Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-11-20

Mn. EDtTon 81 have noticed curis
| muaications In lie tiaJctte, for The
last two Issues. relative 10 Tie Wharf,
constructed by Messfs Pias IL HART, on
the Ieyee, III ffont Of their warehouse.
Those articles speak Of tie s'fapaeious.
ns-s Of HE City Council, appropfsatiiig 10
themselves, the property Of private tiss-
set,s,' and, .'laying The TONS f1ts' oh
what belongs to others, aud sufste other
p~pitlists which those pliilaitliropir indivl.
duals, who, eaeli year, gratuiteusly Offer
their services, IRE accustomed to hear, as
Il reward for their services. One Of your
correspondents asks for information rela.
tive to said Wharf, | viii Try TO place the
matter in its own light, without, however,
any t%etfi,nent to the interests of the EN-
terpfising builders Of said Wharf, as In
my opinion, they have done more to I'm.
prove the town, through their energy assd
perseverance,, than any o,hs, ten nteas N
II, 1 might safely increase the number
but to orr subject
The Platform and a portion Of The
Wharf, | believe, was laid down Ia ts49,
during the sugar time. Iii 1860, II was
continued TO It's present termination.
Messfs PIKE IL tIAnT never asked the con.
sent or appreciation Of the Board for their
undertaking, and the Board, ut that time,
had taken measures 10 have d Wharf
built themselves, but to be located, very
properly. at such a roiht az would he Tree
fiom saving, viz from the bottom OF
florida to the foot OF Convention streets
the onty truly soitR bank M t,ont Of
the foteH Of Baton Rouge. Messrs. PlkE
81 HAnr, having determined TO erect a
Wharf for their benefit, Hs we'll Bs that of
the citizens generally, atij a privilege hav.
Ing. a few months before been allowed fof
q Whafiboat, lie Board deemed 1t mex.
pedient to establish a Wharf, and the ques-
ton was disposed Of by a vote of that
body. AT Que time, it was n question with
the Board, to force those gentlemen 10 re-
move their Wharf. rs being an unlawfal
enaunnbranee, and Mr.. PtKE having en-.
pt essed his determination In such Ease TO
STAN, a suit, the Board were divided oil
the question, some being satisfied that
their business required such a convenience,
others no doubt having yet some fecol'
lection of the famous Ba,5ee Wareh0nse
Cose-the subject was dropped. During
ssil wear 1850, the proprietor OF the
Wharf.boat desired TO know the bound.
aries Of the aSteamboat Landing as tho
upper or lower boundaries were not desigg.
mated, but by simplyla board In the middle
thereof, The Board adopted a resolution
TINT the landing should extend from Lau'
rel Ia Convention streets. No authority
was ever given to Mr.. MARKHAM to exer.
else any authority over the Wharf, or to
collect from any boat landing ut said
Wharf; lis contract only allowed him TO
collect wharfage from boats Inning nj bis
boat. II any agreement was nude be.
tween Mr.. MARKHAM and the proprietors
Of the Wharf, the Corporation had ITO
thing to do with IL.
In the fail Of 1861, when the Wharf
had d aetenieard tendency, and the posts
were exhibiting a perfect looseless from
bands that had held them together, MIR.
HAIR, then d member Of the Board, stated
at d meeting Of said Board, that "the Wharf
required repairs, aud that they PIKE u
a HAIRY would not repair IL IT the Cor.
q p~ofation deemed expedient they might
J, take charge Of 1t and repair IT." ! may
moi state the exact words, but that was
what several of the members understood.
The Wharf was ordered to DO repaired,
which was done Mt an expense Of little
less than 500 for labor, irons, lumber.
&c. La 1859, the same Wharf was or.
dered TO be repaired, under the superinten.
dence Of u committee Zone Of the proprie.
! tors as cliaifmanl, aud il has again been
put In good order, at an expense OF about
$500. Now what undue seizure Of citi.
zens' rights has been done by the Board
! The Corporation Treasury have iever re-.
ceiyed one cent benefit from II, on the
contrary, they have paid nearly 500 ~
tssD gears for repairs Oh it. In 1850 the
Board refused 10 purchase 1t, and would
J ~never, perhaps, have had anything to do
with II, had it not been for the remarks of
Mr.. HART, as aforesaid. As / stated be-
fore, my sole object is to put the matter
right, before tile people, not to oppose
Messrs. PikE a. Hart. or any other ei,ter-
prising CITIZEN, TO receive from the com
lnunity what is justly tlIeif due. | am,
aud have always been, one Of the go
aheads. Respectfully, &c.
LOOKER.oN.
GoDEY's LADY's BooK.-The double
number of this donbly fne Lady's Book
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