The St. Mary banner., 1921-04-09
Police Jury Proceedings
Franklin la. April 9Th. 1921


r. NcCsrdef and carried. the report OF br.
smith was accepted and vote Of thanks
rendered him for his very efficient manner
Of handling this trouble.
Tbe minutes OF the last regular meeting,
with the exception 81 The report OF :. =.
Aycock Auditor. the Flnanc" committee
report the report of the Clerk OF Court and
the report Of thr Treasurer, the reading OF
which was on motion duly seconded ana car |
rird dispensed with, were Rad, and on mo !
dreaux and carried approved
The following letter, from f. 4. Pharr and
Leon l. Calm. chairman. were read ana o. |
motion OF W. J. Lowrnncr, seconded by u.
O'Bricn and carried it was resolved that an
auproprinfion Of $4,000 be made Tor ne
purpose Of aiding in tht Anti i"i"phohe III
crease Campaign, and that the PohGe 1ur1
nrot.st against the action Of the Railroad
Commission in permitting the increase. ana
thai .rhpy call upon all towns in the Parish
to take similar acton:
Morgan City. La, April !, 1921
Hon. Chas. N. Frost, President, Po-
lice Jury Parish OF ST. Mary,
Franklin, La.
Dear Mr.. Frost:
Considerable literature like the en-
closed has reached me OF late. As
YOU know, my time is now being tax
en- up In work at Baton Rouge IN the
Constitutional Convention, ana am
unable TO devote any attention 10
matters of this kind.
pass the literature on to you, leei-
ing assured that you and the Ponce
Jury will do the eminently correct
thing in the premises.
With kind regards,
Yours very truly,
Il. A. PHARR.
Rustnn La March "a 1921.
Official Addressed: Co
sf-l. nff
misson in the telephone rate increase depends
on your activities. =
,,a state of Louisiana OSE MILLION DOL
LARS PER YEAR FOREVER This rs an
increase on the present cost OF telephone Ser''
"e Ib oryumepts before the Commission at
Ration Rouge in the opinions of the bransst
men of the state present. will bring , rehear
ing OF this ease. This means the employ inent /,
Of experts To secure, prepare. ana prcsehl
data. These experts cost money. 1t is il
good investment for Louisiana
II your parish has not aresay con.ilpu.eu im ra',
moi use your influence to arrange conlnl
tee TO raise thus money through the Ponce
Jury. Civic Organization, or by pubiic suo-
An investment Of Three Hundred Dollars
on your part. in order to save mlihoh
wear is certainly worth while, and kno"
YOU will agree with me.
forwarded to the Secretary Treasurer
Yours in the peoples interest,
Chairman
rh. following letters were read and on
,ro,;on cd f. B kimbrough seconded by Is
0'Rr;eu and carried. they were received, filed
and made y part of the minutes:
New Orleans La, March %. 1921
Mr. Charles n Frost.
President Police Jury.
ST. Mary Parish,
Franklin. La.
Dear Mr. Frost: i,,
Confirming conversation over telephone with
vonr MIR o'E.i today, we agreed that We
will grade and surface the highway through g
III. swamp parish line between Iberia anu >,
Mary Parish 10 Weeks Island in such approved
manner which will make 1t approach IN ap
pearance and usefulness the excellent highwa!
Won are now constructing toWaruS '!plt
mort provided you will continue your road
work from Cypremort the Parish line. a'
explained 10 your Mr.. O'Nen We are eS
,rrrtng the Southern Pacific Railroad to az
s,n, Lallasting on their track through TN
SWAMP and it would probably be unwise i, !,
nnSar,ske the highway work adjacent to th'
Rai,road nptl this was finished.
via b. how :" Sas, TO sUn do ass@ s wol
in ',hs swamn ou,,, ,'ned above. giving us I
probable estimate OF the cost ana pa'',ne "
in touch with contractor VII mlsn' @
pabie OF doing this work in =
that IL would meet with your approval
wish also 70 confirm my promise to Mr..
O'Seil to assist you in every way possible
by spottins ears otherwise in your work
OF constructing the road from Cypremort to
the Parish line
win you kindly take this matter up with
our Superintendent Mr. Bell. at Weeks Isl
and during the writer's absence of the next
Yours very truly.
MYLES SALT COMPANY.
John s. Bleecker,
General Manager.
p, S.-We enclose copy Of letter from Mr.,
Porteous r. Burke New iberia, referring
Il
10 do the above work through the swamps.
New Iberia, La, March "a 1921.
Whitney Central Bldg.
New Orleans, La.
! discussed with Mr.. Paul Bassin. Secre-
tary OF the Police Jury. the matter Of your
obtaining a gravel road from the ST. Mary
line to the line OF your Weeks Island proper
~. and he told me that he had discussed this
matter with the Police Jury or the Road Com
missoners for the First Ward of Iberia Par
ish some time ago and that the consensus Of
opinion that you entitled TO such q
road and that upon the sale of the road bonds
tor the Road District comprising the First
Ward of Iberia Parish an amount sufficient
would be allotted for that purpose.
! suggested 10 him that YOU be authorized
10 do this work at this time cause this
work to be done with the understanding that
you would be paid out Of the proceeds Of the
sale Of the bonds, when such sale is effected
or that you would be given bonds for that
amount lie stated that this would be agree
able. but he impressed upon me that he
speaking unotficialy, as he would want to
obtain the approval OF the Police Jury before
agreeing definitely TO either plan.
I did not discuss with him the details or
the cost Of this road construction. AS that is
matter that we can take up later.
II is safe for you &C. assume that the Police
FRS. Ward Road District, are agreeable to
your getting this road.
Yours very truly
PoRTE0TfS R. BURKE.
The following letter from j. J. Murphy
Superintendent Louisiana State School for
the Blind. was read and motion OF b
O.Hrien seconded by A. Z. Calm and carried