
the I'd day of May. a6
Shreveport Price-Current.
This report embraces actual sales made g~esterdaq.7
CoTToN-Middling, 7b@l14c.
SUGAR-N. 0. brown, S@l0c. N ID.
MoLAssEs-38@43 cts. p gall.
FLoUR-Superine, 81 00@7 %; st. Louis extra, 50
600 R biol.
PonK2Mess, $22@-R Dbl.
~BAcoN-Sides, clear, l3@I3lc; ribbed, Hoe.
shoulders, 9@10c; sugar-cured hams, I7@18 Pb.
LARD-l6@l8-c. p tb.
CoFFEE-Rio, I2h@131@c. " Ii.
WHIsKEY-33@4 II gall.
CANDLEs-Star, 23@28c. 77 tb.
CoRN-Sack, 81 ESQ. il bush.
BAGGING-ky. l6c@-; India, l7@-c.
RoPG-9@I0c. 32 tb.
HIDEs-l2@l3c. R ID, PELrRIEs-l2h@ l5c.
PorAroEs-Irish, 50 5000 90 p bbl.
Om-Lard, 81 35@l so II gall.
New Orleans Market.
March 3l-There is some enquiry for cotton, the
sule to-day amounted only to "a few bales.
inferior, 6-@7& Middling, uss4@l2--
Low m%iddling ,Il-@nE MidIingfair I2%4 @l3E
The receipts Qneluding 30,374 bales on hand, )
since the lst September, have been | SAT ,6S2 bales,
Exported during same time, l ,233, 100.
FLouR-S'rtine, s. 1906 25; extra, Sc 1908 90.
PoRK-Mess SIS 00@l8 so ~ Dbl.
BAGoN-Sides, 94@lI4c; shoulders, 74@71ac.
LARD-9b@Il%c. II 10.
@90c p bushel.
SuGAR-315, 6@91ac. U 10.