St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-01-29
T PIROCEEDlNGSOF
POLICE JURY
JANUARY
24TH
Salmen Contract for Gravel
Not Accepted. Bids
Are Asked For.
:. BUIE TO BE ASKED
AS TO WASH GRAVEL
Highway Dept. Asked For
Estimates Issued In Fav-
or of Bonnibel Co.
Coyinpton, La, Jan.-24, 1871

Covington, La, Jan.-24, 1871.
Ine 1o4-Ue J'ury met on ihe apoVe
dALe IA sle~4u. scas Iii ioi .1ie pas
lose u cuAsAuef.Ao tAe plopoo-eio4'
vi Duy4Ag grdvel loI tne foaas VI d.
rammany parish, with The iolloW4h=
members present: Theo. Dendlh-
ger, Jr., II. N. Fendlason, =. M
Poole, j. M. smith, Il. e. Coope.
Emile Slngletary, w. H. Davis, M. r
Schneider. j. Ii. Howe, Emile Burh-
enstock.
On motion duly seconded, the
following resolution was adopted:
..5 Whereas, the Police Jury was IN
formed at its last meeting that the
road contractors were preparing tc
call on the parish for gravel Tor use
on the public roads, and
Whereas, L was moreover slateu
that the ii ghway Department had
EXPRESSED It's intention of purchasing
gravel for use on said roads If the
Police Jury neglected to do SO, ana
Whereas, on account of the then
believed exigencies of the situation
the Police jury concluded to dls-
pense with the advertisement Tor
bids, and .
Whereas, the Salmen Brick &
Lumber Company then offered to sell
gravel to the Police jury from us
Dit at MeNeal, Mississippi, and
Whereas, the President OF THIS
body was authorized to enter into a
contract with the said Salmen Brick
& Lumber Company for gravel on
terms and conditions thoroughly dis
cussed and understood by all par
ties, and
Whereas, the said salmen Brick
& Lumber Company refused and de-
clined to sign said contract on the
terms and. conditions agreed upon,
therefore
Be it resolved by the Police jury
in legal session, that the contract
signed and executed on the 18th day
If January. 1921, be and the same
is hereby set aside, abrogated ana
annulled, and the proposition OF the
said Salmen BRICK & Lumber Com
pany rejected.
On motion, duly seconded, the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, j. B. Thompson offered
to sell gravel to the Parish OF st.
Tammany on open orders during the
advertisement of the Police jury
application for bids for gravel, and
Whereas, the said ]. B. Thompson
has agreed to charge for such gravel
"A sum equivalent to the price to Dc
maid to the lowest bidder, therefore
Be It resolved, That the President
of this body be authorized to give
public notice that the Ponce jury
is desirous OF purchasing gravel 1or
use on the public roads of st. ram
many parish.
Be it further resolved, That the
bidders be and they are hereby re-
quested to submit proposals:
/. For sand-clay gravel, contain
ing 65 per cent stone.
2. For sand-clay gravel, contain
ing from so per cent to Is per cent
stone.
Be it further resolved, That the
Police Jury reserve to itself the rlgnt
to reject any and all bids.
On motion, duly seconded, the TO-
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
whereas, the Good Roads Com
mission of the Parish OF st. ram
many has informed this BODY tha1
it has contract for wash gravel,
which is, from the standpoint OF the
Parish of ST. Tammany, most ex-
cellent one, and
Whereas, in the judgment OF the
Good Roads Commission wash grave
may be advantageously used IN the
hard-s1rfacing of our public ROADS
and
Whereas, the Police Jury has been
given to understand that the High
way Department looks with disfavo1
upon the use of wash gravel, there
fore
BE it resolved, That J. B. Howe
the President of this body, be and
is hereby directed and authorized tc
call on the Honorable Duncan Bu1e
Chief of the Highway Department
OF the State Of Louisiana, for the
nurpose of ascertaining whether ne
: IS willing to permit the use OF WASH
gravel on the ST. Tammany par'sn
roads. and to report back to this
body at it's next session that Depart
ment's decision in relation to this
matter.
It was moved and seconded that
the secretary be authorized to write
to the State Highway Department
requesting it to send to the Police
Jury of st. Tammany parish, at once
a copy of the last estimates issued
in favor of the Bonn!bel Construction
Company, amounting to $1211.34 fo1
work performed by it on the sllde'l'
Pearl River road. and the ST. ram
many Parish Good Roads Comm.s'
son is authorized to pay same tc
Bonnibel Con7truction Company up
on receipt Of said copy.
It was moved, seconded and CART
ed that the Police Jury adjourn
J. 3. HOWE.
President.
r, J, MARTINDALE,
Secretary,