The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-23
HENRY RENsHAw,
/ N. MARKS,
CHAs. PRIDE,
THos. II. SHIELDS,
JOHN G. STEWART,
A Mn~T.vvp


JoHN G. sTEwART
A. MoNTANYE
Resotred, That the Mayor be, and he is hereby
requested and authorized to sell at public auction
after giving ten days notice in the official journal
this Municipality, in accordance with the 18th sec
tioI % oil an act OF the Legislature, approved Marcel
loth, lS3O and with the specifications for the worl
on file in the office of the Surveyor, the following
| works:
lst. The grading of the road bed of Fulter
street, including the taking up of the ballast on the
same, and laying plank road on said Fultor
street, from Julia to Canal street
ID The furnishing and delivery on the line n
sad street for the plank road the following lumber
Zo2,UOO teet board measure of hard yellow hear
pine, to II inches wide, 3 inches thick, and in
even lengths of % and 10 feet 81 500 feet board
measure OF de- by inches any lengths over Is
feet.
B. The grading of one hundred feet of the Ievee,
adjoining the present woodwork of the landing, and
laying plank on the same between Canal street and
the steamship wharf.
4th The furnishing and delivery on said work
ol the following described lumber: 49S 900 feet
board measure hard yellow pine Is to 20 feet long
to II inches wide, and inches thick; so 900 do.
. by inches any length over Is feet.
9TH The grading and planking of one hundred
ieet OF the Nat boat landing adjoining the wood
work, and making two plank outlets to the same,
and the grading OF one hundred feet on the rear of
" Ine ooal Ddslh, WIN plank road from the to
Fulton street.
9th. The furnishing and delivery on the fiat boat
and coal boat landing of PAS, $50 feet of hard vel
low pine as follows: 226500 feet beard measure
10 to ~ long, inches thick, 7 to IL inches wide
~ 400 feet lee do 3 by any length over IS feet.
|th. The grading of the road beds and construc-
tioh oil the plank roads on all the projections of
the streets, between New Levee and the plankng
on the landings from Canal street to Delord street
Sth: The furnishing and delivery on said Streets
OF 2O4 poo thousand feet Of hard yellow nine heart
lumber as follows: 10000 feet in even lengths
oil ~ and 10 feet; $4,000 feet do by any length
over Is feet
Security to the amount of - thousand dollars
and to the satisfaction of the Mayor and Committee
on Streets and Landings for each of the above
works, will be demanded, and bidders will he
expected to furnish said security on the dav of the
sale, otherwise the contracts will be adiudcated to
the next responsible bidder. at their eypenSe and
risk.
ResolUed, That so much of the revenue for the
year 1851, arising from the steam and fatboat land
lngs, as may be necessary is hereby specially ap-
proprated for the payment of the works ordered
thereon, at the present sitting of the Council
The same gentlemen presented the following
report, which was accepted:
The Committee on Streets and Landings. TO
whom was referred the petition of citizens of the
rear of the Second and Fourth Wards. praving
that tieod-gates may be erected in the protection
levee to facilitate the discharge of the water accu
mulated within said levee during the late heavy
rains, beg leave to report: That from the informa
ton derived from the Surveyor, they deem it mex
pedIent to recommend the erection of food gates
as prayed for, as 1t would only incur expense with
out atfordlng the required relief; and while the
Committee deeply regret the existence to some
extent OF the evil complained of, they can recon-
mend no other measure than the vigorous prosecu-
ton OF the erection OF the Steam Draining Engine