St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-02-14

you in your work in any way
possible, and when have some spare
time Will be glad to go over your
parish system. But at present
cannot give you the time. l will not
be able to inspect additional roads
until | am assured that these roads
will be recommended for federal aid
by the State Highway Department.
| AS you know, this Bureau does
not choose the roads that are to be
built with federal aid. This choice
is left to the State Highway Depart
ment by the act creating federal aid
as passed by Congress. After these
roads have been decided upon by
| the State Highway Department then
I make my preliminary inspection
and investigation whether the pro-
posed improvement comes under the
provisions of the Federal Aid Act.
Also whether the methods, type, etc.,
are according to standard engineer
ing practice.
Very truly yours,
| (Signed) VIM. H. RHODES,
| Senior Highway Engineer.
| Extract from Engineer Huckaby's
report for week ending January 18th,
1920, to the Good Roads Commits
sion:
Federal Engineer, w. H. Rhodes,
| filled MS appointment on Tuesday of
this week and was conducted over
| the proposed Hammond connection.
| the Covington-Slidell road, the Sli-
| dell-Salt Bayou road and the Sidel.-
Pearl River road. Mr. Rhodes ap-
proved the Hammond connection
without condition; he approved the
Slidell-Pearl River road with the
provisions that the location be chang
ed from St. Joe to Pearl River there
| by eliminating two railroad corss-
| ings; he approved the SIidell-SaIt
| Bayou road with the condition that
the work on that road be held up
until Mr.. Buie assures him of th5
fact that the New Orleans connec-
ton VIII be put through. He was
| favora5ly impressed with beginning
work on the Covington-Slidell road
and offered to take that matter up
with Mr.. Buie as soon as he gets
| back into the office and promised his
support in an effort to carry that pro-
| ject through. AS to the time at
which this work can be advertised
| Mr.. Rhodes explained that he Woulc
wire me as to the time he will be
back in the city, at which time he
would request me to meet him there
and submit to him all the plans on
the two roads about which there
could De no question, that is, the
Hammond road and the Slidell-P earl
River road. He stated also that the
work could be taken UP under one
federal aid project number and that
it coull be prosecuted from section
to section without any conflict from
one road to another, that is, in the
event the work on the Salt Bayou
road is temporarily held up the work
on the other roads would not be in
terferrcd with and the Salt Bayou
road could be advertised just as soon
as Mr.. Buie gives the desired infor-
nation relative to the New Orleans
connection. He also stated that ad~
vertising for bids can be placed in
the papers as soon as the plans are
turned over to him, which is expect
(Signed)
M. C. HUCKABY,
Highway Engineer.
On motion, duly seconded, it was
ordered that the foregoing report be
filed and spread on the minutes.
The following resolution was read
and on motion, duly seconded, was
carried:
Whereas, the Good Reads Con.
mission of st. Tammany Parish mas
this day filed with this Police Jury a
report of the good roads situation N
this parish, indicating that proper
support is not being given by the
State Highway Department to the
parish in it's efforts to construct
roads, and whereas 1t is recalled that
at special meeting of this Jury last
year, called on request of citizens
and taxpayers interested in the Chef
Menteur State Highway, statements
were made in open meeting by the
State Highway Engineer:
q That the fund of $500, 00C 90
realized from sale of bonds autohTiz-
ed by the Constitutional Amendment
was not sufficient to build this State
| Highway from New Orleans to the
| Mississippi-Louisiana State Line, at,
or near Logtown, Miss, as provided
in the law.
| (b) For that reason, he urged
and insisted that st. Tammany par
ish turn over to the State Highway
| Department $3.50, 100000 to be ap-
piled by that Department to the col
| struetion of this State Highway.
Co That unless compliance with
his views was forthcoming, this par
ish could not expect any help from
his Department in securing federal