The St. Mary banner., 1918-03-16
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will bt
received by the Police jury Of the Parish of St
| in May. 1918. for the purchase Of the franc ise
| to operate. for II period Of ten years. the ferry
across Berwick Bay, between the towns CT Ber.
wick and Morgan City. under the following
cOntlitiOns
The boat to be used for such fcrry shall be
| double-huli boat. each hull to he not less
than seventy-two l79) feet long, eight lsy feet
wide and four C4) feet deep, with Il space Of
ten uO) feet between each hull. and to contain
| two gunnels of two feet each, making totui
| OF thirty two t32) feet In width.
There shall De space enough upon said boat
! for teams to drive OH and off without turning
| around, the boat shall have a boiler deck. !.
nurricahe deck, ana separate accommodate ions
for white and c0IOred pa .sengers.
Tho boat thus used mnst lie eQuipnci with
sufficient machinery and boiler powcr TO as
sure u speed of, not less than ak miles Dcr
hour, and the machinery Of such shall DO
such az is required by the marine laws of
the United States; there shall be a float.
ing dock on each side of the bay to which tn.
boat shall land which dock shall not be less
than forty 4ol feet long, and twenty (1o) feet
wide, and it, said dock, shall be mCored in
sufficient depth of water to assure the floating
of said dock at all stages of the tide. Con.
nected with this dock there shall be an ap-
to the bank which shall be at least sixteen
feet wide, for the use of vehicles and seDa
rated FROM this driveway there shall be space
There shall also be erected suitable waiting
rooms for the accommodations Of Passengers
at the ferry landings. All the improvements
required as above stipulated as to boats. ma
chinery. docks. waiting rooms, etc.. shall be
constructed at the expense of the lessee.
and the same shall remain his property at
the expiration of the lease. provided that at
the expiration OF the lease he shall remove
all Of sthc buildings, etc. above named if re-
quired to do 50 by either OF the municipal
corporations in which such improvements
are situated.
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to charge the following rates for ferryaxe
and no more: For each fOot passenger. 10
cents; 20 for $l.00. For each single horse
Ys buggy, sOear. jumper. 20 cents For an au-
horse jumper, road cart, go cart, buggy, forty
cents. For hearse and two horses. fifty cents.
For each si"gie mule or horse cart, empty,
thirty cents, loaded forty cents, For enoi,
three mule cart. two-horse wagon, cart or
dray. empty. forty cents, loaded, 6fty cents.
For each four mule cane wagon. empty, sixty
cents, ioadca eighty cents. For each head Of
For each package entrusted to the care of
the lessee of the ferry, less than hundred
pounds In weight, five cents per package.
dred pounds, unless said freight is loaded in
wagons. Carts etc., in which event it shall be
transferred under rates herelnbefOrs stipu-
lated.
The lessee of the ferry privilege herein
shall pass free of charge ali persons subject
to militia duty, going to or returning from
duty, and all hoises and equipment belonging
thereto.
Also all school children and teachers when
going to and returning from school and also
all ministers Of the gospels Of ali denomina-
tiuns.
The ferry boat herein contemplated shall
make round tup every thirty minutes that
same shall run from 8 o'clock a. m to 4
o'clock p. III. II, however, the Iessees Of
said ferry desire to do sO they shall have
the right to run the ferry after Z D, M j.. or be.
foro u. ILL.,, ut which times they shall be
permitted to charge double fare for all paa.
senXers, horses, animals and vehicles US herein
specified.
Before any bid shall be accepted for thu.
privilege herein granted. the lessee shall fur
nish good and solvent annual bond in the
sum Of three Thousand dollars, cund;fion.,I
IA the law directs for tl,s fuit+fpi perform
ancse Of his contract, and all persons bidding
SHALL naisse their surety before their bid Is
accepted.
The rates Of lcrryage above stated shall he
printed and kept constantly pested sy the
lessee at tho ferry In u conspicuous place Ia
the waiting roOms aud In tho ferry b,,as.
The Police Jury rescrvea tile right e, rei,ct
any aud all bids, und all bids mtst be scc.no
panied by the nassies Ut the suretes on th,.
bond which the bidder will give. SHOULD his lid
be accepted.
Address all bids to
CHAHkEs n. FROST, President.
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