The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-13

o. so. there VIII be still cue, think. S.3,
900 90. which is represented by Builders
certificates, bearing interest at five per
cent. per annum, and maturing at the rate
of 100000 each year. The Building
Committee has recently had the accounts
checked up and find that after The paving
work is completed that there Will be an
nneXpended balance of about $4,000 on
he nd. The Committee will make a final
report and turn over the building to the
| Police Jury at their regular meeting on
March End, 1909.
This report will be itemized with vouch-
ers attached Would also like to state
| that as the buildi ig progressed, the Com
| mlttee found it necessary to make add1-
| tiOns to the original plans, which increased
the original estimated costs somewhat.
These additions were all necessary in our
| Judgment and will be fully shown iii our
| final report. The costs Of them are all in
cluded in the figures given above. The
! above is intended only to give you gem
eral idea Of the cost, etc, of the work.
The full temized report will be submit
ted to the Police Jury on March End, when
we turn over the building to them.
Yours very truly,
J. A. PETERMAN,
Chairman of the Court House Committee.
JAIL.
We next visited the Jail and desire
to compliment the Sheriff on the con-
dition in which it is kept. The rooms
and cells are clean and sanitary, and
we notice that the inside of the build
ing has recently been painted and the
plumbing repaired and leaks stopped
and other improvements made. In
order to complete this good work, we
think that a, small piece of plaster
which has fallen from one of the walls,
the fire back of one of the fire
places in one of the jailor's rooms,
and the louvre or gable window in the
south end of the building should be
repaired.
ROADS.
Returning to the jury room we dis
cussed the roads OF the parish, and
learned upon inquiry that they are
generally in good condition, and
while they have been worked from
time to time, the wear on the roads |
has not been heavy, owing to the fine
weather which has prevailed for the |
past few months.
Speaking of the public roads, we
learn that the Police Jury has APP
pointed committee to inquire into
the ACCESSIBILITY of working prisoners
on the public roads. While there are
quite number of prisoners serving
short sentences in jail. and if it does
not conflict with law, it occurs to US
that it might not be a bad policy to
work some of these prisoners in and
The public roads near by from whence
hey could be returned to the Jail at
1ight. We doubt however, whether it
would prove practicable to work them
1t distance from the jail, owing to
he expense of transportation, feeding
Ind otherwise taking care of them:
Complaint having been made to us
If the manner in which the roads are
worked, and the manner in which the
,ills for same approved and audited,
1t our request. the Secretary of the
Police Jury writes as follows:
MORGAN CITY, La, Feb. LIST, 1909.
lr. Gus Drews, Foreman Grand. Jury,
Morgan City, La
DEAR SIR:-l reply to your inquiry, |
eg TO say that the Parish roaus are
,Orked in this manner:
Mr.. NJ. L. Harrison is Road Commits ,
loner at a salary of $4,000 per month.
t is his duty to look after the roads, lay
ut the work to be done, hire the neces-
ary teams and men and to supervise the |
=
10 bills for it and present them to the
dice Jury.
The road machines are the property of :
ne parish, but it Is necessary to hire the
Jules and the men to operate them, which ,
u Road Commissioner does, and besides =
) he owns several good teams land good =
ams are difficult to get to work on the "
,ads), he aud Mr.. COycault takes his ?
ams, hire men and taking the parish U
lad machines, work the roads, make bulls
n it, audits them and then submits the;a y
the Police Jury, who order them paid if "
und correct.
Other people work the roads under the
lpervistpn of the Road Commissioner in
e same laanner, using the parish road tt
'urse as outlined above. r.
this covers the information you h
sire, l remain, =
Yours respectfully, 81
CHAS. A. BIBBINS, Secretar n
In our opinion the system of audit Sc
g and approving the bills is not a tf
BOD one, as the party that works the te
lads audits and approves his own al
lis; and we further notice that in ST
ms of these bills he does not specify tn
len and where the work was per- tn
r.ned. We intend no reflection on w
e Police Jury, but would recommend pc
at they use every effort to adopt a te
tier system Of auditing and ap- al
owing these bills. . re
BAYOU TECHE. al
In regard to the pollution of Bayou
che, we learn from DR.. B. w. st
NTH, member Of the State Board of ar
,alth, that this matter is being con- tel
Tered by the National Government we
d by the State Board of Health. tn
we feel that this subject is in good te:
nds. and will no doubt soon bel re
nedied. In this connection, DR..
nth writes US as follows:
FRANKLIN, La, Feb'ry. 3rd, 1903, pu
the Hon. Foreman and Membsrs OF the no
Grand Jury, Parish of st. Mary, Ii.
per your request Of a RI