The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-09-15
MANY ATTEND REGULAR
MEETING OF POLICE JURY
Work On Dixie. Overland Highway TO
Be Started At Once Under Super.
vision Of State Highway
Department.

The regular meeting of the police
Jury was held here on Monday and
Tuesday of this week with all mem
bers present. a number of citizens
from Ward 5 were present in the in
terest of that wards prorata Of the
road fund which matter was satisfac-
torily settled. Aside from the regular
routine the matter that attracted moss
attention was the contract covering the
Dixic-Overland Highway or the east
and west road.
Mr. Duncan Buie, State Highway
Engineer, met with the police jury on
Monday to confer with them relative
to the building Of the Dixie-Overland
Highway. His visit resulted in elm
mating all obstacles which have thus
far delayed this project, and before
Mr.. Buie left, contracts between the
Highway Department and police jury
for the building of this road had beer
signed, in which contract the Depart
ment agrees to match the parish dollar
for dollar in the construction.
The contract Of the Smith Brother
Construction Co., dated several month";
ago, was also accepted by Mr. Buie
with the supplemental provision tina
prices on bridge timbers be reduced
| 70 confirm with present prices, and N
grubbing shall be charged for in
stretches of 100 feet or more where
no grabbing or clearing exist. Tho
survey recently made by Mr.. II. f,
Magoon, locating engineer for the
State Highway Department, will be
used in the construction Of this road
and Mr.. Magoon will be on the job to
supervise the work until an enginee
can be furnished to take his place. Mr.
MagOOn states that his crew will be-
gin cross sectiOning at once and Smith
Brothers expect to have forty teams
or more on this job by the end Of the
week.
Work will begin at the ward line
near FOrd's Switch and the crews will
work west in order to complete the
work in the bottom before bad wealth
er, and it is expected that the grading
etc, will be finished within the next
four or five months.
The parish is to be congratulated
upon the saving Of funds effected by
the survey of Mr.. Magoon over the
servey of Mr.. Wilson. The saving
amounting to approximately $S0,OO0..
90, which is aside from the saving
effected by the reduction in the price
Of bride material. 1t is also to be
considered that the survey Of Mr.. Ma
Coon is 2 81 miles longer than the
previous survey. Another noticeable
difference is in the making Of the sur
vey. The pay roll for the state highway
survey totaled- 81, 1880 while the pay
roll for the first survey amounted to
approximately $4,000, which is a
difference or around $5,00O.0O. Mr.. Ma
COON was assisted In the. work by
Messrs. N. B. Trailer and J. J. Soren.
son, assistant engineers.
This piece of work will cover 20.O9
miles and will include road running
from the Lincoln parish line to the
Webster line, and a road running nortl
from 7. G. JOhnson's residence connect
ing with the Claiborne parish road at
Mt. MOriah church. Due to the fact
that we have obtained state aid on this
highway the parish engineer will have
no supervision over the work what.
ever.
| We believe that the majority of the
people will agree with us now in our
constant contention that the road
should have been built under state sup
ervision. The Democrat has at all
times advocated this plan Of road
building in our parish, and the people
voted the million dollar bond issue ex
pectipg this additional aid from the
state, which in this particular case
has resulted in saving to the parish
and what we consider a better and
more practical road, as the old survey
! was entirely eliminated.
/ We understand that the north anG
south road will likely be built in thu
near future. However, action regard
ing this road will be held up for time
pending action by the legislature OF
the Sanders bill, which is relative t