New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-10
OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
BOARD on ALDERMEN.
TUESDAY, November 6, 1866.
concluded from Kesterday.J

tee, offered the following report, winch va
adopted:
paYt upof matters referred and upon matters which Il
conniee believe TO be Of large interest 10 the city
LINN he petition of A. Fardo, praying to be reliev,
from the payment of COSTS incurred in suits institute
B city against said Fardo for The recovery Of take
vour committee report adversely
Upon the petition of Adam Miller, praying that
may be allowed 10 transfer his license, No. 49, for Ii
Keeping OF coffee mouse in the Fourth District,
Jacob Scheang, your committee report favoraby, an
offer the necessary resolution.
Upon resolution to pay sundry persons, adopted
he Board of Assistant Aldermen Oct 10TH 1850, you
committee recommend concurrence.
Your committee also offer resolution 10 pay seve
sons, adopted by The Board Of Assistant Aidermen oc
3, 1855 action upon the came having been deferred
your committee mil afier presentation, TOT examna
The Committees on Finance have, under resolution O
the 9Th OF ocober and since the last sitting of thi
honorable Board discounted further amount of 1925
500 ~ OF the notes received from The purchasers th
revenues Of the city wharves, netting 10 the Cit
Treasury sIes4si %. There remain upon hand ss7,
35t So The notes received from the purchaser Of tn
revenues OF The wharves of the Fourth Section
Your committee are happy 10 be enabled TO aunounc
the fact that the floating debt of the city given in III
report Of your committee of the 9th Of August u ha
been since wholly cancelled by payment and that III
treasury is now in condition TO satisfy all curren
claims upon presentation thereof Ii this ability ha
been reached through sale Of the Of the Cit
wharyes,i it may be truly said that The difference
yield between SaloOu and Slsi 900 per year, is thu
erection of this Council; and that the res ult of III
financial labor could not be better applied than to h
redemption Of credit whose best interests tits sou
chief duty 10 forward and protect.
lin connection with the Immediately preceding mat
Ter of this report and in consideration of The various
statements afoaI Win regard 70 me eonmeTcial pros;
proper lay before your honorable body snccinci
review W the commercial statistics of our city, during
period Of ten years and il is 70 be hoped that an inn
partial examination OF the VIII justify the ia tin OF
Hose of fellow citizens who still believe in our
city, prosperity and are willing 70 labor for IFS further
sNH trnh Unn Hnuf n "a
liberation Of your honorable body, comparative
Of the wealth. internal resources md indebt-
in illustration Of the financial capacity Of city and
in order to base thereupon suggestions for certain
statute changes In our municipal organization,
The statistical tables which accompany this report
Were compiled from the annual statements given in
s'Young's New Orleans Price Current and may con
saquenily be relied upon for accuracy and truth
Table marked (Aj gives tho yearly arrival, at the
port Of New Orleans, of ships, barks briggs schooners
steamships and steamboaasfor ZEN years commencing
This table, Wken Id cossiasesion with statement
Of tonnage Of vessels and stesships arriving the
port OF New Orleans from LIST September, Is45,
September, 1865 Obtained from The custom-H House,
and marked B) shows that the tonnage ot ships barks
sehooners and steam shos arriving Al The port Of New
Orleans for the ending September Isl, 1855,
cceds that Of 1915 by nearly 90 per cent
The average tonnage Of ships, boats &c, arriving
at The port of New Orleans for The last Ten years.
amounts sG6,4G3 ions per year, showing that The
tonnage thus arriving for the year ending September
1s 1856 exceeds The average by nearly Il per cent
TENDER Is 1855, ess than those of 1876, by about
Of per cent The average arrivals of steamboats,
for the past ten yenrs, 1891 per year; show
ing thai The arrivals for The ending September Isl
1855, are less than The average by about per cent
Bat as the size Of steamboats, visiting the port Of New
Ofleans have increased in equal ratio with The size Of
ships visiting said port arrive the conclusion
thai although the centage of arrivals has decreased
YET The per cenage OF tonnage has increased during
The past len years.
In The year ending September 1s 1916 the average
tonnage Of all vessels arriving the pori New Or
leans was $3.50 tons per vessel.
