The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-24
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On huirirg fhe lcrdon eveune draining u,
chine, q place has been prepared TO receive an
sddfiopaI engine ard wheel should they be
ten orarily Tut up. they VIII have TO be r..
moved, se well as the whole building, TO better
selected location. "a
To remedy the present evils and perfect e
present system in ule, ard also extend the beus.
frs OF drsira &c 20 the section Of land extending
from the Pontchsrirain Railroad 10 the Fisher
mems Csnal, and from the river TO Florida walk
ard GENTLY road, Il viii be necessary TO widen
existing canals, and also TO open new ones, whose
object win he to drain, reclaim aud render ft f0F
hthitation and culture the whole OF the $3.50 acres
Of land contained in the new draining district.
The nsin part and new feature OF this project,
giving at cree an immediate result, Will be the
cutting OF large canal or reservoir on Florida
avenue, le.2s0 feet in length, GO feet wide and
feet deep, beginning at the intersection OF Marig.
ny Canal and the Pontcbartrain Railroad, and
ending at its junction with Bayou Bienvenu on
The lower side Of the city.
Bsyou Bienyenu empties into Lake Borgne,
anc ls one OF the main natural drains OF the lower
section OF the city, from Esplanade street down to
Terre aux Peufs.
Such canal could be completed to q width of
80 feet In nine months, by means Of two dredge
boats, working at both ends and would afford i'm
mediate relief; the other half could be completed
in Dine months more, and at the end of Is months
The city would be In possession Of three miles
of a canal. equal in size TO the New Canal first
dug, and far more beneficial TO the population, at
the tTifirg cost of about 0,060.
Alter tDe cOupleuOn OF the ABOVE canal, numof-
ous others will also be necessary to complete the
eystem of Drainage of the Third District. some
will be made by the dredge boats, others already
existing will, besides cleaning, require widening
and deepening. This work must be done by hand,
and the canals, thus improved. will at once be
used in conjunction with the Florida Avenue
canal. "a.
LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS OF PROPOSED CANALS.
l. Claiborne street, from Csrondelet Canal to
Eysian Fields street, 80 feet wide by feet deep.
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Fifberman's Canal, 40 feet wide by 8 feet deep.
3. Broad street, from Carondelet Canal to Ma
rigny Canal. IS feet wide BY feet deep.
A. Saint Bernard Avenue, from Claiborne street
TO Broad street, IS feet wide by feet deep.
5. Marigpy canal, from Bayou st. John to
Elysian Fields, 60 feet wide by feet deep.
6. Elysisn Fields from Claiborne street to Ma
riPny Canal, IS feet wide by feet deep.
Z. London Avenue, from Gentilly road to st.
Bernard Avenue, 80 feet wide by feet deep.
s. st. Anthony street, from GENTLY road to
Msrigny Canal, 30 feet wide by feet deep.
9. Washington Avenue, from Goodchildren or
St Claude Avenue to Florida Walk, 80 feet wide
by Z feet deep.
10. Franklin Avenue, from GENTLY road to
Florida walk, 30feet wide by feet deep.
IL. Lafsy cite Avenue, from Where street to
GENTLY road, 80 feet wide by feet deep.
II. Florida Walk, from Elysian Fields to Fish
erueD's Canal, 60 feet wide by feet deep.
Is. Clouet street, from Claiborne street to
Florida walk, 40 feet wide by feet deep.
IA. Jeanne street, from Claiborne street to
Florida walk, 40 feet wide by 8 feet deep.
Is. Manuel street, from Claiborne street to
| Florida Walk, 40 feet wide by feet deep.
l6. Hancock street, from Claiborne street to
Florida Walk, 40 feet wide by 8 feet deep.
The capacity of the above named canals will be
equal 10 29, 420 ,ll4 cubic feet.
The cost of the whole work as contemplated,
including the building of two large dredge boats,
ar the erection, at the junction Of Bayou Ben.
venu and Florida Walk Canal, of q substantial
A,..ll tuun fuun AroA nd
fifty horse power engines with the proper boilers
and draining wheels, will not exceed $3.50, 600 ::
$40 mills per superficial foot or SO rs per lot of
twenty Eve feet front by one hundred feet in
depth.
RECAPITULATIoN
OF the cost of draining, as contemplated in the
above:
First Draining District ............ 1892 500
Second Draining District, proportion of
New OrIeeDe. ..............-..--.. lS3,oOO
Third Draining District. Recommendation. 100000
Grand total ..................... .sSi6 900
This sum of sSl6, 900 can be relied on as the
amount for which the work, described in this
| report, can be done.
With the aid of six steam excavators placed on
suitable boats, it could be completed within a
| period of i've years. in the meantime afordng
daily relief to the property in proportion to the
| progress OF the work.
If The city Of New Orleans had control of thes g
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ton Of s'65 COO, (which could be easily realized
from the savings made in only one branch Of the
public service) would in that short period OF i've
| years change the whole aspect of New Orleans,
bring into cultivation millions worth OF property,
| and perhaps double its population by afordng to
settlers any amount of land fit for habitation and
| manufacturing purposes.
The whole theory of artificial drainage (the only
one practicable here,) can be illustrated and
| resuned in few words.
First-It is by means of canals and reservoirs
10 keep below the surface of the soil the accamu
/ lation of waters.
Secondly mems ofpunps or draining wheels
| to remove the waters lodging in the canals and
reservoirs, so to keep their capacity constantly
/ unimpaired.
| These two objects being attained, the problem
| is then solved and the immediate consequence il
| TO dispense entirely with the incomplete and
ruipous mode Of filing now in use.
Should this report meet your approval and the
| kind consideration Of community so deeply In
teiested as ours is in the drainage system, | shall
be amply repaid for the trouble and labor have
| had to undergo in preparing 1t.
i remain. respectfully,
| Your obedient servant,
| L. SURGI, City Surveyor.
Mr.. Wynne obtained q suspension Of the rule
to introduce the following resolution which wa
unanimously adopted on its several readings and
transmitted TO the upper board for concur
renee:
ReSolued, That the surveyor be and he is here
| by instructed to have the sidewalks on the From
Levee. from the Sugar Refinery to the U. S. Bar
racks laid anew, with two planks each twelve
inches wide and two inches thick, making foot
way two feet wide, proUtded the cost does not ex
coed i've hundred dollars.
Mr.. Camp obtained a suspension Of the rules 4
introduce the following resolution, which was IN
animously adopted and sent to the upper boar
for concurrence:
ResolUed, That the surveyor be and be is here
by requested to furnish the Common Council wit
q plan of all the parcels Of land remaining unsol
from the openin Of Claiborne street. Al.
The following resolution from the upper boar
was concurred in unanimously on its several read
ings:'
ReSolued, That whenever any resolution or ord
nance vetoed by the mayor shall have been pssse
by the neces saIy thirds vote of both branche
Of the Common Council over said veto, ii shall b
and is hereby made the imperative duty Of tn
| secretaries of the Boards OF Aldermen and Assist