New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-21
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City Of New0 Orleans, jane e, 1868. :
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aNoRDINANGE concerning the Wharges Of the CITY Of New
Orleans and providing for Farming the Revenues thereof
n sig orleans hAt he u3mpaier city shall after
se passage 81 thi ordinance and BY the Mayor and
Journal adqdcaie and self Pie office to TIE highest bidder
Of the Whaye qf SAID city eoeeabe under existing
boats and water craft Of any and ever description whatsoever
the of four and nine months commencing the
s6s provided hoWeye tbat ali sales 81 adjudicaoSs 50
made shall subject the approval or rejection Of the Conn
Council.
the purpose Of said adjudication and sale the
hae of said city shall BE divided into six sections as fol-
Ssetioa Frt sh comprise eli landings Of
ssd city lying aud being upon the mississippi river and con-
tanned within the southern limit Of said city and the
sei8a eoa shah comprise all the wharves and landings
Of sid sy WING and being gp9a hs Msssspg SeF and
line Of North Market street. leaving out the whole Of wharf
Sseioa Third shah comprise all harves landings
lying and being the river and contained within
5 and the upper line Of that part river front Of the city
which is apaFopyieed e the Canal street ferry
said city lying aud being upon the Mississippi liver and eor
said city which appropriated The Canal ferry and
the line Of Jefferson street except that space between the
az he Nav Tesns opeIonsas md Grest western RAILROAD
Sesny IA . ferf iaSjiae fsrasiI 1at saiG fonnsrg
shall within ninety days after notification Of the City surveyor
construct their the necessary whAryes and slips
landing Of their said ferrys and comprised within
the e95sSaia paes 9a PTes9sa 54rsE nv ssi9 eo
he said whsEyes slips and ghe leyee comprised within
hares and slips be completed and kept repair under The
s ss 6 san e sbe6 &c o raj.
regulations relative thereto and the provisions Of
sba It Rs e 6ave he 4sht il rsy6Eng the privileges
herein granted aud Of changing and removing said ferry land
Section Fila shall comprise all the wharye and landings
Of SAID city lying and being upo7 VIE Mississippi Tyer and
line of that portion If the river front of said which s
from a potion Il liz river 'front.' wiic il or may hereafter
Be oE ferry g e. e1snt Of n9l more than ens
Sixth shall comprise all the wharves and landings
taned within be lover line IL that portion II Tie river front Of
said city which the Esplanade ferry and the
harvs which built suitable for the purpose under
and sha he ocsed at tie upper limit 81 aTf6el street and
the lower line Of eseps street The said warye hereby
poF il New Orleans e arrange heiT os epartprs and
changing removing the same as the Common Council may
$50 & That SAID COMPTROLLER shall adiudcae and sell
ana apart commencing with section first and ending
SEQ Thateaeh and every person TO whom shall be adud
Gated 9na sold As aforesaid the as a0re
this ordinance shah be athe rights and Priv
venues
sold aforesaid the eoectble aore
said within the various sections forth in section second of
gae Els or RsI e Il Il lie
persons whatsoever and that in case Of
an person Of pefs6ns Of the rights 81 interests acquired under
9S By q q sssa s a9s 3 sa sb
and interests acquired Aforesaid and the shall
sec That Tie city 81 New, reserves to herself and
wSaf now EASING and eae and syeTy nuisance wharf 1v
existing all the arising the The Com
Council also from adjudication and sale that
ton o the harves Of the fourth between the lower line
Of Toulouse street and the upper line Of esou the
being appropriated and reserved for the of the New
Orleans opeonsas and Great Western Railroad Company for
de and y feet on the river front starting from the upper
mito the city and running down. for aery anding sre
served BY the city, and the revenues thereof.
SEQ That each and whom shall be adindi
ornanee sbali dive bond with good and snfScent eeuiy
be approved by Council equal 10
oneonfth part q the price Of said adjudication and sale and
conditioned for the true and faithful performance aud ul
ment On the part OF said person Or persons Of the duties i'm
s. Theteaeh every person whom shall adjadi
Gated and sold as aforesaid the revenues coeeiabe as aoe
mi ~ IN sasetio9 Ii be s = gommo Sa o
Gated and sold as aforesaid.
