The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-04-11
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids WI,
received by the Police Jury Of the Pari VIII be
Mary, 10 bs opened May 9TH 1905. for tba sm ot st.
Of thefranchi>c tn operate, for n nerioff ucnase
Years. the ferry across Berwick Bav ha y, Ten
the towns of Berwick and Morgan ~. oetweea
the following terms and conditions wy under
The boat to be used for such farrr
double hull boat, each hull to he n anMi be
than sevcntN-twO t12l feet lone o Nv. less
feet wide and four a feet deep With aM ~
"t ten tiU feet between each hull. an npae s
contain two 9unnclS of two feet na.h anu 70
in& total Of tliirtytwo (32l feet in VIII max
There shall he space enough mon " snis
for teams to drive on and OF witbnnt t". uoat
around, the boat snail havea boiler 0al ang
hurricane deck and separate acno, deck
tons tor white and colored passenrs r'loaa
The boat thus used must be eoninna,
sufficient machinery and boiler powar Nv WIN
sure a speed OF not less than six miles n ns-
hour, ana the machinery of such shan p ba
the United States, there shall be a Ss VI
ing dock on each side Of the bay To ,bi, ho a
boat shall land. which dock shall not No. , tne
than forty tio) feet long and twenty IN ss ss
wide and it. Said dock, shall be ms sSHfed an IL
su1iclentdepth Of water to assure the fioot;naa
of said dock at all stages of the It'd. '"", ag
nected With this dock there shall he =, o "r
| preach or apron built from the foatinv aa ap'
to the bank, which shall be at least sixteen
| feet Wide for the use OF vehicles and san,
| ted from this driveway there shall bc ,.s'"ar
| Of tive feet to be used for foot DassHnnrr"se
| There shall also be erected suitable wa,t;
! rooms for the accommodations of passenaarss
i IT the ferry landings. All the improyemsn.s
| required as above stipulated as to boats Nv
! chiuery, docks, waiting rooms etc shall To-
| constructed at the expense of the InSs"
and the same shall remain his pronertv -,
/ the expiration of the lease provided tha, ~
| the expiration of the lease he shall remnr "a
| all OF the buildings, etc, above named II rs
;uifrd to do so by either of the municin.
corporations in which such Improvement
/ are situated.
i to charge the following rates for ferryaya
| and no more: For each foot passenger :
cents. p for 81 90 For each single horse
! buggy, "ocart, jumper, 20 cents. Far an An
| tolnobile twenty five cents. For each twn.
| horse jumper, road cart, go cart, buggy forty
| cents. For hearSe and two horses fifty cents
| For each single mule or horse cart, EMMY
thirty cents, loaded, forty cents. For eacb
| 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.
| dred pounds, unless said freight is loaded in
| wagons. carts, etc, i'll which event it shall be
| transferred under rates herenbefore 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 returning from school and also
| all ministers OF the gospels of all denOmina.
! tiOnS.
The ferry boat hereia contemplated shall
| make round trip every thirty minutes, that
| same shah run from 6 O'clock a. H., to I
said ferry desire to do so, they shall have
the right to run the ferry after I D. m. Of be.
fore a. M, at which times they shall be
permitted to charge dOu Die 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 IA good and solvent annuai bond in the
sum of three thousand dollars conditioned
as the law directs for tine faithful perform
Ance ~ his contract and all pert1ns bidding
shall Name their surety before their bid il
| accepted. -
The rates of ferryage above stated shall be
printed and kelA constantly. posted by the
| lessee OF the ferry in 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 1essees, ut such figure as shall be
| az reed upon by disinterested appraisers, TO
| be nalnea ~ tne Police Jury
The Police Jury reserves the right to reject any
and all bids, an(fal 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. PETERMAN, President.
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