The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-09

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ADD also, 400 900 acres of State lands,
/ " % selected ~ the company. 600,00l
Total amount given said company. :. So, 473. s5l
Three fourths of this amount, 1856, 4s2, are Il
| be handed to the company, during the progress
and after the completion Of five miles Of canal I5(
feet wide and IL feet deep, the cost of which will
not exceed $3.50 $40, the remaining fourth. $685..
4oI 90, only upon the completion of the whole
canal to the Rigolets, as provided in the charter
In presence OF the above figures, you can per.
ceive how true Is the title of this act entitled IAN
act TO aid In the construction of the New Orleans
ana ship Island Canal and what powerful aid
me property. holders Of New Orleans, jefferson
gentlemen originators Of the scheme TO wards he
accomplishment of their design.
Inc whole cost of the canal will not exceed
so.oOo,OO0; SO, beside the injury inflicted upon
=; snsl properly, and without particeof interest
10 the contemplated work, the proprietors within
the limits Of the above named cities are made TO
construction. A,L 49,. -. -, - y -
Having acknowledged the first part of the title
OF the aboye-named act to be in strict accordance
with its meaning, We are Obliged to saw that the
latter part Is just the reverse and that instead of
more ehectually leveeing, draining and reclaim.
ing the swamp lands In the rear of the city of New
orleans lnoInmg said about the swamp in the
rear OF Carrollton and Jefferson City, the project
ed act viii entirely ruin our system Of drainage.
brlng the river and lake waters within our doors
cut on communication between the front and rear
Pars Oh our ctles, compel rs to double the present
NUMBER OF draining machines, and az the whole
rlver front from Carrollton to the lower part of
New Orleans will have no other outlets for the dis
charge OF rain or domestic waters than the con.
tempiated canal, we will. it is contemplated bv
the charter of the New Orleans and Shin Island
Canal, be obliged to drain the whole front lands
INTO the said canal, on such terms and Conditions
as VIII be agreed upon between the parties, and
BY these means place the $50, 600 in6abitants of
the above named cities, for drainage purnosss AZ
lne mercy OF the seven propretors of The charter.
WHO VIII thus be enabled to accomplish their work
entirely at the expense OF the public.
10 give pretext for this new legislation, and |
sppalenuy legitimate the appropriation of /
% 500 600 Of the public money to The New Orleans
mo cnip Island Canal Company, clause has been /
Inserted In the act compelling the COMPANY In /
'uno ievee on the NORTH side of their canal to
axe or river water. This obligation is simply All.
uId, as the building of this levee will afford no
'fotecuon whatever in case of q hurricane: the
ny dlnerence for us will be that instead of receiy.
~ .n i. waters dlrect from the lake. we will have
eem through the unprotected south bank of the
ition. N~' 'oA'
This clause must have been inserted solely for
Ie purpose or deceiving an unguarded public,
mo nad suffered 30 much from the late over. |
ow, which could have been prevented at coat
sooo and make them believe that the pro-
oseo relief is equal to the remuneration granted
} the company. -" -
In fact, there was no reason for Introducino
us clause, for q similar but more adeouate pro.
euon against the lake water is already pro.
Geo Tor IN the original charter, the COMPANY
eng Obliged to make the banks of their canal
cure ana adequate, to avoid any danger from
1elnoW or Dreakage, and, l must say, that 1t is
y an onerous obligation imposed upon them. for
is tne result OF the work ITSELF the earth com. 8
from the excavation will furnish material
lough 70 make leyee on each bank, at least 10 Z
Ell mi Ia a. fox.o I'M II
se, amply sufficient to repel the lake water.
such will not be the case, however. should a
evasse occur at or below the lock intended by
company to be built at Carroiton. The cities
,. Sew orleans, Jefferson and Carollton being
lted py the inner or south levee of the com.
ny's canal, their whole area would be covered
IN sheet OF water from five to ten feet deem :
q should this canal ever be built, this impeud. 1
c,aIamity VIII. IKE Damocless sword, be con- :,
nifty hanging over our heads. n
MS iact Is so well known that, during all the
10 our state was under the control of its own
lzens, the building of locks or sluices was o
gsys prohibited in the bends of the river,
rasion. Ae VI
Another of the many Objectionable features NJ n
whole project is the location of the canal on
norsn slde OF Broad street, in the vicinity of
you Savage and GENTLY Road, to say nothing
the damage which this location will occasion
tne nve railroads chartered by the State and
city OF New Orleans, or of its interference A.
a ,nS hafiBtuOn OF the New Canal and of the | y
lal Carondelet, you will find that the fifteen | j.
wbridges 30 generously granted to the public. Z,
a distance Of thirty miles, are far from being 10
lcient to afford speedy communication be. j.
en- tne Two severed parts Of our cities. 11T A.
8 whole, the project is an absurdlty, and. L
nave already said, not worthy of discussion, y
ought not to be noticed, were it not for the
sfmlned intention to squeeze money from an n
rpurdened community, exhibited in the SUP. -
nentsry act. which, II ever passed nv the
stature, will permit the gentlemen prof sctors
ne scheme to realize profit of nearly mil.
and half of dollars out of the digging of
miles of canal costing only $40 900.
, previous to its passage, the original cbartsr
tied to the New Orleans and Ship Island Canal
pany had been referred by the Legislature to
confederation OF the present able State en-
er, venture to say that this scheme would | IL
never been entertained, and then the Adj. | Cor
II act would have had no reason to be dis. Tot
Respectfully, your obedient servant. 49,
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