New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-21
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SURyEyoR's DEPARTMENT, Cry HALL, !
New Orleans, Dec. 6, 1858.


To The Honorable, the Finance Committee
GENTLEMEs-I hand you, without my approval two
pay rolls signed by the Superintendent Of Carts and Ls
borers Mr. John Oarbory My for not approvin
these pay rolls is because the large number Of
and carts returned them only not authorized
by but, the contrary, expressly limited On the
30h of October last gave written order to Mr. Carbory
oemploy the following force viz overseers 10 carts
carpenter and 60 aborers force sufficiently large for
all the purposes for which it needed and nothing
transpired during the month to warrant its increase
reference to the pay rolls you will perceive that he has
thought proper in direct and audacious violation II
my orders, to employ viz 1856 laborers, overseers,
carpenter and carts making the excess and above
orders viz 70 aborers II carts and oyerseer tn.
whole of this entirely superous needed
the city and in fact consider that this act of dis
obedience my orders has cost the city nearly the full
amosnt Of the excess of the pay rolls amounting
$500 and for which the city has scarcely received any
equivalent You will also perceive by the large time
made by the employees that this act of dsobedence
perpetraed at the very commencement of the month,
and thus, in defiance of the order which fresh
my hand and staring him directly in the face in the jour
nal in which his transactions daily recorded Besides
when peremptorily ordered few days ago, reduce
these lists to the minimum point he has thought fit to
discharge the best men in his employ and credi
bly, informed to state to each that he discharged
by my orders.
have another complaint to make against the SUI
peripteden OF carts and laborer few weeks when
giving my personal supervision to the works intended
arrest the inlet of water from the Bayou John had
occasion temporarily to employ number of wheebaows.
sent messenger to Mr. Carbory ordering him to send
them to me; his answer I've got wheebarrows II
Mr. Pelie wants wheebarrows let him go and buy them
Gentsmen this is outrage II understand the Sec
tion of the Act of Consolidation No 81 this officer
der my Department, subordinate to subject my
orders II this is not the instead of being any
sistance to me in carrying the Public Works he be-
comes drag my proceedings and the integrity Of my
Department is thereby weakened If not destroyed
Having had the honor to be elected Surveyor OF the
City by large majority of my fellow citizens cannot
suffer the office with which they have entrusted
become degraded whilst in hands Both selfrespect
and duty to them require that shall maintain all the
rights conhded To and confidently look to you gsn-
temeu to sustain 0bedent--ss you all know me TO
hsye always beeno orders emenatlng from the Council
ana the committees authorized to instruct and from
whom have always received the most courteous treat
ment must still stand my reserved rights state
respectfully but at the same time very firmly that
VIII maintain those rights at all hazards.
remain, respectfully, your obedieut servant,
lsgnedl Il. II. PELiE, City Surveyor.
Mr. Stark offered resolution providing for the pay
ment of the aforesaid laborers employed in the
ors Department stating that there no doubt Of this
extra labor having done whether properly or other
wise and that the city had right repudate debts
contracted by competent officer
At this point the Upper Board was and the
slecting Director Of Public Schools for the First Dis
nominated and the former receiving majority of votes
declared elected, when the Upper Board retired
The business was then resumed, and after much de-
bate, the resolution of Mr. Stark lost and the con-
sderaton of the matter was postponed until the next
meeting when 1t viii be the special order of the day
A resolution was then offered appointing committee
of to investigate the charges against Mr. Carbory
adopted.
After the transaction of some further unmporsnt bu-
siness, the Board adjourned.