New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-07


of the city be, and he is hereby, authorized to
netition the honorable the Judge OF the District
Court for the appointment of commissioners
Of estimate and assessment therefore IN conlorf
mitv To the act of April I'd, 1882, entitled " an
act for the opening laying out and improving
of streets and public places in the city OF New
orleans etc, and the act amendatory thereof,
approved Sd May, 1s47.
The following message from the Mayor was
read, and was referred with the accompanying |
documents to the Committee on Streets and |
Landings
MAYoRALTY OF NEwOErEAHs,
March /, 1853.
To The Hon. President md Members Of The
Board Of aldermen aad The B0aTd Of rs |
sistant .4idermen IF the city Of .NewOT-
tedRs:
EXPERIMENTATION closing the message which |
| had the honor to address you this day, | re-
ceved the enclosed memorial from Messrs. Ed
ward II. Durell and Phin6a- G. Wright, IN
which those gentlemen state in substance that'
having contracted with various parties for the
drainage Of certain lands in the rear OF the CITY
they are now prepared, under stated guarantees
and conditions to enter into a contract Withthe
| City Of NewOrleans for the drainage OIL thht
| portion Of the city betw en- the New Canal and
| end the Pontchartrain Railroad, FROM the MIS-
| sissippi River to Lake PontcharJrain.
! Likewise for the removal of all the timber
| from the swamps in the rear Of the city, aud Tor
| the construction Of a Grand Levee along the
| shore Of the Lake, from the Pontchartraln Rail
| road to the terminus Of the New Canal.
- ~ p"Ii;,. 49,, ttlntir onhrocn ia
o'o.a,i' ~ E.. ,;ors which
| - HI ~ -" "a s,.,sf to the Common
Y,.,, ~ ~ ,l;.. I H. thot tbn vas,
oul'ot., 80 10 s,iiect ,nnst cnme home TO
| every citizen who takes an interest IN the pros
ncritv of NewOrleans, / take the liberty OF sd.
| pfs:g 4 a. ,l,c Oil 40 ,,.tter ha referred to a
solcef ca,n,,ittoc with the view Of elicitine. a;
or oo,Iy Jov = decided expre.sion. on the part
nf ~ Gn,,,,,on C,uncu "a Il tbe feasibility and
,,,,,;nt,, - la,tl,ir., +l;e ,,rrot ,yorl; of re-
pI igp.lti'y
.is n,,loso y oo,,,, ~ 1a+ter n Addressed to
a. rs ~ = Nh ~, I,Ln1r ~ liz Now
| nr,oors r,noI ond Novigotion Companv in re
fo.onca 10 the Iacotion ff n bridge acres the
-, q IN ~, Gnu ~ tbe present ono. which
-, ,Sn,,ooJ co. ,a,,o,a Permit mo IA solicit
~ w.. - r., .ta,,t;nr ~ Mo ynattcr
SoIi l. 49, - to ,,ar rasractfp,lv v,nr
LUZ sne A'A'i " "a ~ r,ai,.,. NJ,
,
To the .lTa.,ot. .al9ey,De9 odd resistant inter-
,neu IF lie rjtv Of Mar Orleans:
The memorial of Edward II Duren and Puin.
, aea g Wr;rht If the Civ OF New Orleau.
l reenec,frllv sbowntb.
That v6ur memorialists have entered int,
contracts with the Trustees of the Milne Asylum
~, tb ,o,iet az Jostitnte orrbon hoya the Min,
Asvlnm far the relief of destitute orphan girls
: and Of fine J.nfayette orphan Bows ASYLUM
,csnactivalv f,r the clearing and draining tina
rortion of tba g,yorpn lands benucatbed hy tn
, late Alexander Milne. deceased. to the said Asy
/, | Inns or institutions lvinp in the rear of tn
= Citv.of Now 0rlaans and along the shore a
Ioio P,ntcbortrain and between The New Cana
: ond tho Pontchortrain Railroad. with the ex
cention of that portion of said land belonging t
. tbe Iofnvctte 6rrhan BOYS ASYLUM. which lie
= Ltr,a ~ I'll No., (,o,n,al and tho 1af, bank r
: the Bavou 81 John and that YOUR memorialst
Il arc about to enter mon the performance Of the
= .sai,l contracts
/ V,,, f,rtor re,resept that N
s. Nav orlnans cano1 ana Noyigatiou Co,npan
arn scrion.Iv inimrcl Nv the draining Of tina
. norton of the DIV living eastwardly Of the Nc
?" t,iric Didca into ibe R1,,ou 81 Jo6n. Inv mean
70 .aveTa1 draining o1chines now used for tn,
; nr,rose Eut The ininrv.alIudsd to might be cr
/. tireiy prevented by dcepening the draining cana
I which connect with the Bayon sufficiently
- retain the sediment below the action of Il
= draining wheels. 50 that il should not be throw
~ into the BAYOU ms it now u.s.
'S Tbot as the Bsyou ST John il natur
= ,yatcr-o1rrse. and n drain for a large portion
III tLa oity Tho said Comnauy have no intentio
~ nor il IL necessary. 10 intcrrupt such natur
'h iratrage. mi tHe rresent mode Of lraiuil
~ rroluces the iniury of which the Compuj
'l ;nstlv comnlains The draining canals a
o' SCIoen1 NJ their roints Of intersection with t
- Bayou and in consequence become soon fill
~ with water charged with filth washed from I
~. entire citv, and then arc eInpted into the Bay
D' where the sediment is at once deposited
Furthermore, your memorialists respectful
p" surrcst that the present mode Of draining /
- sides being expensive, increases the causes
~, disease by exposing large extent Of stagna
IL water in tbe most leusely populated portions
~ ~ tie city, and ia extensive from the t50seluc
~ necessity Of frequent clcquins ont Of tine sc
~ ment 50 rapidly accumulated by the interru
lion Of tie natural current d! the water toW1l
~ The BAYOU.
~. Your menorialists, therefore, propose 10 en-
~ into a contract with the City Of New Orleo
- with the guarantees hereafter stated, for
- following purposes, to wit
ut 10 drain that portion IF the City
" New Orleans between the Canal and Bank
Cam,any,s Canal and the pontcharJIqin RI
~ gsad ii 6m the Mississippi river to Lake Pc
40. gaartrain. 1t is supposed that the pres
~ canals. if deelened, are sufficient FOX tIfe IRA
rod iHg at the city eastwurdly of the Metaire Rid
tLa c5usc,, lently, your memorialsts propose +
Mi lho.e canals at all times, in condition
-, answer the PURPOSES designed
tai I'll To cut and remove MI the timber Fl
% ~, hoe nN