The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-14
THE POLICE J. JURY
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF SEES
SION HELD APRIL II. 1907.
GOOD ROADS COMMITTEE
Appropriation of Fifteen Hundred Dol
lars to Conduct an Investigation With
Recommendations of the Best Meth
DDS of Construction

Shreveport, La, April II, 1oo7.-The
Police Jury of Caddo Parish, La, met
this 18th day OF April 1907 in regular
and legal session at 10 a m, R. Furnan
presiding, with the following members
present Douglas Wynn, Jolly, Miller,
| Agurs, Crawford, Dreyfuss, Harkey
Mahlen, Alexander, Johnson, Henderson
and Moss
| On motion of Mr. Dreyfuss. the read
ing of the minutes of March Il, 1907,
were dispensed with and adopted as
published
The rules of the jury were suspended
and number OF gentlemen representing
the Good Roads Association appeared
before the jury and through Mayor
Bernstein stated that their committee
had as all object the presenting of the
ewish Of the people for the issuance of
bonds for the building of good roads
throughout the parish, there being a
general demand for permanent good
roads
Hon T. c. ,Barret on behalf of citi-
zens of Ward One was called on and
addressed the jury on the subject of
good roads and suggested to the jury
the appointment of a committee to i'll
vestigate and test their authority in law
as we'll as to devise ways and means to
carry out the project contemplated
| Mr.. Fur1nan stated that this question
had been under consideration by him
for months. but the plans contemplated
by him were not as yet fully developed
but would be by next meeting, but said
Mr.. Barrels suggestion was i'll line
with his views on the subject
Whereupon Mr.. Douglas offered a
motion providing that a committee of
| three be appointed with the president
as chairman to investigate this question
and to report at next meeting with re-
commentators as to the best method to
employ in the construction of roads
| Amended by Mr. Dreyfuss that the
jury appropriate $4,000 to be placed
at the disposal OF the committee to con-
duct the investigation, and the resolu-
! ton as amended was unanimously
adopted Douglas, Dreyfuss and Craw
| ford were appointed on this committee.
Letter from J. n. Sentell read and or
dered filed
Mr.. Guy asked the cooperation OF the
jury i'll building of the continuation of
Fairfield avenue between Line avenue
and Norris ferry road. He asked that
the jury have the machine work done
and two small bridges built, one 20 and
the other 40 feet long, the heaviest por-
ton OF the work, such as grading, drain
ing, etc, having already been done He
stated that the road was about | IL
miles long.
Mr.. Harkey moved that the chairman
of the good roads committee have this
road dressed TIP and the secretary in
structed to advertise for bids for these
bridges according to parish specihca-
tons
Mr.. Agurs asked for reconsideration
of this motion Carried
Mr. Harkey then moved that the good
roads committee be authorized to have
this road dressed up and the secretary
instructed to advertise for bids for
steel bridges.
Amended by Mr.. Agurs that bids be
asked for both wooden and steel bridges,
the timbers for wooden bridges to be
creosoted except flooring, which amend
ment was unanimously adopted
L. c. Allen, committee from Fair AS
ISOLATION, presented profile of road from
city limits to Fair grounds entrance and
estimated the cost would be about $4,000
The matter re-committed to the COM
nittee to await action of the jury at
next meeting
Mr. Allen also stated that the estimat-
ed cost OF grading Olive street from
Line avenue to Creswe1l street would be
about $4,000 and asked the jury to pay
vi tItC ApHllSS
Messrs Dreyftss and Crawford, COM
mittee, recommended that the jury APP
propriate $500 towards this work, the
work to be done by the city, the property
owners to make proper dedications on
the parish side of the road
Whereupon Mr. Agurs moved that |
their report be adopted and $500 be ap-
propriated for the work Carried
l. R, Smith, president of the School |
Board, presented petitions signed by |
one-third of the property taxpayers ask
ing for an election to take the sense of |
the people of school district No. 1 rela-
tive to voting for the erection OF high |
school building IN Shreveport.
1t was moved by Mr.. Dreyfuss and |
carried that the petition be referred to
the assessor to ascertain if the requisite
number of signatures were attached to
the petition, and upon his approval the