The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-08

of yesterday, beg to say, that I have
as yet received no bid that was accep-
table for the removal of the Firemens'
Hall. Am still endeavoring to secure
one however, and as | understand that
the building in its present position is
directly in the way of the new court
house, will endeavor to secure its re-
moval to place that will be at least
out OF the way, as soon as possible.
Yours rery truly.
JOHN G.. LEWIS, Mayor.
April 10Th, 1907.
Hon. Jas. A. Peterman, President
Police Jury. Franklin, La.
Dear Sir:-In the matter of the re-
moval of the Firemens' Hall. will say
that since writing you on the 18th.
have submitted the matter to the Town
Council, and that they have decided
that the expense of removal off the
than they think we would be justified
in mourning.
We would undertake its removal
however, to a point in front of the old
market house building, if we could
have the assurance of your honora BILE
body that it would not insist on it's
further removal. In this connection l
would like to hear from you at your
early convenience.
Yours truly,
JOHN c. LEWIS, Mayor.
After the matter had been fully
discussed, 1 offered the following
resolution:
"MOved by Mr.. Marsh and second
ed, that the Secretary be instructed to
notify Mayor Lewis that the Police
Jury declines to recede from it's posi-
ton relative to the building on the
public square, as expressed in its re-
solution adopted March 22nd, 1907,
that the Police Jury conceives that they
have no authority whatever to au-
thOrize the placing or erection upon
the public square any buildings not
owned by the parish. All members
voting aye. Mr.. Peternan voting no"
Then the question was raised
whether OF the building commit
tee had the authority to remove the
building of the Fire Co., In the
event they failed to do go, and in
order to give the committee that
authority, l offered the following
resolution:
"Be 1t Resolved: That in the event
the Fircmens' Hall is not removed by
the time that the building committee
is ready to commence operations in
the erection of the new court house,
that the said building committee shall
proceed to tear down the same and
get it out of the way. Adopted
On May 10Th, 1907, Mr.. Ed
gar Loustalot called at my home,
representing a committee of the
Fire Company with a petition rel
alive to locating their building,
which petition declined to sign.
After a lengthy discussion of the
whole matter offered to subscribe
as much in proportion to my
means as any one else in the town
to assist them in securing a site
for their building. At Mr.. LOUIS
talot's request and in order that
my position might not be mis-
taken I gave Mr.. Loustalot the
following letter to be used as he
saw fit:
FRANKLIN. LA , May 10Th, 1907.
Mr. j. p. LoustalOt, Franklin, La.
Dear Slr;-ReferrinG to our con-
versatiOn relative to the moving Of
Harmony Hall from the public square,
Deg to say that do not consider that
the Police Jury has any legal right to
allow any property to be erected or
remain on the public square that does
not belong to the parish, and in the
event a motion is made to allow YOU
to remain on the public square l shall
vote NO, but will not use my prerog-
alive as citizen and enjoin you from
placing your building if the majority
is against me.
Yours truly,
F. G. MARSH.
On May a5tk the following ap-
peared In the Weekly Watchman
''The firemen's hall will not be de-
molished, but instead will be moved
to the spot where the old market |
house now stands-out of the way of
the new court house. The question Of
tearing it down has caused a great |
deal OF feeling among the people of
Franklin, and came near ending up in
an affair different from wrestling
in prayer" But that is all passed |
away now. All of the members of the
police jury except Mr.. Marsh, have
signed document providing place
on the PUBLIC square where the build
ing can be placed. This is a salts
factory solution of an annoying ques-
lion. and will be hailed by the people
With feeling of satisfaction and
nleas,re.,s