The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-02-10
Offered by Mr.. McDade.
AN ORDINANCE

Providing for the construction OF traf-
fic bridge across Red River between
the City of Shreveport and the Parish
Of Bossier, La, joining with the City
Council of the City of Shreveport for
that purpose, carrying out the provis-
ions of certain laws of Louisiana, and
of a contract existing between said
city and parish, with certain changes;
adopting plans and specifications;
providing method of defraying the
cost of construction, by using the
bridge fund" of the City of Shreve-
port and pledging the tolls of the pro-
posed bridge, etc., to be evidenced by
certificates of payments, and prescrib-
ing certain details.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Bossier, in
extra session convened, That in &C
cordance with paragraph Z Of Act No. 81
OF the Acts of the General Assembly Of
Louisiana for the year 1904, and all other
laws, and in compliance with contract
existing between the City of Shreveport
and the Parish of Bossier, of date
August 10, 1907, and as amended this,
January %, 1910, which is hereto attach
ed and made part hereof, subject to such
changes in the terms thereof as may be
herein provided, the City of Shreveport
and the Parish of Bossier shall Jointly
locate, build, construct, operate and
maintain a traffic bridge across Red
River in front of said city, shall build
necessary piers and approaches thereto,
and shall take and collect tolls thereon
until the said bridge is paid for, and said
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for the purpose of paying in part the
costs OF construction thereof, as is here
matter provided.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the "bridge fund" heretofore
sacredly held by the City of Shreveport
and accumulated from tolls, etc., collect
ed from the west or Shreveport end of
the so-called Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific bridge, amounting to approx
mately sos ,325.35 at this date, and all
future collections from said existing
bridge and additions to said bridge fund
until said proposed bridge shall be
opened to traffic (whereupon all traffic,
except electric and steam on said exist
ing bridge, shall be discontinued) to
which shall also be added all tolls col
lected on the east end of said existing
bridge after the completion of the new
traffic bridge shall be used and applied
as a cash payment or payments, to de-
fray in part the initial costs of construc-
ton of said new traffic bridge, including
engineers fees and charges, and shall
be payable once in every - 49,
days to the contractors and undertakers,
upon estimates of work done and per-
formed, which estimates are to be fur
nlshed by the engineers employed by the
City OF Shreveport and the Parish of
Bossier.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained. ETC..
That the Parish of Bossier and the CITY
OF Shreveport will collect full tolls and
charges for all traffic on the existing
bridge after the final adoption of this
ordinance, in accordance with the
schedule hereinafter named, for the &C
count OF the bridge fund hereinbefore re-
ferred to until the final discontinuance
Of traffic thereon.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc..
That said traffic bridge shall be con-
structed according to the plans, profiles
and specifications now on file in the
Office of the City Engineer OF the City OF
Shreveport, and same are hereby ap-
proved, adopted and made part Of this
ordinance.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the City Controller is instructed to
advertise for bids for the construction OF
said work and the City of Shreveport
and the Parish of Bossier each reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the proposed traffic bridge, when
completed and accepted by the said city
and parish, shall be toll bridge until
paid for, and thereafter shall be free
bridge, except that such tolls may be
charged and collected as may be neces-