New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-30


make change in their route, as follows,
viz: To abandon the right before granted
them to lay their road from Broad street
down Bayou Road 70 White street, thence
down White street to their depot, and to
lay instead thereof track from the inter
section Of Bayou Road aud Broad streets,
down Broad street to Laharpe street, thence
down Laharpe street to their depot.
A resolution for the sale of the lease OF
the ''Iron Building Canal street, wasread.
Mr.. Tucker moved to amend by striking
out 1.-TWO years" and inserting "ten years"
Mr.. Devices moved to amend by adding
the usual clause regarding the approval OF
the adjudication.
The amendments were adopted. a.-
The resolution as amended, and reading
as follows: %
Be Il resolued, That the Controller be and
| he is hereby authorized, after i've days
notice in the official journal, to adjudicate
to the highest bidder the lease of the Iron
Building at the head of Canal street, for the
| term of ten years; said adjudication to be
subject to the approval of the Common
Council. The purchaser or purchasers of
the lease to furnish his or their eight prom
issory notes for the price of the adjudica-
ton, payable at three, six, nine, twelve.
| fifteen, eighteen, twentyone, and twenty
four months; and at every succeeding
ninety days thereafter, dating from the
execution of the contract, and Endorsed to
the satisfaction of the Finance Committees
of the Common Council, or the purchaser or
purchasers shall have the option of paying
all cash. The said purchaser or purchasers
of the lease shall have the right to use said
Iron Building for all lawful purposes, and
he or they shall keep the building in clean
condition; also all repairs to the building
and the interior to be arranged and i'm
proved by the lessee or lessees at his or
their own expense. The tagging of the
banquette around the building to be made
by the city of New Orleans.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
Was read twice under suspension of the
rules and adopted by the following vote:
Yeas: Messrs. Burbank. Clay, Devices,
Kellogg, Stapleton, and Tucker.
Nays: None.
PETITIONS.
l. Of H. S. Hall, for sos, rent of Armory
Hall, was referred to the Finance Commit.
tee.
The following report from the Finance
Committee was received:
FINANCE COMMITTEE Room,
- my hall, April "a, lboA }
To the Honorable the Board Of Aldermen of the City
of New Orleans:
GENTLEMEN-Yo Finance Committees
have the honor to report upon the follow
ing subjects referred to them, viz:
Upon the resolution authorizing the pay
ment of twelve hundred and twenty-one
dollars to A. W. MCGEE for beeyes and
gunnybags furnished for the poor of this
city at a critical period during the late
revolution, your committee can not change
their opinion in regard TO the justice of the
claim, and would most respectfully urge
the concurrence of the Board of Aldermen
in the passage of the corresponding resolu-
ton.
Also in reference TO the proposed compro.
mise of the claim of John f. Walsh, to
whom the sum of two thousand dollars in
city currency is protfered, we see no reason
to dissent from our first determination,
and respectfully invite your concurrence.
We are of opinion that Jean Barriere
should be paid the proceeds of his horse,
which was impounded and sold in the
month of August last, and in conformity
with his reasonable petition therefore offer
JOHN CLAY.
And the accompanying resolutions were
read twice under suspension of the rules,
and adopted by the following vote
Resolued That the Controller be author.
lied to warrant upon the Treasurer for
the sum of two thousand dollars in
city notes or obligations in favor of
John F. Walsh, in full settlement of his
claim against the city of New Orleans for
repairs done and materials furnished to and
about the Sorapuru market,
Yeas Messrs. Burbank, Clay, Devices,
kellogg, Stapleton, and Tucker.
Nays: None.
Resolced, That the Controller be author |
lied to warrant upon the Treasurer in be. |
half of Jean Barriere for the sum of fifty |
one dollars and fifty cents, being the pro |
and tmpOunded last August, the facts hav- |
Ing been confirmed by the Street Commits
sioner.
Yeas; Messrs. Burbank, Clay, Devices,
Kellogg, Stapleton, and Tucker.
Nays: None.
l, BE ii resolued, That the Controller be
authorized to warrant upon the Treasurer
Tor the sum Of twelve hundred and twenty
one dollars in favor of A. W. Mckee, pay
able IN such moneys as may be in the treas
1ry not otherwise appropriated.
Yeas: Messrs. Burbank, Clay, Devices,
Kellogg, Stapleton, and Tucker.
Nays: None.
/
The following resolutions came up in their
'egular order upon their second reading,
lnd,were adobted by the following vote:
Resotoeti, That the City Surveyor be and
he is hereby authorized to have CLAY street
rom Cont to Customhouse street graded
md macadamized, using for that purpose
he round stone now being broken by the
inmates of the city workhouse.
Yeas: Messrs. Clay Devices, kellogg,
'tapleton, and Tucker. .
Nays: Mr.. Burbank.
Resotoed, That the Mayor of the CITY of
lew Orleans be and he is hereby authorized
o enter into contract by notarial act for
ne term OF i've years, on behalf of the city,
With Mayer Stein and Henry Stein as prin-
ipals, with good and solvent sureties, to be
by the Finance Committees of the
Common Council, to remove daily from the
treets of the city all dead animals, to be
aiken in close covered carts beyond the
limits Of the city. Said Mayer Stein and
ienTy Stein to keep at a central portion in
ach district an office where the public and
he officers of the police and Street Com.
lissioner's Department may at all times
otify them to remove dead animals; to nav !
ato the city treasury at the time OF signing
his contract (S500) FIVE hundred dollars
nd annually, during the continuance of this
ontraet, to pay into the city treasury a like q
nm Of $500 five hundred dollars; and in
ase Of failure to comply with the terms of
heir agreement, TO forfeit to the city the
mount Of their bond, and also forfeit their !
Dntracti the carts used by the contractors
be Of such pattern as shall be approved
J the City Surveyor. =,
Yeas Messrs. Burbank, Devices, KELLOGG. a
I'D Tucker.
Navs. kFessrs fIa., end etsnloto,,