The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-08-23
ABBEVIEAE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY AUGUsr % 1870

and your committee found grea
difficulty in getting any one t
haul the timber and lumber for tn
work. Your committee had cor
tracted on favorable terms wit
Mr.. Thos. l.. Ransom to get on
} the piles and lumber at his say
mill at Grosse-Isle, and he wa
ready to deliver most of it early
thereafter. but no one could b,
found in the condition the road
then We're to haul it. and even al
high as $40 per thousand was ask
ed for hauling after the roads 90
in good condition. The commit
tee was unwilling to pay such
prices as it would not allow then
to complete the work within the
limit of expense fixed by your
body, at the same time the public
and the business men of Abbevile
were setting up a howl because
the committee were making nc
progress with the work. Under
these circumstances, one Of your
committee offered to haul the piles
and lumber from Crosse Isle at 81
per thousand which the committee
paid. Other lumber had to be
purchased in New Iberia which
cost laid down in Abbeville $50
per thousand being best kind OF
cypress. Your committee con-
tracted 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
he piles, &C., amounting to $65
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 60 to any more
expense in the repairs entrusted
to it. 1t is hoped that the bridge
will be safe and continue to work
well for l5 months or two years,
~ which time it will probably
need extensive repairs. again, on
account of decay of its timbers.
Many planks in the girders are
nnsound and by that time will re
quire taking ont and putting in
new ones and the timbers in the
frame on which the girders rests
are decaying quite fast.
Annexed will be found 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
eft on hand which might be sold '.
or the account of the parish.
The total expense of said re-
,airs after deducting the amount
# timber taken bacl. by Mr.. Wise
It cost is eight bundled and sixty
our dollars and seventeen cents.
All of which is respectfully sub
W. W. EDWARDS,
SOLOMON WISE,
A. G. MAXWELL.
Read and adopted July 7. 1879
A. LACoUR, clerk F. J.
Art. 1st Resolved, that the fol-
owing named persons be, and
hey are hereby appointed Com
of unbranded stock 70
heir respective districts for one
ear, viz.
st district-Severien Primeaux,
Il do-Austin Lee,
rd do-Demosthene Trahan, !
tn do 7. Bronssard,
tn do-John Morgan, ,
tn do-Demosthene Nunez, :
tn do-Lcssin J Meaux, ,
tn do--ILouis Thibeaux. :
Art End Resolved that the fol-
owing named persons be. and
1ey are hereby appointed road o
verseers for their respective road q
istricts to serve for one year q
ON date. viz !;
st district,-M L Eldridge, !,
d do Henry J Moss, r
I'd do astie Bourqnc, e
tn do-Hermogene Langlinais
th do-Cleomer Broussard,
ii do-Joseph Theall. 4
tn do-Levi Hargrave, n
til do-Amb. .'oise Monton, +
tn do-Felix Broussard, A
9th do-F Despanet L6ge y
lth do-Julien Simon e
9th do-Thos. Hoffpauir jr.
9th do-Sarrazin Hehert
Whoraos golomon Wise has