The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-17
The Police Jury.

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was held here Tuesday. All members
were present.
At this meeting toll collectors for the
east end of the Shreveport bridge were
elected for 1918. Mr.. ]. M. McClanahan
of Haughton will succeed himself as the
day collector, and Mr.. T. K. McCranie
of Burgess was elected night collector.
Both were elected on first ballot. There
were number of candidates for the
places.
A motion was made offering to accept
a personal bond as surety for the S35, 900
guarantee required of the town of Bos-
sier City in the parish site removal
proposition, but the same received no
second. AS bond was not furnished,
the Police Jury rescinded its former ac-
ton ordering an election to take the
sense of the voters of the parish on the
removal proposal, and those before the
body in the interest of removal retired.
An advertisement was ordered in
serted in the Banner inviting bids for
repairs and improvements in Stroud's
bridge, owned jointly by Bossier and
Webster Parishes. The same is to be
found in this issue.
A petition was presented asking that
a public bridge be erected across upper
Bodcau at Baileys's ford. The request
was not granted.
The request of petition asking that
the road in the Antrim neighborhood
leading to Bridger's grist mill be made
a public road was not granted, as the
road is said to be not open to traffic.
A request for $500 for farm demon
stration work in this parish (the Fedora
Department of Agriculture and the st
Louis Southwestern Railway Company
each agreeing to give like sums) was
refused.
The second Tuesday in each quartel
was fixed upon as the date for holding
the regular meetings of the Police Jury
Mr.. J. B. Wilmington, planter o
this ward, appeared before the body il
the interest of improved local highways
His address, though short, was full o
practical thought, and was well receive
by the members of the jury.
He stated that it was his opinion tina
the present system of improving an
maintaining the roads, while good, wa
not now adequate, as the roads have as
whole been brought to that stage of i'm
provement possible with such outfits a
are in use.
He would like to see three improve
highways in the parish, coming to
common point at the east end OF tn
Shreveport bridge, and leading nearly t
the Arkansas line north, to the Re
, River Parish line south and to the Wei
ster Parish line east. He thinks thel
} is incur parish plenty of good materi;
for improved surfaced roads and that
can be moved cheaply. He again calle
l attention to his offer of 500 per mi
toward the construction of good han
a surface road leading from the Shrevt
t port bridge to VAUDEVILLE, distance
!. eight miles, and stated that he believe
planters here and there would contribu
G equally as much toward the cost OF sho
O sections of the roads-when leadind
q or near their property. He claims
" have first made this offer to the Poll
It Jury eight years since. He suggest
# that the funds for the construction
: the roads could be raised by issuil
o thirty or forty year bonds, thus placi1
IS the greater burden of cost on those wi
derive most benefit from the roads.
The members of the jury assured t
speaker of their interest in the matter
improved highways and expressed t
IL desire that leading citizens OF the pari
20 would agitate the matter. Mr.. VIII
!" tington replied that that was his CHI
9 aim in appearing before the Police Jun
10 His talk will result in good toward
le cause of improved highways, and pr
i II. haps the passing of only. a few years m
II see the proposed plan partially realize