The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-28
NOTICE..

Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will l..
received by the Police Jury of the Parish IS w oe
Mary, TO be opened May 5tl 1905 for le nnr vi o.
OF the franchise to operate for period of TO-"
Years, the ferry across Berwick BAY, betw.ouu
the towns OF Berwick and Morgan CITY. nnS"a
the following terms and conditions "''
The boat to be used for such ferry sb.u,
double hull boat, each hull to be not Lose Se
than seventy-two CD feet long eight IN
feet wide and four a. feet deep. With q snWl
of ten U0) feet between each huli .nHf &c
contain two gunneiS of two feet each ,n.' ~
ing total of thirty two (32) feet in width
There shall be space enough upon said ho,.
for teams to drive on and off withont turn;
around, the boat shall have boiler dan,s
hurricane deck and separate accommoI
tiOns for white and colored passengers.
The boat thus used must be equipped with
sufficient machinery and boiler power to as'
sure a speed of not less than six miles - n as,
hour. and the machinery of such shan t
such AS is required by the marine lave "
the United States; there shall be a float
ing dock on each side of the bay to which v ,%s
boat shall land, which dock shall not be- l .ns
than forty (40) feet long and tw enty (2M fa.,
wide, and it, said dock, shall be moored in
sufficient depth of water to assure the floating
of said dock at all stages of the tide Cnnss
nected with this dock there shall be an an.
proach or apron built from the floating dock
to the bank, which shall be at least sixteen
feet Wide for the use OF vehicles and separa
ted from this driveway there shall be a snar.
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There shall also be erected suitable waiting
rooms for the Accommodations of Passengers
at the ferry land1Gs. All the Improvements
required as above stipulated as to boats, ma
chinery, docks, waiting rooms, etc, shall be-
constructed at the expense of the lessee
and the same shall remain his property nj
the expiration of the lease provided that at
the expiration of the lease lie shall renoyp
all of the buildings, etc, above named if re-
0uired to do so by either of the municinal
corporations in which such improvements
are situated.
The lessee of said ferry shall be permitted
to charge the following rates for ferryaye
and no more: For each foot passenger,
cents, 25 for 81 90. For each single horse
buggy, gocart, jumper, 20 cents. For an au.
tomOble 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 two horse wagon cart or
For each fOurmue 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 AMI 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 denOmina.
tiOns.
Tie ferry boat herein contemplated shall
make round trip every thirty minutes that
same shall run from O'Clock a. H., to
O'Clock p. III. If, however, the lessees OF
said ferry desire to do so, they shall have
the right to run the ferry after I p. III. or be-
fore a. H., at which times they shall be
permitted to charge dOub 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 Il good and solvent annual bond in the
sum OF three thousand dollars. conditioned
as the law directs for the faithful perform
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 be
agreed upon by disinterested appraisers, to
be NAMED by the Police Jury.
The Police Jury reserves the right to reject any
and all bids and all bids must be accompanied by
the names Of the sureties on the bond which the
bidder will give, should his bid be accepted.
Address all bids to
JAS. A. PErERMAN, President.
Franklin. La.