New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-14

chair. L. T. Delassize, Joseph r. West, John
S. Walton. Alfred Shaw, S. c. Emley
and E. ". Pierce.
Absent: D. B. Macarty.
Roll called and minutes OF last meeting
read ana approved.
REPORTS.
The Mayor c,1ed on the several Admins
TRAITORS for any reports they might have to
make.
Mr.. J. S. Walton, Administrator
of Finance, stated orally that
no had been much hindered in
effecting the transfer Of the funds of the
city by the Indifference manifested by hi;
predecessor, the late City Treasurer, Mr. ". S
Mount. The Treasurer's cash, as compared
with the books, showed deficit of three
hundred thousand dollars. This deficit,
Mr.. Walton stated, he supposed arose out OF
the attempted sale and transfer OF the Jack
son Railroad stock.
Mr.. Allied Shaw, Administrator Of Ac.
counts, presented the following report,
which was read and laid over, to be taken
up with unfinished business:
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AcCoUETs,
April u, loIO.
TO the Council of the City of Now Orleans
/ respectfully calls the attention of the
Council to the following facts:
On the first of March the late Council of
the City of Jefferson passed an ordinance
appointing special committee. composed
of the Mayor and eight Aldermen named,
and purporting to authorize them, or any
three of them, to make contracts for she'll
ing or paving the streets and avenues, re
pairing sidewalks, ditching, cleaning or re-
pairing streets, supplying the city with
water or any public improvement in their
Judgment necessary.
Under this ordinance the following con-
tracts were entered into:
March with George Mcneil. To paint
the City Hall or Market House of the city.
Price $500. Signed by Mayor Lowe and
Aldermen Caulkins, Massie and Brown.
March with John Marks. To keep in
repair and ditched all the unpaved streets
within the limits bounded by foledano,
Water, Apollo and Joseph streets, for five
years, and TO build and repair all bridges
for said time. Price SIS, 500 per annum.
Signed by Mayor Lowe, and Aldermen
,Caulkins, Massie and Brown.
March 8.-With Joseph Kaiser. To re-
pair all the bridges, to dig all the bitches,
and keep clean all the Old bitches between
Apollo street and Claiborne avenue, for
eve years, at SIX all u udll CcuLS pcT Iuu-
ming foot for new lumber, three cents TOR
old lumber replaced, forty-seven and ahalf
cents per running foot for digging bitches
and $500 per annum for cleaning bitches,
payable in eight per cent bonds, signed by
Mayor Lowe, and Aldermen Caulkins, Mas
sic and Brown.
March S.-With H. II. Roman. To she'll
Louisiana avenue at 50. 50 per running foot
for each roadway; Permission street at 81 go;
Marengo street at 50 so; Napoleon avenue
at SlS75, for each roadway Valence street
at Sill; Coliseum street at Sill; Valment
street at IS; payable in eight per cent bonds
signed by Mayor Lowe and Aldermen Caul'
aiIs, Massie and Brown.
March S.-With II. 7. Trephagen. To lay
plank sidewalks on all streets where there
are none, repair imperfect ones, and lay
brick sidewalks On Levee street to Joseph
street, and on Magazine street, Louisiana
and Napoleon avenues, at Sl.35 and 81 per
running foot for plank sidewalks, and S5.65
per square yard for brick sidewalks,
March S-With Frank Pettivain. To fill
up with river sand the Market square, and
10 enclose said square with paling fence
the filling at one dollar per cubic yard, the
fence five dollars per running foot. Signed
oy Mayor Lowe, and Aldermen Caulkins,
Massie and Brown.
March S.-With Joseph Kaiser and Henry
Satchell. To buid new levee III front Of
ifty-four cents per cubic yard, and two
dollars and forty cents per running foot, in
Guiding braces, girders, etc. Signed by Al
iermen Caulkins, Massie and Brown. Not
by Mayor Lowe.)
/ find also u contract under date of second
March, 1870, entered into between john +.
Lowe, Mayor, and j. Benz. Chandler by
virtue of an ordinance passed twenty
fourth February, 1870, whereby the latter
is granted the privilege to erect park in
the city of Jefferson, and for this purpose
TO inclose the squares bounded by st. Denis,
Claiborne, General Taylor and Milan
streets for the space of ten years, and to be
exempt from taxation and license.
The effect of the latter may be to ap-
propriate streets to private use, and TO
create an exemption from taxes, both
which are probably illegal.
In the minute book of the Council OF JET
ferson City, page 772, find the following
entry:
THAT the Council do now accept and rat
ify the contracts entered into by the special
committee appointed by virtue of ordinance
No. -, approved and adopted March l, 1870,
together with the Mayor, and passed before
John laber, notary public. to wit:
"a contract with II. H. Romano Tor she'll
ing certain streets.
"a contract with H. 7. Treplagan for lay.
ing brick and wooden sidewalks and ban
quotes.
"A contract with John Marks for clean
ing the streets and repairing the bridges
between the river and Apollo street.
"a contract with Joseph Kaiser for clean
ing and ditchlng streets and building
bridges. between Apollo street and Clal-
borne avenue or canal.
"a contract With George Mcneil, for paint
ing the City Hall.
"a contract with Frank Pettvain, for
illing and fencing Market Square.
"All for the purposes expressed and in.
tended in said contracts for the purpose OF
making improvements in the streets, BAN
QUOTES, bitches and public lots and build
ings, notwithstanding any verbal or written
inaccuracies as to date"
Mr. J. II. A. Roberts. Secretary of the
Council, states that verbal motion, some
what like the above, was made; and that
objection being made by Messrs. Hester and
Pratt, the notion was dropped. He says
that no written motion WAS made. About .
i've days afterward he was requested by
Alderman Caulkins to embody the motion
in his inmates Of the meeting, as above.
The Mayors signature is not appended.
At page 78l Of the same minute book, ind
the following entry, dase OF fifteenth
March, 1870 t-..s -
''By Alexander Pratt
Resolved by the Common Council of the
City of Jefferson, That the Controller be
and hereby is authorized to warrant on the
Treasurer in favor of G. G. Fisk for the sum
of three thousand and one hundred dollars,
rs per services rendered.
Approved March Is.
81. t. LOWE, Mayor"
''Rules suspended, resolution put on
dnal reading and adopted"
The secretary of the Council states that
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