The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-03-15
The Proposed Model Roads.

The question as to whether we
shall have good roads throughout
the Parish OF st. Mary will be set.
tied definitely In the near future.
The Police Jury at its regular
meeting held on the 9Th of thie
month, concluded unanimously to
do ali In its power to construct
good. hardsurfaced, graded roads
throughout the parish. The mem.
bers Of the Police Jury are not
only convinced that these roade
are necessary. but that 4 large
majority Of the property holders
ii this Parish are in favor of con.
structing model roads.
The Police Jury, therefore. at
the meeting held on the 9Th 10.
stant, formed the Parish into a
road district to be known as Road
District No. 1. for the purpose of
calling an election for the issu.
ance Of bonds to construct and
maintain seventy.six .miles or
more Of good roads In the Parish
OF st. Mary. This district is com.
posed Of ell the wards and all the
Incorporated towns in the Parish.
except the fourth ward. The fourth
ward organized itself into a road
district several years ago, voted
the tax and issued the bonds
therefor and II is now operating
under this organization.
The amount which will be NC.
esssry TO build aud msintain these
roads will be $3.50. 900. After the
Police Jury adjourned, the mem.
bess thereof. organised Themselves
permanently into . Board of Ad.
Dinistrators OF Road District No
/. to e6 ct the purpos' for which
the gosd district was formed
After the, bad weather expeT.
fences Of the last Ave months.
after having been greatly depriv.
ed OF traffic and Intercourse with
the towns and villages where they
touch by impossible roads, We
scarcely think that there are any
Of our citizens who will seriously
oppose the prof Ct of good roads
presented, which alone can pre-.
vent . recurrence of the adverse
conditions under which they have
been suffering for many months.
In fact from every portion OF the
Parish comes the demand for good
roads. Even the written protest.
p eseDted to the Police Jury by
the Mayor and CounciImen OF
Morgan City, does not attack the
prof ct, nor oppose the necessity
% good roads.
Some may think that $3.50. 600 Ia
too large On amount to expend for
good roads. The COTS of any
needed public improvement in
any perish 10 never too large,
when the parish is amply able to
psy for It and when the public
Improvement itself brings back to
the people Of the parrish Q mater.
lal return much greater than II
costs. The Parish of st. Mary ID
. rich parish. Its property sesess.
mens 10 $24 .000,O A email rate
ct taxation on that Assessment will
eneufe the construction of the pro.
poe. d model roads and the tax.
payers will scarcely feel the bur.
den, while the benefit to the par.
tsh will be iLca'cuiable. The
beneAt received by any taxpayer
% one year from good roads will
be greater, far greater than the
whole amount Of taxeshe will pay
for them.
Quite q 'pumbeT Of the parishes
q the State are preparing to build
1tdel fosds and their people are
taxing themselves literally TO con.
0esuct them. One ward Ia tn.
psSish Of Lafayette has formed
Itself u . road district end will
is.ue bonds for good roads to tn.
anount Of Sl25 COO. The psrish
% Livingston Will iseue bonds e
the amount Of $4e0, 600 for good
s0ods. The pssish Of Kapides, .
ptytsh no richer than the parish ot
81. Mary, hes concluded 10 issue
bonds foSRood roads to the IN cunt
81 81 .500. COO. 10 I, Ct, The wtole
6tate 10 ~ ske 10 de necessity
% eood rosds. Aid, trcm ii !,
gseas convenience. day batld uE
the strength Of auy community
where they exist aud ere gres,
ogteriee that bring great wcxlt1
Aod prosperity 10 lie people.
This Road District comprised
che y hole pavish Of St. Mary, ex.
scepE oae ward. Il includes oil Of
che iuoespofated tosns therein,
as includes them. becsuse 1t II
eight and just that they should
,ohots lhe:exp epse Of . paolic I'm.
Oe6yxunent that benefits then. aud
hSQ@1se m sQAeN q good <eeas,