The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-16
Vol.
Official Proceedings Of the Police
jury.

Jury.
Colfax, La, Jan. 4, 1897.
The police jury met at the court
house at the ringing of the bell.
All the members being reported
present with John G. Calhoun,
president, in the chair.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and on motion
of o. G. Watson were adopted.
Proceeding with the regular Or
der of business the report of the
committees were called for. The
committee on public privy, con-
sisting of @. d. Kemp, w. L.
Shackelford, G. III. Teal and j. e.
Dunn, reported the various propo-
sitions they had received and furth-
or submitted the plans of the differ
ent architects. The committee was
given authority to proceed and con-
tract as they deemed best.
Mr.. T. NJ. Bradford handed in
his report on Indian creek bridge,
that he had let out the contract for
same and handed in the bond for
same and asked that he be discharg-
ed, which was done. Mr.. Bradford
then handed in the report of Messrs.
West, HALEY, Lawrence, Lince-
cum and Maxey, the reviewers ap-
pointed to review a new road from
the head of Little river to Pollock,
as follows.
We, the undersigned road reviewers
appointed by your honorable body at
the October, 1896, meeting to review,
mark and lay out public road from the
head of Little river, on the old Three
Notch road ' to Pollock stAg leave to re-
We, your body of reviewers, taken the
oath on November q, and put notices at
three places on the proposed route, that
we. your committee, would meet at the
head OF Little river at 9 a. M, December
70, 1886, for the purpose of reviewing and
marking out said road, as follows:
Commencing at tie ferry landing, run
ming from said landing on the Colfax
road to Birds saloon, there leaving the
Colfax road, turning southeast direction
and crossing the railroad at or near the
third telegraph pole south, from the slow
post thence south, running on the road
used by the public, running parallel with
the railroad to and crossing the Boston
spur, some 100 yards east of the railroad,
thence south to Bear creek at the cross
ing of the old Three Notch road on to
Indian creek, thence on or near the route
OF old Three Notch road, to the MCGEE
old store place thence ON the old Three
Notch road to the Reeves mill, thence
along a road inst east of the mill, now
used by the public to Little creek, thence
along the old Three Notch road to Fish
creek, crossing said creek at the old
crossing near Tom West, thence on the
old road to where it intersects the new
road from Pollock to Wainright's ferry
on little river about one mile south after
crossing Mill creek, thence on said new
road to Pollock.
We have found good route and one
much needed by the travelling community.
We find there will have to be three
bridges put up on this road. One at
Bear creek which is As feet from bank
to bank, one on indian creek 81 feet, and
one on Fish creek. We think these
bridges could be built for $3.50; the
bridge on Big creek we find in fair con-
dition.
We further report no claims for DAM
ages for the results for opening said road.
We further recommend this road to be
laid out in three districts; No. /, from
head of Little river to Bear creek; No. 2,
from Bear creek to Little creek; No. 8
from Little creek to new road one mile
south of Mill creek to Pollock. We also
recommend as overseers, No. /, Joe Max
ey; No. 2, Ralph Smith; No. 3, Charley
lrumnl Rrister Resnectfullv