New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-02
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APPOINTMENTS BY THE GovERNoR.-The
C. Litte and j. G. Morgan were yesterday ap
pointed by Governor Wells, Notares Public for
parish Of St. Landry.
THE CANAL STREET AND THIRD DISTRICT
FERR1Es.-The following are the proposals that
were received yesterday by the city authorities,
of amounts offered to be paid for the privilege Of
running the ferry boat from Canal street and the
Third District to Algiers:
Canal street ferry-Bobet& & Sheldon, $780, Wm
Haneman, 5000; j. NJ. Prather, $1,000.
The contract awarded to Mr.. Prather, as
his ability to fulfil the stipulations considered
superior to the other bidders and security good
il. case of noncompliance with them. The lease
is to be for ten years. and the amount stated above
is the consideration which the city receives an
nually for the privilege granted.
THE CITY RAILROAD QUEsTIoN.-We have al
ready stated that the Mayor is to employ counsel
(the Bureaus of Finance and Streets and Landings
having authorized him. as it is termed) to sustain
the rights of Mr.. David McCoard, the contractor
for constructing the city railroad known as the
New Leyee and Toledano street road, the said
rights consisting in the privilege of laying track
on portion of the neutral ground of Canal street,
privilege which had already been granted to the
City Railroad Company. As the latter object to
an arrangement that might result in what could be
described as city railroad mudde," it is pro-
bable that the courts will be appealed to at an
early day, to define the rights of the respective
parties g according to law.'
A legal controversy also appears to be promised
relative to the right accorded to Messrs. Nicholson
& Co. by the present city rulers, to construct a
road to connect the dcpots of the jackson and
| Pontchartran railroads. We judge so from the
fact that an important modification of the contract
with Messrs, N. & Co. was ordered yesterday by
the " Bureaus" The privilege was given to these
contractors upon their offer to pay a bonus of /
| cent for every passenger can led. The :" Bu-
reaush have ordered that in case the contractors
shall not be able to connect that portion of then
road below Canal street with that above Cana
street, that no larger per centage than l6 Of d
cent for each passenger carried shall be eX
acted, until the whole road shall be completed
The Bureaus also ordered that Messrs. Nichol
son & Co. shall have all of the current year tt
complete the roads they are to construct.
| THE GAS COMPANY AND THE BuREAus.-The city
authorities considering the terms demanded by the
Gas Company for lighting the city for the ensuing
year too eXhorbitant, recently passed an ordinance
to advertise for proposals to throw light upon oul
citizens with coal oil instead of gas. The Com
pany did not abate any of their pretensions OF
this account. compromise is now offered by
the city, by which the Company can get the con
tract for lighting New Orleans until the year l87i
on the same terms for which they have heretofore
been doing it. Whether will be accepted or not
will probably be known today. If it is not, to
eum may rule the market.
The original charter of the company was OBJ
tanned in 1885, and it guaranteed to them the eX
elusive right to manufacture gas in the city 0
New Orleans for forty years; that is, until 1875
In 1860 the legislature granted an extension of tn
charter until 1896, one of the conditions being, W
believe, that citizens should not be required to pa
more than 81 per one thousand feet-the pric
previously being 81 SO.
The city authorities in making their offer, pre-
sent the question for consideration, that the " eS
| elusive right " expires in 1875. The company d