The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-21
NOTICE..

| Notice ia hereby given that sealed bids will bt
received by the Police Jury of the Parish of st
Mary to be opened May 5th, 1905 for the purchase
of the franchse't to operate for a period of ter
years. the ferry across Berwick Bay. between
| the towns Of Berwick and Morgan City, under
| the following terms and conditions:
The boat to be used for such ferry shall be
| a double hull boat, each hull to be not less
than seventy-two (72) feet long, eight (S)
feet wide and four a. feet deep. with space
of ten OO) feet between each hull, and to
contain two gunnelS of two feet each, max
ing a total of thirty-two (32) feet in width.
There shall be space enough upon said boat
for teams to drive on and of without turning
around, the boat shall have a boiler deck,
hurricane deck and separate accommoda
tons for white and colOred passengers:
The boat thus used must be equipped Win
sufficient machinery and boiler power to as
sure speed of not less than SIX miles per
such is required by the marine laws OF
the United States; there shall be a float
ing dock on each side of the bay to which the
boat shall land, which dock snail not a 6e less
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. Con
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 Il space
of five feet to be used for foot passengers.
There shall also be erected suitable waiting
rooms for the accommodations OF passengers
at the ferry landings. 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 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,
buggy, gocart, jumper, 20 cents. Far 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, two horse wagon, cart or
dray, empty. forty cents. loaded. fifty cents.
For each four mule 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 |
ired pounds, unless said freight is loaded in |
wagons. carts. ETC., in which event it shall be |
transferred under rates hereinbefore stipu-
ated.
The lessee of the ferry privilege herein
shall pass free Of charge all persons subject
20 militia duty, going to or returning from
luty. and all horses and equipment belonging
hereto
Also all school children and teachers when
going to or returning from school and also
Ill ministers of the gospels of all denOmina-
ions.
The ferry boat herein contemplated shall
make round trip every thirty minutes that
anne shall run from O'Clock a. M, to
''clock p. m. If, however,, the lessees OF
aid ferry desire to do so, they shall have
he right to run the ferry after p. m. Or be-
ore q. M, at which times they shall be
permitted to charge dOu Die fare for all pas
engers, horses, animals and vehicles as
erein specified
Before any bid shall be accepted for the
privilege herein granted, the lessee shall fur
fish good and solvent annual bond in the
UNI of three thousand dollars conditioned
3 the law directs for the faithful perform
nee of his contract, and all persons bidding
hall name their surety before their bid is
ccepted.
The rates of ferryage above stated shall be
rinted and kept constantly posted by the
eSSee of the ferry in Il conspicuous place in
ne waiting rooms and in the ferry boat
That the successful bidder purchase the
Oat, wharves and buildings owned by the
ow lessees, at such "A figure as shall be
greed upon by disinterested appraisers, to
e named by the Police Jury
The Police Jury reserves the right to reject any
I'd all bids, and all bids must be accompanied BY
re names of the sureties on the bond which the |
oder will give, should his bid be accepted. t.
Address all bids to II
JAS. A. PETERMAN President,
Franklin ! [