St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
liquors in the Sixth Ward Is detrl.

liquors in the Sixth Ward Is detrl-
mental TO the best interest and vel
fare Of the people, do petition your
honorable body to Older 4 special
election at once, in said Sixth Ward
SO that we may express our wishes
in the matter, hoping You will
comply with our request we are
yours truly.
Signed by II citizens.
On motion, duly seconded, the
above petition was granted.
PETITION.
10 the Honorable President and Mem
beers OF the Police Jury.
Gentlemen, we, the undersigned
;itizens ard properly holdere OF
he Third, Fourth and Seventh
Wards, of this Parish, respectfully
'epresent:
That the public bridges across
the Abita and .Ponchatolowa rivers
on the Covlngton-Man
Bayou Lacombe Road are IN de
lapldated and dangerous condition
That from time immemorial
wooden bridges have been con.
structed across said rivers, and have
always been a source of annoyance
60 the travelling public, as we'll as
a financial expense to the parish.
We respectfully urge that this road
Is among the mos important public
roads in the Parish, and Is the only
direct route of communication thai
The citizens of the Third Ward
,lvlng on the south side of Ablts
River, and the citizens of the
Fourth Ward and the citizens Of
the Seventh Ward have to reach
Coulugton.
We respectfully suggest that in.
stead Of the old-time wooden
bridges which are a constant menace
to the travelling public, and con,
slant source of expense to the
Parish, that iron bridges be con-
tructed over said rivers. We fee
by the constant saving Of the ex'
pense Of repairing Of said wooden
bridges and the almost entire re.
construction Of them every two Of
three Yesrs, that the construction
of iron bridges would be an econo.
my in comparison. We. therefore,
earnestly urge that your honorable
body give this petition your careful
consideration, and your approval.
Respectfully submitted,
Signed by los citizens.
1t was moved by Mr.. Miles, sec
onded BY Mr.. Wilson, the above
potion was granted.
The Grand Jury reported as fol.
lows:
GRAND JURY REPORT.
To the honorable Thomas NJ. Burns,
Judge Of the Twenty Sixth Judicial
District Court OF Louisiana, In and
for the PARISH Of st. TammanY.
We, the Grand Jury in regular
session convened, respectfully sub
NIT this our final report:
We have carefully examined into
all the matters coming before US,
high crimes as we'll as misdemean-
ors; and as q conclusion Of our
labors have presented 81 true bills,
among that number, We regret to
say, are s true bills for murder.
We respectfully urge that it be-
hooves every good citizen to loyal
" support and assist the officers Of
The Court to bring to . speedy end
this high carnival Of crime which
IA apparently rampant throughout
our parish.
We have carefully inspected the
jail, and find same in good order
and IN . sanitary condition, and
the prisoners therein well cared
for and as comfortable as circnm-
stances permit. We lnterrogated
the prisoners as to thercondltion,
ETC., and found no complaints.
However, we recommend and
strongly urge upon the Police Jury
the absolute necessity Of providing
some means TO prevent the constant
passing Of articles, and especially
whiskey, by parties outside Of the
jail TO those inside. Constant COM
plants have been made to this Grand
Jury Of prisoners in the jail being
more or less vi der The influence of
whiskey at all times; this, OF
course, has been as strenuously de-
MED. We cannot condemn too
strongly this practice Of furnishing
whlskey to prisoners confined in
Jail And, if friends on the out
side can, without difficulty, furnish
whiskey to their friends within, it
will and can be equally as easy 10
furnish them tools with which to
effect their escape.
We fully understand, and are
well aware, that M. Brewster, the
Sheriff, cannot keep . guard con-
stantly on duty day and night In
order to avoid these practices, and
We in no wise hold him Responsible
for the conditions as now exist,
md it is for this reason that we
have made the recommendation that
The Police Jury provide some means
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