The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-12-02
ITO the Honorable POLES Jury Of BOssier
pdr-ish In

d To the Honorable POLES Jury Of Bossier
Parish, La:
Your committee appointed at -FOUR last
meeting TO survey Red Chute, Big Muscle
Shell. Little Muscle Shell and Alligator
bsyous. and make plans aud specifications
or bridges ocross said streams on the road
rrrn Mindrn to Shreveport, knoAn as the
Wire road" with respect report, that they
have visited the stresulf fsboye msntioned
ut their interEection' wiih said road and
after mature deliberatIoa- they are Of the
opinion. that "A bridge across Red Chute
should I've located about thirty feet below the
present ferry landing. That sald bridge
should be Of the following dimensions:
Length. ~ feet. width, e feet and ID con
sist of is spans Of l6 feet each. The level of
the floor of the bridge {" BH three feet above
the level OF the ground a. the west end, on
the highest part of the hank aud at the
east end, to b. four feet and two inches
above tho ground The mud sills, in the
stream, Ia be % feet long aud all on the
bank, a. Ice not less fhal "a feet long, l.
inches thick ur more and face II inchcs, and
To I've lei in the ground 5 feet. Posts shall
be NOT less than ten inches square. Caps.
! ten by twelve inches, 10 feet long Lateral
braces to hc by inches, extending from
cap 10 each post. Purliue braces to be 6 by
8 iuches-thcy arc in bet Of stream Sletp-
y
10 each span. and over each cap sill across,
the sleepers are To be fastened by a 3 inch
thick br 8 inclf wide piet of flooring Of oak,
fastened 10y a key III each end through the
hand railing post. TO hold the sleepers trim
~. To tho cap sill; the sleepers shall be let
down inches on the cap sill, and the piece
of oak above mentioned bevelled at the
edges TO the floor In the end of each mud
sill -hall be a Inortise through the sill By
: in. nd aoh ha ia IN
he driven piece of heart oak five feet into
| the ground. The flooring shall he Ia feet
| long, two inches thick and six inches wide.
/ The hand railing shall lJa 1 by = inches, and
| 10 be built three feet above the floor of the
| bridge, and 10 be we'll secured BIZ braces.
! The tcnOn of each post at top IL to be by
| q inches and TO pass Through the cap sill 8
! feet 10 support the hand railing. All the
frame work of the bridge TO DO OF heart post
| oak or heart cypress; covering of select
| hear pine OF oak; hand railing heart pine
| At Big Muscle Shell, We would suggest
/ that the bridge be looatel at the present
crossing of The road and the following di
mensian: Length, l76 feet; width, l. feet,
ht0 be built under same specifications as Red
TChute bridge; reference being made 10 plan
of said BRUCE annexed hereto. End OF the
bridge Ia I've four feet a: the west end and
four aud a half feet at cast end above the
ground Z sblEEE tsE .s
At Little Muscle Shell, We would suggest
that the bridge bc located about one hun.
| iIred yards below the present crossing OF
| the road AS il will materially lessen the
| length of the bridge The bridge is to be Il
feet long, ~ feet wide, TO consist of five
| spans, each 10 1ret, TO he of same size tim.
bers as that portion If Red Chute bridss
| out of main channel; each end TO he four
feet above the ground.
At Alligator bayou, We would suggest
that the bridge be located about so feet be
low the present crossing of the road, and Il
be LIS feet long, - ferI wide, 10 consist Of
eight spans, 10 feet long, and 10 be built OIL
the sauIe plan AS Litt e Muscle Shell tridge
aud to be two feet dove the ground al
| west end, aud NJ east crd three ieet aud live
inches.
Your committee kp owing of nothing more
relative TO said bridges necessary to give q
full understanding thereon, respectfully
tender this, their rel ort, and request to bt
discharged. from further consideration o.
matters given them in lland.
Respectfully,