The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-04

Be it resolved by the Police
Jury in regular session assembled,
hat the President of the Policet
Jury be and he is hereby EN-.
powered to direct the District At
torney to file proper legal pro.
ceedings seeking to forfeit and
collect the sum of $4,000 deposit
ed in the Bank of Morgan City by
the Southwestern Traction and
Power Co., as a forfeit for the
third ward of the Parish of st.
Mary for defaulting in their con-
tract upon which the people of the
third ward voted the special tax
in their aid.
The President then instructed
the Secretary to call the roll on
the motion, which resulted as fol.
lows:
Yeas: LeBourgeois, Robichaux.
Robertson, Boudreaux, Gooch,
Aucoin, Drackett, Provost.
Nays: None.
The President then declared the
motion carried.
Hon. j. Y. Sanders appeared
before the Jury and stated that
the taxpayers of Morgan City had
employed him on the matter OF
the loo alton of the model road be-
tween Morgan City and Bayou
Boeuf. A full discussion was then
had on the question of the loca.
ton of the model road between
Morgan City and Bayou Boeuf
between Mr.. Sanders, President
Frost, the District Attorney and
some of the members.
The following resolution was
introduced by Mr.. Gooch, who
moved it's adoption, seconded by
Mr.. Haydel, and unanimously
carried:
Whereas it is to the public interest Of the
people OF St. Mary parish that the old public
road around the Irish Bend as presently exist
ing be altered and changed in certain particu-
lars; therefore
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of the par
ish Of St. Mary, that the said public road
around Irish Bend be changed and altered as
follows: Starting from a point on the road
opposite the sugar house Of the Columbia
Sugar Company extending thence in line
curving to the left to point on what is knowr
as the Cow Road OF said plantation at a point
approx imately one acre from ssid public road
eading around the Irish Bend as presently 10 :
Gated and at that point joining the road re-
Gently ordered opened from Franklin and ex-
tending towards Baldwin and from this point
extending in direct line along and over the
same route as that adopted as public road
b. ordinance Of August IA, 1915, to what is
known as Pelter's Corner, from which point
the route remains uuchanged,'
BE it further ordained that the width Of said
right-of way for said road shall be sixty feet,
and that the engineers and road authorities be
and they are hereby authorized and directed
to clear. grade, build and construct said pub
lie road along said route as altered and chang
ed, the whole in accordance with the mar
thereof on file with the body and made part
hereof as though attached hereto.
Be it further ordained: That the said pu bile
road as presently existing and laid out, com.
prised between said points opposite to the
Column Sugar house and Pelter's Corner
be aud the same is hereby declared aud rec
ognized as abandoned and no longer needed
Tor public purposes and according that its use
as public road be and the same is hereby de.
clared abandoned and revoked, and that the
soil comprised therein up to the center line
thereof be and the same is hereby recognized
and declared to revert to the present owners
of the land contiguous thereto up to the mid
die line Of said road.
Be it further ordained: That this ordinance
shall take effect as soon as the said new rOaG
leading from FLankliu towards Baldwin ant
connecting Herewith; and the alteration
above specified shall be completed and open.
ed to the public and that all ordinances IL
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
The Road Committee rep orted
az follows:
Franklin, La, Sept. l, 1915,
To the d onorable Police Jury OF the Parish
of St. Mary, Franklin, La.
Gentlemen
We beg to su bmit the following report on
the public road from Baldwin to Cypremort;
We rode over the entire road and found il
in good condition with the exception of q few
shallow holes that were cut in it by the traffic
during the dry weather, and that the drags
had not completely filed since. most OF the
bridges were good and put down ON prope,
level.
We requested the road overseer to put all
high and bad bridges in condition and to
drag this road and fill the depressions when a
rain would permit him to do the work prop
ery.
In regard TO the several short stretches OF
road that are overlooked by every heavy rain
We requested the rad overseer to raise the
road above the high water level which he can
do By throwing up dirt from the side of road
and grading it up with the machine to the
proper grade.
In the opinion OF your committee raising the
road in this section will not improve the stu
alton much because it does not strike at the
root OF the trouble, namely, the water lying on
the road side for several days after q heavy
rain. Any permanent improvement will re
uuire better drainape in other words some