The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-08-26

TO PAVE AND GRAVEL STREETS
At a recent meeting Of the city
council proposals were received 1or
resurfacing Railroad avenue ana MIS-
sj.Sippi street, but OWING to the imam
cial problem involved 1t was decided
TO defer action thereon to some later
date. Il was estimated that the pro-
;cct would involve an outlay OF ap-
proximatelv $20.000, and as this
amount was not available for the
purpoSe, it deyolved upon the com
missioners to devise ways and means
of providing same. After careful
consideration it was decided that the
only way by which the funds could
he raised would be through a bond
iS.ue secured by tax. .,
4 special meeting Of the COUNCIL
was held Thursday night, at "hlch 1he
,ntire subject matter was feVle"eu
and it was finally decided to submit
to a vote Of the taxpayers, the
proposition of mourning a debt ana
issuing bonds in an amount suthclent
to resurface Railroad avenue ana
Mississippi street and to gravel all OF
the streets of the town, including the
Iemann Addition and ChurchVliie,
which will remain ungraVeled Wheh
the First Road District will have
completed the graveling OF approXl-
mately thirty-three additional blocks,
which it will undertake soon under
the authority of the police, jury, Its
governing authority, and the appro~
priation made for the purpose:
- h. IA Qua VIII he
ample to cover the cost OF resur1ac-
ing the paved streets and completing
the graveling Of the remaining
streets. 1t is proposed to issue BONDS
for that amount extending over pc
rioI Of fifteen years, and 1t has been
figured out that these bonds can be
taken care of without imposing any
more taxes on the property taXpay-
ers than were levied for the year
1921.
1t will be remembered that the tax
levied in the First Road District,
v hi,h includes nonaldsonvllIe, for the
year 1922, is 2.5 mills, or one
half the tax levied for 1871 ),
and that under the constitution OF
1921, the town is exempt Of one
half of the parish tax levied for gen
eral parish purposes. The police jury,
under the authority Of the constltu-
ton, has levied throughout the par
iyh for the year 1922, 65-loo of a
mill out of the four-mlll PARISH all
mony tax, to take care of the parish
rcfunding bonds, leaving balance of
3.35 which it might levy for general
palochia purposes. Of tins amount
the town is exempt one-half. The
police jury, therefore, levied IN the
town, for parish purposes, l.6S mills.
Add the 1.67 mills exemption to the
two and half mills reduction IN
Road District No. /, and it is seen
that the property taxpayers IN Don
aldsonville will pay AIT mills less
for 1922 than they did for 1921. 1t
has been figured that the AIT mills
will be more than sufficient to take
care of the proposed bond issue and
that if the issue is authorized, the
taxpayers will not be called unon to
pay greater millage than they paid
for 1921.
An ordinance was thereupon adopt
ed calling a special election to be held
on October 10, at which will be sub
mtted to the duly qualified property
taxpayers of Donaldsonville a propo
sition to incur a debt of $4,000 and
to issue negotiable bonds therefor,
extending over a period Of fifteen
years, the proceeds thereof to be used
in resurfacing Railroad avenue and
Mississippi street, and in completing
the graveling of the streets of the
town including the. Lemann Addition
and Churcllville. 6f the proposition
carries the bonds will be sold and
the work undertaken without delay,
and it is estimated that in less than
one year hard d-surfacing of all of the
streets of the town will be an accom-
plished fact. When this comes to pass
it will be possible to travel to any
and all parts of the town, under any
and all weather conditions, without
encountering the mud and deep holes
which are source Of so much in
convenience and delay, and it will
mean one of the greatest steps for
ward ever made by Donaldsonvllle.
The proposition is one which should
appeal to the civic pride of every
holder in the city and should
carry by a practically unanimous
vote.
Michael Collins, army chief, leader