New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-13

SonuM SAOksOn, for salary - Assl1eane
Librari6n, . for eue-third ct September,
SIG 81.
Mary DAVIDSON, for salary az Assistant
Librarian, for two-thirds of September,
| $33 49, ~ "a ~ c ef
The New Orleans Republican Printing
Company, for printing fifty copies OF calen-
dar, August 80, 1870, S12.
The New Orleans Republican Printing
Company. for printing proceedings and
calendars in September, 1870, $47 90
The New Orleans Republican Printing
Company. printing semi-annual report OF
Department of Public Accounts, rule and
| figure work, $493 50.
The New Orleans Republican Printing
Company. advertising ordinances IN month
| of September, 1898 81.
Thomas Soublet, repairs to Barracks street
school, 1919 25.
. Thomas mass SSosg 5,. repairs to Claiborne
Thomas Soublet, repairs to st. Anne
street school, $l93 81.
The items were called over seriatim, and
were each adopted and passed.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
| An ordinance to provide for the settlement
| Of account therein named.
| Be it ordained, That the Administrator of
| Public Accounts be and is hereby author
| ised to settle with the holder OF the follow
| ing claims at the option of said holders, by
| the issue of certificates under ordinance No.
| 1877, Administration series.
| E. Merle, as transfaree Of John j. Clarke,
| for srndry bills of fuel furnished the char
| liable institutions OF the city in January,
1870, and previously, $3.50 80.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance to provide for the settlement
of account therein named.
Be it ordained, That the Administrator
| of Public Accounts be and is hereby au-
thorized to settle with the holder of the
following claim, at the option of said holder,
by the issue Of certificates under ordi-
nance No. 1877, Administration series:
a. l.. Hasling, for two certificates issued
to him for hardware by the Police jury of
the parish OF Orleans, right bank, s3l 30.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
Be it ordained by the City Council OF New
Orleans, That the sum OF twelve hundred
dollars t$l200l, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, be and the same is hereby ap-
propriated to defray the expenses incident
to the engraving and printing of the bonds
to be issued under ordinance No. AS, for
improvements to wharves and levees.
Read twice and laid over.
Petitions.
a communication from Mr.. B. P. Blan-
chard. calling attention TO the necessity of
providing $50 ballot-boxes for the election,
was referred to the Mayor with power to
act
The following petition was received, and
referred TO the Department of Improve
mcnts:
To the City Council of New Orleans:
GENTLEMEN-The petition OF the steam
boat owners. and masters thereof, trading
to this city, respectfully represents that in
consequence of privileges granted by the
State to the two corporations viz: Sugar
Shed, and the Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, the commerce carried on to and from
this city, is heavily taxed, and seriously
and grievOusly impeded. Commerce is i'm
peded 10 such an extent that it is now i'm
possible TO discharge the cargoes of the
steamboats, at the points on the levee desig-
mated as their landing places, unless at
heavy additional expense and great delay.
This is the case between CustOmhOuse and
Blenyille streets. Between the sugar sheds
and the wharf there are fifteen ll5) yards
on which cotton. sugar and other kinds of
cargoes can be discharged. The street in
front OF the sc sheds can not be used for dis
charging cargoes for the same must be kept
open for the passage of drays. and the UP
treights can not be received except by keep
ing this street open. The wharves can not
be used for discharging cotton and sugar.
for those articles, by the regulations of the
city. are not permitted to remain on the
woodwork of the wharves.
The boats trading in the coast and Bayou
Sara trade are ut this time doing an exceed
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can not even now be done upon the space
assigned them between Customhouse and
Bienyille streets, except at very heavy adj
ditional costs. expense and delay. When
the trade becomes as active as usual. it
Will be utterly impossible to do the bust
ness, and thus causing irreparable injury
and damage. From CustOmhouse to Canal
the facilities for tlischarging the cargocs OF
the Red river, Ouachita and Bayou
steamboats, are Slightly better; neverthe-
less, the Chattanooga Railroad Company
has so encroached upon this space with its
two tracks that the boats assigned to this
portion of the wharf can not possibly land
their cargoes. To force these boats to land
elsewhere would cause their trade great
damage. and also infiict a heavy loss upon
the property holders in that vicinity.
The accommodation for landing cargOes
between Canal and Grayier streets where
all the Vicksburg, Bends, and Natchcz
packets usually land), has been encroached
upon by the Chattanooga Railroad Company
to such an extent that there remain Onlv
tllirty-nine 1897 yards between the wood
work of the wharf and the track of that
railroad. The said railroad company is now
making still further Entertainments upon
said landing. which, when completed. will
so contract the levee that boat with
cargo of twenty five hundred bales can not
be discharged, even though tins entire space
shall be used, to which six steamboats, are
usually assigned for the purposes of dis
chrrging and receiving their cargOes. The
boats above referred to pay annually an i'm
mense sum to the city as wharfage. This
sum far exceeds the entire cost of the
wharves, together with the value of the
large yearly accretions to the leyee
The wharfage tax is excessive-it is op-
press1ve and clearly unconstitutional, and
if we are to be deprived of our just rights
and reasonable accommodation, in the
manner as above stated, we will be forced to
resist all wharfage dues as a mere matter of
justice to ourselves.
The privileges and advantages taken from
us by said corporations, as stated above
have been ours for many long years. The
tax paid by us has built the wharves and
extended the levee hundreds of feet The
accommodation we seek is vital to the com
merce of this ,ity. 1t is a great ADVANTAGE
to the property holders fronting this nor-
tion of the levee, and it is their right 20 Ell
joy the same, for they acquired their pro-
perty with reference to the value given to it
by these levee accommodations, which have
been Illegally taken by said corporations
What We contend for is not only our right.
but it is also the right of all people of all
States who navigate the Mississippi river to
and from this city.
We call upon You with profound RESPECT
and great confidence, to he righted in this
matter. The maintenance OF our rights in