The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-12-02
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On motion, said report WIS unanimously
adopted by the boaru. .-aa
Be IL sn7cted ETC. That bridges be built
over Alligator, Big aud Little Muscle Shell
aud Red Chute bayors on or near the road
leading from Minden to Shreveport. known
! as the wire road; u al ali said bridges bc
! free of toll, except the bridge over Red
Chute.
Be il further e,lactcd ETC., That the build
| ing said bridges shat be lot to the lowest
bidder by the President of the Police Jury,
| or his authority, between the usual sheriff
sale hours, on the iii 81 Tuesday in January
next at the court house door in the town Ot-
Bellevue, after advertising for thirty DAYS
| according to Law. and upuu terms following:
The contractor 10 receive in pay the right
| to collect toll ut the Red Chute bridge and
less-as lie shall bid of the contract, aud
the contract to be lc. to the person bidding
the shortest length uf time aud giving the
bond as herein alter specified
! Be ii further e1ae.ea etc, That the con-
| tractor lie given the term OF II months
/ wherein 10 finish tho bridges over Alligator,
I Big aud Little Muscle Shell bayou. aud Ia
months wherein to finish tho bridge over
Red Chute; the terms 10 begin on the said
| first Tuesday III January next
| BE IL Ttriher eIacl oil etc, That the contrac-
tor shall before the contract be ildjulicated
| To him, give n bond 10 the parish Ut Bussier
| IN the sum OF 5000, subject TO the approx
4, nj of the President of the Police Jury, con-
! dItiOncd for the faithful completion OF the
contract in a workuIRn-ike manner aud NC
cordin= To the speS ications made by this
| body and Its authority, and keep said
: bridges in complete repair during the
! terms, he is entitled TO collect tolls at Red
! Chute ferry. 81. ... !. H...r -....
! BE Il further enacted etc, That the bridges
| herein authorized, he built at the places
ard according TO the specifications as fol
lows, to.wit: ..a. e.rr.raa .....
The bridge across Red Chute to be loca.
! ed about 80 ieet below the present Terry
anding, be 2SS ieet long, IL feet wide aud
i o consist of is spans, 10 feet each level Of
| he floor OF Ihe bnGge 10 be three feet above
! he level of the ground at the west end Oh
highest part nf the bank, aud at the east
end to l,e four feet and two inches above
! the ground. The Innd stills in the stream
! 20 DC IS ieel long, and all on the hank TO be
| not less than - lett long, IL inches or more
1 thick and face IL Inches and to be let in the
ground three feet Posts shall be not less
than 10 inches SOU are; caps ~ by II inches,
10 feet long; lateral braces TO De by in
ches, extending from cap to each post pur-
line braces to6e by 8 inches--they are in.
The bed of the sire am sleepers to be 3 by -
/
over each cap sill across the sleepers, Is to
be fastened thres snoh thick By eight inch
wide piece of flooring of oak, fastened by u
key NJ tsch end through the hand railing
post TO hold the rlespers firmly to the cap
sill; the sleepers saall he let down two inch.
es on the cap sil, and the piece of oak
above bevelled at the edges to the floor in
the end of each mud sill shall be q mortise
through the sill 4 by q inches in size, and
| through the same is TO be driven a piece OF
heart oak five fset into the ground; the
flooring shall be "A feet long inches thick
! and inches wide the hand railing shall be
= by 6 inches aud to be built three fest
above the door OF the bridge, and 70 be well
secured by braces; the tenon OF each post
at top hs to be by 6incheS aud to pass
through the cap all three ieet to support
the hand railing; all the frame work OF the
bridge to be OF hetIt post oak or heart cy-
press; covering to he of select heart pine or
oak hand railing heart pine.
The bridge on Big Muscle Shell bayou TO
be located 81 thu present crossing of the
rosd. and following dimensions Length.
iT6 feet; width, Il feet, 10 be built under
same Gpeci6csticn az Red Chute bridge
! reference being made to plan OF said bridge
annexed hereto. End Of the bridge 20 Be-