The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-06-19
> 1851. VOLUME IV-NUMBER 92

g., JUNE 49,, 1851.
batture not reserved for streets and the accommo.
datlon Of the public and convenience of commerce,
and dispose of the according to the terms and
conditions OF said agreement-provided one third
OF the net proceeds Of the sale Of the aforesaid lots
be appropriated to the liquidation of the liabilities
OF the General Sinking Fund of the CITY of New
Orleans,
Therefore be it Resolped, That the Finance
COMMITTEE be, and they hereby fully authorized
and empowered to negotiate and settle with the
said parties, or their legal representatives. 4 the
conditions contemplated in said act of the Legisa-
ture, and also to sign the notarial act of COM
premise and the acts Of sale of the properly on the
part Of the Second Municipality Of New Orleans.
Mr. Renshaw, as Chairman Of the Committee
on Streets and Landings, offered the following
reports and resolutions, and they were adopted,
after suspending the rules:
The Committee on Streets and Landings, to
whom was referred the petition Of p Ward in
behalf of sundry poor families, praying that the
free hydrant formerly situated St Thomas street
be replaced, also the resolution of Alderman Sykes,
to cause a hydrant and fire plug to be placed on
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That the committee through their Chairman.
waited on the President of the Commercial Water
Works Company, in relation to the said supply of
water that the President stated the interests OF
the company demanded the removal of the free
hydrant formerly placed on ST. Thomas street. and
that the same causes which compelled its removal
now operate againstts being replaced.
In reference to the hydrant and plug on North
Poydras street. the President expressed his willing
ness to place the hre plug but not the free hydrant
so soon as pipes were laid in said street. The
committee herewith submit letter received from
VIM. Alling, ESQ., President, in reply to a note
addressed to him on the foregoing subject from the
tenor of which it is evident that the Water Works
Company consider that they cannot, with due
regard to their own interests, supply the free bv-
drant on ST Thomas street, without being indem-
ni6ed by the Municipality for the loss they would
sustain In consequence measure which the COM
mittee are not prepared at this time to recommend
The fire plug on the north side of Pcydras Mar
ket would, no doubt, be Of much service in wash
ing the cutters, but the Water w orks COMPANY.
as the committee believe, intend laying down pipe
on North Poydras street within a short time the
committee deem IT unnecessary for the Municipality
to go to any expense for the same at present the
more so from the fact that plug now exists on the
south side OF the market, which, by means Of
little additional hose might be rendered serviceabe
IN washing the cutters on the opposite side All
OF which is respectfully submitted and the CON-
mlttee beg to be discharged from the further con.
slderation OF the subject. HrxaY RrxsHAw,
A.BReTnrR.
ggzasAfp gses 4 syI.,n. sWn1E.EHAS.
{oas ss e gEw1RT. STEWART.
The Committee on Streets and Landings have
had under consideration the report of the Surveyor
In relation to the extension Of the steamboat and
shipping wharves. 1t being matter of much i'm
portance, and involving large expenditure, the
committee have given the subject much attention,
and although they not able to report that by
means of the dredge boat the extension of the
wharves may be altogether obviated, yet they are
pleased to state that by the judicous using OF the
dredge about one-half of the work contemplated in
the report Of the Surveyor may be avoided at least
for the present season. The committee had hoped
that the use Of the dfedge would have precluded
| the necessity OF again extending the steamboa
wharves, but the unusual formation of batture il
[! front of the steamboat landings, increasing. M
doubt. in a great dSsree by the sunken wrecks o
the boats burnt some two years since, and the
extraordinary accumulation at the shipping wharves
render 1t impossible for the dredge now in use to
perform all the work necessary to give a sufficient
quantity OF water at the landings, by the time that
they would be required for use
The committee, therefore, regret that necessity
compels them to recommend the extension of the
steamboat landings, from Canal street to a point
midway between Lafayette and Girod streets, saw
about thirteen hundred feet in length, the width
being irregular, say at Canal street thirty, Gravier
forty, Poydras fifty, and Lafayette street eighty
feet, running to point at the upper limit, and
making the average about sixty feet-the estimated
cost OF which is about twenty thousand dollars.
Also, that the shipping wharves be extended, saw
No. 6. thirty feet; Nos. 7, s, 12, 10, IA and Is,
each forty feet No 10, fifty feet; No. H. sixty feet,
and No. 16, thirty feet-the cost of which is esti.
mated at nnety-two hundred dollars.
The committee deem, it inexpedient to recon-
mend the raising of the old steamboat wharyes.
(Which would require further outlay of some
twelve or fourteen thousand dolars,) as they NAV
be made to answer in their present situation, by
proper repairs during the next year, unless the
water should attain the height of last year, and in
that case the temporary staging erected during the
high water OF the past season, at an expense of
about eight thousand dollars and which now remains
standing, would no doubt, obviae all or any seri-
GUS inconvenience that might otherwise be expe-
renced. The low state of the Treasury, and the
prospect OF reduction in an important branch of
the revenue, warn the committee of the necessity
to observe the sricest economy in matters relating
to work under their supervision, and to recommend
only such expenditures as indispensably neces-
safy to the interests of the Municipality.
he committee entertain the opinion, that
dredge boat Of the capacity dig fifteen to eighteen
feet deep, might be used to great advantage par
tcularly at the shipping wharves, which, together
with the present dredge boat would no doubt be
from accumulation, and prevent the necessity of
any further extension of the wharves out into the
river They are supported in this opinion by the
Surveyor of the Municipality and others versed in
such matters. The subject is now under con-
sideraton by the committee, and should their
further investigation of the subject satisfy them of
the utility of another dredge, the same will be
reported to the Council.
A new drop tender is required for the use of the
dredee and the committee recommend that one be
contracted for.
The committee herewith respectfully offer the fol-
loving resolutions, which, together with the report,
are submitted. HENRY RxnsHAw
A. BROTHER,
Bernard WHEELsHAN,
JOHN q. STEWART,
THOMAS H. SHIKLDs.
X. b. SYKES.
.Resolued, That the Mayor be authorized and re-.
quested after giving five days notice in the official
paper, to sell at public auction the contract for
building drop tender for the use of the dredpe
boat; said tender to be built in accordance with
the specifications to be furnished by the Surveyor
and published with said notice, and to be paid for
on completion and delivery to the Municipality
The said tender to be finished in every respect and
delivered to the Municipality wthnthirty days from
the signing of the contract, under penalty and for
feiture of twenty-five dollars per day for each and
every day beyond the said specified time ofthrty days
said forfeiture TO be retained of the cost price of
said tender. Good security in the amount of the
bid will be required. and the party named as Sc
curty must hand in his name under his own sigma.
ture at the time of the adjudication.
Resolved, That the Mayor be authorized and re.
quested, after giving ten days notice in the official
paper, to sell at public auction the contracts
l. For furnishing all the necessary material and
extending the steamboat landing. ~,
q For furnishing all the necessary material and