The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-10
OFFICIAL PROGEEDNS
OF THE
TOWN
HouMA, ~, Ami 6. Is97.

Aho1 taD saeoAt AAaA VI ucSu@5 APkAa
9th, 1897, at 8 o'clock p. m.
Hon. ]. c. Dupont, Mayor, presid-
ing.
COuDcilmen present /:
L. LewaId. E. G. WurzlOw. DR.. r.
L zeleuka, E. Daigls, Jr., and VIM
Wright, Jr.
Absent-none.
Reports Of Town Collector and
Treasurer were received. read and on
motion, duly seconded referred to Fir
nance Committee.
Improvement Committee rendered
the following report which wac read
and adopted
HouMAs La april g. 1881.
To the Mayor and Councilmen Of the
Town Of Houma.
Your Improvement Committee sub
mits the following report:
January 22nd to February 9Th work
was done on various streets as follows:
VIM, Wright, Jr., hauled and spread
900 barrels shells, and was paid $IS.
G.. Wolf hauled sol barrels and
spread same was paid $1,000.
VIM. Whitney aud AlphOnse Lou
Were worked on bitches and streets,
and were paid "a.
We have had the Lookup ;cOn-
structed, as authorized by the council.
The caTpeoter work kamOunted to
S675; G. P. Smith & Co. lumber
$3.50
As q matter of economy we have
had the large private ditch on Canal
Street in front of Joe Licata's filled
with shells. This ditch required 3
bridge that the town had to keep In
repair at considerable expense. and
as Nthe residents in that vicinity eau
easily drain into the corporation ditch
on Point st. we have had the ditch
closed. Simon Dyer was employed
two days on this work with horse and
cart and was paid 81,
Joe Collins worked ont his sentence
of 5 days imprisonment in cleaning
out ditch on Gabasse Street.
jules Crochet, whilst under sentence
of imprisonment, worked q days on.
sidewalks,
We have had the large bitches
cleaned and put 10 good draining
order on Barrow and Yerret Streets
as also the ditch at che back, line Of the
corporation,
We employed Abe Kirby to ditch
at 81 per day. He has been paid 3d.
and We ows him for work 10 April g.,
inclusive, since last payment, sl5. 25.
We found the drainage Ofthe town
10 very bad condition. aud the opening
ef these large. bitches has made d
marked Improvement.
The large bridge across Main Street !,
c0Fner OF Barrow, being in dangerous
condition, had to be- entirely recon
stFucted. We have had three lew
bridges constructed on Gabasse ST.,
Que on Barrow and one on GoOde ST,
across the corporation line ditch.
Messrs. G. p. Smith & Co. donated the
lumber, 292 feet, for the latter work.
We have had considerable work
dOneOn sidewalks in various parts at
the town.
The following bills were incurred in
building bridges and sidewalks:
Oh. TheriOt, lumber to April 1871 25
G. 2. Smith g. Co. lumber, ex-
elusive of lumber tor lookup. "a 81
0. B. DaspIt, hardware... go
+. WuIzlows cafpenter...... IL 25
Helaire Hebert, carpenter-.-. 90
Aaron johnson, labOr..-. 100
D. Palmieri, ! sh Ovel..-... rs
Frank Rarn0nOn lolk1r 4 en
Messrs. G.. Wolf g. Co. offer their
shells, from 10 to 1900 barrels to the
town for $50. We advise that they
be purchased.
We absolutely require 1000 barrels
OF shells Immediately to place Impass-
able streets in good order.
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. WURZLOW, Chan;
WIN. WRIGHT, JR.
r. L. ZELENKA.
Petition of Clark Wolf g. ais asking
the Council TO reduce their Rnea n
posed lately by Mayor for disturbing
the peace was read, and on motion
duly sI cOnded was Laid on the table
by q unanimous vote.
On motion daily seconded, the I'M
pTovement Committee wasempowered
to purchase from Clark Wolf, shells
for the use Of the Town amount not to
exceed Fifty Dollars.
The Finance Committee approved
the following elaine and asked that
IN appropriation be made TO pay same /.
@. P. Smith & Co. for lumber. .S38 33
Marshals for arrests etc ,-.- Is so
A. NJ. & j. C. Dupont, aundriee. 10 IS
HelaiTe Hebert, Corp. work.. 90
Fritz WurElOw Corp. work.. " 25
Abe Kirby work on corporation. is IS
0. B. Daspit haidware--.-. 6 so
d. Palmieri, | shovel-.--.- rs
0. j. TheTiOt. III IS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
On motion of DIR. Il. L. Zeleuka,
seconded by Emile. Daigle, Jr., an
appropriation OF One Hundred and
Thirty-eight 38IlUO Dollars be made
to pay the above claims approved by
Finance Committee.
The roll being called and all having
voted yea, the above motion wal de-
c Jared adopted.
L. F. Sutton, Esq, representing the
firm Of ia stremski g. Wilson appeared
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