New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-25

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CITY HAft.. NEW oRIEAss,l
I a59iqgSeptembe %, 1868. y
The Board met pursuant to- adjournment
present President kenny and Messrs
Z Rose, Athens, Walker, .Pembertou, Ga MP
Grandpre, Fisher. Pandeiy, Farrell AN,
The reading of. the minutes Of last NEE,
t. ing was on motion Of Mr.. Farrell, dlspe use,
with. s,otrrA
Messrs. Wynne, Morphyn and Sturcken
here entered and took their seats - is %
The following communication from the
Street COMMISSIONER was read and referred
to the Committee on Streets and Land 1gs,
with instructions to report by resolutions
on the various subjects alluded to in said
communication: oristis.7icM q --f
s1REEr coxAnssIoEER's orr1dx, i
--.a tJ'Y - 90 Room Nc. 4 Uity Hall
+ 80 ,,5 d, New Orleans. september a. IaSs y
To the Honorable Board Of Assistant Alderr en-,
% City OF New Orleaue: 1iHs -. -
. GENTLEMEsz compliance with your re-
solution atthelast meeting Of your Board, l
have the honor to lay before you Q report OF
the work done by this department since nv
installment into this office, up to this date.
together with the amount OF necessary ex.
p enses incurred. uqAo ism AZ i a.
/ also lay before you . statement Of the
expenditures for the twelve months pre-
ceding my administration, eleven of which
were under control of Mr.. Baker and one
under Mr.. Field, I refrain from attempting
e, specify the quantities and localities
d where the work was done, thinking that
not only would II tax your time too long,
but that you are well cOnversant with the
a subject. y7Ve9 80 afal % H-lti Atl' W. -
p On my assuming the duties Of Street Com
missioner, on July 2, / continued the work.
ing force Just as found II, neither decreasing
nor increasing, only making some changes
IN the deputies foremen, etc. The work In
progress under my predecessor was con-
! tinued; and only on the close Of the month
did make any addition to my force, in con.
currence with the advice of the honorable
Streets and Ian diDgs Committee, and for the
very essential purpose Of getting all the city
work well under control, and as speedily as
possible, in a first rate condition; and then
BY reducing the force. render the expense of
this department very much lighter. y
During the month of August some new
work was undertaken, and some old roads
repaired, in manner that will render them
OF lasting service to the public. and the
amount of work done viii, I think, be con
sidered very satisfactory by good Judges,
especially when taking into Consideration
the immense difficulties caused by the long
continued daily rains; and while on this
subject would respectfully mention that it
has not been my practice to reduce the time
OF the men in rainy weather, on noticing
the readiness with which they worked when
opportunity occurred, and rejecting on
the pTivations they had to undergo in con.
sequence of a deprecated currency. I'li Ok
j will now give you in as concise man
ner ai possible general idea of the work
that has been done under my charge. Be.
sides doing all the usual cleaning and repair.
In fk,a akc &c asN a En-.
extra work has been done, say In the First
and Fourth Districts: Two extra gangs have
been employed on the Liberty street plank
road, a large portion of the planks have
been taken up, aud the parts uncovered
have been dug deep and converted into
substantial and serviceable ballast road
The sound plank taken up has been used to
repair the central part of the plank road,
rendering that part serviceable which be-
fore was impossible, the. whole of which
was done by desire of the honorable Com
mittee on Streets and Landings.
A large extra gang has been kept steadily
at work in getting the paved streets Of the
will soon be completed in . first rate condi.
ton. -tol .fs- = en-. iF-
Especial pains have also been taken in
making new ballast road on Melpomene
sti eet from Howard street out to the dredg
ing machine, in so substantial manner
that it will cost but small outlay to keep
it in repair for years to come.
An extra gang has also been employed 10
the Fourth District, wheeling sand from the
river for future use. aU p %fa
In the Second and Third Districts an extra
gang has been employed in repairing all the
ballast roads from Canal street TO Toulouse,
which were very much out of order; and all
the intersections of the following streets
with Claiborne, have been taken up and
substantially repaired, viz: Canal street,
Customhouse street, Bienville, Cont, st.
Louis, Toulouse, Carondelet Walk, st. Peter,
Orleans and st. Ann streets. A large
amount of work has also been done on all
the streets of the back portion Of the
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth Wards; bitches have been dug Deep
the road raioed TO the proper grade, and the
the sidewalks attended to-; all of which
work would appear 70 have been neglected
for at least twelve months. H.sifO stH
An extra gang has also been employed in
wheeling sand from the river for future use.
The Third District is the only one in
which the street bridges are under my con
troll, and from that district there are few or
no complaints. The work has all been care
fully attended to and thoroughly done; yet
still the bridge gang has found time TO build
a new house for the Third District Pound
keeper, in place of one that had become en-
tirely Hntenable. 1ncra H- F'7t ~ I
with regard to the bridges which are at I
tended to under contract. regret to say,
that cannot give 30 favorable an account;
indeed, as q general rule, 1t may be safely
considered that work done under contract
is never SO faithfully executed as the regu-I
lar city york, which, though it may appear
TO cost slight degree more at the moment,
is always cheaper In the end, on account Of
durability. .Ily f3clihk
The complaints at last became 60 numer-
OIla that I had tn DlACq a gang nf man m