The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-12-09
(OFFICIAL.)
Proceedings Of the Police Jury

ProceedIngSo OF the Ponce Jur!
FRANKLIN, La, Dec. 6, 1916.
The Police Jury met this day in
regular session with Hon. Charles
N. Frost presiding, and the fol.
lowing members present: T. B.
Kimbrough. Gabriel Haydel, Sid
ney ]. Wolford, Oscar Boudreaux,
w. N. Gooch, John R. Drackett,
T. Aucoin and A. E. Calm. Alb
sent: Arthur Olivier and John A.
Pharr.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting. with the exception of
the report of Wilbur H. Kramer,
Finance Committees report and
Sheriff and Tax Collectors report,
the reading of which were. on
motion duly seconded and carried,
dispensed With, were read and
approved, on motion of Sidney j..
Wolford, seconded by T. B. KIM
brough The roll call on this mo-
ton resulted as follows: Ayes;
Kimbrough, Haydel. Wolford.
Boudreaux, Gooch, Drackett, Au-
coin and Calm. The President
declared the motion carried.
The following communication
from Avoca Drainage Commits
sion, Morgan City Land Com
pany. and j. N. Pharr & Sons,
Limited, was read. and on motion
of A E, Calm, seconded by I B
Kimbrough and carried. it was
resolved that the communica ion
be received and fled and made a
part of the minutes, and that the
matter of the acceptance Of the
bridges and right of way be de-
ferred until the January meeting,
and that the Secretary acknowl-
edge receipt of the communica-
ton. and send copy Of the reso-
luton covering the action taken
MORGAN CITY, La, Dec. 5, 1916.
Hon. Chas. N. Frost. President Po-
lice Jury, Parish of St. Mary and
The Good Roads Commission of st.
Mary Parish:
DEAR SIRS:-In line with ordinance
passed by your Honorable Police Jury
We beg leave to report that the Chene
Bridge has been cOmpleted: and we,
therefore. have the honor to donate to
the Parish of st. Mary the Avoca
Steel Draw Bridge and the undi-
vided One-half interest in the Chene
Bridge, together with the seven miles
OF right OF way between said bridges. |
The Chene bridge has been con
structed of the best materials and
represents the best workmanship. The |
AvOca Bridge is in frst-class order, |
the steel work having just been
scraped and given two coats of me-
tallic paint. 1t has been our purpose
to turn these bridges over to the Far
ishes in such manner as they should |
be maintained
We have taken the liberty of en-
gaging Bridge Tender for the Avoca
Bridge at 81 Is per day Of "a hours:
and Bridge Tender for the Chene
Bridge at 81. 90 per 24-hour day. This
very modest stipend is made possible
by reason of the fact that the bridges
were designed with extreme clearance
for small boats, and the keepers are
rarely called upon to swing the draw.
and can, thel efOle, devote most of
with these employees is, of course. SUBJ
]ect to your approval and cOnfirma-
ton.
The Police Jury of Assumption Par
ish is being notified of the completion
OF this bridge, and of its joint owner
nership..
You will please note that these ex-
pense items are in perfect accord with
The statements made by the writer in I
advance OF your acceptance Of the
bridges. |.
Altho the bridges we're opened to
Traffic for public convenience about '
Ihe 10th of November, we suggest that
your acceptance date from the first of
December, 1916. I
Trusting that these links in your |
parOchial highway will be of real SER /
vice TO the public, We are,
Yours very respectfully, t
AvOCA DRAINAGE DIST. COMMISSION, {
MORGAN City LAND COMPANY, {
}. N. PHAKK g. SONS. LTD, t
BY E. A. PHARR.
Postscript: v
We beg leave to suggest that at a suit $
bile date in the Spring the Parishes j
II ST. Mar, Assumption and Terre- i
'Onne meet at Morgan city and pub
icly dedicate these bridges to the pub T.
ic service. We believe that some d
ucb joint meeting would arouse great
r interest in Good Roads and tend to
reate q closer bond between the three
arishes which can only be brought :
bout by the further improvement Of
ur pubic highways. '
M tI.s, stat d to the meeting I
hat Mr. Lionel w. Vetter, of Pat r
erssn, was an applicant for ap- q
ointment az beneficiary from
ais Parish to the Louisiana State 7