The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-04-18
NOTICE.,

Notice is hereby given that sealed bid. win
received by the Police Jury of the Parish WIN b
Mary, to be opened May 9Th, 1908 for tha m, VI st.
of the franchise to operate. for period "t ~
years, the ferry across Berwick Bay, hs ~ Yen
the towns of Berwick and Morgan dr. ~.Ween
the following terms and conditions: '' under
The boat to be used for such farrr
a double hull boat, each hull to he n nuai Dc
than seventy-twO t72) feet lone a"s. less
feet wide and four a. feet deep, With SUI 3 US "
of ten QO feet between each hull as space
contain two gunnelS of two feet each aau 70
ing total of thirty-two (32) feet in wd,n mag
There shall be space enough unnn SOUL
for teams to drive on and off without 80 t.o ooH
around, the boat shall have boile, an ag
hurricane deck and separate accommoS.,
The boat thus used must be e0ninnst -,
sufficient machinery and boiler pOwsr ~ wy" ny
sure a speed of not less than six m;,os :" ~ ~
hour, and the machinery of such shsup ef
the United States; there shall he a rs sa
ing dock on each side Of the bay to wbioh hvss
boat shall land, which dock shall not ha 20, .ae
than forty (40) feet long and twenty ION - -
wide, and it, said dock, shall be moors AZ =
sufliclentdepth of water to assure the fiost;an
of said dock at all stages of the tide o1Hs ae
nected with this dock there shall he an o %
proach or apron built from the floating doaRs
| to the bank, which shall be at least III tS
feet Wide tor the use OF vehicles and Sc; IN
n
of five feet to be used for foot passens ca..
There shall also be erected suitable was.in
rooms for the accommodations of DassamsaS
at the ferry landings. All the improvement.
required as above stipulated as to boats, ms.
chinery, docks, waiting rooms, etc. shs,s i -
constructed at the expense of the Irsss.s
| aud the same shall remain his prupertv .,
| the expiration of the lease provided that -
the expiration of the lease he shall remo, =
| all of the buildings, etc, above named n ~.
quired to do so by either of the municinl
| corporations in which such Improvement
are situated.
The lessee of said ferry shall be permitted
to charge the, following rates for ferrysxe
and no more: For each foot PASSENGER Z
cents, Is for 81 90. For each single horss
buggy, gocart, jumper, 20 cents. For an an'
| tomObile twenty five cents. For each two.
horse jumper, road cart, go cart, buggy, fortv
cents. For hearse and two horses, fifty cents,
For each single mule or horse cart empty.
thirty cents, loaded, forty cents For each
| three cart, twO.h horse wagon, cart Or
dray, empty, forty cents, loaded, fifty cents,
For each fOurmule cane wagon, empty, sixty
| cents, loaded, eighty cents. For each head 81
| 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 1t shall b
| transferred under rates hcreinbefore stpu.
lated.
The lessee of the ferry privilege herein.
| shall pass free Of charge all persons subiect
to militia duty, going to or returning from
duty, and all horses and equipment belonging
! thereto.
! Also all school children aud teachers when
; going to or returning from school and ais,
all ministers OF the gospels of all denomlna.
! tiOnS.
| The ferry boat herein contemplated shall
| make round trip every thirty minutes that
| same shall run from 6 O'Clock a. m., to I
O'Clock p. m. If, however, the lessees oil
said ferry desire to do 80, they shall have
the right to run the ferry after ! p. m. Or be-
fore q. M, at which times they shall be
permitted to charge double fare for al pas
sengers, horses, animals and vehicles 4
Before any bid shall he accepted for tn
privilege herein granted, the lessee ahall fur
nish good and solvent annual bond in thu
| 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 Il
accepted.
printed and kept constantly posted BY tn
lessee of the ferry in conspicuous place IN
| the waiting rooms and in the ferry boat.
That the successful bidder purchase TN
boat wkNrtes and bufldinw ewue91zfn ~
now, loh6oee,- at such d 2gu19 10 snaK d
aasrs1 up6u by Cisinteresfed appraisers, Il
be named by the Police jury.
The Police Jury reserves the right to reject On!
and all bids and all bids must be accompanied b
| the names of the sureties on the bond which tn
bidder will give, should his bid be accepted
Address all bids to -.
JAS. A. PErEsxAN, President,
EANon II