The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-03-20

| ing Tor a special election to be held
taking the sense of the property tax
OF Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, eXCluS,
i've of incorporated towns in said Ward
as to whether special tax of Five
Mills on the dollar shall be levied
and collected for a period of five years
beginning with the year 1920 for the
purpose of making, grading, repairing
and maintaining dirt roads and bridges
in said Ward.
The above Ordinance was introduced
by the Ordinance Committee and after
due consideration of the same section
by section upon roll call the said
Ordinance was adopted by the follow
ing vote: Yeas 8; Nays 0.
Parish Engineers Report.
Jennings, La, March 4. 1920.
Report to the Honorable Police Jury
of Jefferson Davis Parish, L0uisi.
ana:
| beg to make this my report for
work done on different rOads-cOst of
material, repairs on trucks, fuel labor,
ETC., from August LIST, 1919 to March
1st, 1920.
East and West Highway from
Mermentau to LaCasSine.
Gravel hauled and used in patch
ing, 23O IL cubic yards.
Gallons of Gasoline used, 3S7.
Gallons of motor oil used, II.
Jennings-Lake Arthur Road
Gravel hauled and used in patch
ing, 1877 cubic yards.
Gallons gasoline used, APO.
Gallons motor oil used, IS 10.
Jennings-Elton Road
Gravel hauled and used in building
and patching, 527 cubic yards.
Gallons gasoline used, 917.
Gallons motor oil used AZ.
Welsh-Thornwell Road.
Gravel hauled and used in patch
ing, 224 cubic yards.
Gallons gasoline used 2S6.
Gallons oil used, II.
SUMMARY.
Total yards gravel, 1883 IL.
Total gallons gasoline, 2091.
Total gallons motor oil, 81 IL.
GRADING.
East and West Highway, trucks used
days, making total of 80 miles.
Lake ArthurJennings Highway, Z
days, total 40 miles.
Jennings Elton road days, total Is
miles.
Actual mileage covered is three
times the distance, making a grand
total of 282 miles.
Total maintenance on trucks while
on use on the Jennings Elton road con.
Istruction Ito Feb. LIST, 1920, $11S5.70
Total maintenance on trucks while
on use on good road maintenance of
all parish reads and all grading Ito
Feb. LIST, 1920, $40911.
Cost of oil and gasoline while in use
on Jennings-Elton road, S6S9,S9.
| Cost of oil and gasoline while in use
on good road maintenance, SPLITS.
Car repair and fuel On engineers
car from August LIST, 1919 to Feb, 1st
1920, $4s3.O7
Above cost includes having car re-
rebuilding cost being $4,000.
Total cost of labor on Jennings Ell
ton road, including the hauling Of
gravel, grading new road. building
bridges, the construction of side drain
Iage, ETC., $2,64570.
Cost of truck drivers on Jennings
Elton road, $4,000.
Labor pay roll on good road main
tainance $117065.
Pay rolls on truck drivers for gooC
road maintenance, $1041.00.
Total cost of rebuilding Lake Arthur
road bridge, $792.76.
Cost of filling in bridge approach
miles south of Elton, $1365O.
Taking period of six months ant
using the foregoing figures as basis
of calculation. it is found that after
the cost of grading new road and con
struction of lateral drainage is sub
Il tracted, the cost of hauling gravel t.
be used in patching and in building
road is approximately $500 per cubic
yard. Considering the severe weather
that we have had during the past few
months and also taking into consider
alton that this amount also takes care
of all grading done during that per
liod, do not consider this cost exces
sive. Most of this material hauled has
been an average of from six to sever
miles in distance; therefore it will be
, found that this material has been haul
ed about as economically with the
trucks as it could be done by hiring
teams.
At the present time all three of the
trucks are in good condition and We