New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-12
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MAros.nrr or NEwosLsa-s April H. 1859.
10 be HoHo0lle Presis and Mess1s Of the ouYd n AZ
dsr'sn and Hoard Of fsstsiaaf .iide,r Of ne Cay Of
tr~rLrmgsBy virtue Of the 9Th section Of the Act To
consodas the city Of Neworeans, and provide for the
government and administration Of is afsrs approved
February % 1882 the newly elected members Com
non Council this day upon the discharge of
duties and deem, therefore the occasion appropriate
one to cornmunicate briefly with your honorable body
the various topics connected with the admin
jstration and welfare OF the city.
One year elapsed since the several Muncipsli-
ties the late city Of incorporated by leg
islative and at the instance Of theopeny
pressed wishes Of large portion Of the community into
city Whatever may have been the partial differences
Of opinion that prevailed In connection with the adoption
Of this important and however severely il may
have Jared for the moment the sectional prjndces Of
many good and well meaning citizens the fact will ha-dy
be disputed that consolidation whole has proved
einently beneficial not only in uniting the inhabitants
of this great metropolis in a bond but in de-
velopipg restoring credit and enabling
with undivided energy in the prosecution Of
those great works Of public improvement intimately
associated with our future greatness and prosperity
In this latter respect consolidation has indeed proved
great blessing Under the former division of the city it
ton 40 essential TO undertaking great and costly
enterprise But with the unity Of interests in which all
Of became embarked on the completion Of that
these difficulties at disappeared and in less than
months after the charter had gone into practical
operation the Common Council in compliance with the
well understood wishes Of the people submitted to the vote
of the ordinance providing for the ubscrp
ion by the city to the stock Of the Newoeans
and Northern and the New0rlsans Opeousas and
Great Western Railroad Companies The Of land
ed property responded with alacry to the call and BY
vote approaching unanimty subscription of three mill
lions and half OF dollars decided upon in aid of these
| important enterprises.
If any mgivngs existed in the minds of few the
propriety Of this step they have vanished beneath the
assurance placed beyond the reach Of any contin
gepcy that both roads will be built and that in the lapse
the one hand with the Western and Northern parts o
this great confederaey and the other hand with the
wealthy and remoter portion Of State country
teeming with soil OF uneIsmped fertility and whose
resources well nigh inexhausble both roads the
work has of late been pushed forward with great rapdty
The contracts for the grading Of the Northern
entire from hence jackson already been let
out aud the first section to the State line will shortly be
in condition for the laying Of track so that by next
spring may anticipated that the road will be com
peted to that point Penetrating it does in part
dense and dcu swamp the progress Of the work thu
far comparatively slow but when the highlands beyopd
Manchac shall have been reached the grading ant
bridging will Of course be accomplished with much create
speed and facility.
So far as the opelousss Railroad Is concerned an
happy to state that the prospect Tor the early completion
Of this important chain of communication excel
lent From the fact of its being essentially State road
transversing, it is contemplated to do some Of thu
richest portions Of Louisiana this important enerprs,
has taken strong hold the pride and affections the
community. The company proceeding rapidly
with their labors and already y-our miles road
here the afourche ready receiving tn.
rails that by the month Of September October
it is than likely that communication will hav,
been effected with that point And when the next ami
|
have to hope that ride Of twenty twenty
miles the 0pelousas road will form Of the Incl
dents Of that glorious day It is expected tina
in the of next winter the road will be complete,
tothe important station Of Berwicks Bay and in few
weeks the grading Of the remaining portion of the
to Washington will have been put out under contract
should not be overlooked in connection with this
that its destiny would ultimately to he to link with
of possessions the Pacific; and the
early completion suggests the inquiry whether
point of departure could be selected that would oe
natural advantages for the construction Of thi
gigantic undertaking At the last session Of Congress
appropriation made for the preliminary survey Of
route the Pacific and at the meeting of III
National Assembly the question will up in all Il
magnitude, trust That opportunity will be lost on Ii
part of every citizen we'll as of the Common Council
press upon Congress the superior claim of NewOresps
the starting point for the great iron causeway p,
cifc.
