The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-05-05
lOFFICIAi~
.,,,rE Jury PROCEEDINGS.

rhe Police Jury met this DAY
~. .he following members pre-
win '"s = Aucoin. f. G. Marsh, B.
cent Allain. Hy. Penn, r. E.
l !,:,;?,o and B. @ Brien. Absent:
yDlnHE snsmann, Z. B. Spiller,
s ~; Leopold and J. A. Peter
olw' A quorum present;
ns ~ ,he absence Of the President,
Lotion duly seconded, Mr.. L.
q ans col was elected President pro
'en y, motion OF Mr.. Marsh, Sec
40, J by Mr.. Levy, the reading
o ..he minutes was dispensed with.
" The following petition was read:
= IVA Members Of the Police Jury Of
4 Mary Parish.
csntlemen:-We. The undersigned
,.oDerty owner, OF me town or ber-
pvp raspectfully petition your Hon
w. L. Rody that YOU take the matter
~, ,itb the proper officials Of II. /. 4
W Co.. and have them open up
L l. ~ street for traffic by putting in a
. ,1J where the tract : OF the Rail
w.. s0ad Company eros, this street on the
l psr front. The above mentioned
p pa will shortly build bridge
. .sross Berwick Bay between Morgan
S ci and Berwick. and that would be
.| aood time to have the work done.
ps,vick Ice & Fuel TO-. Limited. per
NJ. Lowrance. Sec. Treas.
roui,iapa. Fish 4 Oyster Co. Limited.
NOR ". ]. Lowrance. sec. Treas.
p 0. Mirement. Merchant.
yorgress-Menefee Cypress co. Ltd.
per J. NJ. Dyer.
r. Munson. Jr.. Cashier Bank of
Berwick. La.
Berwick Mercantile Co.. Limited. per
IF. Chapman. Sec. Treas.
Geo. Vinson Single < Mfg. co.
ltd. by F. F. Chapman. Sec. Treas.
Berwick Shipyard & Mfg. 90 Ltd.
wr Geo. H. Brown. Sec.-Treas.
Z. H. ;Oarskv.
Mrs. A. Leopold.
Petition received and referred
to Road Commissioner
The Road Commissioner made
the following report:
April Both. 1906.
To the Honorable Police Jury. st.
Mary Parish. La.
Gentlemen:-I beg TO make this my
monthly report for work done on the
public roads in this parish during
April, 1906:
In Cypremort. The +. ID. Burguiere>
Co. Ltd. have dressed the road in |
front Of their properties. and they are
in good shape. | have dressed the
road in Glencoe. and a little above
there, but had to discontinue temper
srly. for the want Of two more mule,
to run the road machine.
Ihave put in a new bridge over what |
is scaled the Langlinais Coule. at the
corner Of Patout & BurguiereS plan
tation. The place is commonly known
asLaBauve's bridge The old bridge
vas fOrmerly l3O feet long. The coule
vas 30 feet wide. SO | closed the APP
proaches with dirt and put in IA brid@"
With two 70 foot spans. and dug out
under it thoroughly. The old bridge
vas shaking and about to fall down.
have filled many Of the low places
in the road near Richard. Dnmisnel
and Laudry's places. and thoroughly
dilched the road. Except for flood
lng in heavy rains, the con
dition there is good. w. B. KEN
per is working the front Of Chou
plque plantation. Fortier's road ma
chine is at clarendon. having worked
there from Baldwin. Have ditcherS
working from Baldwin to Clarendon.
vi. Harrison has pretty nearly
made the rounds Of Irish Bend and the
Yokely road. He also hae ditchers .
at work providing for the proper
drainage OF the road have begun
diehing at Centreville. and have a ! }
man and cart filling ruts from thei
IoTn to the station. The Bayou Sale .
planters will work their respective
ronts. Stansbury is working from {
1uckland to Patterson Ned Seyburn
'ressed the road from [dlewild to Pat I
erson station. Idlewild to Berwick
DADS all right Cannot get any teams
u Morgan City side. but will send /
OM machine there week after next.
Aoreal bad road in the parish now. 7
Respectfully.
j. P. KEMPER. :
= Road Commissioner.
report received and ordered \
pfead on the minutes.
MI Marsh introduced the fol- L
wing ordinance: :
y, AN ORDINANCE.
''auorizlng The Albert Hanson Lum- j
m usr company, Limited. to cut and
main'ain canal through and q
-. a.loss the public road. at or near
I Ie upper line of what is known as \
G Iae hoss tract. being the dividing
W ule between the properties of ]. |
wa "arren Foster and Sylvestre Bee +
, ue,. granting the right-of-way
.a i.,elor across said road: and es- NJ
eaollshlng the conditions of this
ea ii I'm |. Be it ordained BY the
49,. Jury OF the Parish of st. Mary. X
me-, ar session convened. that the
ana LAY. privilege and authority Jf
! ~ sii sn same are hereby granted
; Ane Albert Hanson Lumber Com \
pndaa 'eo' corporation organ