The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1916-06-17

John Roundtfee, Sidney Bergeron,
Mrs. L. L. Tdups, G. B. Tucker, ].
Roundtree, Nreville Daigle, Mrs.
Ulysse Bourgeois, Mrs. Willie Round
tree, Mrs. job. Marlborough, MI. J
Malbrough, Melville Daigle, Orvile
Daigle. Albert Adam, oscar Al.
Daigle, Geo. Falgout, Volcar Ber-
geron, H. s. Gautreaux, Olivier
Bergeron, j.. 0. Ago..
The following APPLICATION was re-
Iceived and read and ordered filed
with others previously received.
HOuma, La, June Is, 1916.
To the Hon. President and Members
Police Jury, Parish of Terrebonne.
Dear Sirs:
/ beg to hereby make application
for the position of road inspector of
the Parish OF T~errebonne, and trust
that my application may receive
due consideration.
Yours very truly,
EARNEST REDMOND.
Mr.. u. Adoue appeared and made
a verbal report on the condition of
the Dulac and Shaffer Canal brid-
ges, and the matter was referred to
the Road Committee for action.
On motion of Mr.. Marmande, sec
onded by Mr.. Hebert and carried,
Mr.. Polmer vas authorized to adver-
tise for bids for the building of a
bridge cross the Shaffer Canal, said
bids to be opened July 9Th. at the
next meeting of this body.
The following bids were received
for the Parish Printing.
Houma, La, June IA, 1916.
Hon. Jean l.. Cai1louet, President
Police Jury, Parish of Terre-
bonnie.
Dear Sir:
We hereby tender you this, our
bid to do all the Parish Printing,
except job work, for one year for
the sum Of two hundred and ninety
dollars %($29O.00), or at the rate of
rs cents per square Goo words) or
fraction thereof, for the first inser-
Quent insertion.
We will do all the job work that
the Parish may require at the usual
local rates, less q discount of Is
per cent.
We will furnish bond, if you re-
quire it, for the faithful performance
of our contract.
Respectfully submitted,
THE HOUMA TIMES,
Per Joseph j. MELVILLE.
Houma, La, June IA, 1916.
The President and Members of the
Police Jury, Houma, La.
Gentlemen
In answer to your advertisement
for bids on the Parish Printing,
which appeared in the issue of the
Houma Courier, June 10, W e here
with agree to publish all of the
proceedings of the Police Jury, re-
ports of the various committees, etc.,
absolutely free of cost to the Parish
of Terrebonne; and in addition we
? agree to allow a discount of thirty
: percent GO per cent? from the cur
rent rate on all job printing for the
Parish.
t In sumbitting this bid, we beg to
call attention to the fact that The
S Houma Courier has been the official
Journal of Fe1rebonne Parish for a
: great many years, that we have files
containing the proceedings, etc., o
l. the Parish for years back; that W
e are thoroughly familiar with the
d work in every respect; that in tn
last eight years, during the time l,
e which the writer has been manage
1t of The Houma Courier, it has no
l, once failed to publish the minutes
Re it mattered not how long they were
is the week of the Police Jury meeting
that we have spent several thousan
dollars equipping the plant to har
die this work, which has increase
IS SO much Thai the old time metho
r, and equipment could no longer haI
q l 11n ~. fhof u-o hoyyo ir1ranCoJ ~,
l. size of the Courier from a 4-page pa
per to an SPACE paper, n ofte
d twelve n fourteen pages, and O
special occasions, thirty or NOR
pages, all home print; that we hav'
kept at home hundreds of dollar
e annually that formerly went to cit
les in Texas and Maryland fo
printing which we are now doing
= that we have brought the price O
n printing down very materially i
J. this Parish, and are competing il
quality of work and prices with TIL
largest printing houses in tn
e South; that we employ at least fou
n men, and at times more who ear
r good wages and spend their none
d in Houma; and that at all times w
have e~ndeayored to work for TIL
IL best interests of Terrebonne Parish
d Trusting that the Police Jury will
Y favor us with a continuance of thei
d support, which we have always trie'
a very hard to merit, We beg to re
KS main,
IS Yours very truly,
y The Houma Courier Pub. Co. Ltd
ID T. B. Easton, President.
t. Houma, La, June IA, 1916
4 The President and Members of tn
Police Jury, Houma, La.
r Gentlemen
a. In making application for the pc
N sition of Parish Printer, according t
the terms mentioned in the accom-
panying letter, l beg to state that
am selected Parish Printer, / Wi
designate The Houma Courier as tn
iOfficial Journal of Terrebonn
q. Parish.
With best wishes, l beg to remain
N Yours very truly,