New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-24

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completed the Comptroller be, and is hereby,
authorized to sell at auction, after ter days no
tice, the contract 10 building house and stable
| for the use of Volunteer Fire Company NO. l,
| the contractor to use in the construction Oh tne
new house such materials as can be made avail
| able from the old house, all IN accordance Win
specifications on file in the Surveyor $ ONCE
Resolved. That the Committee on Fire be, and
are hereby. authorized to purchase-subject to
the approval of the Common Council-a suitable
LOT of ground for the use of Chalmettc Fire Com
pany No. ~
completed the Comptroller be, and is hereby,
authorized to sell at auction, after ten days no
tice the contract for building house and stable
for the use of Chalmette Fire Company No %,
in accordance with specifications on file in the
Surveyors office,
| Resolved, That wien Liberty Hose Company
surrenders to the Surveyor the following named
property, viz One Hose Tender; one Hose Car
rage; one thousand feet good hose; three hun
| dred and fifty feet hose in bad order; one horse
and sundry articles furniture, that the Treasu-
rer shall be authorized to pay on the warrant Of
| the Comptroller the Indebtedness of said Liberty
| Hose Company-provided, that the said indebt-
elness shall not exceed the sum of seven hun
| bred dollars
| Resolved, That when the above named prop
erty is surrendered to the Surveyor, it shall be
| his duty to report to the Council the estimated
value of said property, and if said value exceeds
| the amount of theindebtedness of said Company
| the Comptroller is hereby authorized to warrant
on the Treasurer in favor of the Fifemen,s Char
| table Association for the amount Of said excess
Whereas, Under the provisions Of ordinance
| No GAG, the several Fire Companies Of the city
are required to carry to u fire not less than five
hundred feet of hose, and as many Of the Compa-
MES have not that amount Of hose, therefore
be it
Resolved, That additional hose for the year
1858 be, and is hereby, appropriated to the fol-
lowing named Fire Companies, to wit: To Vigil
liant Fire Company No. 8, fifty feet to Neptune
Fire Company No. 4, two hundred and fifty feet
| to Eagle Fire Company No. 7, one hundred feet
| TO Phoenix Fire Company No. 8, four hundred
| feet to Red Rover Fire Company No. l6, one
| hundred feet to James Gulck Fire Company
No. II, two hundred and fifty feet to Orleans
Fire Company No 81, one hundred feet.
| Resolved, That any Fire or Hook and Ladder
Company of the city Of NewOrleans (Milneburg
| Fire Company No. /, excepted,) that fails to
turn out at fire, as required by ordinance No
646 shall pay fine of twenty-five dollars for
the benefit of the Firemens Charitable Assooia-
ton and it is hereby made the duty Of the
Comptroller when an infraction Of this ordinance
is reported to him, to deduct said fine from the
appropriation due the company reported
| The yeas and nays being called on thepassage
of the last resolution it was adopted by the TO-
| lowing vote:
YeGs-Messrs Derbes, Dolhonde, Hermann,
Latour Leeds, Nixon Philbrck, Place, Stets5n.
| Sykes, Wilson and Wiltz--l2
.Nags-MeSsrs. Bailey and Stetson-2
Mr. Nixon on behalf Of the same Committee
presented the following:
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| this resolution, whenever any chimney of any
house within the city or suburbs Of the city of
NewOrleans shall take fire, the occupants of the
| house, room or apartment, to which such chin
ney appertains, shall be fined in the sum of ten
dollars, recoverable before any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, for the benefit OF the Firemen's
Charitable Association.
MIR. Bailey moved to amend the same by stri-
king out the words ten dollars . and inserting
. five dollars which was carried
MIR. Place moved to lay the resolution rs
| amended on the table, which motion prevailed
| by the following vote:
| Yeds-Messrs Bailey, Derbes, Dolhonde,
Hermann, Latour, Place, Summers and WilJz
.Nays--Messrs Leeds, Nixon, Philbrick,
Stetson, Sykes and wilson,.
Mr. Wilson on behalf Of the Committee on
the House Of Refuge, presented the following re-
| pOll, " At uNNl until llit ItAb HieSblliS AT .
o'clock, Pm.
The undersigned, members of the Committee
on the House Of Refuge, feel it their duty to
again call the attention Of the Common Council
to the condition of that institution.
| For evidence of the unftness of its present
location, they would respectfully ask reference
| to an article in the Louisiana Spectator of Feb.
8, The Daily Delta, of February 8, well as the
report of the Grand Jury Of December lasJ, Ill
of which in substance declare the place nui-
sance and a disgrace to the city.
The undersigned feel anxious to clear them
selves from any imputation which may lead the
public to suppose that they have been instru-
mental in retaining this institution in its pres
| ent location.
They did not, nor do not, think it advisable at
present, while the expenses Of the city are 50
onerous upon taxpayers, to purchase a large
space of ground, and incur the expense ofputtinz
| up the necessary buildings, while the city pos
sesses a spot sufficiently commodious to answer
the wants of that institution for several years to
| come
| They refer to the Work house of the former
Third Municipality, which is of ample dimen-
| sions to accommodate comfortably even much
larger number eliminates than those at present
confined
1t Is also capable of being adapted, with but a
| small expense, for securing the inmates, so that
| those confined on account of crime shall be Sc
phl htC iAoi iuV9N do VI hiidilS anu utel4lhlt.
| which is not the case at present.
The undersigned do not wish to consume the
time Of the Council by detailed and lengthy
report, though the state of this institution fur
nishes ample material for Il voluminous one,
but will briefly mention, that which most Sc
| riously demands exposure.
There are at present confined in the Boys
| House of Refuge, "a boys.
| The sleeping room contains with difficulty
sixty hunks, each intended for one inmate but
| in order to accommodate the present number of
prisoners, are necessarily compelled to be occu-
| pied by ut least two
There is no glass in the windows, and during
she cold weather to protect the occupants Of the
hunks nearest the window, the wooden shutters
are closed, and free ventilation interfered with.
When it is known that no boys are allowed to
leave the dormitory Gf such it can be called
from bedtime until morning, It's unhealthy and
! disgusting condition can he easily imagined
| The dining-room, kitchen, Workshop, etc,
might be described, hut the undersigned con
slider that by declaring the whole premises
disgrace to the city, will more quickly and faith
fully sum up its unfitness for its present pur-
pose, and they feel confident that ocular demon
stration will convince the members Of the Com
mon Council OF the unyarnished truthGllness of
| this report
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