New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-28
ON CARONDELET STREET.

Business continues to improve, not
only upon this trading thoroughfare, but
in all parts of the city; and the absentees
are all returning from the North like
swallows to their home. The weather
being still warm, clear and delightful,
substantial blocks of storehouses are
going up in various eligible locations in
the city, while carpenters, plasterers, and
especially painters, are making the older
buildings everywhere look almost as good
as new Commerce Of all kinds III this
active mart is commencing to move ex-
tensively as of yore. Steamboats, and
steamships are arriving, and daily and
hourly departing in all directions Labor
and capital and enterprise are construct
ing new lines Of railroad in the directions
most needed. Away TO the west Of us,
track clearing and grading on the New
Orleans Mobile and Chattanooga Rail
road is progressing rapidly; the entire
roadway from this city to Donaldsonville
will be ready to receive the superstruc-
ture by February, and the cars may he
running by April that distance; while, on
the same road, between this city and Mo-
bile. one hundred and thirty-nin miles
east, gap of only half a dozen miles re-
mains And further, while speaking of
railroads, it may be added that Mr..
Seweu, who has Just arrived from quar-
ter where none but good railroads are toll
Grated, has taken charge of the old one
horse jackson and Great Northern Rail
road rs Superintendent, with carte blanche
from McComb, its president to make this
first-class road, if capital, intelligence
and enterprise can make it such. A new
era is dawning.
On Carondelet street, corner of Gravler,
where William Creevy holds forth as
steamship agent, and where things are
always lively, a singular commercial
barter was heard Of His staunch steamer,
Juniata, Captain Hoxie, has just unloaded
here 40, 900 beautiful pressed brick, from
Philadelphia, which are being already
rapidly built into the face of Morgan S
block, on the corner of Canal and Charities
streets, to the admiration of all. And in
addition to the cargo of the products of
the rice, cane and cotton plant with
which the Juniata starts this evening on
her return to the old city Of Brotherly
Love. she has received on board a live and
living, but muzzled cayman or alligator,
thirteen and a half feet in length. 1t is
consigned to Dixey's new museum, in
Philadelphia, as a sample of animated
| nature, indigenous to this part of Dixie's
| land. But let Mr.. E. F. Dixey and
his museum and opera-goers be fairly
warned that this cTOcOdiius dctis is one
of the most dangerous of carniverouE
saurians known, with thirty-eight ugl.!
teeth in the upper, and thirty in the lowe
Jaw: and if young negro child, a calf o.
pig Ito which food it is accustomed)
walk too near its tank in the museum, i
will use its tail to whisk such prey dowl
where it can devonr it at its leisure
The more exciting matter Oh the stree
Yesterday was the noted effect of tn
judicial decision ordering the city t.
receive the Metropolitan checks (com
monty known as blue checks, for take
and licenses. Hitherto the city has re
fused to receive such, alleging that tn
same were not drawn in accordance wit
the law. AS these warrants were issued
year or so ago, this decision saddles
debt of some hundreds of thousands c
dollars on to this city administration
which was not contracted by them but b
their Democratic predecessors. 1t Wi
cause their Administrator Of Finance an
the rest trouble, making them wade /
pretty deep water for a few month
before the city can receive money instea
of warrants, and before it can pay greer
backs again to its numerous employt
and other creditors, for so long as Wa
rant can be purchased at cent belo
par, all who have to pay taxes or license
will pay in warrants instead of greer
!, backs. This decision, then, is a gain
{ probably $4,000 to the checkholde1
Though none to the city,, and they col