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

Orleans Canal and Navigation Company TOR
their lower basin to discharge the waters accu-
INFLATED in the larger Canals of this district
into the Lake by means Of q draining machine
1t il proposed that the dimensions 0f the man
and the lateral draining canals he prescribed
by the City Surveyor, with the appreciation of
the Mayor and Council. The timber cut from
the lands shall belong to your memoriaists, but
fair valuation thereon should be Affixed ana
awarded to the owners Of the land on which 1t
stands, to be credited on account OF the assess
ments for clearing and draining, rs hereafter
suggested.
The excavation Of the canals or bitches to be
paid for Mt the rate Of ~ cents per cubc yara,
nava bic in three nstallments; the first INSTALL
inent 70 he paid when the canals shall be one.
third completcd the second installment when
| o-thirls are coinpleted and the remainder
when finally completed The two first Install
| ments are to be subject to reservation by the
city Of IS per cent Of their amounts respectively
upon the estimates Of the City Surveyor, OF
other competent person appointed for thrt pnr-
| pose, to insure the completion of the contract
The excavation Of the canals is to be com
nenced within six months and completed within
| eighteen months from the signing Of the con-
| trait The clearing and the draining system
proposed shall be fully completed within three
years from the signing Of the contract
| The contract for draining is to be undertaken
for the period Of twenty-five years, with such
| stipulalions as may be thought proper to insert
for assurance of it's prompt and faithful perform
ance, for the sum Of forty thousand dollars per
year, payable semi annually, commencing when
| the draining canal shall be completed, and the
draining machines erected and ready for opera
ton; that is to say, eighteen months from the
late Of the contract. The proposal for draining
also embraces the clearing ont of the several
| canals. when necessary The city should give
to the undertakers all the draining machines
now in use, which not to be removed, how
ever, until the system proposed has been 80 fal
completed az to render the said machines unne
sary in their present positions.
The sums to bepaid to the contractors for thu
work proposed to be undertake Gu should be leyet
upon the lands subjected to the operation, ans
benefited shortly, except those embraced in tn
aforesaid contracts which have already beel
entered into by your memoralists with the SAT
e Asylums: for all the works on those lands, G
b course, the city pays nothing
/ Your memorialists further suggest that mas
much as the successful performance Of the under
y taking proposed would require certain priv
leges and facilities to be granted by the Ne
Orleans Canal and Navigation Company, 70
= which some consideration should be reasonahl
Iexpected, your memorialists request that sal
l. Company Dc allowed to extend their basin, no
Z, n progress of construction at the junction
Canal Carondelet with the Bayou St. John, Il
20 entire width Of liagan Avenue to BlenVil
m street, upon condition of said Company furnish
le ng q street forty feet in width upon either sit
s. Of the said proposed extension Of their basii
N also that said Company be granted similar pri
Al leges, with the same conditions annexed throue
re Broad street TO Benvile street.
y Your memoriaists respectfully submit Il
le foregoing proposal, firmly believing that Il
OF benefits which must result to the city fro
al thorough execution Of the work proposef to
undertaken will be duly appreciated by yo
to1 IIonors without argument from them; that tn
es have not ventured upon so great an undertakil
OF without carefully estimating the difficulties
Us he overcome, and the cost to be incurred, t
lr which ample means are at their disposal
Your memorialists can find no more approp
ne ate language to express their ideas with rega
ny to the benefits which must result to our CT
at from the proper execution of the work propos
G. than that which was used by his Honor, I
us Mayor, in his last annual message to the Cou
AT ellis Of the city upon the same subject
n Hoping that your Honers will take ear
ais action upon the subject Of this communicate,
to your memorialists beg leave to subscribe the
he selves your Honors' obedent servants,
wn EwD. H. DUBEIL
p c. WRIGHT.