The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-20
Proceedings of the Police Jury,
Parish of Ascension.
REGULAR MEETING.

Donaldsonville, La, June 10, 1908.
The police jury of Ascension parish met this
| day in regular session. at the courthouse, and
was called to order at IL o'clock m. Present-G
B. Reuss, president. first ward; George Bergeron.
| second ward; L. W. Armitage, fifth ward; j. C.
Klos. sixth ward NJ. G. savario. seventh ward
J. T. King, eighth ward. Absent -Sidonius
Goette, third ward; Albert Esneault fourth
ward.
The minutes of the last preceding meeting
were read and approved
Mr.. Armitage, chairman of the committee on
public works, reported the completion of the
fireproof vault in the Office of the parish treas
urer and recommended its acceptance On mo-
ton of Mr.. Klos, seconded by Mr.. Armitage,
the vault was accepted and the contract price
ordered paid.
The following communications were read and
received:
HoHEN SoLMs, La May o, 1908.
Mr.. w. E. MORGAN, DonaldsonVille, La.
Dear Sir:-I wish again to call your attention
to the fact that the roads in this locality are IN
a deplorable condition. They are full of deep
ruts and holes; in many places the selpage water
extends completely across the road, gradually
making the road almost impossible and IN many
cases very dangerous. Many of the bridges have
sunk so that free passage of the water is OBJ
structed to such extent that said bridges are
a hindrance rather than a help to good roads.
Something must be done to remedy this con-
sdition. The one man you send up here occa-
sionalIy might as well not come, for he does
nothing to improve the condition He simply
piddles around throwing d little earth here and
a little earth there without any idea OF what he
is doing it for.
Trusting that you viii take the matter up at
once and see that some Improvement is &C
complished, remain, Very truly yours,
G. B. REUSS.
DoNALDsoNvILLE, La. May rs. 1908.
HON. GEO. B. REUss, Eohen Solms, La.
Dear Sir:-Your letter of complaint at the
condition of the roads up your way received
yesterday.
was very much surprised at it, as this man
Corbo tells me every day that things are all right
up as far as your schoolhouse, and that you had
men working from there UP. | asked Mr.. Fen
lon to ask you to do this for me- as | had my
hands full on the lower end.
| sent three men up there this morning and /
am Just fixing to get Off to the lower end, where
have a very much worse road than on your
end on account of the rice wafer on one SIDE
and seipage on the other, with no way 10 get II
off / am Just raising my roads up above it. |
will come to your end possibly Wednesday with
a road machine and raise the roads up out of
men at work to see that no place becomes dan
gerous. Thanking you for notifying me OF the
condition of roads and for having work done on
7'''-'-' 49, 80 We. MORGAN.
DoNALDsoNvILLE. La, May 80, 1908.
Hon. GEO. B. REUss, President Police Jury.
Dear Sir:-I herewith give you notice that
earnestly wish to withdraw from further control
of the working of the roads in the 1st road dis
trict The situation calls for a greater outlay
than receive and am unwilling to longer con-
tinue trying to keep up the roads with the
amount received. I cannot and will not longer
give my time free to the work, it taking all I
receive to pay for actual work done. Please take
this matter up at your next meeting and give
me the relief I ask for. I will continue and do
all l can during the next thirty days to give
your body time to make some disposition of the
matter Very truly yours,
w, E, MORGAN.
On motion of Mr.. Klos. seconded by Mr.. Ber-
geron, the resignation of Mr.. Morgan was &C
cepted, to take effect Immediately.
The jury adjourned.
true copy. A. A. Killing, Clerk.