New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-17
CaRR0LLToN--TTS NEW LEPEE.
COMPLAINTS OF rue INJURED PARTIES.

earn the facts. Ii
/. It appsars that the Town Council have served
q peremptory notice upon the inhabitants OF 'ne
front part Of the town to remove their houses
and other distractions on the line OF new
levec which they have projected, far enough
hack I'd disturb about twenty five or thirty ten
emepts; and further to remove all other 3D.
structiops lying between the line selected ana
the river bank, or It will be done forcibly by
the Town Commissary. 80.
IN. IN an;,onts Of the condemned district
complain of the act as hasty, yiolent' oppres-
sve and illegal, as none Of the forms Oh law naSe
been complied with to d'spossess tnem ina.
thew have not been paid for their property and
that the Council have refused to listen to all
nravers for delay or compensation.
We took walk to look at the grounds, and
saw the work Of forcible dispossession COM
mencing. "A force Of laborers were in the shrub
berry and elegant trees of the premises LATELY
belonging to DIR. Ridden The mansion, 1t will
be recollected, was burned few months since,
but those fine trees are now being cut down
and removed without remorse, and shruopery'
and vines, and noble bearing orange trees being
treated like bramble and wild forest trees. This
| looks wanton, even if done by the proprietor.
| The town, it seems to us, might remove the val
liable trees, or sell them for the benefit OF the
absent proprietor.
There are several new and comparatively
valuable houses above this point, where there
are now standing two levees, without any ap-
pearance Of caving in. of the banks' but the
object of the town is to provide permaheh'iy'
say for fifty years, against dangers anu TINS Is
| urged as the reason for making the ieVee 80 iar
back, and erecting second, or even thiru
levee all the way through
Lower down on the line, the new ievee runs
directly through s'Oleanda," the residence, we
understand, ofProf. Forshey land utterly demol-
ishes his shady retreat. The owner OF thisprop-
erty has made variety Of efforts, we have been
informed, to induce the Council to spare, his
premises, or relax little, by detection or other
wise' their rigorous street hne' Ii is saia .na'
he offered at his own cost to construct perma'
nent wall OF masonry through his GROUNDS
| they wsuld spare him; or he would consent t.
be thrown entirely outside, and protect himself
if permitted; but the rule could not be relaxed
the leyee must be strait, and must be built O.
earth.
On the same line, further down, many shantie
are being removed but no Important buildings
every proprietor having REFUSED 10 obey Wnos
premises are valuable Most OF them nave nj
place to remove to, and in some instances w
were informed that utter ruin and destltutiol
would be the consequence of this sudden an'
forcible disposesson without compensation.
4 The Carrollton Gardens-at least that ON
near the river. and the most sequestered an'
beautiful of the two-will be thrown out; nu
we learned that the Corporation OF Carrolitor
had been so indulgent to the railroad company
lin giving them streets for their road without
charge, that they do not resist. They have NJ
lother improvements but shrubbery, and they
are rapidly securing and removing 1t.
Below the broad avenue we noticed severa
tenements, and one large steam saw mill known
as Fulton's mills, which must be demoished
though the proprietors are willing to be thrown
! outside and to protect themselves Nothing ma
been relaxed, as yet, by the Council; on tn
> contrary, theyhave, we understand taken s'el
Immediately to prosecute the proprietors lor u
r expenses the commssafy may incur, IN 49, ~
the grounds IN case OF reiusai VI O
i part to make the reauireu fenioSui.
< An attempt was maue ny u oohiDin,'i1ii VI :
It. proprietors TO resist az ia" puS .ii0