The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-17
OFFICIAL.
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.


The Police Jury met this day il
regular session with the following
members present: J. A. Peter
nan, president; A. Allan, B
O'Brien. Henry Hausmann, B
Lew. T. Aucoin, F. c. Marsh. K
=. Milling and Henry Penn. Alb
sent, E. B. Spiller and Simon Leo
pold. A quorum present.
On motion duly seconded, the
reading of the minutes of the las
meeting was dispensed with. Car
ried.
| The road commissioner made
the following report:
Il FRANKLIN. LA, Nov. II, 1905.
Hon. Police Jury, St. Mary Parish, La
| GENTLEMEN:-I beg to submit, here
WITH my report on road work during
the month of October.
On Thursday. Oct. 4th, l met Chie1
Engineer Kellogg of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, at Berwick, in com
pany with Mr.. Leopold of the Police
Jury, and we carefully went over the
problem of sub-grade crossings.
Complete notes were taken of all the
data. and while Mr.. Kellogg had not
entirely worked them out, he assured
me that, if possible, from an engineer
ing view point, the foot passage way
under Third Street would be put in.
He promised to communicate with me
| as to their final conclusion, before this
meeting of the Police Jury, but has
not done so.
| l, myself, will assure the Police Jury
that there is no difficult engineering
problem involed in putting this SUBJ
way under Third street, it is simply a
matter Of expense.
1t is not possible to put the SUBJ
grade crossing under Second Street,
without abolishing the industrial track
which serves The NOrgress-Menafee,
Co., and also the Railroad Co.'S,
switch on the North side of the Main
line, except it be by lowering these
switches, and passing over them and
under the main line. This would rem
der. the foot passage-way under Third
Street impossible, as there is not suf-
ficient distance between Second and
Third Streets, to get down, with a
maximum grade.
Mr.. Kellogg says that they would
resist the enforcement of the opening
of Second Street on the grounds tat
they would be enforced to incur
great expense, without accomplishing
the end desired. He thinks that the
danger of passing over the switches
and under the main line would be
greater than the present danger. He
contends that if they are to be put to
the expense of making these changes,
they should reap the benefits derived
from diminished danger. In this
concur with him entirely, and believe
that Mr. Leopold does too.
To summarize, think that the Police
Jury should demand that the Southern
Pacific Railroad should, without I'M
necessary delay, put a foot passage
way under Third Street, six feet wide
and six and half feet high. l think,
further, that the Police Jury should
withdraw the demand for the opening
Of Second Street.
M. L. HarrisOn's machine has fin |
ished the Bayou Sale Prairie road.
and also the part from Berwick's to
Midway, not completed in September.
1t has re-worked from Clausen's to |
and is now at Verdunville. |
FOrtier's machine has worked lal
the roads from Harding's to Albania |
and from Baldwin to COteau, on
Cypremort, and is now working to-
wards Glencoe.
1t seems that all bridges let down at |
once, we have repaired great many,
as the lumber bills will show:
Much work has been done in the /
fifth ward, including considerable
in Patterson, and the roads |
down there are in good shape.
We are in a better shape than ever
before to stand rainy spell.
Respectfully submitted,
J. P. KEMPER,
Road Commissioner.
Report received and ordered to
be spread on the minutes.
Moved and seconded, that &C.
ton as far as the report of the
Roa Commissioner relating to the
Southern Pacific Railroad goes,
be deferred until the next regular
meeting Of the Jury. Carried.
The President of the Board of
Health, DR.. B. w. Smith, submit
ted the following report:
FRANKLIN, LA, Nov. LIST, 1906.
" Vic I1OuoIdUIc Tile TfcSlUcut anu l
Members of the Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Mary, State of Louis
lana.
In as much as my term of Office as
'our Health Officer, appointed April
!. 1906, expires to-day, hereby submit
,ou the following complete report of l
he work of my Office. Ii
Since my appointment, have cover
d the entire Parish, and have succeed :
d in at least accomplishing the result !
f carrying out your Ordinance re-
alive to screening water receptacles;
J SO doing, we have prevented in my
pinion, recrudesence OF the dreadful I