The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-10

The long -talked-of plan to bridge
Thompson's Creek, near Jackson, is in
fair way of being realized, the police
jury OF East Feliciana having met on
Tuesday and passed resolution au-
thorizing the expenditure of $4,000 to
pay half the expense of building
series of three bridges, as was out
lined in this paper in May, and the
police jury of West Feliciana having
met on Wednesday and authorized the
expenditure of the other $4,000 neces-
sary for the completion of the project
The police jury of West Feliciana
went further than this, however, and
authorized the expenditure Of $4,000
to be used in bridge building. Of this
amount $4,000 is to be applied to the
Thompson Creek bridges and the bal
ance is to be applied to bridging Tuni-
ca Bayou, Big Bayou Sara Creek, Little
Bayou Sara Creek and Alexander's
Creek.
DR., j. w. Lea and d. M. Pipes of
Jackson and G. M. Lester of ST. Fran
cisville appeared before the police jury
of East Feliciana on Tuesday. After
explaining the plans for the bridging
of Thompson's Greek, the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of
three, two to be appointed by the
! President with the President as chair
man, to confer with a like committee
from West Feliciana which committee
shall be clothed with full power and
receive bids and contract for the con-
struction of a bridge across ThOmp-
sons Creek, at or near Jackson, at a
cost to East Feliciana of not exceed
ling $4,000"
On Wednesday, the Citizens Com
mittee of West Feliciana appeared be-
fore the Police Jury of West Feliciana
and made it's report, G. M. Lester act
ing as spokesman. After the matter
had been discussed from several diff
ferent angles, the following resolution
was introduced;
"Be it resolved, That a committee,
composed of three members of the
Police Jury with the President as chair
man, be authorized to confer with a
like committee from East Feliciana,
which committee shall be clothed with
full power to contract for the construc-
ton of a bridge across Thompson s
Creek, at or near Jackson, at cost OF
not to exceed $4,000 to West Feliciana;
authorized and empowered to contract
and receive bids for the construction
of bridges over Tunica Bayou, Little
Bayou Sara Creek Big Bayou Sara
. Creek and Alexander's Creek, provided
the amount does not exceed $25,000. Il
was further resolved that committee
of three citizens be appointed to act IL
an advisory capacity with the Police
Jury committee, and that a consulting
, engineer be employed by this com
mittee."
People Greatly Interested.
! One of the largest crowds of mel
O that has assembled at the court house
8 in recent years was present Wednes
day morning to witness the action Q
O the Police Jury. The citizens com
mittee had been busy with petitions il
n every ward in the parish, for severa
|. days, and had obtained the signature
v of approximately ninety per cent of tn
q property tax payers Of the parish Il
v favor of the bridge proposition.
v The only opposition that developer
+ in the Police Jury came from the men
q bers of the second and fourth wards
q They favored submitting the propos
n ton to vote Of the people. A sui
h stantial majority of that body consit
!. cred that the people had already spoke
II in the voluminous petitions that wer
Il presented. Their stand was hearth
y endorsed by a vast majority of tn
n citizens present.
4. viii Not increase Taxes.
sr The expense of building these bridge
will not increase taxation in this pa
ish one iota. The period of years thu
ID the Louisiana Railway & Navigate
ir Company was exempted from taxatio
lg will soon expire and the revenues ,
le the parish will thereby be increase
about $4,000 per year. 1t is propose