The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-04-08

We the undersigned board of road
commissioners of ward two, Grant par
ish, La, met this 18th day of March,
A. ID. 1916, to formulate plans for con-
structing and maintaining the public
roads of the said ward and after close
figuring and consideration, submit the
following:
The roads shall be contracted for
four years beginning July l, 1916, and
ending July 1, 1920.
The So miles of road are to be divid-
ed into four divisions. These divisions
are to be known as numbers /, 2. 3,
and 4.
Number shall be the Pollock and
Walker ferry road, distar &c of 10
miles; the Harrisonburg road from the
ward line to where it intersects the
Three-notch road, distance of z miles;
the Walker ferry and Pineville road
| from the parish line to Little river, q
distance of miles; the Pollock and
Holloway prairie road from the parish
line to the Pollock and Walker ferry
road, distance of miles; the road
leading from the Walker ferry road
via Bob post Office to the parish line, q
distance of 8 miles; being a total dis
be allowed $l35.00 per mile.
Number shall be the Three-Notch
road from the parish line to the ward
line, distance of 8 miles; the Pollock
and Dry Prong road from Pollock to
the ward line, distance of II miles;
the Claiborne road from the parish line
to the ward line, distance of miles;
the road leading from the old Hopper
mill to the model road near Pollock, a
distance of 81 miles; the road from w.
F. Ayers store to the Simms station
on the st. L. l. M. & s. r. R., a dis
lance of Z miles; being a total distance
of 80 miles. This division will be al
lowed 500. 90 per mile.
Number 8 shall be the Colfax and
Pineviile road from the parish line to
Crises Creek, q distance of 10 miles;
the K. F. D. route from ]. G.. LoveIl's
to the ward line, distance Of q miles;
the r. F. D. route from Beulah church
to the model road near the gravel pit,
Distance of miles; being total dis
lance of Is miles. This division. will
be allowed $145. 90 per mile.
Number four shall be the lower Col
fax and Pineville road from the parish
line to the Darro bridge, a distance of
ten miles; the r. Ed. route from the
lower Darro bridge to the lower Colfax
and Pineville road, a distance of 2
miles; the new established road from
Isaac Butts place to E. M. Barton's,
a distance of miles; being total dis
lance of 16 miles. This division will
be allowed s145. 90 per mile.
SPECIFICATIONS:
L.. IL L. J.
clear of stumps, roots, holes, etc., and
shall be built so as to drain all water
from road bed. All necessary bitches
to carry water away from road must
be cut, and necessary culverts must be
cut, and necessary culverts must be
put in the roads.
REQUIREMENTS:
Any one desiring to bid on any of the
above roads will only be allowed to bid
on one division, and if accepted as
contractor, will be required to equipp
himself with set of road tools, such
as a small road machine, plow, slips
and all other necessary tools for same.
The contractor will be required to build
and keep up to specification 15% of
road first year; 25F the second year;
800 the third year; and 800 the fourth
year, ending July l, 1920. Unfinished
road to be kept in good condition any
and all times. The contractor will be
required to furnish all necessary cul-
verts, nothing to be used inferior to
heart lumber. The contractor will be
required to give bond for contract.
Bids from persons living within the
ward are preferred and considered first,
but any and all bids are subjects for
rejection.
Each contractor will be paid quarterly
one-sixteenth of the full amount for
the first three years, after which 10T
will be retained together with the last
quarterly payment, until road is up to
specification and accepted by commits
sioners.
(Signed.) v.P. TULLOS,
]. E. KENT.