The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-11
POLICE JURY.
Continued from first page.


registration books.
Moved and seconded, that tn
secretary Of the building and d
nance committees be employed a
. salary of $500 per month.
Moved and seconded that tn
District Attorney be ordered t.
collect the costs and witness fees
in the case of James Murphy. Il
ais vs.. Police Jury of the Parish
of St. Mary.
On the adoption Of the motion
all members voting aye. Mr.
Marsh voting no.
The same motto was made in
the case Of Queen VS.. Schwen.
and the secretary was instructed
to notify the District Attorney to
report at the next meeting Of tn
Police Jury. Adopted.
The President submitted the
following communication:
FRANKLIN, La, May Z, 1907.
Mr.. J. A. Peterman, President Court
House Building Committee, Franklin.
La. City.
Dear Strive are plea7ed to report
that we have about completed all the
plans. details and specifications for the
new court house: there remaining now
but one important detail, that Of the
dome over the rotunda. which will take
several days to work out and complete
We have had to make a complete set of
plans for this building. Your main
court room will now seat 1872 people. not
counting about 755 square feet back of
the bar rail.
We have made and sent out asking for
bids, II sets of plans:
10 stone and marble contro ctors.
2 to sash and door ma ,ufacturers.
to galvanized iron cornice manufac-
turers.
to steel manufacturers.
2 to terra Gotta manufacturers.
to electric light cont FACTORS.
8 to plumbing and steam heating con-
tractors.
to terraZza or mosaic floor people.
During this week we will send plans
to 2 more steel manufacturers, more
galvanized cornice manufacturers and
one or two more sash and door
works, and 2 to plasters.
One set of plans was sent to the Car
thage stone Co.. of Carthage, Mo-, but
ON account Of the excessive freight rate.
they declined to bid.
We have bids from the Brooks Curtis
Stone Co., Of Bedford, Ind, and the
Bowling Green White Stone Co., Of
Memphis Junction, Tenn. Both of these
bids are below our estimate on the build
es~v thA lat NJ n<.t,
We should have bids on all the plans we
have seut ont.
PILING: We now have 1873 piles
on the ground. There are 81 more piles
10 come, which can be secured 10 very
short time or whenever We need them.
We estimate that there are now 1872
piles needed under the building. but in
driving them sometimes one of them
10 broken or shattered and some
times q soft spot is found, requit-
ing more piles, though in our test of the
soil by boring, we did not find any quick
sand.
Our pile driver. which is now at Alex
andria, is being loaded for shipment to
this place and should be here by the end
Of this week. Would say by Nav 18th
We will be ready 10 drive piling All
this should be finished before June LIST
We would respectfully call your atten-
ton to;the fact that the Firemens' Hail
cOvers portion of the ground that will
be occupied by the rev court house and
that it will be impossible to finish the
foundation until it is moved.
We have some very close figures on
cement; 81. Is per barrel delivered. This
is good cement for brick work though
hardly 1T for concrete. We have. how
ever, Q bid of SO per barrel ON Portland
cement, delivered. This is the cheapest
We have ever known. The great trouble
secms to be the excessive frei.bt rate.
We have four bids on hauling brick
Tor the new court house.
Prices on lime have not changed 10
any extent eince our last quotations.
The same is true in regard to sand from
Avery Island This is our cheapest fig |
.ure, 81 Is per yard at court house. Wei
did have figure some time ago on some |
very coarse sand at same price, but do |
not know If the same can be procured
now. This coarse sand would not do
for brick work but would be good for
concrete. The Avery Island sand would
do for either.
We have all the brick bats on hand
that We need to make concrete under
the foundations and shells can he used
for the balance of concrete. They will
be much cheaper than gravel. We ex-
pect to get 5000 good brick out Of the
old conrt house.
Yours respectfully,
II F. B. HULL,
BY Sam Ewing.
Communication received and
ordered fled.
The finance committee made
the following reports:
We your Finance Committee in the
AhlAnCn at nnOrnm and = nor Starl |