internal improvements although yet only its infa
cy has been followed by material advance in val,
of landed property in this city. not in possession
tangible evidence unless in partial instances 10 sh,
a. the per centage of this increase whole inamtleh
the assessment rolls which form the only legitimate COZ
parison will not be made up until later period
year But have no hesitation in saying. that it tho
sessment be faithfully and correctly made which Al
permitted to entertain doubt it will show an a
mentaon in the value real estate of from to seye
millions of dollars at least the declared value of a
year The remark has been made that this bee
confined to certain sections and quite true that III
increase is decidedly more apparent in portions ha
in others but evidence is not wanting 10 nrove fha
the advance is now becoming general and that with tn
completion Of our railroads every part Of the city will
. greatly benefited.
l. two prominent undertakings it has been owing as niue
4 to what conceived to be duty my part towards tn
city the principal stockholder in both roads as also
desire to enlist in behalf of these great enterprises Il
o continued good will and support Of my fellow citizens
will not impose either on the time the patience
y the Common Council by attempting to enlarge on Ii
brilliant results that destined to flow from the col
peton Of these roads in than instance ha
taken occasion to refer to the subject length bv
leavoring to the citizens to the necessity Of
= gagiDg in the great struggle for the maintenance al
supremacy our commerce and in retiring as short
| he IN vl,ia b, .
partiaty of the people have been repeatedly eey
ted, shall carry with me the conviction that 1 ba
sought to the best of my humble abilities to promo
that system of improvements which consider to be
intimately interviewer with the future prosperity of NJ
,s Orleans
Not long since had the honor to submit to your pr
decessors plan for the draining of all that portion Of
- city comprised between the River the New Canal t
Pontchartrain Railroad and the Lake, and now reclr
., the subject in the hope that your honorable body m
find it compatible with the public interest to cause Il
great work of Improvement to be undertaken It can
o. have escaped your attention and have frequently
ferred to it in former communications that the openi
of streets to the Meairie Ridge has been productive
the most happy results not only in creating a cheap
proximate home for rapidly increasing ndusrio
population, blt what is important still in contrib
of ting the improved sanitary condition of the city
m scourge which formerly afflicted us at biennial nterva
ceased to exist for the last six years and devout
that may be forever spared from the visitat
~ that disease which ncontestaby of the gres
est drawbacks to our advancement and prosperity Al
it behooves in the discharge of our duties to t
people to endeavor to place the city beyond the
those epidemic influences which be avoided by t
Z proper exercise Of the means within our control
H. therefore, contend, that the opening OF stree
the Ridge has resulted in such beneficial consequence
what may not expect from the draining Of the en
swamp the of the city in connection with the
ting down OF the woods and the erection OF subtant
try embankment the shores Of Lake Pontcharrain
protection from inundation the whole Of which had
honor recently to the consideration of
L. predecessors do wish to repeat the argumen
have so often advanced. that the city extending al
gu does in a belt length Of seven miles
! upwards, should have some body and stamina to +
upon 1t not always trail along in one diFecti
e without continually disturbing the centre Of business
ON thus INJECTING irreparabe injury secti
= of the city. The fact indeed, would TO he
elusive to re0uiEe demonstration and trust tina
1d be reserved for the present Common Council to
out project which consiae- secondary only in mI
tance the railroad system and OF which profess
VI equally warm an advocate,
The present is moreover proptous tilAe for the
VIC cuton of the work IL is confidently antici a-s
~ the experience of other cities affords conclusive asGe
= that shall not be disappointed in expectation
that the completion of the railroads in progress
,r be followed by large increase in population.
necessity therefore is imposed Of providing for
y welcome inroad, and above all OF afording manufacture
mechanics and laborers whose thrifty industry CONT
n utes so essentially to the welfare of a community
ccntive to settle amongst by holding out to them
y inducement of securing for their families cheap
comfortable home
,r would recommend to the Common Council to HI
(. this important matter referred to special commit
= with the view Of eciting all the requisite informal
ale bearing on the subject connected with the
.ne the eventual saving which believe will result from