The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-19
Continued from last meek.
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.

Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Colfax, La, Oct. 8, 1912.
The police jury met pursuant to ad-
iournment. All the members were
present.
The minutes of the proceedings Of
Oct. 7 were read and approved.
Mr.. Dunn moved that the salary OF
Mr.. s. w. Johnston, superintendent OF
the road camp, be fixed at seventy-five
dollars (S75.OO) per month, beginning
Oct. 1, 1912, the superintendent to be
under the direction and supervision Of
.the member of the police jury repre-
senting such ward as he shall be work.
ing in. at any time. The motion was
adopted.
The petition asking that public
road be created leading from the Widow
Tracy's place to Zion church, via Zion
station to the Baker Brazille place, was
again presented (this petition having
been presented at the last regular meet
ing and action thereon postponed).
Mr.. Brewster moved that the Coifax
and Winfield road be changed so as to
leave the old route at or near the Wild
ow Tracy's place, and lead thence via
Zion station to Zion church, and con-
tinuing to intersection of the Natchi-
toches and Rochelle road at the Baker
Brazille place, and that the public road
leading from the Widow Tracy's place
to the intersection of the Natchitoches
and Rochelle road on the old route be
discontinued. The motion was adopted.
r. H. Henry, w. B. Morris and S. N.
Morris were appointed reviewers to To-
cate and establish the road.
The petition faction on which was
postponed at the last regular meeting)
was again presented asking that $500. 90
be appropriated to build three bridges
on the road created by the former po-
lice jury, the road being described as
the Georgetown new road. Also a pc
tition was presented asking that the
appropriation be not made. On motion
the petition asking for the appropria-
ton was rejected and the appropriation
refused.
A communication signed 'W. A. At
WELL was presented, claiming $4,000
as damages suffered by him, by reason
of the construction of the model road
across his lands. On motion the claim
was laid over.
On motion Mr.. Johnston, superintend-
ent of the road camp, was authorized
to have necessary repairs made on the
tents of the road camp and to purchase
one wagon.
On motion Mr.. VIM. LaCroix was au-
thorized to have one wagon equipped as
a chuck wagon for the road camp.
On motion the following appropria-
tions were made. The sum of fifty dol
lars ($5O.OO) for a bridge to be built
across Cypress Creek, on the Rochelle
and Pollock road, and fifty dollars ESQ.,
for a bridge across q slough in Fish
Creek bottom, on the Rochelle and Pol
lock road. Messrs. Ransom Rambo, ].
L. Kent and T. H. West were appoint
ed as the committee to supervise and
certify the completion of the bridges.
The following appropriation was made,
viz: Eighty dollars ($SO.OO) for a
bridge across fish Creek on the Williana
and Pollock road. Messrs. T. 0. Nu-
gent, ]. R. Rambo and w. H. Day
were appointed as the committee to
supervise and certify the completion of
the bridge.
The committee which had the super
vision of the construction of the bridge
across the Saddle bayou, on the Alex
andria and Winfield road, reported the
completion of the bridge and recon-
mended that the same be paid for.
Thereupon, on motion, it was ordered
that the sum of one hundred dollars
($100.00) be paid Mr.. George Guynes
for the construction of said bridge
across Saddle bayou.
On motion the sum of thirty dollars
$4,000 was appropriated to build q
bridge across the creek near Ebenezer
camp ground. Mr.. R. M. Dunn was
appointed as supervisor of the construc-
ton and completion of same.
On motion the sum of two hundred
dollars ($200.0W was appropriated to
construct bridge across a slough in
the Big Creek bottom, on the Pollock
and Rochelle road, and Messrs. j. E.
Chandler, Joe johnson and N. G. Nor
gan were appointed as the committee