New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-24
CITY couMcIL--oFFIclAL.
HOARD OF ALDERMEN.
ReEular session.

Cry HALL, NEW ORLEANS,
Tuesday, May Is, 1868. J
The Board met, and was called to order by
the President.
Present: President Graham; and Messrs.
Burbank, Devices, Kellogg, Tucker, and
Woolfey.
The minutes were read and amended by
striking out all that part relating to res
olution for matchmaking Magnolia street,
1t having been sent up for concurrence
through mistake, and approved as amended.
COMMUNICATIONS FROK THE MAYOR.
The following message from the Mayor
was received, and with the inclosed com.
munication from the headquarters Fifth
Military District, was ordered to be spread
upon the minutes:
MAToRALrY OF NEW ORLEANs
uity Hail. May 49, 1853 :
To the Honorable the Members of the Board of
Aldermen
GENTLEMEN-I have the honor to transmit
to you special orders No. 108, appointing
Hon. James s. zacharie, second district,
city of New Orleans a member of the Board
of Aldermen, in place of Hon. f. Stapleton,
resigned.
Very respectfully,
L. HEATH, Mayor
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT
New Orleans, La, May IS, 1858. !
Special Orders No. los.
CExtract.l
2. James S. Zacharie, second district, city
ofNew Orleans, is hereby appointed a mem.
Der Of the Board of Aldermen, vice E. Sta.
pleton, resigned.
The appointee will transmit copy of the
required oath to these headquarters upon
acceptance of the appointment.
BY command Of Brevet Major General R.
G. Buchanan.
THOMAS H. NELL,
Major Twentieth Infantry, Bvt. Brig. Cen,
Q. S. A, A. A. A. G..
Mr.. Zacharie took his scat as Alderman,
and was appointed by the President mem
Der of the Committee on Streets and Land
ings.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD OF ASSIST
ANT ALDERMEN.
The following, received for concurrence,
was adopted on its first reading:
Resoloed That the Controller be and he
is hereby authorized, after ten days notice
in the official journal, to sell to the lowest
bidder the contract for burying the indi.
gent dead and conveying the INDECENT sick
to hospital for one year.
The following was referred to the Commit
tee on Streets and Landings:
WHEREAS, There is great want of com.
mercial facility to connect the Jackson
Railroad depot with the river front in the
upper part of the city, owing to the want of
paved street, therefore be it
ResolUed, That the City Surveyor be and
he is hereby authorized to macadamize
Magnolia street, between Washington street
and Felicity road, using for that purpose
the round stones now being broken up in
the City Workhouse.
The following was laid on the table:
ResolUed, That the Mayor be and he is here.
by authorized to enter into contract by nota.
rial act with J. W. Madden to bind and repair
notarial records in accordance with adiudi-
cation made by the City Controller on the
thirteenth day of May, 1868.
PETITION.
Off. S. Nugent, making charges against
z. Cotter, was referred to the Finance Com.
mittee.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr. Devices:
ReSolued, That the City Surveyor be and
he is hereby authorized to have made large
plan of the city OF New Orleans, accurately
describing the squares and streets within
the improved limits of the city of New
Orleans.
Resolued further, That the City Surveyor
shall have marked on said plan all the lines
of the city railroads according to the ordi.
nances providing for the right of way to
establish railroads on the several streets in
the city of New Orleans marking on said
plan on the several streets through which
railroads are constructed, single and double
tracks, exclusive privileges, trunk roads,
of oil 70 no M vkE1 hu Aiffprnpt pn1oVnd
lines.
RESOLVED further, That said plan when
completed shall be under the control of the
Committee to whom the subject of railroads
is referred by the Common Council.
Lost.
By Mr.. woolaey:
Resolred, That the Crescent City Railroad
company be and is hereby authorized to
build single track from the present termi-
nus of its road in the neutral ground
intersection of Magazine and Old Levee
and Canal streets, through the south side
of the paved street of Canal street to Char
tres street, thence to the north side of Canal
street, for the use of the Tchoupitoulas
street cars, and to build single track from
intersection of Charities and Canal streets to
Royal street, thence to cross to the north
side of Canal street, for the use of the An
nunciation street cars, thence q single track
Il
| of Canal street to the terminus of the Ores
cent City Railroad, in the neutral ground
| intersection of Magazine and old I.evee
streets, the work TO be done in accordance
with specifications to be given by the City
| Surveyor, the city reserying the track so
/ laid as trunk for any other railroads which
the city may from time to time authorize to
| be built, by reimbursing to the Crescent
| City Railroad company q fair and reasons
| BILE compensation for the portion of their
road used-the running of the Crescent
| City Railroad cars not to be interfered
| with.
Adopted on its first reading.
REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES.
The following report from the Committee
on Streets and Landings was received:
COMMITTEE OF STREETS AND LASDINas, !
4 Board Of Alderman, :
j City Hail, May 10, 1868. J
| To the Honorable the Board Of Aldermen;
GENTLRMRN-Your Committee have the
| honor to report upon the following subjects
| referred to them, viz;
/ Upon the resolution sent from the Board
| of Assistant Aldermen for concurrence, that
the Orleans Railroad company be and they
/ are hereby authorized to make a change In
/ their route, as follows, viz: To abandon the
right before granted them to lay their road
| from Broad street down Bayou Road e
| White street, thence down White street to
their depot, and to lay instead thereof Q
track from the intersection of Bayou Road
and Broad streets, downlBroad street to La
harpe street, thence down Laharpe street &c
| their depot, your Committee would report
favorably.