The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-03-23
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be
! received by the Police Jury Of the Parish of St
Mary. to be opened ut the first regular mectin
| IN May, 1918, for the purchase of the franchise
tO operate. for Il period of ten years, the ferry
across Berwick Bay, between the towns CT Ber.
conditions:
The boat to be used for such ferry shall h.
a double hull boat, each hull to be not less
than sevcnty-two (7!) feet long, eight Is, fee,
wide and four C4) feet deep, with II space OF
ten u0) feet between each hull, and to contain
two gnnnels of two feet each, making total
of thirty two (3I feet IN width
There snail be space enough upon said bnat
for teams to drive~On and off without tur ling
around, the boat shall have u boiler deck
hurricane deck, and separate accommod. ions
| for white and cOlOrcd pa senxrrs.
Tho boat thus used mast be equipped with
sufficient machinery and boiler power 10 as
sure speed of not less than six miles per
hour, and the machinery Of such shall be
such az is required by the marine laws of
the United States; there shall be float.
boat shall land. which dock shall not Le less
than forty t49J feet long, and twenty (AO) feet
wide, and it, said dock, shall be InOored 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 an.
prOach or apron built from the floating dock
to the bank which shall be 1t least sixteen
rated from this driveway there shall be space
Of Eve feet to be used for foot passengers.
There shall also he erected suitable waiting
rooms for the accommodations Of passengers.
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 leas !, provided that 1t
the expiration of.the lease lie shall remove
all Of tho buildings etc. above named il 70.
quired to do 80 by either ot the municipal
corporations in which such improvements
are situated
Tue lessee of said ferry shall be permitted
to charge the following rates for forryaxc
and no nore:. For each foot passenger, Ia
cents; 20 for sl.o For each single horse
buggy. aocart, jumper. 20 cents. For an au.
tom0biie twenty five cents. For each two.
horse jumper, road cart, 60 cart buggy, forty
cents. For hearse aud two horses. ffiy cent?
For each si"gle mule or horse cart, empty
thirty cents, loaded forty cents. For eacii
three mule cart, two-hCrse wagon, cart OF
dray. empty. forty cents. loaded, fifty cents
cents, loadea eighty cepts.. For each head Of
loose stock, ten cents.
Fur each package entrusted to the care of
the lessee of the ferry, less than hundred
pounds In weight, i've cents per pack ax-,
For freight transferred, ten cents per hun.
dred pounds. unless said freight IL loaded in
waxons, CARTS etc, in which event it shall be
transferred under rates hereinbefore stipu.
lated.
shall pass FREQ Of charge all persons subject
to militia duty, going to or returning from
duty and all horses and equipment belonging
thereto.
Also all school childrea and teachcrs when
going to aud returning from school aud alsu
all ministers of tho gospels 0f all d.nomina-
ti.ns.
The ferry boat herein contemplated shal
make round trip every thirty minutes. tina,
same shall run from 8 O'Clock q m, to Z
O'Clock p. III. II, however. the lesse.s oi
said ferry desire IT, do 50. they shall have
| the right to run she ferry after p. M, or be-
fore =. ,,... 1T which i.,t times they shall b.
senxtrA. horses, anim&ls and vehicles rs herejl
| 8, :ihed.
bsfore any bid siali b xecerted snr tn,
privilege herein granted tho lessoo shall fur
mish . good ana solvent aacual bond in tn,
| suw ot three Thousand dollars. conditioned
~ the law directs fr the faithful perfsrni
umca of his contract, snd all pssrs0ns bkldin,
| shAl naule their surety 10SfUre their bid {
accepted.
The a.es Of ferrysge above stated sh all b
printed and kept constantly posted by til
lessee et tAs tsgry u eessQiC0ans plsce. 4