New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-10
NEW ORLEANS:
thursday MORNING, MARCH 10, 1868
official.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.

No quorum being present, the members an
swering to their names took a recess Of fifteen
minutes.
At the expiration of said recess the roll was
again called, and the following members an
swered to their names
The Hon +. Alpuente, President; Mcssrs. An
drews, Bailey, Dolhonde, Eustis, Forbes, lIccr
MANN Leeds. Mackey, Mccormack, Nixon,
Place, Shaw, Stetson, Summers Sykes and
Watkins-17.
Abscnt--Messrs Burthe, Dcrbes, Latour,
Lusto, Phillbrick, Ramos, Ref, Stevenson,
Wilson and Wiltz-10.
The reading of the journal was dispensed with
A letter from the Comptroller, notifying the
Board Of the sale Of the contract for attending
bridges over tho canal Carondelet, having been
read,
Mr., Bailey presented the following, the rules
being suspended, and it was read aud adopted
Resolved. That the Mayor is hereby au-
thor2ed to enter into the necessary contract
with Thomas Tormey, principal and Richard
Berry, security, for attending the four bridges
over the canal Carondeet for one year, for the
sum Of one thousand dollars, in accordance
with the specifications on file in the Surveyor
office, under which said contract was sold.
communication from the Street Commits
soner, enclosing n statement of the amount Of
fines received by him from public pounds, was
read and referred to the Finance Committee.
Another communication from the same officer,
transmitting list of suits brought by him and
given to the Attorney, was read and referred to
the same committee.
Mr. Nixon moved to suspend the rules and
take up the resolution of the Board of Aldermen
laid on the table at the last meeting, granting
the n, O., j. and G, n r. Il. Co the right Of
way through, and authorizing the widening of,
Catliope street; which motion prevailed.
The said resolutions being again before the
Board, and being read as follows;
Resolved, That the right Of way applied for
by the NewOrlcans, Jackson and Great North
ern Railroad Company be, and is hereby,
granted.
Resolved, That the Mayor be, and is hereby,
authorized and requested to take immediate
ami necessary legal measures to have Caliope
street wldeue1 fifteen feet on each side from
Howard 10 Galvcz streets, and fifty feet on each
side Of said street from Galvez street to the
outer or southern line of this city, on condition
that said Railroad Company notify the Mayor,
within ten days Of the passage of this resolution,
that it will pay all damages and expenses incur
red in widening said street.
MIR. Nixon moved their adoption, and the
yeas and nays being called on said motion, re-
suited as follows;
YEAS essrs Forbes, Leeds, Aackey, Nixon
Place, Shaw, Steson, Summers, Sykes and
Watkins 10.
,Nays-Messrs. Andrews, Bailey, Dolhonde
r' b,; I.i ~, N
contcmI,atn nm If n,i;c
ty, required vote Of fourteen members for its
passage, and was consequently not adopted.
~ -'lAon =, Appeared IRON the deeislon Of the
Chair and the question being on sustaining 7
decision, the yeas and nays were called and re-
suited as follows;
Iea,-Messrs Andrews, Dolhonde, Eustis.
MI 81 oh
.Nays-Ma- rs Bailey FORBES, Leeds Mnckev,
and Watkm.-Il.
Consequently the decision Of the Chair was
oygrrulcl and Che resolution aooptel
Mn Bailey presented the following as his
reasons for voting % no AMI they were, On hi,
motion. ordered to be lrcad Oh the minutes
vote no, because the NewOrleaus and Jack
s1n Railroad Is constructed 'rinUipally at tho
cost of the tax payers Of the whole City Of New
orlepn,, from one extremity 10 the other, by
means Of tDS, or forced loan, and SO large q
portion ui the cost being pad by the city, the
depot should be placed IN the mot central part
tbut nlI portions might receive an equal share %
the Advantages derived thcretrom; and, fur
ther, because the great additional and unneces'
sary cost OF constructing the road throngt
three miles o. swamp, IN order to ring the ter
minus al Caiiapt and Claiborne streets, l. an
unjust. useless and extrayagant waste Of pub
ne money! ana hereby protest, on hehaH
al persons interested, against the acts con
templatel ny the passage Of the resolution
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