The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-12
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SESSION HELD MAY NINTH.
TWO SPECIAL ELECTIONS
For the Levy and Collection of Special
Taxes III School Districts Numbers
One and Six for Building School
Houses-ReguIar Business.

| SiHeFepUt, Id, May y, lyOI.-l lie
Police Jury of Caddo Parish, La, met
this 9th day of May 1907 at 10 am, in
regular and legal session, with the fol-
lowing members present: Wynn. jolly
Miller, Crawford. Dreyfuss, Harkey,
| Mahlen, Alexander, Johnson, Hender-
son and Moss Absent Furman. Doug
las, Agurs.
By Mr. Harkey: That in the absence
of the president, Mr. Jules Dreyfuss be
called to preside. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Harkey, duly car
ried. the minutes of April II and IS
were adopted as published.
By Mr.. Harkey: That all matters per
tanning to good roads movement be
postponed owing to the absence of the
committee.
Mr. Rutherford presented survey and
plans OF road from Olive street to
White street, thence out to Centena"v
College as prepared by Engineer Jen-
kins.
1t was moved by Mr. Wynn and car
ried that the matter lay over until all
estimate of the cost is furnished to the
jury and the proper dedications maie,
and that committee of three be ap-
pointed to confer with Mr. Rutherford
and report at next meeting viz: Wynn,
Crawford and Mahlen.
The following bids were opened for
two steel bridges on continuation OF
Fairfield avenue road:
NJ. S. Haste Jr. .$I,oI2 90
Missouri Valley Bridge Co... 1850 90
Austin Brothers ......... 1910 90
By Mr. Harlley: That committee of
three be appointed to examine plans
and specifications and report back to
the jury, viz: Harkey, Crawford an
Alexander.
Whereupon the committee reported
THAT they recommended the acceptance
of the bid of NJ S Haste Jr.
1t was moved by Mr.. Henderson and
carried that the report be received and
the contract be awarded to NJ. S. Ha-
sic Jr., for $I,oI2.oo, under the usual
conditions
Bridges & Snyder, associate archi-
tects, fee of 3 I-2 per cent on plans for
court house extension allowed amount
ing to $4,000.
McKittrick Engineering matter coa-
|tinued.
Matter of new lake road and extern
sion of Fetzer avenue continued.
On motion of Mr. Harkey the district
attorney is requested to write to W.. Fl.
DeFrance, division superintendent of
the Kansas City Southern railway, rela-
tive to crossings at Rodessa and at $50
mile post near Blanchard.
Matter of bridge over Kelly bayou
near Hosston continued.
Mr. jolly reports two bridges repaired
at cost of $4,000 and reports a new
pile-driven bridge needed on Clear Lake
on west side of. Pine Island on road
from Belcher to Vivian, about US to
zoo feet long. and the secretary is here
by instructed to advertise for bids for
building said bridge
Mr.. Moss reports two bridges repaired
in his ward 81
WARD THREE.
On motion of Mr.. Wynn, Mr.. Miller
is hereby authorized to have necessary
bridges built in Ward Three.
WARD FOUR.
Mr.. Mahlen was on motion duly au-
thorized to have banisters put on bridge
near NJ K & T. crossing, also repair
ing bridge near Foster place.
Mr.. L. R. Smith, president of he
School Board, presented the following
petition: "a
To the Honorable President and
Members OF the Police Jury of the Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana We.
the undersigned, constituting more than
one-ffth of the property taxpayers of
Public School District Number One of
the Parish Of Caddo, State of Louis
lana, respectfully represent into your
honorable body that the er citing and
in said School District
No. of high school building TO be
erected on the present central high
school grounds, and other pubic school
houses, at a cost not to exceed sixty
thousand dollars, will be of great bene-
fit to the property and people of said
district. We therefore, representing
more than one-hfth of the property tax
payers of such School Distrist No. Il,
petition your honorable body to levy a
special tax of one bill per annun. on The
taxable property of said School Dis
trict No. I for the period of seven
years commencing on Ist day of Janu-
airy 1908, for the purpose of erecting
and constructing in said district addi-
tional and other public school houses,
the title to which shall vest in the pub
lie, and that you order special cleo