SEC the required to be given by section seventh
Of this ordinance shall BE- divided into series Of in
hgels VIZ Ky t ~ Ys u wy tnlee ols
hyesx seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thfeen four
teen Fifteen sIeen seventeen eighteen nj eteen, twenty
tbiTfso t{,TtStyo tsrSt6reeS titvogr n}
y tbirtsb thirty n1s g tt
foytwo forty three, forty four fort6ge forty forty
three hyfouT fyaYe and hftysx months after date; and
" saen q XII m9gs ~ sS % ag Sy @ " e months
yea shall be drawn payable each in amount equal TO two
adadcaed sold asnfoesad and of notes
e. sha ee Ensse g9y6 u .ae months Of N.Y. august Sep
be drawn payable each ~ an amount equal to one
sold, aforesaid.
eateaand Aforesaid The eoeeta6le aforesaid
within the sections forth in section Of this oin
sa gss ~ " A snJ aggn ot seehs E9Gss
ordinance that said whar4es, landings shall
cepted IN the condition in which the said first
day Of October next and that said person
shall repair the same and keep the same IN good order andon
commencing with the first ~ Of October, 1858 and ending
shall have no right to build any shed warehouse or platform
the whayes and eyees without the permission Of the Com
SEQ Ii That the eyee named in section 10 Of this ordinance
shah extend back the line Of the fronting the
FiveFtha say comprised within section 30
shall extend back e the line Of Water street, from the upper
and New Leyee streets from Adele sreeto Felicity road The
New eyae street from Felicity rood 10 Race street, and to
Front Legee from Race street North market street
section Ne shall extend back the line of Front street,
NJ a ne sf es.e eonpd III Il sSon R
shall extend back to the line Of Front street, from Canal
tomhouse to Toulouse street The levee Comprised in
T2n 10 saa extend haek e 9s ns q 9td Lsyse street
70 the public road on New Leyee sire and 1T is hereby
er dispose as NAV be by tbe common Conn
CID Of portion Of the evees comprised with any
sections set forth section of this ordinance Whenever any
Council unprodueve imperative Or useless to and for he
great purposes Of commerce or public use.
SEC n That the repairs OF required to be made
Same according to the grades already established in covering
the with hard substances such oyster shells and
gravel In keeping the always in good by lng
UP M holes On helr GFst appearance with hard Substances
asRb0ve nehhaned in ng with all
same which in sink below the aforesaid
aud IN keepng the bulk heads the outside always
IN good order and conditions and whenever the bature shall
form SO as to require the evee be extended the
ON the order Of The Common Counci I'LL sHch parts the
haure and build such eyees said Common Council may
deem necessary as we'll as all new bulk heads
SEC IL Ihat tue repairso the wharyes required to be made
under section 9Th Of this ordinance sha eonsist repairing
holes she flooring oil the wharve Inclined planes mne
dae upon their hst appea nnce raising all portions the
E WlaFFes which which
levels established taking nutand all cans and
srlngers piles feuderpes flooring etc. which may found
rotten decayed iii building All Wha which, from
all wharFes winch may require tsnston TO have ut
all times depth Of u twenty feet the wHterne
each and every wharf used for the landing discharge
ships and depth Of water Of feet the line
deyey wharf utad fer the landing and discharge
boats.
sEo H. That in making tue repairs required by section
tive tn ts ordinance the piles used shall be Of lake river
timber Of me best quality eleven BY eleven inches square
end and nine by nine inches square
shaf be driven Omfteen twenty feet into solid ground,
81 distances Of feet tho eenter the heads eff the piles
Surveyor and sh and support by inches
square caps which shall be strongly to each tie sid
piles Wlh drag nails Inch by eighteen inches long
The sngers shall least inches squares
ut right angles upon the caps distances Of
cente and shall be strongly fastened each
with dragnas inch square by sixteen inches
Thepan used for the flooring shall be OF yellow pine Of
best quality twelve inches vide less than three inches
thick and not less than feet long; they be strongly
matted 10 each Of the sngeTs with inch pressed spikes
two each end Of zach pank and each Intersection Of
the striugers
SEQ 5 That every wharf used for the landing and
discharge steamboats, shall inclined plane projecting