The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08

nlsn cost OF hv'nc. To-day in
this State We are nucn conce,nsS
in the parcel post system and ~
making try out in this n.,;"s
and without good roads il NM.
be failure. We are the neor,"
to reap the biggest benefit ana -
will not be visionary or fl.et;,"
the revolution in the road.mak;.se
at hand, SO let's take advantaes
of it and keep it out of polities
and place it ia the sphere of edn:
cation.
"In this parish, we do not thin.
there is any need Of levyinp mo,s
tax upon the people, as We an
bond the parish (say about
$500, 0O0) and pay for the oooS
roads the came "a we did for ~.
court house.
"Road building is to be a perm..
nent movement for the future ana
there will be revolution in con.
struction, so let US get busy and
not let the rest of the State heat
US. Let US start from both ends
of the parish and build pood
roads and start at once"
BY the Committe,
JOHN R. DRAcKErr.
w. N. GOoCH.
MORGAN CITY, LA, Feb. 4. 1919
Mr.. Presidept:-"Your COMMITTEES
appointed by you to took into the
cheapest and best way to work the
public roads Of the parish, BEG
leave to report that they visited the
road being built by the Pe.1eIotic
Company between New Iberia and
Jeanerette and think the price OF
Sc, 900 per mile is more than the
Parish can afford.
"Mr. Drackett of the committee.
visited the road being built in
Plaquemine parish and he thinks
the price of $500 per mile ia too
much for the amount of work
done. 1t is built of shell and only
10 feet wide, is well rounded and
we'll ditched and looks fine, but
not enough for the money spent.
Mr.. Gooch and Mr.. Drackett visit.
ed the roads in Iberyille parish
and found them in fine condition;
they haye j. IL miles completed
at cost of $2,Q per mile.
1.-THE road is frst, we'll rounded
with a road machine and then tho
washed gravel from Profits Island
Gravel PITT is spread on the road
5" thick, in the middle, and 8" on
each side. The bitches are then
dug and then the dirt is thrown
onto the gravel, about 2" thick
and we'll spread. One yard of
gravel covers about feet across
the road. The gravel is spread 18
feet across the road. To have h(
state engineer accept it as a state
road, after being completed, II
must be "a feet from ditch to ditch
and 30 feet over all.
"Your committee thinks that
our roads after being rounded up
with a road machine should then
be rolled with a roller and the
gravel spread on about 7"ih tho
middle and 81 on each side, the
earth from bitches then well pread
as stated above and rolled again,
making a very solid and compact
road.
1.-THE gravel delivered at Ibervilie
parish costs 81 50 per cubic yard,
and it will cost us about SITS PET
cubic yard, delivered in barges 90
that it can be unloaded with an
elevator in many places.
"It will cost the Parish of st.
Mary aboutS2,50O per mile and We
think it will give you as good .
road as any in the State"
BY the Committee.
JOHN R. DRACKETT,
w. N. GOOCH.
Mr., Drackett further stated that
gravel dressed road had been built
10 Iberville parish at a cost OF
$1,000 per mile.
1t was moved by Mr.. Fortier,
seconded by Mr.. Aucoin that the
bill of Emile Vappi for road work
near Baldwin be paid. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. LeBourgeois.
seconded by Mr.. Drackett and
duly carried, the bill OF Mr.. w.
9, Baker, District Attorney, was
ordered paid.
Mayor Lauve appeared before
he Police Jury and stated that II
he parish would purchase the
gravel or shells, that the town OF
franklin would distribute them on
! very bad piece of road Just
Ibove the corporate limits.
On motion of Mr.. Drackett, sec.
'nded by Mr.. Gooch, Mayor
4auve was authorized to purchase
- much as two cars of gravel tor
], n , o,,,nooo M0tinn DarPipd.