The St. Mary banner., 1908-04-04
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will l..
received by the Police Jury of the Parish of .. o
Mary, to be opened May 5th, 1905 for the nurch.
of the franchise to operate for periog g,enase at
years, the ferry across Berwick Bay. betvaesnn en
the towns of Berwick and Morgan Civ unSan Ssn
the following terms and conditions:
The boat to- be used for such ferry sbauh.
a double huh boat, each hull to be not less
than seventy-two (72) feet long eight 10,
feet wide and four az feet deep with a srow1 w.
of ten l0) feet between each hull, and ,o
contain two gunnels of two feet each. NAL
ing 4 total OF thirtytwo f32) feet in width
There shall be space enough upon said ho..
for teams to drive on and off without turni".
around, the boat shall have a boiler danis
hurricane deck and separate accommoda'
tiOns for white and cOlOred passepperS
The boat thus used must be eunpned Will.
sufficient machinery and boiler power To as1
sure speed of not less than six miles No.
hour, and the machinery of such shan Sa
the United States; there shall be float n.
ing dock on each side of the bay to which tha
boat shall land, which dock shall not he ,aSs .se
than forty (4o) feet long and twenty (2O feet
wide, and it, said dock. shall be ra0tred in
sufficient depth of water to assure til ..ioatinn
of said dock at all stages of the to Cnns
nected with this dock there shall bs H. nm.
proach or apron built from the floating dort
to the bank, which shall be at least sixteen
feet wide for the use OF vehicles and sensra.
ted from this driveway there shall hns mace
of five feet to be used for foot p, ssenRers
There shall also be erected suitable waItjny
rooms for the accommodate ions of passenv.r rS
at the ferry landings. All the improvements
required as above stipulated as to boats ma
chinery, docks, waiting rooms, etc, shall he
constructed at the expense Of the lessee
and the same shall remain his property at
the expiration of the lease provided that at
the expiration of the lease he shall remove
all of the buildings, etc, above named if re-
quired to do so by either of the municipal
corporations in which such improvements
are situated.
The lessee of said ferry shall be permitted
to charge the following rates for ferryage
and no more: For each foot passenger,
cents 25 for 81 90. For each single horse
buggy, gocart, jumper, 20 cents. For an au.
tomobile twenty five cents. For each two.
horse jumper, road cart, go cart, buggy forty
cents For .hearse and two horses, fifty cents.
For each single mule or horse cart, empty,
thirty cents, loaded, forty cents. For each
three mule cart o-hCrse wagon cart or
dray, empty, forty cents. loaded. fifty cents
For each four rmul e cane wagon, empty, sixty
cents, loaded, eighty cents. For each head OF
loose stock, ten cents.
For each package entrusted to the care OF
the lessee OF the ferry, less than hundred
pounds in weight, five cents per package.
For freight transferred, ten cents per hun.
dred pounds, unless said freight is loaded in
wagons. carts. etc, in which event it shall be
transferred under rates hereinbefore stipu.
lated.
The lessee OF the ferry privilege herein,
shall pass free of charge all persons subject
to militia duty, going to or returning from
duty, and all horses and equipment belonging
thereto.
Also all school children and teachers when
going to or returning from school and also
all ministers of the gospels of all denomna-
tiOns.
The ferry boat herein contemplated shall
make Il round trip every thirty minutes, that
same shall run from O'Clock a.. m, to
O'Clock p. M. If, however, the lessees Of
said ferry desire to do so, they shall have
the right to run the ferry after I p. m. or BE-
fore 6 a. M, at which times they shall be
permitted to charge double fare for all pas
Sengers, horses animals and vehicles as
herein specified.
Before any bid shall be accepted for the
privilege herein granted, the lessee shall fur
nish good and solvent annual bond in the
sum of three thousand dollars. conditioned
as the law directs for the faithful perform
ance of his contract, and all persons bidding
shall name their surety before their bid is
accepted.
The rates of ferryage above stated shall be
printed and kept constantly posted by the
lessee of the ferry in a conspicuous place in
the waiting rooms and in the ferry boat.
That the successful bidder purchase the
boat, wharves and buildings owned BY the
now lessees, at such figure as shall De
agreed upon hy dsnterested appraisers, to
be nail.eu Wy the Police Jury.
The Police Jury reserves the right to rejectany
and all bids, and all bids must be accOmpaniodV
the names OF the sureties on the bond whlch tnS
bidder will give should his bid be accepted. \
Address all bids to
JAS. A. PE1ERMAN, President,
u, Franklin, La.