St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-18
River. thence across said river. at

Soiuuoia Iodu aSalu. at O
= near the John q. Mizell place
commonly known as the old Johl
g T. Snith place; and also, tina
:. Stephen AIizell, the present publ
! ferryman. be allowed to move Lii
ferry. and appartsnances theret,
! belonging, to SAID ferry herein APP
pied for, AS soon as the same car
: be placed in strictly good travel
ing condition, as we, the under
= signed, consider the snid road thu.
applied for to our advantage, par
ticularly in stages of high water
I thereby enabling us to travel OH "a
good high road, instead o. a swamr
muck all the time; aud by SO do.
: ing and granting our request, we
will ever pray. etc.
Signed-W. w. Roster, GEORGE
Sheridan, VIM. Mars, Il. Tyner
Jenkins. l.. Daniel Jenkins, An-
drew Turnbulls Matthew Mizell
Henry Mizell, Jno. G. Mizell Kin
chen Mizell, Robt. Daniels. Willis
Sea-, Ben Keaton. Newt. Byrd,
Warren Thomas, Samuel Wallace,
". ID. Lane, Ben Pierre, Albert
Fierce, VIM. Ellis, Albert Walker,
James Young, Sam Young, james
Jenkins, Hans Jenkins, Ben Ard.
John Tally. ST.. John Tally, Jr.,
Marshall Tally. Eugene Tally, Mar
TN Mitchell, Ole Mitchell, G. p.
Penton. julius Penton, w. S. Mus
grove. Chas. Moore, Leon Pounds,
Frank Foster, James Byrd Martin
g. Williams, JAS. r. Byrd, Stephen
Poole. Jno. McElroy, Munroe Jen-
kins, John A. Stewart, james A.
Stewart, VIM. p. Stewart Chas.
Stewart, Moses Jenkins, Hans Gal
Ioway. Columbus Bush, Harry
Cowart, john Pierce, Walter
Pierce, CaswelI Tally, Jas. Il. Les
lie, Geo. s. Cooper, George c. |
Knight, Jr.. J. z. Maseehee, VIM. |
Maseehee, j. A. Jenkins, w. A. |
FoitIn, j. A. Paul, Richard Miller.
Oscar Mitchell.
On motion, the prayer of above
petitioners was granted, ard the
pubilc road hands transferred from
the old to the new ferry road.
The following clerks of election
were then appointed:
FIRST Ward-fheodore Dendinrer
Second Ward John Fitzgerald
Third Ward-Harry Mortee.
Fourth Ward-Frank Ribava.
Fifth Ward-Calvin Rayburn.
Sixth Warl-George Wilson.
Seventh Ward-James FIo,te
Eighth Ward-John Frederick.
Ninth Ward A. +. Cousin.
Tho bids for rebuilding the Court
house were then opened and read.
Messrs. F. B & w. S. Hull, of 5
Jackson, Miss, estimated that the j..
work could be done for $1,000 or
5000. They seat specifications ,
snd say they forwarded a plan Of /
he building, but tho latter has d
lot been received. =
Mr, VIM. Arms. of New Orleans il
PRESENTED bid, together with n o
lrawing of the building and speci- 8
lcations. His proposition is as j
nllows, he to furnish all labor and h
materials: !,
Frst-To take down all the old .
clean and pile the brick :,
lmber, etc. for he sum of 1851.
Second 10 rebuild, according in
accompanying plans and speci- il
cations. for the sum of sI53s In
ntal. SJ192 -,
On motion. the bid Of Mr.. Arms +,
as accepted. as being more com In
lete and definite. i.
The following are the
SPECIFICATIONS d,
Mr.. Arm, proposition: co
Demulishing The old building co
he carefully taken down, and Mi -. 81
aterial that is uuquestionabIy WI v,
'od. such as brick, lumber and al
'te, shall be used in the erection oe
the new building. rt
Irenches-The trenches to he gu
g deep and wide enough to re-. WI
I've the footings of the new work ail
. footings of the main walls tn tee
IN width to receive 81 inch
lex at the bottom, aud to have lef
inch offsets on each side to the W.
IN wall, as per section, dwarf CIV
lis to have 3 inch brick footing. ". 20.
Brlckwork and Material-All the e e.,
III walls to he built as per plnn 'na
be carried up plumb, level and us
alght. joints of brickwork not VII u
be over J inch thick, and we'll
shed with mortar and smoothly sue sue
BAKED where exposed to view 'u1
bricks used are to be of the y
hard burnt brick, of the same age
'llty as the old ones. The NOR n
to be composed of fresh burnt 10 y
le lime. mixed in proportion
barrel of lime to four barrels ~
sharp gritted sand, or other ~
:, as directed. age,
homework The front and rear
RS to have stone stills, as direct -