New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-06-18

report were read twice and adopted, the rules being
| suspended:
it shall be lawful omnbnses or
rues s wagons TO- place upon the streets Gf New Orleans
wheels Of the shall be less four width
be liable hy dollars for each day the
may hs run on the stree Of the city said
Rsolrsd That mission be- and the same hereby granted,
The New Canal Caope Howard and Maun.sl prov
The city also said press fire proof and to reman
~ t.. the same
hereby given to Messrs. Fassmnn Collins
en waeh their be erected @ the
Of sad ~ and provided said shall be
during the pleasure of the Common Council. -
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Kearny offered the following report, which
was read and adopted: uH~
The specinl joint committee whom referred that por-
on of the propose, Of Messr Gamewe!l c. relative
hs si II u
M ty Your ss Of the M opinion that
as .ns I to s for s 5 @
author zng the erection Of the will be presented by them
Respectfully snbnitted
m.#msE.4. .M.# ..~...m y. WHITNEY,
Fl. REEBE,
....- T5E T.5TdEkSSAASsS SSAASsS1ISof, !,
Mr.. Ranney offered the following majority report,
which was read:
a The q the eemns, the President Of the Board
beuvrt seated that the law authorizing them drain
c and the and collect the expended
projected, did authorize them Che Commission.
therefore apparent tha, if they had not the aut
W construct the eyee they could not protect aud
after it was made
The Commission RS assisted that the first action .he part
IF % % ndee 81 s BE the nn ssoRo Of M
from co eviction that TIE Council have no legal authority to
for works which they could have
to- t. s
further acon to inform us what proportion Of the
''s{ that could
get necessary land for mere noTtal sum but what the
the proprietor choose after the evee has been
Foucher the best proper line for the
location Of he protection leyee wond respectfully call the
law author ng drain the section has been
hs to se se5
make the works at their entirely
about twoth Whole district proposed 10 Be
e 3 o @ asa sl, e1 the @
account Swamp Land fund of which eighty oniney
thousand dollars have been appropriated for draining and
therefore bn, just the sones should pay 10
dollars which they receive the State ay thousaad
compelled espead in consequence Of The
long delay in executing the necessary works which their char
nation of the ground from Julia street point abaye Car
rolltOn.
additional why the majority the committee came
the that The city with propety expend any
money the proposed work that the plan was
incomplete From The map and estimate made by The Comms
sioners' Engineer it will be that plan and estimate
tends only from ha river to the She'll Road point about
miles below the Basin ua Now well known
that the water from the Sauve over the Shell
Road and through the cye:ts will therefore seen that
evee alorg the sonth side of the Shell Road required
and the cuverts stopped. lsvee Say eight feet wide
at and averaging alb ,u nine feet high will upwards OF
contributed for the proposed evee along the Fo
cher upper line.
Again the proposed evee will in way directly or indi
rectly protect portion of the c situated St. oeph
why then should that portion below joseph street
be compelled contribute towards the ion of in
another parish and beyond their CONTROL by which they can in
possible be benefited particularly proprietors
between Julia street and Toulouse have compelled to nav
upwards Of three hundred thousand dollars for drainage
We would further that the City Coanc respectable
petition the Legislature its session repeal that nor
of the Draining Act which control of tbe civ
drainage from the Council where now and where
should remain.
This becomes apparent the city progresses and ,ha
extend back Surface drainage will answer
for rural agricultural purposes, will bur 1he
canals drains and bitches be adapted to m the new
grades Of the street and the under and drains
work the draining wheels with dip least nine feet eow
the lowest ground and lift OF three feet above he
Suuve cfeyasse.
II. j. RANNEY,
JULES BENT,
ROBT. HuYGHE.
j. j. f. MASSICyT.
N. WHITNEY.