St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-09-20
PETITION OF sLIDELL CITIZENS
SHOW LARGE AMOUNT no.
Mated TO ROAD.
BIG ROAD AND
DRAINAGE PROJECT
Report Of Sheriff and Other Matter.
Coming Before tho
Needing.

Covington, La. Sept. Is, 1918.
Ihs police Jury met in regular ses.
sion on above date.
Present Herman SchuItS, pres;.
dent; VIM. Bruhl, Geo. r. Bierhorst
e. r. Talley. A. d. Crawfrod. Jno.
a. Todd, B. Al Schneider. ]. IS
Howe and F. L. Dutsch.
Absent Louis Peters. I
The minutes Of the previous meet
Ing were adopted with the following
correction:
The appropriation from the DO
lice jury to come out OF the follow
ing wards Of the parish: Ninth.
eighth, seventh, sixth, fourth and
third -wsfh rOat ffnd 81 ~ Gtficken
out. & s s 's7'..ss 4 81
The following communication was
read:
New Orleans, Sept. IL, 1913.
Hon. Herman Schultz, President Po-
lice Jury, Covington, La.
Dear Sir:-We have this day writ
ten q letter to the police jury of
which you are member in regard to
securing an appropriation from your
parish towards defraying the expen-
ses Of conducting the proposed Lou
.siana Demonstration Train schedul-
ed to leave the State about Novem-
Der Is. This train will operate for
q number Of weeks among the farm
ing communities of the north and
middle west, reaching the very class
of men we are endeavoring to at
tract to Louisiana.
II ia ,,n}vorao1lv o0u nocdo~a AhnA
there is no better method of adver-
tising the State and its resources
than this which we propose. How
ever, to carry out our plans 1t is1
necessary we raise, approximately,
$4,000 and have asked your parish
to contribute to this fund and | sin
cerely hope that you will favor this
contribution as we know you appre-
ciate the great need Of properly and
advertising our State at
this time.
also ask your kind indulgence to
urge prompt attention to this mat
ter as the time is very short to COM
plete the work
Thanking you in advance for any
assistance you may feel proper to
render the Commission in this worthy
and statewide cause, / am,
Yours very truly.
JUSTIN F. DENECHAUD,
Sec. Treas. La. Agricultural DEM
onstration Commission.
It was moved by Jno. A. Todd,
by Geo. F. Bierhorst, that |
The police jury make an appropria-
lion of 500 to the Louisiana Agri-
Demonstration Commission /
Carried.
The following petition was read:
August 10, 1913.
Police Jury St. Tammany Parish.
Covington, La.
We. the undersigned citizens of I
,lidell and vicinity respectfully ask
hat you establish public road from
he southern corporate limits Of the
own of Slidell to the North Shore
inc OF Lake Pontchartrain.
We ask that you establish this
Dad on some line east Of the New
orleans and Northeastern Railroad
O be established in line to be de-
.ided by committee appointed by
our body.
We are reliably informei that
our body is willing to furnish four
housand ($4,000.O0) dollars to es-
ablish this road, provided the citi-
ems Of Slidell will furnish one thous-
nd ($1, 900. .OO) dollars. We heart
" approve of your interest In this
natter and hereby subscribes the
mounts opposite our signatures tn
elp pay for said road.
It Is hereby agreed and understood I
y the persons signing this petition
hat any money they may subscribe
+ pay on account Of this road will
e refunded to them in the event
he road Is not built.
It is further agreed and under
TODD that we will pay the amounts
ppoeite our names at any time we
re called upon after the work has
egun.
We hereby further agree to give
his project our earnest, hearty and
nqualifled support, and promise to
o everything within our power tc
lake this undertaking . success
1ithin the near future.