The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
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lne engineer reported n0lld OF
the HeaIy Construction Company
or the = miles Of the Greenwood
load filed and recorded
The Black Bayou bridge a.
i.rid2eS in Ward Two reported r.
paired.
The Parish Refornatol'y matter
vas Oh motion ct Mr.. Thoman pe-
tvIred to The finance committee. and
the Board OF Control WIKI power t.
act.
The Greenwood and Moorinesport
road in Ward Five was continued
The communication from the
State Publicity Commission relative
TO an appropriation for gatler;Gc
the vital statistics of the parish wa;
On motion referred to the finance
committee. =...
By Mr. Phillips: Resolved that the
Parish of Caddo appropriate a right
Of way 80 feet wide on each side
Of line beginning at the northeast
corner of northwest quarter of sec
ton 25, township II, range l6, and
extending along north boundary Of
said section Is, 1900 feet west,
thence north 80 degrees 20 min
utes west 1000 fee to the center of
the public road except that portion
OF the land contained in the present
Greenwood public road all as
shown by map hereto annexed and
made part hereof Said property
containing approximately SO acres,
and being The property Of ]. g.
Jones.
Resolved further, That the dis
trict attorney. W. \. Mabry. be and
he is hereby instructed 10 file suit
i'll accordance With this resoIution
and that the following frccholdcrs
be appointed and notified to review
said roa5! and assess damages and
make their report III writing to the
jury according TO law, viz. 5. \.
Alexander. J. NJ. A9urS, Reuben
I2unn, John White, |. r. ThVeatt
and J b. Harkriuer.
The engineer reports the Erwin
Ferry bridge repaired
The finance committee granted
further time on mai er of larger
quarters for the assessor.
The engineer reported that the
lowest bid received for a steel
bridge over Kelly Bayou was from
the Midland Bridge Company of
Kansas City, Mo-, for's3 5000.
On motion the matter was re
committed to the former commit
tee, viz: finance, and good roads
committee and the engineer, with
power to act in the premises.
The engineer also presented plans
and specifications for the Caddo
Lake bridge at Mooringsport, and it
vas moved by Mr.. Thoman that af-
CT a careful inspection Of said plans
md specifications that Mr.. BulIen,
engineer, authorize MeSsrs. WaddelI
\ Harrington Of Kansas City to ad-
teItise for bids for the construction
II a steel bridge at this point. Car
led.
Mat er Of dump at Mooringsport
'allroad referred to the engineer to
'eport back to the jury.
The matter Of advertising for
bids for work on dump north OF
greenwood referred to the engineer.
To the Honorable Police Jury of
saddo Parish, La: We. The under
signed residents Of Caddo and Oil
1ity, La, hereby petition that the
road between Caddo and
oil City, work upon which has be
'un, be changed from its present
ocatiOn, which is a roundabout
quite, to location adjoining the
(. c. S. tracks on the west side in a
traight line. This change is re
uested on accounts of the fact that
will be impossible to make a good
DAD in its present location even
18th a great amount of labor, on ac-
cunt Of pipe lines crossing and low
The proposed route along|
ne X. C. S. would require but lit (
le work with the exception of ,
Tearing away trees and underbrush
nd it is now naturally drained by
le X. c. S. grade. The proposed To-
alton has the approval Of the road
nslneer now in charge of the work.
Slgners: R. NJ. McGlathney, NJ. D.,
X. Norman, ct ais.
On motion the above petition TO
" over until next meeting.
By Mr.. ThOman-
An Ordinance t
mendlng one adopted December II I
1912, granting to the Commercial 5
Gas and Oil Company permission ]
to eXcavate, lay pipe lines, etc, 5
IN certain subdivisions, near \
Shreveport, in Caddo PARISH La