St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-12

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Ing, 1902, for the purpose of build
ing jail.
2, That besides said l mile
there shall he and Is hereby set
aside J mill of the general expense
fund as per budget mace at January
meeting 1902 for the purpose Of
building Il Jail, making u total, OF
= mills.
3. That the President Of the
board appoint committee OF 8
members of the board with himself
as ex-otiicio member, together With
tile Sheriff of the parish, as a com
mittee of four ~ilh full authority W
have the Jail &C .structed as soon as
possible. Carried.
Tue Presidelts appointed OH the
above comm,tl oe: Messrs. u. G..
Alexius, Wm Bruhl, Jos. N. Smith,
lie Brewster and Geo Koepp, Jr. !,
ex-otiicio.
The followil. EDITION was then
read:
10 the honorable president and
members OF the Police Jury,
Gentlemen--We the undersigned
citizens Of st. Iammany Parish,
respectfully and earnestly petition
your honorable body TO construct
a knockout between the railroad
bridge and the parish bridge on the
Bogue Falia river. The knockout
TO he on the west side Of the river.
Said knockout to consist of four
pilings driven between these SAID
bridges in order that a floating
knockout should be maintained
there for the many Thousand logs
annually coming down said river.
We submit you the following
reasons why the construction of
SAID knockout is necessary and
should be constructed: The pres
ent condition of the river at this
point Is such that logs coming down
the river at every freshet is a con-
tlnual menace to the safety OF the
parish bridge, as we'll as continual
annoyance TO log men. By the
construction of this knockout at
this point, the danger will be COM
pletely eliminated, as the logs will
cut a channel through, which will
relieve the bridge of any pressure Of
logs plllng against 1t and thus save
loss to men who have money and
time invested.
We further respectfully ask your
honorable body to personally IN
spect the condition of the river at
this point. and we are satisfied that
after careful examination you
will agree with us, that knoc6out
is a necessity and its erection will
be the means of saving to theparlsh
bridge of an ever serious and grave
menace. Respectfully submittsd:
V. blanche, J. Coltora,
]. E. Gaines, NJ. e. Day,
H. r. Warren. w. Il. Badon,
q. &. SECOND, Walter Galatas,
Thos. NJ. Burns, Chas. H. Heln,z,
e. z. Williams, r. G. Kleeman,
A. Frederick, Jos. b. Lancaster,
P. K. Theriot, J. l.. Lacrolx,
u VNa..Lo. L. u Mo,%:-lolo
H. j. Smith, Chas. L. Bradley,
II. A. Mortee, DR.. J. F. Pigott,
Chas. Heintz, Sr., j. IL. Smith,
&. Labat.
On motion, duly seconded. the
above potion was adopted:
1t was moved and seconded that
Mr.. Il. j. Smith be appointed a
committee of one to supervise the
work of building the above knock
out. Carried.
The following resolution was
then read:
Whereas, The Bogue Chitto
bridge committee has submitted a
report from the Chief of Engineers,
U. 5. A., signed by the Hon. A.
Mackenzie, colonel corps Of ell
gineers, approving the plans for
bridge on Bogue Chltto river, in
st. Iammany Parish, La, suggest
ing that lnasmuch as the said Bogue
Chltto river is nayigable stream,
that the matter be placed in the
hands,of The Hon. $. II. Robertson,
our Representative in Congress,
with the view of having him secure
special authority from Congress to
construct said bridge.
Therefore, be 1t Resolved, That
the Secretary of the Police Jury
correspond with the said Repre-
sentative and forward all communl-
cations had with the Secretary of
War by the committee, requesting
said Representative to take the
necessary steps to have Congress to
authorize the construction of said
bridge.
On motion, duly seconded, the
above resolution was adopted as
read, by unanimous vote.
The following petition was then
read:
10 the honorable president and
members OF the Police Jury.
: Gentlemen-We, the undersigned
taxpayers and citizens of the 4th
ward, would respectfully petition
your honorable body to open ont
Florida street, from REPAIRED to
street or any other street
winch will Uiva no WOW ~ rot to