The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-08-19

The Police Jury of the parish of Ouachita 4
having on the I'll day of August, \. d. 1871
| adopted the following ordinance, t"-wit:
ORDINANCE NO. -;
| Adopting the report of the Jury of Free
holders, appointed by ordinance adopt ed
June, 1871, to lay out a new road from the
corporation line of the city OF Monroe to
the Bayou DeSiard; providing plan and
specifications for the construction OF the
same; appointing commissioners to con-
tract for the construction thereof, and
making an appropriation therefor.
Section 1st. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the parish of Ouachita, That the
report of the Jury of ofFreehoders. appoint ed
on the 9th of June, 1871, to view and lay out
| a new road from the corporation line of the
city of Monroe, dated July eth, 1871, be
and the same is hereby adopted.
the said road shall be constructed rs follows:
The road bed shall be twenty-five feet
wide between the ditches thai a ditch be
feet wide at the top two feet and a half wide
| at the bottom, two feet deep, and t" draw
the water from the bitches; the dirt from
the bitches and dirt enough shall be thrown
OH the road bed so as to make it highest III
the centre and slope to each ditch The
trees and StumpS i'll the road bed to bc dug
up or cut level with the ground. The bridges
| moro than twenty feet long shall be built
on buttreSses, the timber of which shall be
one foot square, framed on slll$ one foot
square; the sills to be let into the ground
one foot; the sleepers to be %Ns inches, ten
feet long and two and Il half feet apart from
confer to center; the plank 3Nl2 inches and
sixteen feet long, spiked down with God
or upwards long, there shall be railing on
the sides OF stuff GNG three feet high secure
ly tenanted in the tinlbers below. The
bridge frame shall be cit her white oak over
cup, or cypress the planks shall bc of cy-
press.
Section Sd. BE it further ordained, That
w. w. Farmer, w. }. Q. Baker and Richard
w. Darlington be appointed commissioners
| to let out the contract, superintend the con-
struction, and receive the same when COM
the Police Jury to pay for the same.
Said contract to be let out to the lowest
bidder after ten days advertisement in tho
official journal of the parish, and the road to
be completed within sixty days after the
contract has been ST sneu.
Section 4th Be it further ordained, That
the parish OF Ouachita hereby ohligaicS to
pay half the amount for the construction OF
said road upon its completion; provided,
| the city of Monroe or its citizens will pay Il
like amount; the costs of which arc to be as
certained at the completion thereof which
will be shown by the report of the commits
seclion 5th. Ee it further orlained, That
the Clerk of this body is hereby directed to
| furnish copy of this ordinance to the city
Council of Monroe.
Section 9Th. Be it further ordained, Tina,
this ordinance take effect from and after its
! passage.
Adopted August 7, 1871.
| JULIUS ESEEMOSER,
| A. l.. SLACK, Clerk pro tenn.
| The undersigned commissioners will re
| ceiVe sealed proposals, for the colnplet.
| construction OF said road, in accordance
| with the above ordinance, until O'Clock
\. NJ.
Monday, Tie Ar oty Of September, 4. ID. 1871.
The NEW ROAD begins the west bank
| of the west fork Of Houng'S Bayou, at !,
point, thereon, equi-distant from the pro
lOngatiOn of lines drawn through the mid
dies of DeSiard and Granlmont streets; and
| it runs thence, on an air line, to a point
where the present road, ON the s9uti, bank
! of Bayou DeSiard, is nterSectcu by the Ii-
vision line, between sections 40 and IL,
township Is north, range east, which is
the line separating the plantation OF Mrs.
NJ. J. Miller from the plantation Of Mrs. }.
II. Mason.
The contractor shall construct bridges
over all sloughs and streams on said road.
including the bridge over the west fork of
YounS'S Bayou; and he shall either con-
struct bridges over all low, wet or mnr'hy
places said road or shall fill up the same
| with dry dirt, taken outside the bitches,
from the top Of the ground.
| All materials, labor apparatus of every
description are to be furnished by the con
tractor at his own expense.
The work must be first class in all res
poets, and no part thereof will he paid tni
| until the whole is completed and received.
Particular attention is called to section i
of the above ordinance:
The sealed packages containing the pro
| pOsals will be opened at the office OF the
| Clerk of the Police Jury in the city of Mon
roe, La, at 8 o'clock a. NJ. on Monday, Sep
tenn Der 4th, 1871. All bidders are invited to
| be present mt the Opening of the bids.
Proposals should be endorsed: 'Pi:o-
They may be handed to either of the com
| miSSionerS in person or forwarded through
! the poStOt1ice.
They should be addressed to
| w. w. FARMER,
| w. j. q. BAKER,
| X. w. BARRlNGTOE,