The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-05-22
Meeting Of Board Of Admin
istrators Road District
No. |.
Franklin, La May IA, 1920.
NO. |.

ffdnkllu, La May ii, 1870.
The Board of Administrators of
Road District No. met this day 10
spec al session with Mr., Charles N.
Frost presiding and the following
members present: L. 3. kimbrough,
Arthur Olivier, Oscar BOudreaux, w.
N. GoOch, L. Aucoin and John a.
Pharr. Absent, Haydel, Wolford,
Drackett and Calm.
The President stated the object of
the meeting to be to consider the con-
tract of the Good Well Transporta-
ton Co., and their failure to comply
with same.
After thorough discussion of the
matter on motion of I. b. Kimbrough,
seconded by Arthur Olivier and car
ried unanimousl the President was
authorized to put the GOod-Wel
Transportation Co. in default on their
contract
Mr. Pharr offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption.
seconded by w. N. Gooch, the motion
carrying unanimously:
VII EREAS, the TcrrcbonncL La
fourchc Assumption-St. Mary Good
Roads Association was formed about
two years ago for the purpose of pro
netting the cause or good roads thru
the said parishes, AND;
WHEREAS, the aforementioned par
ishcs contributed 100000 to the said
Association for the purpose Of making
what is known as the Caroline Cut-Oh,
between Bayou Chene Bridge and Lake
Bridge, AND;
WHEREAS, the State Highway De
partmcnt accepted the yardage III the
said roadway at valuation i'll excess
of So, 100000 (the estimate of value
being placed by their own Engineer
and agreed to surface same from pro
cecds of State and Federal road funds,
AND;
WHEREAS, the State Highway De
partment has utterly failed to perform
as per contract made of record in the
minutes of the Police Juries of Terre-
bonnie and Assumption Parishes, AND;
WHEREAS, the Highway Depart
ment has pleaded its inability to per
form its clearly stated and recorded
obligation, AND;
WHEREAS, The whole system of
Model Highways of South West Louisi
ana is entirely dependent upon the
completion of this link in the Spanish
Trail for their correlation, AND;
WHEREAS, the Cutoff not only
eliminates the worst road section i'll the
State, West of New Orleans, but raises
same five feet above the swamp level
and shortens the distance between New
Orleans and Lake Charles by Nine
miles, AND;
WHEREAS, it becomes more and
more evident each day that the abso
lutte necessity for a highway connection
along this route must be accomplished
without further delay, NOW;
THEREFORE,, Be it resolved that
the Police Jury of st. Mary Parish
does hereby agree to defray one-fourth
of the cost of leveling and surfacing
the roadway between Lake Bridge and
the Chene Bridge (about Az miles,;
Provided that the Parishes of Assump
ton, Terrebonne and Lafourche agree
to meet the remaining three quarters
Of the cost.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED, that
this Police Jury also agrees, in the
event that the Parishes of Assumption,
Tcrrebonne and Lafourche shall each
appropriate and make available their
appropriate and make Immediately
available proportionate amount, and
would consider upon request of the said
Parishes executing the work with its
Road Building Organization and to
make monthly accounting thereof to
said Parishes.
On motion Of L. Aucoin, seconded
by John A. Pharr and carried, the
President was authorized to instruct
the Hibernia Bank & Trust Company
to release to the Union Bank g. Trust
Company $S5, 100000 worth of the Sc
curities held to secure the deposis of
Road District No. ! with the Union
Bank & Trust Co.
There being no further business be-
fore the meeting, same on motion du-
ly seconded and carried, adjourned
CHAs. N. FROST, President.
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