New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-22
Gotal .SntelliQente.
Report of the Grand Jury in Relation to the
Water Works
The following presentment was made by the


Report OF the strand Jury in Relation to the
water Works
The following presentment was made by the
grand Jury Yesterday:
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'luSo fi'@. D'S'''' C'u[t Fari'h ol orleans
| ,oT-lh consdeIaaoh Of the prevalence OF
cAoera ana 0thef diseases IN our midst, we, the
grand jury o. the parish, have deemed it proper
TO submit THIS special report in relation to com
muhcauoh, ot when the following is correct
COMMERCIAL, BANK, WATER WoRKs ppp,r J
! aug. Ia, 1866
| ~ ,'e tVH' "f'nt Jury u 'he i"'lsn {" o'lsanS'
be Rail "bgf syng %&fe5 Inen m o
your honorable foreman. for information with
reference to the impurity of the water taken from
tne river, ana sapped pipes 70 the CITY, caused
eic into tSe rivar oh@ya tbn work. nf tbn con
pany, at the foot of Richard street have respect
fully to state that the suction pipes Of the river
oit 1cGas4nay Geto4e te cLoggsa py sacn wafer
ton 10 keen their orifces clear.
cat the present moment two large vessels lie at
the wharyes Immediately above and front of the
suoton a. pePGS' p 4nu a1t a. ienuers 10 guiuT Sae
| thev have been loaded and cone the coiiection of
effete matter will naturally increase as in an eddy.
" How many slaughter houses exist above the
ar F III cit u and ~ I hUst W.
" 4 petition, signed by more than i've hundred
of oGr most prominent citizens for such removal of
slaughter houses,was addressed to the council last
he On ca AND y ~ te ouo o
board June 18th, 1855 bat failed to become law.
On the contrary, the city passed on the 3lst
July; $500, an ordnance SNo. Z55, N: authorlz
Di5ric+ and st; nDSs 9a boo1th nr1inouna t,,9 t
ISoc %, onnrovad Angne+ "a igfe tbev ara eT,
| nressI1 fGrb5d5an As tbie ioe+ IoHy I'dneaN ro+
ppaT+o;n a raneoIin, olonaa, H. far,,o 3, ~
cerried ont -1o ~ '''''S ~
'ITIa efnnIoraae of ta cororo,,,, aro o+ ir,,o+od
with env special police power and II must in
iara Taenra rel, 1Don tbe atiyitp Of tS aico
int5,IstaJ VIII antb fTntinns u '"'
Z FTeTv 5iirenco Il nvaroised now n 1,oar tba
s,o+jon 7;ines iea frnr, oii efta e,,FstoncsF anJ
efter M I5ofey is nnmned into the resaryo
iabnrer is engaaed tnrongbont the dsy in si5im.
MN az scr11 2g6icb forr,7e ,Inon tbe eJ,rfaco
'--'l7 - :. EacnectfnIIv vonr obPdient servant
@WM. j, NcCTLL0CH Supertptepdent
Nr,r- ,,ersons of M. ci+, losnacioit,, +1 oror
Iany pgLapas p15 - .itiS ~ ~ w w. IT,
boiora lataI,- 6ST.a +ai-an Tiooal so tba %tdraTt
water for TrinlIing and other nnrnoses
We believe that the water mnst he impure and
,7nboaIthy aud 'iiohIs r. ot IL sreo+a 1iaaoea a+
ist - y ,,s +o+ ,t;h @ W a,it p @
w W. 1 Sis - +b
+o AZ ito ;deat;
G +L4 hsi5os rassrr +i eS1,;it, oii
oE,os eIo,lJ ,,ati+ion +la IoosIo+rro
Iui' ~ e - ; ny ~ so ~ ~
onI5 nass an c+ tbat tbara ebanId npt he el,opro5
70 tst a,,, sla1,C,I,ta I0+TsasE ~ siloT I,ionos
o ~ Sty th; eocod vi ~
niles nGs0 'No ~ "t'A-Al " 9p'o'i-'U
! We oorsidar encb an All of tba lagie1atnra
sbard g a. @ cf 1
neTss tbs renSovai of snrb sstahiisbments from
tbe ,r,a ort;ons az +ba nitg tbnr coIIId ha ra
bsra " obnva e ' NV s 'e
ro~I5 bn &c rraof' nn;soncas ,ben ~: now
We reonesf that conv Of Ills rpnort he for.
warfed at once to the city anthnrities and Of +hp
same tune we We desire sire to remind them OF our report
Respectfully submitted
FkANcIs RA"LE' Foreman,
The WOuId.be Assassin of Recorder Gas
tinei'
Early in April last, one Christian Sieckenius en-
tered the office OF Recorder Gastmei, and Withou
.aLla, ,ru IG,e4:., III, 4Iss %,
. nocket knife, which had been 50 lately sbarnenei
that the oil from tbe whetstone was still IN tb,
blade The wonn7 was in tba ahdoman and fo,
some dovs was regarded az dangerous Init plti
), n7a4a1., 1ro,od ne fo+a1 NJ Costi,oI 1rbo !
now mon his bench daily if ia almost snnerfnon
to saw, entirely recovered from the injury.