New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-11-13

payment Of the same.
Your committee also offer resolution for the
sale Of q contract for the construction and erec-
tion Of IN iron railing for Washington Square,
in the Third District
The petition of laboring men, against the use
of horse power, in loading and unloading yes-
sells, has been duly considered by the committee,
The great injury occasoned the Wharyes and
LeveeS where horses are used, is sufficient cause,
in the opinion Of your committee, for their pro-
hibition, on the wharves. A resolution is ac-
cordingly submitted GEO. CLARK, Chairman, A
VIM. G. G. CLAIBORNE,
j. M. BURKE,
EDw. W. SEwELL.
Resolved, That the Treasurer pay, upon the
warrant Of the Comptroller, to Thos Wagner,
the sum of fifteen dollars, for batture sand be-
longing to said Wagner, used by the city.
The above resolution was read twice and
adopted, the rules being suspended.
Resolved, That the Comptroller sell at auc-
ton, to the lowest bidder, after twenty days
notice, the contract for the construction and
erection of IN iron railing to Washington Square,
in accordance with plans and specifications on
file in the Surveyors Office; terms of payment,
cash, on completion Of the work. ~
The above resolution was read twice and
adopted unanimously, by yeas and nays, the
rules being suspended ell
Resolved, That from and after the passage of
this resolution it shall not be lawful to use
horses on any Of the wharyes and landings in
the port of New Orleans, for the purpose Of
loading and unloading vessels, under the pen
atty Of fifty dollars for each and every contra
yention, recoverable before any court Of compe-
tent jurisdiction.
The above resolution was adopted, the rules
being dispensed with.
The following resolutions, adopted by the
Board Of Assistant Aldermen, were concurred
| in. the rules being suspended:
Resolutions relative to the tax on fiatboats in
| the Third District.
| A resolution relative to the paving Of st.
Mary and Freret streets.
The resolution adopted by the Board of As
sistant Aldermen, authorizing sale Of contract
for q bridge over the New Canal, was referred
to the Committee on Streets and Landings, to-
gether with the following amendment, offered
by Mr.. Lugenbuhl:
g After the said Canal and Banking Compa-
ny shall have been notified to have the same
constructed, and in case Of refusal, the Attor-
ney of the Corporation shall institute suit for
the recovery of costs Of said BRIDGE
The substitute from the Board of Assistant
Aldermen for resolution Of this Board, alter
ing the names Of various streets, was concurred
g Girod street, in the First District, to be
known as Broome street,
eJackson street, First District, to be called
GaSquet street. y
g Dorgenois and Magistrate streets, in the
Second and Third Districts, to be called Dol
honde street.
Strike out the following: Bagatelle street
to be called Dolhonde street, and insert: Bag
atelle street to be known as Bourbon street.'''
The rules being suspended, the following res
olution offered by Mr.. Harris, was adopted unan-
imously, and was sent to the Board Of Assistant
Aldermen for their concurrence.
Resolved, That the Assistant Clerks of the
Recorders Of the First and Second Districts re-
spectively be, and they are hereby, allowed the
sum OF seventy live dollars per month each, for
their services, dating from the twelfth of April
last, and that warrants issue accordingly
Mr. Sewell, on behalf of the Committee on
Work-house and Prisons, presented the following
report, which was adopted, and the resolutions,
as passed by the Board of Assistant Aldermen
were read second time and concurred in.
The Committee on Work house and Prisons, to
whom were referred the following resolutions,
beg leave to recommend concurrence in the same :
resolution relative to employment of pris-
oners by the Warden of the Work-house
A resolution directing the renovation of the
several rooms attached to the several District
Courts. -
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Mr.. Burke presented the following report
and resolution, which We're, on motion, laid on
the table subject to calls
~The committee to whom was referred the mes
sage of his Honor the Mayor, calling the atten-
ton Of the City Council to the want of proper
supply of water for the Inhabitants of the city,
beg leave to report
HI l.sjf - ! A
That by the reports of the Direction of the
Commercial Bank, your committee find that up
to the present year the company continued to
make some improvements and some effort to
carry out the provisions of their charter, by ex-
tending the supply of water; that during this
year they have done little or nothing, their ex-
penditure being not over fourteen thousand dol
lars of that.
Your committee find that the company de-
clared q dividend for this year, notwithstand-
ing the complaints made of the scarcity of water
as supplied by them, and while persons living in
the first section, declares shall be supplied at
all seasons in the year," and that ss they shall
annually expend 100000 until the company
can supply the city proper, and the principal
and most populous streets of the faubourgs,'
were daily making their complaints, and are
now sueing the company for damages.
That such course Of conduct is calculated to
bring the BOARD OF Direction under the penalty
Of forfeiture of charter, no one can gainsay, and
your committee hope and trust, that should the
like course of conduct be pursued the next year,
that the necessary steps be taken by the proper
officer or officers the part of the city, to pro-
tect our citizens from such course of conduct.
Your committee hereto annex copy of the
charter of the Commercial Bank reports of the
Board of Direction for 1850-'5l, and map of
the city, showing the streets through which pipe
are now laid, which the committee make part
of this report, and which your committee will
call your attention to.
In consequence, it is believed by your COM
mittee, of the great complaint and of the nu-
merous suits brought or about being brought by
individuals against the Commercial Bank, they
have, or are about to contract for the necessary
pipe, to commence laying down during the next
year, main Of sixteen inch pipe from Maya
zine, through Felicity Road, Camp, Royal, Gus
tomhouse and Bourbon to Esplanade street.
They also contemplate adopting plan by which,
during a great demand for water, they may
pump directly into the pipes, both of the i'm
proyement your committee hope will be carried
out, and not countermanded by new Direction,
but so vascillating seems to have been the opin-
ions and plans of each succeeding Direction, and
so imminent the danger that our Improvement
Direction be superseded by dividend Direction,
as has been the case heretofore, that your com
mittee would much rather see the work COM
menced, than have it in contemplation. If these