New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-22
under the supervision Of your Committee on Streets

under the supervision of your Committee on Street
and Landings l44tN4iA zsst5i 44i 49,
The letter of the Comptroller has been considere
"regadlng the adjudication of the contract for aent
ing and keeping u repair the bridge acto., The
at Carroon Avenue, for one year for SlUOO to Tho
Buckley, security John Mevittie,, which your CON
mite recommend the approval of as fair and reasona
adoption. N
Upon the petition of Thos Barnes, regarding III
steps IN front OF his premises St Mary street. whic
have been complained Of as protrudipg on The side
walks, and which he asks may be allowed TO remain
our committee, from Information derived from III
street gonihstoner, would recommend that III
prayer OF the petitioner be granted Mr. Barnes hasn
removed the trees from The baDqueHe, ffee And stuff
cent passage remains in front efhis premises ndepend
ent Of said steps,
The pettieH ST James Lusk, lessee ofthe first an
third sections Of the wharves of the city, asking relic
viz /" That ordinance be adopted by your honorabl
body preventing idle drays from standing and cncum
bering the wood work Of the wharves !" Your com
mittee thereupon report general ordinance, empow
ering the wharfngers 10 order off from the woodei
parts the wharves all idle vehicles attaching there
penalty for noncompliance of SIS for each offence
for your adoption.
second ASKING for an ordinance 81, ssgng to sal
tons of the ordinances concerning heiyeNrves ant
levec Dues your committee have taken saia nat,er
as petoned for, under advisement with the City Ator
ney and will report them accordingly at the next ri,
ting of your honorable body, as soon after prac
4 cable.
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of nuisance manure and filth, is constantly being depos
tied in and around the basin at the fiat boat landing
and complaints from other sources, induce your com
miitee TO report general ordinance necessary fol
The health of The city, preventing the depositing of al
kinds Of nuisance, manure, hl.h ofas, etc, in any
part Of the city, except al the nuisance wharf, under
penalty of $40 for each and every load so deposited
1 which they offer for your adoption.
| Fourth, Of said petition asking payment Of bill at
ached said petition of $19l 20 for repairs Of The
wharf which broke down from an unreal onabs amount
OF freight placed thereon your committee report adj
versely 10, for that said lessee notified by
1 the Surveyor thai said wharf would require immediate
repairs, that it was rotten and could not be safely
| until properly repaired and put in order
The petition Of residents and property holders on
Esplanade street, asking that said street be shelled
has been duly considered and your committee report
Resolution authorizing The Comptroller 10 sell at public
auction after the usual notice in The official iourna
contract for Smelling said street, from Bayou Road TO
Bayou ST. john in accordance with contract and agree
ment with said property holders. Provided, Thai The
propcryhoders abandon all claim having said
we'd hcfeaflcr-whic is recommended for adop-
ton '4f
Upon the ordinance OF this Board, referred to your
committee, relating 10 the Branch OF the New Orleans
and Carroton Railroad Co, Fourth District, granting
new privilege or right of way your committee re-
port substitute, granting said privilege and right of
way certain conditions, at the same time requiring
| the said New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Com
pany remove the track from Tivo Circle, that the
public may have the use of said circle, as originally in
tended-whch is offered for your adoption.
The resolution Of this Board repeating No. 2iI2,
referred 10 your committee, they report adversely
not only but that il be so amended by adding herennto
as 10 read aud that the said New Orleans and Carr
roton Railroad Co. shalt pay 10 the city 6ne of SIS
per day fer every day hey delay in tile execution of
the order OF the Common Council through said esou-
lion No 24ls, dating from the notice served by.he
Street Commits soner
All of which is most respectfully submitted; together
with resolution prohibiting the drying of clothes, ETC..
