The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-03-07

mittee of architects and builder
were appointed: Andrew. Bryan
Col. w. L. Stevens and H. S
LEVIN n were appointed as a COM
committee as called for in thu
foregoing resolution to examine
the court house and report it!
condition, and further that thu
President appoint committee
from the police jury to accompany
said experts and that he be chair
man of said committee. Messrs
Drackett and Milling were ap
pointed on said committee.
The Jury then took a recess
After recess the Jury reassembled
all members present as in morn
ing session. The committee ap'
pointed to examine into the con-
dition of the court house made
their report, which is as follows
To the Police Jury of st. Mary parish:
Gentlemen-In compliance with you
request, we have carefully inspected ane
examined the condition of the cour
house and beg to report as follows:
We find the building in dangerous
anG unsafe condition. it is now held to-
gether with iron tie rods, the strain o,
these rods shows evidence of increased
tension and should the threads on one OF
them fail and give way, in our opinion
the building would collapse.
There is considerable evidence Of I'm
equal settlement throughout the founda-
ton and the masonary of the SUPER
structure is in such bad condition that
it would be impossible to re-enforce the
foundations.
The masonry throughout is decayed
and the walls are separated and cracked
in many places, and if disturbed for the
pupose of repair would falt The di.
lapidated condition of the roof and its
continuous spreading has caused several
serious cracks as shown in the court
house rendering it unsafe.
The foundation of the large columns
have failed and some of them are CON,
siderable out of plumb and in danger Of
falling.
The interior of the building shows
that the floors are out of level caused by
unequal settlement Of the structure.
The vitals of the plastering are gone
leaving it in disintegrated condition.
The small stairways make it impossible
for large crowd to escape from the
court room in case of fire or panic,
The single vault provided for the use
of the clerk is very damp, is entirely too
small and is not fire proof being con-
structed of thin steel plates which are
unprotected by any insulating material
or sufficient air space. and has no pro-
lection above in case of the falling of
the upper story.
The records in the Sheriff Office and
Police Jury are wholly unprotected. hay
ing no vault of any description.
The general condition of the building
is very bad and shows in many places
that the materials are jecayed. The
sanitation and ventilation are imperfect
The offices and court room are en-
tirely too small to serve the purposes
for which they are Intended and the
building, is in such condition that it is
not practical to remodel it.
We advise discontinuance of the use
of the present building as the lives of, the
occupants are daily endangered.
Respectfully submitted.
lSigned)
ANDREW j. BRYAN, Architect.
New Orleans, La.
W. L. STEVENS. Architect,
New Orleans. La.
H. L. LEwMAN, Contractor of
N. Lewman&Co, Louisville, Ky.
Upon motion duly seconded and
carried the report was accepted
and ordered spread on the min
utes.
The following resolution offered
by Mr.. Milling, duly seconded, was
adopted, as follows:
Whereas the Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Mary are threatened
with an injunction to prevent said
body from entering into a contract
for the construction and erection
OF a new court house for said Par
ish, at Franklin, La,
wherefore be it resolved by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st.
Mary in session assembled, that
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the 23rd Judicial District Court,
be served with a certified copy of
The resolution of this body ap-
pointing experts to examine the
OF the court house of
said Parish, and also with a certi-
led copy of the report of said ex-
oerts and that a copy be furnished
The press.
On motion duly seconded and
the adoption of plans and
'pecifications for the building of q
lew court house were deferred UNI
il April 7th, 1908.
On motion duly seconded the
Meeting then adjourned.
JOHN IBERT, President.
RUDOLPH HANF, Secretary.
WELL AGAIN.
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