The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-01

cal requirements covering such no.
tices:
First that the Ferry shall be not less
than 100 feet in length, AZ feet in
width, 6 feet deep, with two hulls,
and so designed to accommodate and
carry safely not less than 200 foot
passengers and 20 automobiles, that
the boat be equipped with sufficient
engine and boiler power to drive
same at a minimum speed of miles
per hour; the boat to have a drive
way entirely around the engine and
boiler room of sufficient width to
permit automobiles to be safely
driven thereon; that two waiting
rooms be built on the boiler deck,
one for whites and one for negroes,
to accommodate not less than SO pas
sengers, each with after stairways
leading to each room, also to be
equipped with self-flushing water
closets.
Second, that the hours Of opera
ton for the ferry be extended to
cover a period of Is hours per day
with such schedule of round trip pas
sages as will require not less than l
round trip to be made at intervals
of 30 minutes, between the hours of
6 A. M. and 8 P. M. and thereafter,
one round trip at intervals of 60
minutes each.
Third: that as compensation for
ferryage service to the public that
the leasee of said ferry be permitted
to charge the following rates for
foot-passengers, vehicles and freight
or packages:
For each foot passenger, 10 cents;
20 for $1.00. For each single horse,
buggy, gocart, jumper, 20 cents.
For an automobile, 25 cents. For
each auto truck so cents, (extra
charge for load). For each two
horse jumper, road cart, gocart, bug
gy, 40 cents. For hearse and two
horses, so cents. For each sin
gle mule or horse cart, empty
80 cents, loaded, forty cents.
For each three mule cart, two horse
wagon, cart or dray, empty, 40
cents, loaded so cents. For four
mule cane wagon, empty 60 cents,
loaded 80 cents. For each head Of
loose stock, 10 cents. For each
package entrusted to the care of the
lessee Of the Ferry, less than hun
dred pounds in weight, cents per
package. For freight transferred,
ten cents per hundred pounds, unless
said freight is loaded in wagons,
carts, etc., in which event it shall
be transferred under rates herein
above stipulated.
The lessee of the Ferry privilege
herein, shall pass free of charge all
persons subject to militia duty, go
ing to or returning from duty, and
all horses or equipment belonging
thereto.
Also all school children and teach
ers when going to and returning
from school and also ministers Of
the gospels of all denominations.
Fourth: that inasmuch as the
City Officials Of Morgan City and
Berwick have indicated willingness
to charge to the lessee of the Ferry
landings in either place, such charge
to be controlled by the amount OF
the privilege tax or license which
will be made by the Police Jury, and
because it is the belief that the said
Police Jury and City Officials do
not wish to place charges upon a
utility which is evidently for the
use of the citizens of the towns,
parish and general travelling pub
lie, this committee respectfully rec
ommends that such charges be en-
tirely removed or reduced to the
minimum by your body.
Believing that the matters herein
recommended by this committee con-