The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Colfax, La, June Z, 1912.

The police jury met at p. m. All
the members were present, namely:
j. w. Duncan, Of ward /, president;
John Clinton, of ward 2; c. G. Jones,
of ward 3; M. H. Nugent, of ward 4 !;
j. A. Bradford, of ward 5; F. p Bull
lit, of ward 6; and Geo. C. Purvis, of
ward Z.
The meeting was in response to a
call made by the president on May %,
as follows:
'The police jury is hereby called to
meet at the court house at Colfax, La. +,
on Friday, June Z, 1912, to attend to
all business which may come before it,
and also to sit as board of review of
the assessments of the parish of Grant.
j. w. DUNCAN, Prest."
Mr.. J. B. Roberts, the clerk of the
police jury, presented his resignation,
as follows:
To the President and Honorable Mem
bers Of the Police Jury Of Grant Par
ish, Louisiana:
Gentlemen-Owing to the absence of
my brother, Mr.. w. C. Roberts, who
is recuperating his health in North
Carolina, and the session of the Dis
trict Court now going on, am unable
to serve you at this meeting, and beg
therefore, though regretting the ne
cessity, to tender you my resignation
as my professional duties during this
term of court require all my time.
In doing this wish to thank you for
the many courtesies which you have
extended to me, and to say to you that
/ do now and have always valued very
highly your good will and esteem.
You will be remembered, as you de-
serve to be, for many years hence as
the police fury which inaugurated and
put on foot the policy of building good
roads. Your example deserves emula-
ton and your conduct the highest COM
mendation for the beginning of this
policy. Roads which you can travel on,
bridges which you can cross, and schools
where your children can be educated,
are worth more than all other reforms
put together, for the presence of these
in a given community argues a high
grade of intelligence amply sufficient.
to attend to less locally important and
more removed affairs.
With assurances of my earnest good
will to each of you, and wishing you
success in your several vocations, i am
Yours very respectfully,
j. B. ROBERTS.
On motion made by Mr.. Nugent,
which was duly seconded, the resigna-
ton of Mr.. Roberts was accepted.
Mr.. R. S. Cameron was then elected
clerk of the police jury to fill the un-
expired term of Mr.. Roberts.
The regular order of business was
dispensed with, in order that the police
jury might consider the contract for
the construction of the model road,
which is.to Be built from Montgomery
to CoIfax, from Montgomery to verda,
and from Verda to intersect the road
leading from Montgomery to Colfax at
or near Aloha
On motion made by Mr.. Nugent, and
seconded by Mr.. Bullitt, it was agreed
that contract be entered into with
Mr.. Constant for the construction of
the model road from Montgomery to
Colfax, from Montgomery to Verda,
and as much as practical of the road
from Verca to intersect the road lead
ing from Montgomery to Colfax at or
near Aloha, La.
Mr.. C. o. Calk, of ward 2, appeared
in person before the police jury to urge
the payment to him of sum of money
for damages to his property, caused by
the building of the model road from
Pollock to Colfax.
Mr.. Purvis moved that the claim
made by Mr.. Calk be rejected. The
motion was adopted by unanimous vote.
Mr.. Hylen, representing the Texark-
ana Pipe Co., and Mr.. ACHE, repre-
senting the Harry Bros. Corrugated
Iron Pipe Co., addressed the police jury.
A petition was presented to change
a portion of the Colfax and Lincecum
road so that it will leave the model
road at or near the section line between
sections IL and z, to run east along the
central line of sections Z and to Lin
'~cecum station, and there intersect the
Rochelle and Pollock road. On motion
the petition was granted.
On motion of Mr.. Clinton, it was or
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