The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-03-16
nittee with the district attorney.

DlnQ Ile nldcdudl1l lOduS Will tlIt
Finley bitheminOus materials for the
sum Of eight cents per surface
square yard, there being about 81:
miles of macadam road. The prop
osition was referred to the finance
and roads committee with the en-
gineer to report at next meeting.
RESOLUTION.
By Mr.. Thoman: Be it or
dered by the Police Jury Of
the Parish of Caddo that the
marked as public road between
lots and s of the ]. E. Murray Sub
division, recorded in cow eyance
book SO, page 46i, be ordered closed
and this resolution is authority for
the clerk of courht of Caddo Parish
to make the necessary annexation
upon his records. Adopted.
Mr.. Bulen, engineer, made the fol-
lowing report on the cost of Line
avenue road, which has been COM
pleted and paid for, viz:
5,6I3 cubic yards excavation at
1919 cents, S1O9454; clearing and
grubbing s24.43; hauling and laying
cuverts S8361; overhaul in AS cubic
yards S6.6S; total s1,209.26.
Bids being opened for road from
Hosston to Gillian, the contract was
awarded to Hall & Nattin as follows:
% 4-1O cents per cubic yard for
grading; 1915 for clearing and grad
ing on miles.
Harris Island Road: Contract was
awarded to Abney & Pierce as fol-
lows:
25 cents per yard for grading; 30
cents per yard grading Tones bayou:
$500 clearing and grubblng.
The above road to go to Robson,
about 51a miles.
Bids on file with the parish en-
gineer.
By Mr.. Nagle: Resolved that the
Police Jury of Caddo Parish, in reg
ular session, petition the Highway
Department of the Board of State
Engineers for monetary State aid
under the provisions of Act 40 OF
1910 for the construction of the fol-
lowing named highways: Part of
highway from Shreveport to Mans
field, La, beginning eight miles from
court house Shreveport, La, and ex-
tending te keithville, La, a distance
of about 81 miles.
Be it further resolved that where
as the Highway Department of the
Board of State Engineers have sig
nified their intention to come and
look over our survey provided all
expenses except salary of the engi-
neer is paid, therefore,
Be it further resolved, that the
president of the Police Jury is here
by authorized to notify the Highway
Department of the Board of State
that all expenses ap-.
proved by the engineer making the
survey will be paid by the Police
Jury of Caddo Parish, and that the
said president be and he is hereby
authorized to draw on the parish
treasurer for the payment of all of
said claims approved by the State
highway engineer.
Adopted.
Ayes: Hollis, Huckabay, Winter,
Thoman, Thurber, Phillips, Maggie,
Nays: None
The ordinance filed at February
to grant franchise to the
Southwestern Gas and Electric Com
pany to run service lines on roads
petitioned for at said meeting was
granted by following vote:
Ayes: Hollis, Huckabay, Winter,
Thoman, Thurber, Phillips, Nagle,
Hutchinson.
Nays: None.
Petition of Simon Leonard for
damages to mule stepping in a hole
n corrugated iron culvert,
to si2, referred to the
district attorney.
The petition Of Judge L. C. Blan-
,hard of the City Court for an as
the Police Jury to bear one
lalf of the expense thereof, referred
o the finance committee and dis
riot attorny to report at next meet
ng.
The finance committee, to whom
lad been referred the purchase Of
OTIS for storage purposes for the
parish, reported favorably on the
natter. Whereupon Mr.. Thoman
presented the following:
RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved by the Police Jury
# the Parish Of Caddo, in regular
ession convened, that the follow
ng described land be purchased for
aid parish: Lots number one, two,
hree, four. five and six of block nine