The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-14

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How much has been expended since that time
and collected We have no official information.
Now in connection with the above we wish TO cali
the particular attention Of your readers to the
fact that the expenses of pumping, has to be
borne entirely by the city, and THAI there was
paid during the same above mentioDed period by
the city for pumping and drainage purposes
S507, S22 IL. This amount. OF course, was paid bv
the property owners In different shabe than as a
drainage tax. We decidedly acknowledge that
the commissioners have found their esice to be
very easy and at the same time lucrative position
and can hardly blame them for the stternpt the
have made and are making to retain H. but the
handwriting Is on the WALL" aud theyiwill have to
try their hand at something else to Jain iveIi-
position we sincerely hope the resslt of their
labors will prove more successful and satisfactory
than their present system of drainage 10 the peo
pie they have Represented.
Regarding our enterprise, the Ship Island
Canal, we will state in q few words :our aim and
object. and your readers must Judge whether il he
ameritorious one or not or one thi1g thew can
rest assured, the company is composed OF as high
minded, honorable men as can be found in snv
community, and are men whom we firmly behave
that the day will come when those skho have 40
persistently opposed us will regret it,
The canal will start from some point yet 10 be
designated by the engineers, on the river near Car
rollton, and run in as direct line az possible to
pany the entire distance, so feet wide and feet
deep, before We receive a single dollar from anv
source whatever. Upon completion as above
mentioned, we are to receive one quarter Of the
subsidy granted us In land and money. Upou
widening 1t to leo feet we receive another one
quarter. Upon deepening il to feet we receive
the third one-quarter, and upon the completion Of
the canal to width on top of 100 feet, aud tos
width on the bottom of 20 feet and depth of u
feet, then We are to receive the remaining ons.
quarter of the subsidy granted.
In connection with the above we wish our read
ers to remember that, as our company has to pur
chase their right OF way-and as our opponents
have admitted, and still admit, that the canal viii
cost us much more than the entire amount of sub
sidy, both OF moneys and land-snd also that II has
hrst to be built by us the whole length of the first
above mentioned width and depth before we can
receive single dollar Of IT, we cannot see why we
monstrosity.
Our engineers, land we have connected with ma
some OF the fret in this country state in their re-
port, recommending our canal as a system of
oralnaRe, that the natural fall from the river AT
point of starting TO the Bayou Menteur il ampIy
suinclent to always cause q constant current
throughout its entire length, and we firmly be-
lieye instead OF being like the present draining
1uenes, cesspools," causing sickness, etc. etc.
that il will add much to the health of ur citizens
and we believe the entire community will vet in,
dorse this opinion.
In regard to the price to be paid in the future
by the cities OF New Orleans and Jefferson TO this
company for draining, we can only state that the
company would be very glad to make 4 contract
with both cities TO drain them for the same
amount they have been and are now paving. and
we reel assured that our felow.citizens will car
AMY pear us out In the assertion that we certainly
,ouio 90 no worse than has been done towards
he drainage of the several districts. The con.
'ant receipt OF Nth into the canal from the differ
INT points where the drainage machine will ha
's.aolsneo, VIII also necessitste constant dredg.