New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-16

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1870 Tfih iDxrAnrxixr or coxnzlc1. Il.
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70 the Council Of the oiu Of New Orleans: '"A'
r In relation to the petition Of o. ". Redon,
asking the Council to cancel his CONTRACT
Ninth Street and Horapuru Markets. Offer
ing a. reason the recent trouble and Loss
from the Slsugh;erhouse Injunction, I have
the honor to answer: First, that the city
vas In NO sense Whatever5 party tn the
Slauahterhouse Interruption. Second, judg.
ing from the shrinkage in the COLLECTIONS at
the three markets, In the hands OF the city.
during the Injunction week, his loss could
not have exceeded $780, !lt !-.5 -.af {
i st. Mary's Market fell off from previous
week S2S 30; IRENE Market s1l5 05;
Diyades Market SLOT ID. KY .fsr =
Think it would DO improper to grant the
petition. = ''iU't I
ETaisA o.. 83Ai3 81 g. @. EMLEY, ,v
|lgL .yrs, Admin istrasor Of Commerce.
Received and adopted. squ. IN ,sa,gsr +
From Mr.. Emley: )gsq 81, .; a,so,.s,.,
DKPARIxExT 81 CONNIE RcH, }
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To the osuncil Of thsoity ., Ns~ Orleans: issef
I In relation % the proposition from Mr..
John Goodln TO- lease the IRENE Market,
referred to this department, respectfully
represent that the snm offered for the mar
!! ies is too email. and should be declined BY
800 Respectfully .submitted. 80
~" 'DF FN'~S 8. C. E4LEY, '"t
59aeh g - Administrator OF Comaerce.
3 Received and adopted. aol1Eqsps hEa -so
Pa A communication Of Dr.iaJ. B. Cooper,
calling attention to the condition of the IL
sane Asylum. referred to the Administrator
at Police. June seventh, was, on motion Of
Mr.. Pierce. transferred 70 the Department
of Pubic Buildings. go, .r-..,q 80
& NJ. Pierce called mp the folloying, ordi-
nance: ,f,,.g - --.,,i,''.o't' -
y, Be it ordained, ETC.. That the Police Euf
geons, in their capacity as city physicians,
for the purpose Of furnishing themselves
with means ofconveyance, Be entitled 20 an
allowance sf sixty.twos dollars and fifty
cents per month, SO long as they shall per:
form said duties to the satisfaction Of the
Council Sl' 1osaAt a. II fsE s1tt e
Mr. West moved to amend BY making the
allowance fifty dollars month. o. Ls..z.
Mr.. Delassize seconded the amendment,
which WAS carried, and the ordinance, -
amended, Was adopted. 80 -
Communication from Charles F. Fisher.
on drainage matters. Referred to the De-
partmept of improvements, May 81. I
u On motion of Mr.. West, who stated that
the communication related entirely to scien-
tidc matters, this item was stricken from
the calendar.
Claim of Thomas Mccormack. Referred
to the Department Of Accounts, May 81.
On motion of Mr.. Shaw, this matter was
referred to the City Attorney.
Petition Of butchers to change the stalls in
st. Mary's Market. Referred to the Depart
ment Of Commerce, May 81. .'..
Mr.. Finley reported that this matter had
been referred to the City Surveyor for in
vestigation. -'- .t'1 -. o.
From Nj. Bonzauo: - ~ 'i- Ill
Resolution BY the Administrator Of ASSESS
ments In reply to the communication Of
= /. Boucherean. tfser 81. 80 -iygrgf
~ DErARTNxKr OF ASSESSMENTS.
~ I-@ r'~ City Of New Orleans, june Is. ls7o.
RESOLVED, That the Administrator of Public
Accounts be and he Is hereby authorized to
purchase, for the use of the City Library, two
copies OF L. Bouchereau's statement Of the
Louisiana sugar and rice crops of 1868 and
1859; and further thatthe Administrator Of
Public Accounts be authorized to draw his
warrant on the Administrator of Finance in
favor of said Bouchereau, for the sum, of ten
dollars in paynsntfor the same. -.1a-A 2.
Adopted.---------.----- .
j., Mr. Shaw introduced the following ordi-
nance, which was read first and second
time:
An ordinance providing'for the recording of
b y judgments for city taxes. ss.t97 4
Be it ordained BIZ the Council of the city
of New Orleans, That the Recorder Of Mort
Cages Of the parish Of Orleans is hereby
authorized and empowered to obtain from
the district courts certified transcripts Of
all unprescribed tax judgments in favor of
the City of New Orleans, embracing descrip.
lions Of the property against which said
judgments are rendered. and to record the
same in the Mortgage Office, according to
law: provided, that he shall obtain the
Aforesaid transcripts of Judgments at his
own expense, and the whole cost to the
city shall not be greater than fifty (5O)
cents for each judgment. 4. rs 90 o
The Surveyor forwarded the following re-
port on matter referred to him: ~
To The Honorable the Council of the City Of New
( GENTLExEN-The Meridian monument
erected by the United States Coast Survey
in 1856, is placed on Basin street. near its
intersection with Canal street. OF the three
stones set by Captain Goodfellow, Coast
Survey, two remain, the central one, In.
dicating the intersection of the longitude
and latitude line, and one south Of that
about forty-eight feet, on the meridian line.
These stones present, on the surface of the
ground, face of eight inches square,
marked "Mrid. L. U. 8. @. s.. ;" and have q
copper plug, six inches deep, perforated
with hole indicating the exact centre and
line; under ground they are eighteen inches
square, of pyramidal form, laid on good
brick foundation, and safe from injury, and
will remain there for hundreds OF years, if
indicating North, was placed on Canal street,
but the contractor, in placing the railroad,
removed it to clear the ends of his cross.
ties. It was on the right-hand side of the
railroad going to the Park. .a't4i- III Il
To adjust their instruments the surveying
party placed copper plug, similar to those
in the stones, into the wall of the house
corner of Franklin and Canal streets. The
plug was inserted in lead and was removed
for the lead in 1869, but all those points can
easily be re.established, having the main
stone and the south line, which will be at.
tended to at an early date. 80. -
.lB I remain, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, r
r g5- w. q. BELL, City Surveyor.
P. S.-The monument stone is located for
longitude ninety degrees two minutes and
thirty seconds west of Greenwich, and lati-
tude twenty nine degrees fifty-seven min
utes aud forty-six seconds, north. ps.
Communication from street railroad COM
panies with reference, to accidents on