New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-06-21
MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS. }
Oity Hall. May Is, lsss.
No. 926-NeW Series. .rt

hAY0RALTY OF NEW ORLEANS. }
Oiv Hall. May Is, 1858.
No. 926-New Series.
An Ordinance providing for the sale of the right Of
way to establish railroads on Locust Freret
jackson. Claiborne, and other streets for pas
SECTION l. Be it ordained That the Control
Ter be and he is hereby authorized sell to the high
Journal the contract for the right Of way for tWentv
years for the construction Anu working of the fol.
lowing railroads, on the terms and conditions here
matter set forth said adjudication to be ubec 10
the approval Or rejection OF the Common Council.
intersection of Canal and Magazine Streets and
running up Canal to Front street. thence down
FTent TO Glrod street thence down Girod street 70
Poydras street, thence down South Pcydras
street 70 Magnoha street mp Magnolia street and
treret street, up treret street to Jackson street.
Gown JACKSON street to the south side of Claiborne
street returning across claiborne street to the north
side OF Claiborne street up the north side of Clai-
borne street to Felicity road up Felicity road TO
Locust street. up Locust street to Delord street.
down Delord street to Magnolia street, across the
New Canal to North Poydras street, up North Pow
dras street to Liberty street. down Liberty street to
Perdido street, up Perdido street to carroll street.
up Carroll street to Poydras street. up POydras
street to Fulton street, dosn Fulton rtroet 10 the
starting point at the intersection If Canal and
Magazine streets. The purchaser to rein burse Ia
the Canal and Claiborne Streets Railroad ompany
fair and reasonable proportion of the val 10 Of the
SEC 8. The road, cars, etc. to be constructed in
accordance with the plans and specihcations to be
lines, levels, and grades to be established by said
officer and to his entire satisfaction.
SEC T. The right and privilege to be awarded to
the party parties offering to pay to the CITY the
largest bonus per passenger carried in the cars or
per eentage of the receipts for passenger traffic
on the lines OF railroads, payab monthly into the
city treasury on returns mace under oath by the
contractor to the City Controller. -
SEC o. The city of New Orleans reserves the right to
use the said rairoa ads main trunk for other rail
roads which the city may from time to time order
TO be constructed BY reimbursng to the contractor
fair and reasonable proportion Of the value Of the
portion portions of the roads thus USED: :
said proportion to be asoer aimed by two dsinter.
ested persons, one to be appointed by the city an
the other by the contractor, and in the event of
disagreement as to sand proportion to be paid by the
city between said persons thus appointed a third
district courts of New Orleans, the decisions there
by had to be final.
SEC g. The said railroads, rolling stock eou,n-
ments, and fixtures TO revert to the city at the eS
piratlon of the said twenty years privilege on a
valuation to be asoertAined by two dslnterested per
sons to be appointed by the city and the other
by the contractor; and in the of disagreement
as to said valuation between said persons thus an
pointed third person umpire shall be appointed
by one of the district courts Of New Orleans the
decision thereby had to be final - -
CSignedl s. CHADWICK,
President Board Of Assistant Aldermen.
(Signedl JAMES GRAHAM
Approved May IS 1868
(Siened) E. HEATH, Mayor.
A true copy:
DANIEL X. WHITAKER. Secretary.