St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
Police Jury.

Police Jury.
Covington, La, Oct. 3, 1900.
The Police Jury met at the Court
house on the above date, pursuant
to adjournment, and renamed
in session two days
Present:
First ward-Geo. Koepp, Jr.
Second ward-Wm. Bruhl.
Third ward-G. G. Alexius.
Fourth ward-Jos. n. Smith.
Fifth ward-Crawford Williams.
Sixth ward-H. @. Parker.
Seventh ward-JoLn A. Todd.
Eighth ward-John Swinson.
Ninth ward-W. E. Cause.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted.
The bids for building four bridges
on Military road were opened and
read. and on motion, all bids were
rejected.
The President appointed Messrs.
Crawford Williams and VIM. Bruh
to report at the January meeting,
1901, to measure and give correct
width and length OF the four bridges
IN he huilt on the Military road.
TIE petition for public road
leading from Slidell TO Louis
Gala,as' place was laid over till
next meeting, and Edward Dubuls'
son, Melville Pichon and W. E.
Cause were appointed committee
to Law on, the road, and see the
property owners as to the right Of
way, and report at the next meeting.
The following
PETITION
was then read:
Florenville, La, Aug. %, 1909
To the honorable President and MEM
beers Of the Police Jury:
GentIemen-We, the under
signed citizens of St. Tammsny
Parish, La. and road hands
of the public road leading from thu
Wortham Distillcry to Florenville
do hereby petition your honorable
body to allow Mr.. n. G. Pearsaii
General Manager Of the East Lousi
an. Railroad, to change said roat
"A follows tn-wit: One quarter Q
= mile northeast OF Florenville
change the road south IS degrees
east until the Florenville store bears
south IA degrees west. Al till
point another road comes int
Florenville from the Singletar'
Settlement. Said change is desired
by Mr. Pearsall from the fact tina
he wishes 70 fence in the town, ant
establish Two gates at or near TIL
railroad, so AZ to allow people t
cross the track, and the location o
said gates will be such as to ALLOW
the said Manager to see that tn
eaid gates are kept closed. Fo
this relief we respectfully beg: Jno
A. Orr, J. A. Bousquet. dr., lsaa'
Talley, Will Gillian, Jno. Couly
Rich. Edmund. Chas. Singleton
Will Edmund, P. Moran, per j. A
Bousquet. Jr.. Edwin Orr and Z
Moran. per ]. A. Bousquet, Jr.
The above petition was granted
at the expense Of the +. L. 4. K
Co. with the understanding tha
they will put the new road In a
good condition as the old road was
On motion, Gully seconded, IN
Coroner was authorized to procur
\ record book OF vita! statistics, a
required by law.
The following
FERRY PETITION
from jacksonville was read and &C
cepted:
Madisonville, La, Oct. 3, 1900.
To the honorable President and mem
bers of the Police jury:
Gentlcmen-We, the undersigne'
wish to call your attention to til
condition OF the ferry road belo,
w. I jays mill, as far as the ferr
crossing.
II is now and has been for som
time utterly neglected. and practi
c.lly impossible, and in wet weathe
the ferry cannot be approache
within q distance Of 400 yards, an
even IN ordinary times is bot
dangerous and unsafe.
Also it is common report that u
language used a. the ferry crossin
n times of the worst kind an
unfit for any lady to hear passin
along the street.
As it is I believe in the contrat
OF the ferry man, to remedy u
above, 1 beg to call your attentlo
to the fact that they exist at II
nreseut time. Yours truly,
J. Roberts, w. Ruesse, +. l
Case, C. Cannon aud Alex Carol
It was moved by Mr.. Parker
seconded by MIR. Williams, that u
resolution and petition adopte
April 20, 1894, which reads Is TO
lows:
jacksonville, La, March IL, 1894.
10 the honorable President and men
benz of the Police jury.
Gentlemen, the undersigned
do repor. the convenience and want