The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-04-25
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids v;u !,
received by the Police jury Of the Parish ~ = =
Mary, to be opened May 5,h 1905 for the pn,st st.
of the franchise to operate, for period oS u.
years, the ferry across Berwick Bay, h. y, ven
the towns of Berwick and Morgan Civ ', unsa
the following terms and conditions: ""aer
The boat to be used for such ferry sh.,,
double hull boat, each hull to be not a 10. %
feet wide and four a. feet deep, With hh's : e
of ten QO feet between each hull. sn nSac e
contain two SunnelS OF two feet each ~ 70
ing a total OF thrty-two (32) feet in width a<-
mere sn "a d DC space enough upon said boat
around, the boat shall have boiler danHe
hurricane deck and separate accommo',ss,
tions for white and colored Passenger
The boat thus used must be e0uinns6 ~;..
sufficient machinery and boiler power to ~" y.
sure speed of not less than six m;lss -
hour, and the machinery of such an psf
such ,- as is required by the marine ;'ys. q
| ing dock on each side of the bay to which ~
boat shall land, which dock shall NOT ha ' sae
than forty (40) feet long and twenty fsO ts ~
wide, and it, said dock, shall be moored d1E i
sufficient depth of water to assure the 6oet;a
| of said dock at all stages of the tide Coss
nected with this dock there shall he an W." sn
| proach or apron built from the floating do "g.
| to the bank, which shall he at least si,te teen
| feet wide for the use OF vehicles and sens..
ted from this driveway there shall be a anacs
| of five feet to be used for foot DassenPP"ss
There shall also be erected suitable wosst;n,
! rooms for the accommodations of passenvsrss
| at the ferry landings. All the imprOyements
| required as above stipulated as to boats. ms
chinery, docks, waiting rooms, etc, shall 10
| constructed at the expense Of the Iesee"0
and the same shall remain his property AZ
the expiration of the lease he shall remove
| all of the buildings, etc, above named II reo
| quired to do so by either of the munic;rsI
corporations in which such improvements
are situated.
| The lessee of said ferry shall be permitted
to charge the following rates for ferrysge
and no more: For each foot passenger
cents, % for $500. For each single Rorse
| buggy, gOcart, jumper, 20 cents. Far m M.
tomobile twenty five cents. For each two.
horse jumper, road cart, 60 cart, buggy, forty
| cents. For hearse and two horses, fifty cents
For each single mule or horse cart, emptv
thirty cents, loaded, forty cents. For each
three mule cart, two-hcrse wagon, cart or
dray, empty, forty cents. loaded, fifty cents.
| For each fOur.mule cane wagon empty. sixtv
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 packaee.
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 hereinbefore slim.
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 befOnging
| 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
J The ferry boat herein contemplated shall
| make a round trip every thirty minutes that
same shall run from O'Clock a. m., 70
| 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 p. IN. OF be.
| fore q. M, at which times they shall be
permitted to charge double fare for all pas
sengers horses, animals and vehicles a.
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 pefferml-
ance OF his contract, and all persons bidding
shall name their surety before their bid IL
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
now lessees, at such figure - shall be
| ae reed upon by disinterested appraiser, to
be named By the Police Jury.
The Police Jury reserves the right to reject ny
and all bids, and all bids must be accompaniedhy
| the names of the sureties on the bond which 6o
bidder will give should his bid be accepted
| Address all bids to
| JAS. A. PErERMAN, President,