New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
COMpTROLLEk's OFFICE, I
City Of New Orleans, Juue 26, 1865. !
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ANoRDIN the whsrvss q The city Of New
sncTios l. Be ordfnsi ~ he c5nsos Co,rei n dc cuy
q Nss Orleans, That is oompsr0lss Of nd city sha after
after having given seng days n9ss thereof IN tho Sss
with stpuaiions contained
Of the wharyes q said city eosctsbe under erng
dlnances all ships vesse steamships steamboats, fat
boats and water craft Of snd description whatsoever
it day eobs 1855 aud ending With hs sb day june
s d sa5sc ~ &c 9as % e. 81 # % Conc 80
baIys Of said city shall be divided into six sections fol-
Seton Frst shall comprise all the wqrves and landings Of
said city lying and being upon The Mississippi river and con
Spps m e ee RSsi o%d 0ae'H % o. SAID city, the
secad shall comprise all the xharve and landings
CT said city, living and being Mississippi river aud
contained within the limit Of Felicity road and the lower
line Of North Market street. leaving out the whole Of whaf
seldom Third shall comprise al the and landings
lying and being the Mepp river and Contained within
The lower line Of North Market street. including wharf No.
Which Pi the Canal street Ferry me
Section Fourth shall comrite all the wharv and landings Of
ned within the lower line Of that portion the river front Of
sa ss T e o oa s Gs s he
lowe! Inc Of Toulouse street and The upper line Of Jserson
Of the New osens opelousas and Great Western Railroad
SHALL Within ninety dsys after nocaon q the City
at their own expense The necessary wharves and slips
the aforesaid space and proeided further; that said Com
Paif he said wbsrves slips comprised within
@ d Up b. s ct e o kent rspa I ae s
supervision the City Surveyor; provided further that
names regulations thereto provisions Of
This ordinsneej that he Common q nnci
granted and Of changing and removing said ferry land
Section rim shall comprise all the wharyes and landings
g a s sS s of e fs
line OF that portion Of the river front OF said q y which Is Ap
he 'S y
be q enS ST. A G nsl s %0re than one
Seion StTtf shall comprise ~ ne rhaves and landings
asd Rs III" 'front.'
said city which e the Espanade ferry and the
S Siss5 s 's 6 aDs a
shall be the limit Of Barihemy and
spor ofa sos FOR he use Of he shipping q he Ro
Of New Orleans 70 their lows departure and
the lessee Of said sixth seco he city reryns The right Of
changing removing the same the Common Council
SEC B That SAID Comptroller shall adjudcate and sell
rious sections set forth IN the second section of This ordnance
@ saeos s as @ T .d eoS r'' and sndos
Sac That each and every person To whom .ha be adiudi
said within the various sections forth section second Of
e s q New Or and ss Collect aa
Gated and ,od Aforesaid revenues cOecs-Je as aore
dis Odnsnee shall no, sell Transfer asss set u5o
sub lease his or their gtt title interest In the
sale transfer, assignment subrogation subesse made by
any SS Sr s a
subroraion shall rights
rests acquired aforesaid and the shall
eseeS from aid sale each and every ferry Sdns fe s
wharf existing and each and nuisance wharf
Council also reserves from adjudication por
W he s sd ps b ssa Of ne s s
being appropriated and for the Of the New
ferry landing ard eo portion Of the harvos Of hun
m of ts civ and snpnpe DOWN Tor rry indng e
served by the city, and the revenues thereof
Gated sold Aforesaid col
tee bS Wv bopd h od sss ssGSna on @
proved by the Common Council in equal
conditioned for the faithful performance aud uIn
the pa Of said person or perons of the duties I'M
SEC s. THAT and every person shall be adudi
said within the various .eeons e forth il section second Of
endorsed 10 the sf the Connci in an
equal 10 the purchase prce Of the adud
That the notes required 70 be given by section seventh
five six seveu eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen, four
twenty twenty-five twenty three twenty four twenty ave
SIrty one Sirtyso tbir,y three tbirty four We
thirty thirty sishi thirty nine forty forty
seven foyeishss iof'y nine a. ay fsJgC hy
said shall be made psyable in the
II oa Mss a AP Nay nS JSDs e each
eighty pats Of the purchase price Of the -yennes
As shall be ma payable July August sep
tember Der November December Of each year shall
payable each In equal eighty fourth
Of the purchase price Of the revenues adudaied and
That each and whom shall be adjud
Gated and sod Aforesaid the coectaee aforesaid
within the sections set forth in section Of this odn
shall and take possession of the wharves landings
revenues adrdcated sold omiy this
ordinance that said wharyes landings and levees shall be
cepted the condition in which the may be said first
day Of October ard that said accept
shall repair the and the good order and
dillon during The whole term Of four years and nine months
with HE ooh day Of June 1853 Provided that the essees
the whayes and levees without the permission of the Com
SEC IL That the 10 of this ordinance
shall extend back the line Of the fronting the
shall extend 10 the of Water street from the upper
lin Of the Fourth District to adele street aud to Tchoupoas
evee comprised in section No shall extend back the line Of
Front Leyee from Race street 10 North market street.
that portion p Of wharf No u h eys s so%pse in
North market Canal street ncurg that portion in
shall extend back to ihe line Of Front street from Canal
to Cusoml street and to New Levee street. from Gus
shall extend back to the line of Old
to the public road on New t; and hereby
well understood that the city claims and reserves to herself
dispose las be deemed expedent by the Common Couu
sections forth ii section Il this ordnance whenever any
Of said eveea shall become IN the opinion Of the Common
Council unpTodncve Imperative useless and for the
great pprposes of commerce or public use.
und,r section 10 Of his ordinance shall consist in grading The
according the grades already established
the with hard substances such lake shells and
in keeping the sane always in good order by filling
up all holes their first appearance with hard substances
above mentioned CLING with river sand all of the
which In sink below the aforesaid
bulk heads outside
in good order and condition. and whenever the nature shall
form require the evee be extended the
on the order OF the Common Council fill such Of the
baure and build snch evees said Common Council may
| deem necessary. well ms all buk heads.
SEC Is That the repairs the wharves required TO he made
under section 9th OF this ordinance hn consist repairing all
holes in the flooring Of the wharveS and inclined planes mme
daely their first raising all portions OF the
wharves which may have sunk, which below
levels established in and renewing all caps
stringes piles fender piles flooring which be found
rotten decayed in building anew all whsves which, om
general decay require and extending into the
river all whaTves which require extension, have
all times depth Of water If twenty feet the line
EACH wharf used for the landing discharge
ships and depth Of water Of ten feet at the line of each
and every wharf ured for the landing and discharge Of steam
boats.
tive fts Of this ordinance the piles used shall be of lake
timber OF the best qualify, eleven by inches
end and nine by nine inches the other end
shall be driven from fifteen TO twenty feet into The solid ground
shall be squared according the levels by
Surveyor and sh eleven by inches
which shall be
piles with nails square inches long
at right angles the distances of i've feet from thu
center shall be strongly fastened each with
with drag nails inch by sixteen inches long
the flooring shall
thick less than fifteen feet long;
nailed each of the strnger with inch spikes
two at each end Of each plank and at each intersection
| the strngers.
IS That each and every wharf landing anC
discharge steamboats, shall inclined
from the foot thereof Of a. least thirty feet in width that