The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-16

Of five as thus named shall be 70 act
for the jruy in purchasing all ma
terials for the roads such as bridges,
gravel. cuIverts and such other ma
terial as may be necessary and shall
have full authority to act and pay
for said material and make any and
all contracts upon the approval OF the
consulting engineer of the material,
said payment and voucher to be paid
on approval of the jury. d. NJ. White,
/ Y. J. Wood, DR.. Il. {. Ferguson, Dr.
y. f. Wimbcrly and A. ID. Smith, chair
man. shall compose said committee
1t is peculiarly intrrcStin. that just
prior to this meeting Of November 3rd,
that several members Of the Police
Jury, includin. Mr.. White who is now
president of this body. and Mr.. A. ID.
Smith who held this important office
at that time made a trip north, to
visit the bridge material factory repre-
scented by Mr.. J. A. CaSkcy, their eX-
pcnScS being paid by the latter, and
that on their return from this trip,
the then president, Mr.. A. ID. Smith,
appointed a purrh2Sin. committee Of
i've men. as stated in above rcSOlu
ton, three of whom made this free
trip The first act Of the purchasing
committee was to wire an order for
100000 worth of bridge MATERIAL al
though not one mile of road had been
| surveyed up to this time. We under
| stand that by a procedure similar to
This that Mr.. Wilson and the purchas-
ing committee of Jackson parish spent
something like $1SO,OOO for bridge ma
Il terial before a mile of road had been
surveyed, and without TIL, spe'if!ra.
II lions Of Il single bridge that was t.
be built. 1t was in that parish that
S31jOOOOO was spent under Mr.. Will
Il sons supervision in the building OF
only 3 - miles Of gravel roads and
Is miles Of dirt roads. for which they
received an honorable discharge" by
J the Police Jury.
> The day following the creating OF
the purchasing committee, a resolution
4 was offered resembling the previous
i days action creating the purchasing
committee, thus saving the parish
II $1O0.OOO.OO that would have gone fol
Il high priced bridge material most OF
II which would have been worse thar
II useless.
II When the bond election was order
II ed Mr.. White with the other mem
/ bers of the Police Jury stood for build
i ing roads under the supervision o.
the State Highway Department a
II shown by resolution copied in las
Il weeks issue Of the Democrat, whic|
reads as follows:
II "Be it further ordained, etc., tina
| in case said bonds are voted and solo
the proceeds will he turned over t
and handled by the State Highway DE-
i partment according to law"
II "On motion of J. B. Loe, seconde
by W. D. Golf, said ordinance wa
/ adopted by the following vote:
Il ayes: W. D. Golf, J. B. Loe, 1
D. Smith, J. H. Corley, r. l.. Color
D. NJ. White, 4. J. Wood.
"Nayes: None" s.
Il Shortly before the bond election toe
place, Mr.. White secured speaker
II 90 to Bienville to explain the bond
II sue proposition at a mass meeting
Il the citizens Of Ward 3. The edit
y was present at that meeting and al
at a similar meeting held at Ringgo
= along about the same time. 1t W
ON explained at both meetings that t
funds to be derived from the sale
the bonds if voted would be turn
~" over to and roads built by the Hig
way Department as stated in the or
'rv nance calling the election, and not
the the Police Jury, and yet on May 81
I'VE 1920, when bids were opened for t
III building of roads throughout the p'
lec' ish, and before any surveys had be
the approved by the Highway DEPARTING
the Mr.. White, J. H. Corley and A.
liar Smith voted that the bids be accept
the which would have placed the expen
lures of the road funds under
ON supervision of Mr.. Wilson and not
lice Highway Department. Those volt
air. against and defeating the prop0sit
int were r. L. Colon, A. G. WhitlOw,
ons w. II. Began and w. d. Golf.
hall Building the roads under any oil
,aid plan than under the supervision
par the Highway Department was stric
violation Of the promise made to