In the year ending September 1si, 1866 the average
tonnage q al arriving at the por Of New Or
leans was 53i tons per vessel; being average in
crease 81 ~ ions per vessel nearly as per cent
Now, If il be true that equai per centage or in
crease has been made in the tonnage. or capacity oil
steamboats, visiting New Orleans then IL is true that
while be arrivals Of river boats for The wear ending
Sept i 1855, less By than the arrivals of 1915
Yet The per centage of increase In The size Of said
oals That there should have been a0 arrivals
in the year 1s45 70 make the arrivals said year equal
10 The arrivals of 1856 In other words the arrivals
q sssnDoats N from increase of size, equal
10 4ou6 arrivals OF steamboats, Of the capacity OF those
employed upon the Mississippi in 1915; being An in
crease over the arrivals Of 1sa5 Of Az per cent or an
81 II per cent
The table married. fC) gives The Exports Of Sugar
and Moasses from The port of New Orleans, for The
past ten years, ending September LIST, 1857 /
The exports Of sugar in hogsheads for the year end
ing Sept LIST, 1864 exceed those of Is45 by 55X per
cent; the exports in barrels are less by 7-i0 per
INC average exports Of sugar. for the last ten years
amount 10 so72e hogaheads, and o 07S barrels Der
year showing that The exports of sugar for the year
ending Sept 1si 1855 exceed Inc average by aver 40
barrels " 1
The exports Of moIasses in barrels for the wear end
per cent.
The average exports Of molasses for the last len
years amount 70 sao gallons, showing that The !
eApolls q moiasses, Tor the year ending September
"a fhs s5 q Exceed hs average By Ii
nf Ten L
me exports Of cotton for the year ending September
lsi 1922 exceed hose Of 1915 BY 20 RS pei cent
Ine average number Of bales per yenr exported for
,he ias ten Years. amounts 10 showing that
w number Of bales Of cotton expectation the bort Of
~ ior he year ending September 1s 1855
me exports Of tobacco for the wear ending Sent p
.sl isos exceed those of 1915 by nearly II Per
Ihe average number Of hogsheads Of tobacco export
81 ne year or The past len years. from the mort of
s,s nrlsans, to showing that the
the average BY nearly K per cent 49, ss>'ssu
The table marked tEl gives the exports Of -four
pv u q New Orleans for ten years lasi past,
TAXING lhe average exports per year, of -four pork
Dacon, ard beef lead whisky and corn The past
Ten years and comparing the with the exports Old
fOalpwing result: 5~ses " a
as5s-E xportaton of Flour less than the average by 1
49, nearlya24 per cent.
isSS-Expofation OF Pork, less than the average BY
,ar- nearly 81 X per cent. i
.A poIsauon OF Bacon, less than The average by / 7
I'LL nearly X per cent, 80 =
xpoIaiion Of Lard, less than the average by
nearly ~ IL per cent 81 - 5- II
porsalon Of Beef less than The average by
nearly 40 10 per cent 10 .' n
ls55-E Expectation of Whisky less than The avera.e
10. by nearly nv per cent.
ssyo-E xportation Of Lead, less nv 3o3 1sO nps In
Of Corn, less By $50 ,6o9 sacks
are the chief staples OF what is called our
snaMuy c9mmsrce-~the commerce OF the Upper Mis-
NT ne MissonIi the Ohio, and their tributaries
- NJ u sae ail1ng of of this portion Of the commerce
Ia s,, uisans or the year ending Sept. j. 1866 may
% aa.r pulled 10 the low stage Of The great watef.
= ,hs West during the whole period of the
,o.s season. but after making all due allow
49, ~ we untoward condition Of these main the y
40 o. communications ii must be thai q
s exhibited by the Table marked f. contrast CT
ae ntherwise cheering progress of our "a
a ee 1ehi prosperity And your commitee hav. p
n,s proper in consideration OF lie mnortant
$3.50 " owed 70 offer resolution for The nnont s.
,ae. y speeai Committee whose dafy it Xviii III VI
lults INTO The causes of This decline in onr r,
viii ses aisn me West, and TO report thereupon VI
- suggestions relative to the removal thsreof CT
: rs ~ s ~, committee may appear iii, az
naIkea lfl gives the value OF The exports m
ma s iun y W Orleans for the past eight wears
S value OF Inc exports from New Orleans Il for
wv counties in American vessels dnr,na ,h ~ ~,
M, years, average s34 6304s7 per yearshowlng F
49, sala exports for the year ending Sent Il lss5 ax m
III e avefage by 5000 0O7 or nearly % per cent
tl q said exports ia foreign vessels during NJ
Nv is cght years, average Is eos 500 per year q
vesy S WAY sad exports in foreign vessels for The e
III sept l, 1855 are less than the nv ~,
me ~ q Or more than "a u per cent, " "