The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-12-09
J. W. ONLEY, }
J. y. PLAT, Com mittee.
A McOLANAu.N.

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On motion, said report Was unanimously
adopted rs the beard.
BE IL cnaotcd etc, That bridges be built
over Alligator, Big and Little Muscle Shell
au,i Red Chute bayous Oh or near the road
lending from Aindeu ~ Shreveport, known
"a the wire road; thai all said bridges be
free Of toll, except the bridge over Red
Chute. .. .. +. ...E .....
Be IL further enacted sfc., That the buii6-
ing said bridges shall DC let to the lowest
bidder by the President of the Police Jury,
or his authority, between the usual sheriff
sale hours, on the first Tuesday in January
next, at the court house door in the town Of
Bellevue, after advertising for thirty days
according to law. and upon terms following:
The contractor to receive in pay the right
to collect toll at the Red Chute bridge and
present ferry for such time-ten wears or
less-as no shall bid Crf the contract, and
the contract to he let o the person bidding
the shortest length Of time and giving the
bond as herein alter specified. .--F
Be 70 fHrtser epactet etc, That the con
tractor be given tho term OF T. months
wherein TO finish the hriiges over Alligator,
Big and Little Auscl- Shell bayou, and IS
munths wherein to finish the bridge over
Red ChH:e; the term: To begin on the said
| first Tucsday-in January next. $3.50.
lie Il further eHactotz eic That the contrac-
| tor SHAH, before the contract be All Indicated
10 him, give 4 bond Il the parish OF BOssier
i'll the sum of 5000, subject 10 the approx
/ NJ OF the President OF the Police j ury, con
dItioTed for the faith ful completion OF the
! contract in u workma mike manner and ac-
! cordins 10 the speech cations made by this
body aud Its authority, and Keep SAID
bridges in complete repair during the
/ terms, he is entitled 20 collect tolls at Red
! Chute ferry. .sr
| Ben further euzcica etc, That the bridges
I herein authorized, lie built at the places
and according 10 tue specifications as fol,
I lows, tO-wlt: r.a
the bridge across Red Chute to be .loca.
ed about 81 feet below. the present ferry
andirg, be 2SS feet !nng, Ii feet wide, and
o consist of Is SPAN, itjfcet each; level 81
he door Of the bridge 1 be three feet above
he level OF the ground at the west end OIL
! highest part of the bank, and al the east
end to be four feet and two inches above
the ground. The mud Sills in the stream
70 be IS feet long, AID all on the bank 30 he
not less han "a feet long, II inches or more
thick and face l. inches and TO I've let in the
ground three feet. Posts shall be not les,
than 10 inches square caps 10 by II inches
10 fee: long: lateral traces to be ! by 6 in
ches, extending from cap TO each post pur
line braces TO lie 6 hy SInehes--they are in
1he bed OF the strea n; sleepers to be by L.
inches, 10 feet long. and six to each span
over each cap sill across the slecpers, is {,
be fastened = three mch thick BY eight incl
wide piece of flooring of oak, fastened by a
key at each end through the hand railing
post 10 hold the sltepers firmly to the car
sill the sieepers 81 al loo let down wo inch
es on the cap sin and the piece of GAL
above bevelled at the edges to the fioor; IL
the end OF each mu sill shall be mortis,
through the sill by 5 inches in size, an,
through the Same i, to be driven piece o
heart oak five feet into the ground; tn,
flooring shall bo ~ feet longs inches thicl
and 6 inches wide; the hand railing shall b,
by 8 inches anC 10 be built three fee
above the floor Of the bridge, aad to be vel
seeHyed by braces: the tcnOn OF each pos
az top is to be ly inches and to pas
through the CAP SIT three feet to supper
the hand railing; sll the frame work OF ia,
bridge TO be of heart post oak or heart cv
press: covering to be OF select heart pine q
osk; hand railing heart pine.
The bridge on Big Nrscle Shell bayou Il
be located at the present crossing of tn,
road, and following dimensions; Length
l76 feet; width, l. feet, to be built undes
| same specification as Red Chute bridge
reference being made to plan of said brldg,
J annexed hsrete. End Of the bridge 70 81