The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-11

are to be constr trtcd, one at itdln
Vile. Louisiana, and the other a.
/ bout one an One-hdlt mi IS II n
the 81. John Parish line. tie said
cross roads to be reduced III w'dt h
| if necessary, SO as to Use such
gravel as may be left Over dt1c:
the construction of the nam h Ch
way SO as 20 complete no more
than fuu, teen miles und-r the toll
lowing requirements
Z. It Shall tie Constrnc'ei Of
washed gravel Of gooi Character
and bound together by thu u.e u
road side dirt from the bitches a
long said road
5. The gravel shall be placed on
said road Il uniform thickness o.
three and one half inches, and a
width of twelve f. and enough
! binder from the road SIDE dtCheS
TO be added to the z avel 70 max :,
| it uniform solIditicd mass
4 Zhe e. vel Shall be measured
on barges or cars by the cubic
yard, weighing 400 pounie per
cubic yard, railroad V Fights t"
veru, and estimated alCurnin9-
w. Contractor TO pay man employ
ed toy the lohce Jnry to check the
measurements Of gravel on D.r2es
! or care with & ntrACtor u his rep
reSeutatlve
s The newly constructed 70; d
will follow approximately the old
existing road in a is nment except
at Various points along the 0 d
road here there are dangerous
curves, the Police Iu:y vii fur
nrsh the + ght of way at dangerous
points and curves to place d
regular curve on the new allnS-
III, Mt 50 as to prevent accidents
6 The crown of the rord shall
be twenty four feet with Nv" shape
bitches eighteen inches below the crown
Of the road, the ''N" shape bitches
shall be gentle slope from the edge Of
the crown Of the road to the bottom of
said ditcnes and OH the back of the "V''
shape bitches the slope to be one to
one slope
]. The right of way shall be forty feet
taken from the toe of the levce, where
i is possible to get forty feet the road
will be standard of "a foot cwon
but in case it is impossible to obtain a
forty foot rigt of way the bitches will
have to be narrowed down to fit the ex-
isting right of way along the old road
Any fences to be moved shall be moved
by the property owners fronting on the
highway at the SAID property owners ex
pensc
s. The drain pipes shall be Of eighteen
inch galvanized iron pipe Of good charac
ter and twenty four feet long, placed :
long the road at approximately every
quarter of a mile
9. All existing holes to be filled before
gravel is placed on the road. Any high
places along the sub-grade shall be cut
down so that the finished highway will
be uniform grade Of heat Workman
like appearance
10. In general when the highway is
completed it shall be of neat uniform APP
pearance and constructed i'll every detail
! in worknan,ike manner. The work OF
grading the road to be started as soon as
the bonds are approved, sold and ready
| for delivery, the construction to be paid
for from month to month as the wcrl;
progresses
II. The gravelling Of the road to be
begun as soon as practicable after the
grading is begun, and completed as fas!
As the gravel can he obtained
y. Sureay bond to be furnished IN a
good and solvent Surety Company doing
| busuiss in the State of Louisiana in the
sum of one half of the amount OF the bld
for the faithful Performance OF the con-
tract
After the Planters Committee compoS
ed of Geo. Lorio, P. A. Keller, NJ g.
I Becnel, S. Hymel. all present, ana MT
| Mont, absent, having considered the
said specifications. and all the members
thereof present having expressed them
selves in favor of tho adoption OF sal.
, specifications, the Police jury also ma
| ing considered the said specification zoos
| a vote on the ordinance which resulted
as follows Yeas: Lorio, Delaue, Du