New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-08


the newsboys widowed mothers, papers ct he
rate of between eighteen and nineteen dollarsa
year, and those newsboys were to trudge tie
streets at all hours and in all weather, to makea
little profit on that rate, but these same charitable
gentlemen of the Picayune delivered their. paHrl
to the wealthy merchant in his counting-room Pr
sixteen dollars year, two dollars less. /
Mr.. Regenberg, from the Committee on Pubic
Education, reported pnfavorably on the bill to e7
ieve purchasers of 10th sections of the pubclanls,
and on the bill toratify the lease of Franklin ol.
Iege, Opelousas, to Rev. Benjamin f. White ad |
favorably On the bill to reorganize the FranAin !
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: THE BILL, 10 LEASE the NEW, CANAL. |
i, Mr.. Walker, from the Finance. Committee, e-
ported back the Senate bill for the leasing of he
New Canal, with amendments, and the House piE 4
ceeded to the consideration Of the bill and ameh
I1ents. III lllge Sfl g. ~ ~ f-nlH 2Hi II
The Canal, which is now the property Of be
New Orleans Canal and Banking Company, byhe
conditions of the charter ofrthat corporation, le
comes the property Of the State on the 18th Of
March next. -[g-r4 tl..,,f5 {. .rs4f4J tssf I'd IN
Subjoined is the bill as itccame from the Senate,
and was referred toythe committee tIAA ,tf s5!2
Al act to authorize the Lease OF the New Canal, n
I'd SEcrioS i. Bet enacted by the Senate and Hose
Of Representqtiyes Of The Ssatg; Of Loaistandin
longing to the Canal and Banking Company, aid
constructed under the charter Of said compaiy
Incorporated March 9th, 1881 situated, lying md
| being in the parishes of Orleans. and JeterDn
together with all the rights, property, privileges
| and uses, in any way, belonging and appertaiang
thereto, or claimed by said company, under aid
| act of incorporation, and which, by virtue OF std
act, reyerts to the State on the 9TH day of Mach.
H. o,,l fI,a to haro oroI fp l,a
leased for a term Q. years, not TO exceed fifteen,
nor less than five years. ,sI,re.H. Es,4sl -lit
SEC. q. Be Il further enacted, ETC., That it Aall
be the duty of the Governor imme edately afterthe
passage of this act, to cause to be advertised in
one or more newspapers in the city Of New Pr
leans, for the period of twenty days that the sid
canal, with all the rights and privileges apIer
tanning thereto, or claimed and now enjoyed by
| the Canal and Banking Company under its charter,
Is offered for lease, set forth in the first section
of this act and to- call for sealed proposals for The
lease of the same. ~. y & .Es5 aE sIs.st ssa,i "a 4
| SEC. 8. Be 1t ttrthe,. enacted ETC., That at die
ment, the Governor shall accept such proposal as
| he may deem the most advantageous to the Staie,
and forthwith submit the same, with his approval
to the Senate, in executive session, for their ap-
proyal; and; i approved BY the senats, s9ql
tween the State, represented by the Governor, and
/ the lessee; Prorited, however, that all the pro
posals for the lease Of said canal which have moi
been accepted, shall be open to the inspection q
SEC. t. Be il Jsiste, ;eaa4cted, &C., That al
proposals for the lease of said canal shall be &C
| companied by the names Of the snreties; and tht
amount of the security REQUIRED shall not be foraI
amount less than one years rent, and the lessee
shall be bound to keep the canal in good order
i and to comply with all the obligations to the Stat
and to the public required by the Canal ant
Banking Company by its charter for the working
and preservation of H SAID canal, under the penalt
same. ~. ~ f,,sf5. .f,.,ss r. .,7..ss5.lr . 5,.ly4
The reason for re committing the bill was tha
the House did not regard the obligations of tn
lessee as sufficient nor stated. far as they went
with explcitness, and that the time for advertising
was not enough to secure to the State the most ad
yantageous offers. .'as-&s af5 ~ '0'"' '75 4
To obyiate these objections, the committee rs
ported amendments requiring the lessee, in accord
ance with plans and specifications from the Stat
Engineer, to place the canal and shell road in goo
condition, extending the time for advertisement
and, besides, directing the Governor to institut
suit against the Canal and Banking Company fo
damages for failure to surrender the canal an
road to the State in the good order REQUIRED by til
charter Of that corporation. 90. h. s.g- IA 4F
Mr.. DeLabarre proposed, in compliance with tn
wish of the Firemen's Charitable Association, ths
sixty feet in width of the ground appertaining I
the canal, and next the Greenwood and CYprr
Grove Cemeteries, should be retained from tl
lessee, for the use of the association, and, afte
some discussion, the amendment was agreed tt
The amendments of the committee were ais
adopted. .ag.n3 vi etipir4asi r-5 2'
Mr.. Bailey moved proviso that the lesse
should continue to allow the drainage of th
second drainage district to run into the canal.
Mr.. Walker objected. This~plan of drainag
had been abandoned as injurious to public healtl
in consequence of the nosomeness of the cit
drainage gathered into the stagnant waters of I'll
canal, and as obstrueting navigation by the acct
\ Mr.. Bailey answered these objections at Length
; The drainage he proposed would not fall into tn
canal nearer to the city than about Carrollto
; Avenue, and when it arrived there would have lei
its deposits behind, and could not be noxious I
public health. All the country as high as Kennel
vile was dependent,upon the canal as an outlet f.
drainage, and that use of the canal could not
dispensed with, since the canal was the barrie
{ which interrupted the original natural drainage.
Mr.. Walker replied that the lessee would tax
the canal with all its present servitudes, but Ii,
Mr.. W., thought it inexpedient to make ii the r.
! ceptaele of additional drainage. The present Gu
! verts would be kept open but the whole distri
should not find its drainage inio the canal ~ ,
Mr.. Murray lived in that part Of the city affecte
by this drainage question, and knew from obsery
ton aad experience that neitherthe public heal
nor the navigation of the canal suffered from IL
! drainage. It was but Just, it was the right