New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-15

roof of Magazine Market the party to whom
Mr.. kielfcr must apply being Mr.. kcdon,
the lessee of the market at the time the
damage is said TO have been sustained.
l.. 1. DELASSlZE, Administrator.
Laid over to be printed.
Mr. Finley introduced an ordinance for
the payment of certain accounts.
Mr.. Walton remarked that under the
ordinance passed at the last meeting the
Administrator of Accounts was the only
person who had right to bring il any
such ordinance.
Referred to the Department OF Accounts.
BY Mr.. Emley:
DEPARTMENT OF CoNNFRCz
September i, 1917.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
In relation to the petition OF Mr.. =. San
ahrens, asking permission to erect and ope-
rate Il steam engine, to be used in a sash
factory, opposite the old Pontchartrain
Railroad depot. on Elysian Fields street. |
respectfully suggest that the request be
granted, the petition being accompanied by
the written consent of Il majority OF the
residents of said square.
S. c. EMLEY. Administrator
Rcsolced. That permission is hereby grant
ed to Il. Sanahrcns to erect and operate a
steam engine, to be used i'll q SASH factory
on Elysian Fields street.
Laid over to be printed.
By Mr.. Finley:
Be it ordained by the Council Of The city
first of September. 1870. the following sal
aries shall be paid in the Department Of
Commerce, Viz:
Secretary, s. 40 per annum: Chief Market
Inspector, l.Soo per annum.
BE il further ordained. That all ordinances
and parts ot ordinances. in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Laid over 10 be printed.
Mr.. Emley called up the resolution appro-
priating eleven hundred dollars for a tract,
Tor Washington Hook and Ladder Company
Algiers.
The resolution was again laid over, rs
was also the resolution appropriating s2j90
for tour fire companies Of Algiers.
Monthly Reports.
Mr.. West presented lis monthly report
as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF 1vPRovsNExTs /
September II, 1919.
TO the Hon B. F. Flanders, Mayor:
As required by section ten. city charter.
the following report of the operations Of
this department during August, Is respect
fully submitted.
Actual improvements can be very briefly
treated OF. but it is due to the large number
of applications Tor relief 70 state that
their requirements have received respectful
aud careful consideration. and it is always
with regret that | am compelled To meet
their demands either with positive denial.
or with limited relief. From all quarters OF
the city, and in all the branches of the public
works entrusted to the care OF this depart
mcnt. appeals for OUTLAWS are so continuous
that only the most determined frmness sut-
fees to restrain neutrality-suspicious. within
reasonable bounds Petitioners who ask
for relief. and observers who can not fail to
see the need of improvements and repairs.
can thus form conclusions why they are not
made. The community must not expect
that the mistakes of the past and the ne
ceSslties of the present can all be remeded
and supplied in a few short months, and
to Weld assent to expenditures to the ex-
tent asked for would not be consulting the
true interests of the city. Patience and
forbcarance must be exercised, even by
those who only want small jobs attended
to, as well as by others whose necessities
are greater.
Continuous rains throughout the month
made the task of cleaning very difficult. and
put the unpaved streets in wretched condi-
ton Iaborers and carts We're kept actively
employed, and the close of the month mani
tested some improvement. General repairs
were made i'll many quarters. but where
travel over unpavcd thorou"htarcs has been
constant. these could barely be kept pass
able.
The weather also brought into notice very
MANY defective sidewalks, requiring notices
to be served upon property owners 10 make
repairs. These have been generally com
plicd with. but our sidewalks are mainly
such as to need constant attention and re-
pair.
Slow progress is being made by the South
ern Paving Company upon st. Charles ave
nue.. and the residents ut that vicinity Justly
complain of the delay. 1t is difficult to
reconcile the statements of that COMPANY
made to the Council Of the great damage to
which they We're subjected by not being a
lowed to proceed with the work. with the
tartiineSs which thew now manifest when
they have ample opportunity to display
energy.
Some attention has been given the past
month to what NAV lie called the cNuhcr-
aucc Of SIGNS with which Our business streets
are afflicted. All suspended sI4us across
u.
as Il preliminary to a more radical reform
Of this great abuse. One business 1iiln puts
up a projecting sign, and Il nei-hb0T. III self
defense, is obliged to do likewise. with the
result finally Of no greater display than lad
they all confined themselves to the frontage
Of their buildings. Not only is the general
appearance Gcto.mcd. but the seeker for
localities is III many instances positively be-
wildcrtd with the number Of signs Obtrtul-
inc upon notice. An ordinance Will be OF
tercd at an early dayto curtail the privilege
of such unnecessary displays.
The street railroad cars upon Canal street.
west OF Magazine, are now all beng run
upon the neutral ground. Tie old tracks
upon the street proper have not Vet been re-
moved owing to the lack OF suitable niatcri-
al to repair the roadway, but vehicles Will
soon he relieved from these distractions.
WHARvEs AND LANDINGS.
The early opening of trade max es it
much to be regretted that the repairs now
in progress were not sooner commenced.
Attention has been first given TO receiving
landings; and they are now nearly com
pleted, leaving the contractors opportunity
to engage upon the shipping wharves. The
fall Of the river has made sad havoc with
these, and demonstrated the wisdom Of the
policy Of extended repairs. 1t will be late
in the season before all necessities will have
been met. During the greater part of the
month much difficulty has been experienced
IN gaining access to the river at many points
owing to the bad weather, the operations of
he Chattanooga Railroad Company, and to