The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-08-09

LIE, LOUISIANA,
and your committee found great
difficulty in getting any one to
haul the timber and lumber for the
work. Your committee had con-
tracted on favorable terms with
Mr.. Thos. l.. Ransom to get out
the piles and lumber at his saw
mill at Grosse-Isle, and he was
ready to deliver most of it early.
thereafter. but no one could be
fund Hr Ne rendition the Teads
then were to haul.it. and even as
high as $lQaper thousand was ask
I'd for. haulng after fhe roads got
10 gesd eedlid@ The commit
tee was unwilling to pay such
prices as it woulf not allow them
to c&pp.ete the work within the
limit ofkpsnse fixed by your
body, at the Same time TIE publH
S3ffhe business men of Abbevifi
were ssettiFs up howl because
the committee were making no
progress with the work. Under
gAse, circumstances, one Of you'll
corfhittee offered TO haul the piles
,apd lumber from GrosseIsle at 81
per thousand which the committee
paid 0l;er4umher had 8 be
passhasA il New Iberia Which
cost 'lA down in Abbeville. $50
per thousand being best kind OF
cypress. Your committee con
trac,ed with Mr.. Thomas l.. Ran
som to do the work for three hun
dred and twenty FIVE dollars, the
committee furnishing all materials
and the blacksmiths work. Some
additional work such as splicing
The piles, &C., amounting to S65
was paid for. Your committee
found many of the timbers in the
bridge considerably decayed and
needing new timber, but did not
feel authorized to go to any more
expense in the repairs entrusted
to it. 1t is hoped that the bridge
will be safe and continue TO work
we'll for lS months or two years,
ny which time it will probably
need extensive repairs, again, on
account of decay Of its timbers.
Many planks in the girders are
uhsound and by that time will re
quire taking out and putting in
new ones 5; and the timbers in the
frame on which the girders rests
are decaying quite fast.
Annexed will be found a detail
ed acct of expense incurred which
was paid for by drafts drawn Of
Mr.. Solomon Wise under his
agreement with the Police Jury.
The cost Of iron and blacksmiths
work done is $74 40. A small
amount Of blocks and timber is
left on hand which might be sold
for The account of the parish.
The total expense Of said re-
pairs after deducting the amount
of timber taken back by Mr.. Wise
at cost is eight hundred and sixty
four dollars and seventeen cents.
All Of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
W. W. EDWARDS,
SOLOMON WISE,
A. G. MAXWELL.
Read and adopted July 7, 1879
A. LACoUR, clerk F. j.
Art. lst Resolved, that the fol
lowing named persons be, and
they are hereby appointed Com.
missioners Of unbranded stock fot
their respective districts for one
year, viz.
1st district-Severien Primeaux,
2I do-Austin Lee.
3rd do-Demosthene Trahan,
4th do--J L. Broussard,
5lh do-Joln Morgan,
9Th do-Demosthene Nunez,
6tn do-Lessin j Meanx,
7th do--I4ouis Thibeauy.
Art 2nd Resolved that the fol
lowing named persons be. and
they are hereby appointed road
overseers for their respective road
districts to serve for one year
from date, viz
lst district,-M L Eldridge,
I'd do-Henry J Moss,
3rd do asiie Bonrquc,
4th electromagnetic Langlinais
5th do-Cleomer Broussard,
9Th do-Joseph Theall,
7th do-I,evi Hargrave,
9Th do-AmbIoise Mouton,
9th do-Felix Broussard,
10th do-F Despanet Lege
.1lth do-Julien Simon