on the public squares promenades and streets of the
city. ISAAC THAYER,
w. A VIOLET,
47iEf ~ s. HOWELL,
Wal, H. BAkBARIN. (
The following resolutions, accompanying the
above report, were read, the rules being sus-
pended, and adopted:
Chambers, Ducros, Eager, Fabre, Giffen, Guy
Of, Hebrard. Howell, Kelly, Landry, Mcknight,
Russia, Stith, Thayer and Violett-l8
RsSoced, That The adjudication of the contract for
attending the bridge across he New Canal Carrollton
Avenue, for one year, at $1,000 10 Thomas Buckley
security Jno, McVtlie, be and the is hereby APP
proved
Kesoirea That il shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to hang up on trees, posts fences, lines
suspended from either or to spread upon the ground
any article Of clothing bedding, for the purpose OF
drying, on any Of the public squares, promenades,
streets, or other public grounds belonging to- under
The control Of the city, under penalty of five dollars
for each and every offence; and the Street Commits
sioner and his Deputies hereby authorized and in.
strnc ed to have removed and disposed of as in the
Of other distractions all articles found in contra
vention of the provisions of this resolution.
the draining machines of the Second Section, having
failed through negligence, 10 keep the said Second
Section clear Of water in accordance with contract
that fine OF fifty dollars be imposed for said neglect
and that said contractor be held responsible for al or
any damages that may be charged the city by The pro-
periy holders for oveIows OF their property by water
which responsibility attaches In accordance with The
terms of the said contract with the late John Thornc.
The following resolutions, accompanying the |
same report, were read, the rules being sus- |
pended, and on motion laid over until the next
meeting:
Resotesa, That the Surveyor be. and he I. bsr.h,
authorized and instructed 10 take up all portions of
plank roads decayed 10 require rene wing and IL
repair the same with shells; and that the good panks
that said oicer be also authorized and instructed 10
repair all the shell roads of The city requiring the same
repairs.
Resoiped That the Comptroller be, and he is bersbv
authorized and instructed 10 SELL al public auction AZ
ter ten days notice in The official journal contract
for Smelling with Lake shells Epanade street from the
Bayou Road 10 Bayou ST. John-sad sale to he subject
to the approval or rejection Of the Common Conneil
said work 10 be done in accordance with plans and
specifications in the Surveyors office, and under The
supervision Of the COMMITTEES of Streets and landings
RESOLVED, That resolution No. 2dI2 be so amended
tby adding thereunto 10 read: and that said Gar
roilton Railroad Company shall pay fine of Ave dollars
per day of each and every days delay in executing the
order OF the Common Council per notice of the Street
Commissioner datngltherefrom and recoverable be-
fore any court Of competent jurisdiction for the use of
the ciiy.n
Be itresored, That the privilege of running their
horse-cars jackson street from its intersection
with ST. Charles street 10 The Mississippi river he
ana the same Is hereby granted TO the New Orleans
and Carroon Railroad Co. for the term ten years
70 dale from -----, 1856, the following conditions
viz.
First That the said Railroad COMPANY shall con- |
nue TO keep constantly in repair said jackson
whenever said Jackson street shall be disturbed by
them as Well be governed by such other regulations
and restrictions imposed on them by The Coun
Gil OF the city Of Lafayette al the of granting to
hem right OF way on said street, far as the police
and restrictions obsirnctng the land
ing NJ The foot OF said street concerned; and shall
also be subject to the penalties imposed for conrayen
tons under the resolution of the Council of said ate
eity granting them said right of way.
second. That the said Carroon Railroad Companv |
shal ~ ther own EXPENSE grade and fill up the bitches
o. hoth sides of their Railroad St Charles street.
rom jackson 10 The Tivoli Circle, and SHALL al their
own expense, set the curbstones and lay the wood
en- cutters both sides of the railroad track wherever
the same are not now laid. They shall also at their
own EXPENSE remove from the said Tivo Circle their
Railroad track, that said Circle may be applied to the
uses OF the public as originally intended The whole |
10 be under The direction and supervision of the City
surveyor and The whole TO be completed within six
months from the approval of this resolution.
Inird Ihat said Company shall pay annually into |
the City Treasury the sum of two hundred and ffty
dollars from The LIST of January of each year after the
passage of this resolution. |
Fourth, Should the grant made by this resoIntinn |
prove TO be in conflict with the privilege granted by
We late city Of Lafayette to the Lafayette and Pont
chartraln Railroad Company, and confirmed by the |
Council Of The city Of New Orleans, then this resou-
lion shall be considered null and void and of no
effect That the said Company shall further be sub
lecled to all police ordinances and regulations which