St. Tammany farmer., 1915-10-23
It was moved and seconded that
the above report be accepted as read

1t was moved ana SecO00eO VuoI
the above report be accepted as read
Carried.
The following petition was read:
To the Honorable President and
Members Of the Police Jury OF st.
Tammany Parish, La:
We, the undersigned citizens and
taxpayers of the 9Th ward Of st.
Tammany parish, La, do hereby Pc
tition your honorable body to give
us a public road from Charter Oak
to Florenville, distance of about :
miles. Our reasons for asking for
said road are: LIST, it would be as
near for the people below Talisheek
and above Charter Oak; End, at said
Charter Oak there is a settlement o
about twenty families that go to
Florenville or any other railroad sta
ton must travel distance of six
or seven miles, or twice the distance
of the proposed road.
Signed by J. A. Harper and 45
others.
It was moved and duly seconded
that the above petition be granted
as soon as survey is made and titles
turned over to police jury. Carried.
The following resolution was in
troduced:
Whereas various railroad COM
panies throughout the State OF Lou
isiana have made application to the
Honorable Railroad Commission Of
the State of Louisiana, wherein they
ask for an increase in rates on sand
gravel, shells and crushed stons;
And whereas the parish of st.
Tammany has recently spent the sum
of one hundred eighty thousand dol
lars on good roads throughout the
parish, with the Ultimate intention
and purpose to gravel the said one
hundred and eighty miles of good
roads;
And whereas it has been clearly
shown that the proposed increase In
rates on sand, gravel, shells and
crushed stone will cost the parish
of St. Tammany from three hundred
to six hundred dollars per mile more
and therefore cause an injustice and
undue hardship on the people of the
State and of this parish, and will
have the effect of hindering the con-
struction Of good roads in this par
ish;
And whereas it has been clearly
shown that the present rate on sand,
gravel, shell and crushed stone is
adequate to pay the roalroad COM
panies for hauling same, and II any
thing the said rates are excessive
and should be reduced in order that
|the building and construction Of good
roads throughout the State will be
facilitated instead of hindered.
Therefore, be it resolved by the
police jury of the parish of St. Tam
many, La, That the Railroad Com
mission Of the State Of Louisiana
be, and they are hereby petitioned
to not raise the rates on sand, gravel
shells and crushed stone, but that
their honorable body adopt the rates
applied for by the Hon. George At
kins, of Shreveport, La.
Be it further resolved, etc., That
copy, properly certified, of this
resolution be forwarded by repre-
sentative to the Railroad Commis-
sion to be presented before their
body ON the Goth day of October,
1915, at the hearing of the propos-
ed rate case.
It was moved and duly seconded
that the above resolution be adopt
ed, and that Hon. Fred. ]. Heintz
be appointed to represent the police
jury of St. Tammany parish, and
that q copy of the above resolution
be put before the Railroad Commis-
sion.
The following report was read:
To the Honorable President and
Members of the Police Jury:
Gentlemen:-We, your finance
committee, beg leave to report that
we have examined the treasurer's
books, checked up the vouchers, and
find same correct, and we have ap-
proved bills to the amount Of
$3,691.14.
GEO. F. B1ERHORST,
JNO. A. TODD,
]. B. HOWE,
Finance Committee.
It was moved and duly seconded
that the above report be accepted.
Carried.
The finance committee approved
the following bills:
z. w. Lee, work on polling booth,
at Bush, SO.
Henry Taylor. work on polling
booth at Bush, $40.
W. H. Kentzel, stationery for clerk
Of court, as per itemized bill, $16.25.
DR.. L. C. Heintz, examination of
Harry Frosch, SIS. Exhuming body
Of Mrs. Harry Frosch, SIS. Total,
$3.50.
DR.. F. G. Marrero. examination of
Harry Frosch, SIS.
DR.. H. E. Gantreaux, examination
of Harry Frosch, SIS. Assisting DR..
L. C. Heintz in exhuming body Of
Mrs. H. Frosch, y25. Total, 500.