New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-25
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i The magnitude Of This increased commerce is no
alluded 70 here as Of barren
ulation Larger duties and more extended exertion
are created and must be encountered by the legal au
thorilies of the city Every impeachment or expense
attending the receipt Shipment Of THIS increased
amount Of produce should be made Light our ext
4 genaies require. The number Of vessels lying N Por
Nat of January, was as l72 SAL yes
The number in port on lat January, 1856, was as fol
lows, 800 sail vessels and 62 steamers
10 accommodate his gras1ly increased tonnage !
work or most obvious policy. During the month Of
II December Just past q large number of heavily laden
steamers kept lying in the river Witouta place
q discharge their loads Of 10 receive their cargoes In
"A many instances, cotton and Western produce we're
piled eroniie on the eree, subject 10 great detention
II from the rains and the steamboats, put 70 enormous
expense in many cases amounting 10 hundreds q dol
lars BY the delay occasoned by the want OF leyee
room These things should moi be- porIon q your
1 committee undertook personal inspection OF The
wharf-room from the Government Wharves of the
Third Dstric, 10 The Stock Landings Of the Fourth Dis
n me o they
Bile to find The whole of The great line of The port,
j spare Of one hundred feet Save at the fiat
boat landing ofhe First District The Wharvss of the
Second and Third Districts Were first inspected, under
l the impression that larger accommodations for ships
and steamers could be effected in those sections. The
Leyee cotton press had attracted their notice and pre-
scented great ndueement 10 the selection Of the Third
District for the proposed extension II was also The
sincere desire of your committee 10 throw every aid
within the scope of our legisaton tuthe Third Dis
tHct which might revive the depressed condition of
that portion Of our city No point above the Levee
cotton press however was found unoccupied, and the
distance Of this landing below from The center Of the
city forbade any hope OF any extension farther down
H9ar committee would however that Talna
Master of the Third District would make known the
facts 10 all incoming vessels.
The only practicable remedy therefore presented to
yrYr ypas thaa fire. of faf.b
from The First District and the extension of the
boat wharf to the point occupied by the New York
steamers CahaWba and Black Warrior. This space is
nearly 500 feet in length and of 800 feet breadth
is at present composed of the lower at-6oat basin,
100 feet wide the ST Joseph wharf, 100 feet wide and
the upper aboat slip, AO feet wide. These slips or
basins used as moorngs for coal and hay boats.
They have ranging depth Of from 90 feet Of wafer
and onstant dredging 10 make them of prac
cal use. $&5
THE wharf ordinance has not provided that the essees
shall perform this work. Nor are the contractors os-
gated 10 construct new wharYes where have pre-
viousy existed The new Wharves necessary 10 con-
and bridge these slips will about OOO
With aview of getting these whsrves constructed,
your committee entered into correspondence with the
present lessees OF that section 10 ascertain upon what
terms this extension would be made by them. Their
response did not meetlhe approval ofyour committee
and proposals were then invited from Messrs Harris
& Morgan The proprietors of the Texas line of steam
ers. This resulted in proposition upon their part
which has been sanctioned and aided by the lessees
and ~ now recommended to your honorable body for
favorable action | .I5& va
The terms of this proposition are, that Harris &
Morgan will yield up the $40 feet of wharf now occu-
pletby them and capable of accommodating II large
class steamboats, and remove their steamers to the
present fatboat landing of 500 feet in length where
they Will, at their own expense erect good and sub-
staa wharf, keeping it in good order and repair and
at the same time pay lie regularyvharfage dues as
consideration of which they are 10 have
The sole and use Of said 800 feet of wharf for
the space OF five years from ist March, 1856.
The advantages Of this arrangement for the city are
briefly as follows:
An economy OF space Of $50 feet viii be gained in
The very wharf of the city The present unsighty
basins of water. Improperly used the Eecepiaeles OF
manure and ofa, VIII be replaced by table of wharf
built without cost to treasury The reprehensible
practice ofconverting laboats into store trade boats
the dement Of regular dealers, will be abolished
and new space gained for seventeen steamboats,
than our Wharyes can now accommodate. The length
oftime asked for attracted the attention ofyour
committee being The only point liable serious OBJ
lection in this arrangement But not, if properly
examined an extraordinary grant. The Council has
already given its lessons ofthe waryes for
two years. The space asked for ID great as the
Texas steamers already occnpy-and the Importance
of our Texas trade is too obvious to need from your
committee any array of facts 10 prove its magnitude
and growing value. Praccallyit is nothing but an
Immunity from change that is asked al our hands 1t
Ii mol within The range Of probability that such change
will ever be desired by any future council
The only disadvantage the removal Of the alboats
from the center Of the city. But when we consider
that either theyor the steamboats,, the steamships
will have to be removed 10 the distant sections The
city, tits apparently but choice Of evils. The entire
about 400 bearing carsoes Of about $4,000 tons Now
The same space occupied by II steamboats, will be
capable Of landing from them al least 100000 tons
Moreover, the use of flatboas is gro wing gradually
into disfayor, and the2arge majority of them laden
now with coal, hay, potatoes and slaves. The unload
ing and disposal of such cargoes be nearly well
in the Third and Fourth Districts in
the First.
IT. howeyer,the steamboat arrivals SHALL in ihe late
Spring be materially lessened, The Council can, by
special resolution allow atboais again TO be landed in
The First District ill the exigences of another years
commerce demand their removal TO the extreme sec
tons of the port. tE#5 ll- fgN5
Your committee would earnestly urge The PROMPT
consideration OF This subject upon your honorable body
The proposed Wharves will require six weeks in con-
struclion By that time, all tho upper rivers will be
opened and the accumulated produce the West will
be borne in floods upon and the greatest loss ensue
to consignees and steamboats,, unless our wharves
pared to receive them ii Is no idle prediction for
US say that the receipts from the interior in March
and April next, will surpass anything ever dreamed of
by the most enthusiastic wellwisher Of our city. Your
committee herewith present resolutions i'll accordance
with the above to which your sanction is nsked.
LOGAN MCKNIGHT,
r w. A. VIOLET,
St. .$a4. ], EAGER,
Committee on Extension Of Wharf Of FIRST District.
Mr.. Fabre, as member of the special com
mit&ee appointed to report upon the expediency
Of extending the steamboat landing of the First
District, offered the following minority report,
which was read
The minorilyof The special commi,e, appointed to
examine as 10 the ulity OF extending The steamboat
landings Of The First District and also removing the
aboais the Fourth District of the city, beg 10
port, that in accordance with The ordinance leasing
ihe wharves they believe it cannot be legally prop
erly done without the of all the lessees thei
pec,ve sections together with the consent of the
lessor Your commllee is informed that this consent
cannot be obtained, and they further believe that il
would be dangerous precedent, and would jeopardize
the interest of the city TO in any alter
tract entered into in good faith with the contractors
the collection arising from the revenues of the Wharves
4 q
lice The property holders of the Second District
would have tendency to draw large portion Of The