New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-11
rnn oIrY RAILRoAp QUESTION.

Of the acceptance OF the highest Did w 0
ground that the people wanted the city rallroaos-
that tie public convenience demanded the conssfuc
ion OF the city railroads ct the earliest practcsoie
moment-that all interests would be subserved oy
proptuess and dispatch-aud that, while 1t was de-
srabe that u much q possible should be realized BY
he city for the privileges granted, yet, neverthe-
les, il vas the railroads. not the amount Of the
bonuses offered, which should govern municipal
iesi1lson In the settlement Of the particular matter
in controversy
Since then We have seen and conyersed with num-
bes Of people from all sections of the metropolis and
II gratied not little toascertain that in all ma
rial respects our views not only acceptable but
that they were cordially endorsed We are now, more
than ever sure that the public are in favor of the
policy We proposed and that, should the Council fail
TO satisfy their just and reasonable expectations the
disappointment will not only begreat but lasting.
Last Tuesday week the Board Of Assistant Alder |
men rejected the bids proposed, and passed resolu
ton re.adver4ising the whole matter. On Tuesday
evening last the action Of the lower Board came up
before the Board Of Aldermen. The following subst
tue for the proceedings Of the Board Of Assistants
was offered by Alderman Harrison, and, on his mo-
ton, after some considerable discusssion, adopted
Resolved, That the proposal Of W. G. Templeton,
Of 4 bonus Of SIS O0O with R. w. Adams as security
ID The sum OF 10000 for the privilege Of construct.
iur horse railroad in New Orleans, in conformity
with existing ordinances and speclhcatons on ~ -
me sufveyols ONCE 20 III s - snssr into con-
tact before the City Notary.
The above substitute was transmitted to the Board
OF Assstant Aldermen tho san1o evening; and aftsr
some discussion and several votes thsrsupon, the
whole matter was laid over until the next meeting,
and made the special order Of the day. Immediately
.fter reading the journal.
rim. ne m,tssr stands at present. The subject |
vill come M for discussion and determination tomor
~ evening. and anon the Board Of Assistant Alder
nan d.vol,e. the rr,ve responsibility Of determining
vbether svstem Of street railroads shall be com.
nnsnee this year or mot for il the matter goes over
~. vhoe proect 4 At an end for the season as the
nernd far the u,u.l summer adjournment is nigh at
h.nd. II thu members Of that Board meet the ex.
rotations n their constituents according to our
nnderstand;nc 4 the premises. thew will without
hesitation or delay adopt the substitute passed BY
II. Roard Il Aldermen. If thew do this. prepars.
don. iii L once commence. and the work win be
nnahea forward q completion with the utmost dis.
rstch enterprise and means can bring to bear. If
thev a. not there is no telling when we will have
street ~ railroads.
The onlv ;moort,nt objection we have heard urged
tha accentance AZ the highest bid is that the
honn. offered y NOT large enough This. under ordi-
n.rv circnmstances. would be valid objection. but
vben closely scrntinized and looked at with an eve
anole e ~. ascertanment Of the truth it amounts
= ,;tt,e - rotb;nr great deal ia said about the
bonns IL x1oo NM Maid ~ the Cbesnut street. Pha.
aelnb;a road That the PHILADELPHIA road paws this
honns l. ve believe trne Int II il eouly true that
the privilege granted the philadelphia road is at least
6va fold more valuable than the privilege proposed to
Il granted IN the New Orleans road. There are at
the Iowest estimate Ave travellers over the Chestnut
street road here there will he one over our local road
vban 4 i bp;t because there are five times more
naonle in The Quaker CITY than there are in the Cres
cent CITY and il il Messengers which make metropo
! tan railroads remuneratye. Then. again. as we are
| informed Nv GOOD authority the Chestnut street rail
roaa il mt snl;ect tn mnnicipal or other taxation
| # this Ia fact of which we have no doubt. the
honns offered il New Orleans ia really much larger
than the boosted bonus paid BY the Chestnut street
Improvement: for the taxes upon the New Orleans
road win before the time granted the privilege ex.
pres exceed the sum of 500 600 in all human prob
ability to say nothing OF the 600 absolutely tend
cred. So upon examination, it is apparent that the
h;bat h;adsr Il ,ba instance actually offers tn nav
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s1ea1el sun ~ 'na. - pa'o ~ wy
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does not nav It at once Of course but the revenue
ont If his nockets or from those of bs succes
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sols, u none Lug less cel'ain " NC iealaeu.
Upon this showing, the only sound objection against
accepting the highest bid vanishes into nohngness
Were it otherwise, we should not argue as we now
do although we hold that the public interests, the
public convenience, and the general welfare, would
Be injured instead Of benefited, by postponement
Of three months, even were it certain that double
bonus could be thereby obtained. The people de.
mand the railroads. and care very little about the
4 bonns Ten or fifteen thousand dollars additional
we're It sure TO be secured of which we know of no
solvent prospect would not begin to compensate for
the delay that would intervene. The bonus will be
more than made M by the convenience which will be
afforded,
4 For these reasons, not to cite many others which
come in incidentally, we trust the Assistants will
adont the substitute of the Upper Board tomorrow
evening II they do-and we have pretty extensive
knowledge Of the tendency of popular sentiment-we
believe they will receive the pIaudts of vast ma
l3jorty Of the taxpayers OF New Orleans
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