New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-10-19

The Claiborne Market, situated at the junction of
Common and Claiborne streets, is built by individuals
on pnbc property and is to revert to the city in the
year 1861.
The Magazine street Market has been declared by
the Courts to belong-to the City of New Orleans,
1927 parts, and to the heirs of Guotte 1927 parts.
A judgment of partition was rendered on the Sd
January last and the property ordered to be sold at
Sheriff's sale on the 2 LIST October, instant
The revenues are now collected daily by the city,
and the proportion to which they are entitled paid
over to the heirs of Guillotte.
The Markets are governed by excellent laws, which
strictly enforced with reference to the public and
the lessees; they are well furnished, and in their
management and supplies, will compare favorably
with any markets in the country.
The inhabitants of that portion of the Second and
Third Districts in the rear of Claiborne street, are
greatly Inconvenience by the want of a market in
that vicinity The distance from their homes to any
of the markets already established causes great loss
of time and expense to very large portion Of the
population, and considering they equally entitled
to the benefits generally enjoyed by other parts
of the city, respectfully recommend the establish.
ment of small market in the rear of that part of
the city, near the line which divides the Second and
Third Districts.
CITY PROPERTY,
I am greatly indebted to the City Surveyor for the
complete list of the city property which is furnished
herewith 1t has been prepared by him at the cost
of much time, labor and necessary research and is
believed to embrace the property Of all descriptions
| in which the city has title.
Extraordinary as it may appear there is no register
of the property belonging to the city to be found
nor can find that it is made the duty of any of the
officers of the Corporation, by any existing law, to
keep such register or to assume the duties and re-
sponsibities of custodian of such property Much
OF the property belonging to the city is constantly
requiring attention, the neglect OF which occasions
Annually very considerable loss. fls
In view of these facts, and that considerable ad-
dtion will be made during the year to the property
of the Corporation, by the final settlement OF the
partition suit in the case of the McDonogh Estate,
and by the probable acquisition of the property be-
queathed by the late John D. Fink. would respect
fully recommend that a subordinate department be
established in the Surveyors Department, to be
known as the Department of the City Property +"
which shall be under the control and direction Of the
City Surveyor Who for the purposes of the Depart
ment shall be authorized to employ an experienced
and competent person to perform the addltlonal
duties imposed in consequence OF the new organza-
| ton. There should be kept by the person so EN-
ployed under the direction of the Surveyor, Regis.
ter of all the property belonging to the city whether
public property for public usersuch as the CITY hail.
kets, Engine Houses, Armories, Public, Squares,
Parks, etc. property held in trust; property ac-
qured by purchase or in liquidation Of Indebtedness
to the city property beqneathed for charitable pur-
poses, or otherwise acquired and belonging to, or
administered by the Corporation.
| 1t should be made the duty of the Surveyor to
watch over the preservation OF the public property
protect it from injury and keep 1t in order. book,
containing plan of each piece of property, should
be kept, showing its location, measurement how ac-
CURED and how occupied, and all other particulars
in relation to each property and such other books
as may be necessary to complete the Department for
the purposes intended All titles and other papers
relating to the property of the Corporation should be
carefully obtained from all the departments of the
City Government, and deposited and filed in the Sur
veyors Office, reference to which should be obtained
| by an index prepared for the purpose.
| The Surveyor should be charged with the duty Of
experimenting and making all necessary repairs to
all the public property, with the advice and sanction
of Committee of the Council, when the amount OF
| cost of such repairs does not exceed g.; and
when in of with the sanction OF the
| Common Council, regularly obtained. He should be
required to make all leases collect and pay over to the
Treasurer, all revenue derived from the public pro
perty and report in each month"; in detail to the
| Common Council, all the operations of this Depart
ment with such recommendations in relation thereto
he may from time to time consider OF interest or or
the public good. gst
This is no new feature in the organization of city
government. In Philadelphia, and in other cities,
department under similar organization is found to be
of the greatest utility, and from careful exanlina
| ton of the subject, am convinced that the amount
which will be annually saved to the City, will greatly
more than compensate for all the additional expense
incurred. l submit the matter for your consideration
with the additional remark only, that some provision
should be made for the better management of thi
large interest - i -'-4 s. .=i-.-g
am not prepared to report to your Honorabl,
Body, with anything like detail, on the condition o
the public property. The Markets and other pub'