The Ascension good roads commit
tee met at the courthouse last Wed
- nesday night, and decided to adver
tise for bids for the construction of
the first link in this parish in the
chain of good roads which is being
built throughout the state and which
is destined in the course of time to
bring all parishes and all cities and
towns in Louisiana in much closer
commercial, industrial and social in
tercourse with each other. Proposals
will- be asked for the construction of
a gravel road on the right descending
bank of the Mississippi river from
Port Barrow to the Iberville parish
line, a distance of eleven and three
tenths miles. These proposals will
be received up to 7 o'clock p, m, on
November 19. All information re
garding location of road, character of
work, etc., can be' obtained on appli
cation to C. C. Weber, secretary of
the police jury. When this link has
been constructed, bids will be asked
for the construction of similar roads
,on both sides of Bayou Lafourche,
from Donaldsonville to the Assump
tion line, and on the right descending
bank of the Mississippi river, from
Donaldsonville to the St. James line.
Similar roads are in course of con
struction in Assumption parish, and
those stretches which have already
rbeen completed and are in use are
giving eminent satisfaction. These
roads are believed by some author
ities to be as substantial and ever
lasting as rock roads. The advertise
ment for proposals for the building
of the said piece of road appears
elsewhere in this paper.
Rapid Development of New Industry.
Il'he growth of the cattle raising
and feeding industry in Louisiana is
evidenced by the large number of
live stock which are being bought for
breeding, feeding and fattening pur.
