The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-20
NOTICE..

Notice 's hereby given that sealed bids will be
received by the Police Jury of the Parish Of ST.
Mary to be- Se opened at the tlrst regular meeting
IN May, 1918, for tie purchase of tho franchise
20 operate. for 4 period of ten years, the ferry
across Berwick Bay between the towns OF Ber.
WICK Wick = and Morgan City. under the following
First that the ferry boat shall not be le,s
than one hundred feet in length, forty-tw,
@ .eet IN width, width, six feet deep. with two hulls.
safely not less than two hundred passengers
and fifteen automobiles, that the boat be
equipped with sufficient engine and boiler
power 10 drive same ut a spe eed Of eight miles
per hour; he boat to have a drive way entirely
around tho engine and boiler room OF Al ticient
width to permit automobiles to be safelv
m ur'ven We, .hnreon that two waiting rooms be built
on the boiler deck. one for whites ami one for
negroes. to accommodate not les. than ffty
passengers each, with after stairways leading
70 20 eaem room. also to be equipped with self
nushiny water closets; second. that the
hours OF operation for the ferry are to cover .
period OF eighteen hours per day with such
schedule OF round trip passag as will require
not iess than one round trip to be m adc at in
tervals OF thirty minutes. betw een the hours Of
SIX a. M. and eight p. m., and thereafter one
ROUND trip at intervals Of sixty minutes EACH
Third, that as comDen sation for ferry service
to the public that the lessee of said ferry ia
permitted to charge the following rate for foot
passengers. auto trucks automobiles and We,
hicles and freight. Or Packages:
For each foot passenger, ten cents-tweutv
for one dollar For each single horse. buggy.
gO-cart. Jumper, twenty cents For each auto
charge Of five cents for each occupant not in-
Guiding the driver. For each empty auto
truck, fifty cents. for each loaded auto truck,
maximum OF ninety cents. For each two.
horse jumper, road cart, 70 cart, buggy. forty
cents. For hearse aud two horses, ifty cents.
For each single mule or horse cart, empty.
thirty cents; loaded. forty cents. For each
three-mulc cart, two horse wagon, cart or
dray. empty. forty conts loaded fifty cents.
For each four mule cane wagon, empty sixtv
cents; loaded eighty cents. For each head
loose stock ten cents. For each package On.
trusted to the lessee Of the ferry. Of loss than
one hundred pounds in weight. five cents por
package. For freight transfer. ten cents per
in wagons CARTS auto trucks. etc. in which
event it shall be transferred under rates here.
lnbefore stipulated. Provided that for all trips
have the right to charge double faro and double %
rates.
The lessee OF tho ferry is privileged herein,
shall pass free Of charge all persons subject to
duty. and all horses or equipment bslOnging
thereto. All school children and teaciiers
when going to and returning from school and
all ministers of the gospel OF all denOmina tous;
and all equipment for road building purposes
belonging to the Parish Of st. Mary.
That all approaches, pontoons and buildings
for the landings shall be according to the
specification aud agreements between the sue
cessful bidder and the towns of Morgan City
and Berwick.
DolOEC uuy OIu euull Uc uCCepteU IOf t00
privilege herein granted. the lessee shall fur.
ni>h good and solvent annual bond in the
sum Of three thousand ~. GOV. .OO) dollars. con
ditioned as the law directs for the faithful per.
f0rmance of his contract, and all psrsOne
bidding shall name their suretics before their
bid is accepted. And: furthsr. the successful
bidder shalt furnish bond Of not less than I've
thousand S5,0OO.O0J dollars to guarantee that
he will furnish the new boat required within
eight months fully equipped.
And the successful bidder shall be required
to purchase the present boat and equipm mt
pertaining to such ferry.And franchise, subject
to the appraisement Of two appraisers up
and third appraiser to he selected by the hrst
two named appraisers.
The rates Of ferryage above stated shall be
printed and kept constantly posted by tho
lessee Of tho ferry IN c3nsPicuoas place, In
Tho Police Jury reserves tho right to reject
any aud all bids, and all bids must be accom-.
panied by the names Of the sureties on the
bond which the bidder will givs. should his bid
be accepted.
Address all bids to
CHARLES N. FROST,
President OF the Police Jury,
FraDklin. La.