The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-02-14
Police Jury Proceedings.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF BOSSIER,
BELLEVUE, LA,


journment, and on calling the roll
the following members answered
TO their names n. A. Durdn.
President; e. II. Walker; \. Haw-
kins; W. Barke aud L. Ii. Hutton.
On motion the specifications for
building bridges over Red Chute
and Fiat River, as prested by the
committee appointed thereon. were
read, and ordered spread Oh the
minutes.
specifications for building
bridge over Red Chute, on the
Bellevue and Atkins Landing
road:
The new bridge is to be near the
present old bridge aud Of same
height. The body is to be ont
hundred aud ninety feet long l00)
and from east end, an incline, one
hundred feet long (lOO) is to ex-
tend to the ground, aud from west
end, an incline, OF ninety feet
long (90) is to extend to the
ground.
The bridge floor is to be twelve
(l2) teet wide or more, and covered
with sawed lumber of pine or cy
press. Ihe flooring plank is to be
two C) inches or u,ore thick, and!
and not more than ten (I0) inches
wide, except over the cap sills.
Over each cap sil! plank two
aud a half (21) inches or more,
thick, by twelve (l2) inches in
width, Shall he placed. These
pIanks to be sixteen <l6) feet loag,
to allow outside braces To bannis
ters. The flooring is to be laid on
five or more sleeper>, abreast each
sleeper to be of pine or cypress,
twelve (i2l inches in width, If
hewed, at least four "a inches
thick, it sawed, at least (3l three
inches thick. Each sleeper is to
extend clear over the cap silIs at
each end; and to be let down two
~ inches Oh the cap sill, to pre-
vent the sleepers from moving on
the cap sills, Or the benches from
movin. their position. The benches
OF the bridge Shall not be further
apar than twenty coy feet. The
cap sllIs are to be of heart post
OAK, or heart cypless. squared to
eight (o) by ten 10 inches, or
more. The mud sllis are to be o!
cypress or post oak, that would
square OF heart ten by ten inches:
but it is not eXacted that they be
squared. The cap sills is to be
/ placed on the post narrow side
down, to give greater strength.
The post is to be tennoned and
pinned to the cap sill, the mortice
III capslll not to extend through,
Tor to come to the end Of tn sill,
by three inches. The post is to be
also tennoned to the mud sill, aud
the mad sill is TO be chopped out
at the mortice, SO that the shoulder
or post lennon shall rest on the
heart. From centre of each mud
sill two braces shall extend to
Junction OF posts with capsills, to
be spiked or pinned into heart of
mud sill, and spiked or pinned in
place above. These braces are to
be OF heart post oak, or heart cy
press, squared to four by six
inches. on greater The cap and
mud slll> are to be twelve (12) or
more feet long, and the posts are
to stand perpendicular. La the
channel the mud siIls may be
longer, it the builder prefers, and
the post inclined toward each
other, from mud TO cap sill. All
the materials Of the bridge are to
De new and sound, and oil the best
qaality. On each side OF the floor
of the bridge, bannisters, three
feet in height are to be built; posts
TO be four by four inches. pine or
cypress, squared, aud railing the
same. Posts are to be placed
over each bridge post, aud at
points equi distant between them.
BannisterS are to be securely
hraced, spiked or pinned together,
and to the floor OF the bridge.
| The planks OF the floor to spiked
or pinned to the ground or to rest
on mud sills sunk in the earth, ,and
so constructed that a wagon could
roll off the bridge without jolt.
On the inclined ways the planks
orto alternately differ in thickness.
by half an inch, to prevent ami
mails from slipping. The whole
work is to be done in a workman'
like manner. The outside sleep
ers on each inclineare to be spiked
to the eapsills, by spikes Of iron
six inches long or more.