The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-12

range IA, to ward line at Cross lake
5. Beginning at Blanchard and rum
ming west to Latex on and near town
ship line between township IS and 70
for six miles, thence through sections
81 and 80, township 70, range 10, to
Latex
Mr. Miller moved the adoption of the
above ordinance and that the roads
above designated be declared public
roads. Carried
AN ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in regular ses-
sion convened, that the certain roads or
servitudes hereinbelow described are
hereby declared to be public highways
of Caddo Parish, said roads being forty
feet in width, having been acquired by
the open and public possession and use
thereof for the. space of more than ten
years, and which are described as fol-
lows:
Mooringsport and Greenwood Road
Beginning at the town of Mooringsport,
center of section IS, township 20, range
no, running south through sections ?, II,
"a, %, 20, IS, 2, II, IA, %, 10, IS, 2, II,
14 20 and 70 along line of IS and 60, 2
and I, II and II, IA and IS, diagonally
through "a and 70 and through 80, 81, 9,
=, 20. 80 and 4, being the Parish of Cad
do and DeSoto line.
Marshall and Shreveport Road-Be-
ginning at State line. of Texas and
Louisiana in northwest corner of frac-
tionar section Is, township 10, range 10,
thence east along NJ K, & T. railroad
to bayou through section Fl, diagonally
to section ~, along State line between
20 and y, 20 and 26, Fl and rs, Io. and
50, 20 and 20, Il and 28, thence in a
nortteasterly direction through sections
p, %, "a, 10 and IS along line of sec
{ tons 8, II, 9, 10, thence northeasterly
direction through sections TO- II and 2
to City of Shreveport.
Mr.. Scott moved the adoption of the
above ordinance and that the roads
above designated be declared public
roads. Carried
To the Board of Police Jurors of
Caddo Parish. Louisiana: We. the I'M
dersigned, petition your board for right
of way on Buncombe road TO construct
telephone line from the intersection
of the Texas and Pacific Railway Com
pany's right of way to Metealf Postof-
fee. Said telephone line is to be used by
the undersigned farmers. We respect
fully ask your honorable body to grant
our request O. Romagosa, w H.
Metcalf, E. V. Metealf.
BY Mr. Scott That the above petition
be granted under the usual rules and
stipulations of the jury. Carried
Mr. Winter presented the following
petition:
10 the Honorable Police Jury of the
Parish Of Caddo The undersigned pc
titioners, representing more than a ma
jority of the number and amount of the
abutting property holders along the fol-
loving road ia the Parish Of Caddo,
State of Louisiana, to-wit:
The public road running from the
corporate. limits Of the City of Shreve-
port at the point where Thornhill street
in the said city crosses Stephenson
street, IN a line straight from Thornhill
street and virtually an extension of
Thornhill street into the country until
said road intersects the street or road
known as Fairview avenue, the said
road being in the Waverly subdivision,
as recorded and shown on map of record
in the conveyance office of the Parish Of
Caddo, Louisiana, conveyance book so,
page 10 respectfully request that your
honorable body advertise and sell a
franchise to construct and maintain and
operate for term ending May s, Io4f,
a railroad utilizing electric or other mo-
tive power than steam on the said road.
The ternini Of the proposed railroad,
so far as this road is concerned, being
On the said road from the intersection
Of Stephenson street with Thornhill
street ont to the intersection Of said
public road with Fairview avenue of the
said Wayerly subdivision; the said pro-
posed railway when built would virtual
" be an extension Of the street railway
system and connected Herewith in the
City Of Shreveport, and your petitioners
will ever pray.
WAVERLY LAND co,
A. c. Steere, Sec. and Treas.
BJJLA DILLINGHAM;.
NOTICE FOR BIDS.
Notice is hereby given that bids viii
be received by the Police Jury Of Caddo
Parish for the purchase of franchise de-