The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-12-30
Proceedings of the Grant Parish JEFF
fersOn Highway Association.

ferson Highway Association.
Pursuant to published call the Grant
Parish Jefferson Highway Association
met in the Brinker Hotel in Colfax, at
p. m. on Saturday, Dec. %, 1916,
with Capt. c. H. Teal, president, in
the chair.
The president explained that the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to formally ac-
cept the award of the franchise for the
33-mile link of the Jefferson Highway
through Grant parish.
On motion of j. B. Roberts, seconded
by j. H. McNeely, the following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
Be it resolved by the Grant Parish
Jefferson Highway Association at Col
fax, La, in meeting assembled at the
Brinker Hotel, That this association
now formally accepts the award of the
Jefferson Highway through the parish
of Grant, and particularly of that por-
ton of the same from Colfax to Pine
vile, via Bagdad, as made by j. d.
Clarkson, President of the jefferson
Highway Association, in the city of
New Orleans, on December 10, 1916.
Such acceptance is made under all the
conditions of the award as then desig-
mated, and which may hereafter be i'm
posed by the said association.
Be it further resolved. That the
president and secretary of this associa-
ton are hereby directed to send a GER
titled copy of this acceptance to j. d.
Clarkson, President jefferson Highway
Association.
Mr.. T. w. Barrett, police juror of
the Pineville ward, Rapides parish, and
Mr.. w. A. Brownlee, president of the
Grant parish police jury, were request
ed to endeavor to have the two parishes
act in concert in getting to work as
soon as possible on the route of the
highway through these parishes, and
especially on that part of it giving US
connection with Alexandria,
MIR. John Randolph then informed the
association that the Sheriff. Brothers
had made the important and liberal Of
fer to donate 5000 feet of good oak lum-
Der to at once floor the Tison sand-hill
and bridge three or four creek and
branch bottoms between Bagdad and
the Rapides parish line, which are like
ly to become disagreeable crossings
during the winter rains. Mr.. Randolph
said further that if the association
would pay for the labor of hauling and
putting the lumber down, he would
personally take two or three days time
to superintend the work and see that
it was properly done.
On motion of j. H. McNeely, Sec
onded by DR.. z. H. Blackwood, the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
|. Resolved. That the Grant Parish
Jefferson Highway Association hereby
extends it's thanks to the Sheriff.
Brothers and Mr.. Randolph for their
timely and kind offer, and it pledges
itself to furnish the amount of the $50
or SIS thought to be necessary to haul
the lumber and pay for the labor of
doing work on the highway between
Bagdad and Rapides parish line.
Before final adjournment President
Teal announced that he had been re-
quested by the members of the asso-
citation to present their secretary with
little Christmas present, a slight
token in appreciation of his services to
the association. He rendered the Sec
rotary $50 in cash, which was accepted
with thanks, and the statement that
while no remuneration was expected
by the secretary in what he regarded
as labor of love and duty as well as
parish pride, the gift was greatly priz-
ed as mark of esteem from personal
| friends.
The association then adjourned SUBJ
ject to call of the president.
c. III. TEAL,
H. G. GOODWIN, President.