New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-02

referred 10 lneIl, TO VII:
Upon the communication of the Controller
of February %, 1870, informing your hon
orable body of the adjudication OF the con-
tract, agreeably to ordnance No. 1895, new
series, for the rebuilding of Milueburg Fire
Company No. engine house, to j. G. Len
non as principal, and Spencer Field, ST., 8;
security, for the sum OF twenty-eight hun
dred and seventy-fve dollars {S2S75l, y0-I
committee report favorsbly, and offer tbs
accompanying resolution for adoption.
Respectfully submitted.
GERALD FARRELL,
Chairman;
4. F. STRICKEN,
Z. REGGIE,
c. CAMP.
The following resolution, accompanying
the above report, was unanimously adopted
on its several readings:
Resolved, That the adjudication by the
Controller of a contract. agreeably to Ordi-
nance No. 1895. new series, for the rebuild
ing of the engine house OF Milneburg Fire
cipal and Spencer Field, ST., as security,
for the sum of twenty.eight hundred and
seventy.fve dollars, be and the same lis
hereby approved, security accepted, and
the Mayor authorized to enter into contract
per 'notarial act, with the parties, for the
performance of said work.
Mr.. Walker was absent while the vote was
being had on the above resolution.
The Committee on Police and Healthre-
ported as follows:
NEW ORLEANS, March y, 1870.
To the President and members of the Board Of
Assistant Aldermen.
GENTLEMEN-Your committee to whom
was referred communication from the City
Attorney relative to the storage OF powder,
with instructions to mature and report an
ordinance with q view of controlling the
storage of said explosive material, have the
honor to submit the following report:
Upon examination of Leovy's revised
edition of city laws, we find ample provision
embracing the whole subject as to storage,
vending, ETC., of gunpoWder, as laid down IL
an ordinance entitled San ordinance rela-
tive to gunpowder and to the powder maya
zine" together with acts Of the Legislature
in connection Herewith, fixing the rate OF
| license to be charged by the city OF New Or
leans, and all necessary details for the com
plete administration of the same. Your COM
mittee therefore deem any further Legislation
upon their part as unnecessary, and would
respectfully recommend a rigid enforcement
of the ordinance referred to; the late decis-
ion of the Fourth District Court in the
| matter of the city of New Orleans VS.. j. NJ
Hoyle, ct al, placing the power Of con
trolling the sale and storage Of gunpowdel
entirely in the hands of the Mayor and
Common Council.
Respectfully submitted,
G. CAsANAvE,
Chairman.
EUG. STAES,
G. CAMP.
The Committee or Waterworks reported
as follows:
NEW ORLEANS, February %, 1870.
| To the President and Members of the Board o
Assistant Aldermen:
GBNTLEMEN--Your committee have tht
honor to state they have considered thu
various propositions for the lease of the Git
| Waterworks, together with the proposal 0
| J. II. O'Connor to dispose of the battur,
property fronting the works, upon which
| the supply pipes are laid, and beg leave tC
submit the following report.
l. All written propositions looking to
lease of the present Waterworks are IN
| satisfactory to your committee from TIL
fact the necessary provision for the eXten
sion of pipes, without an immediate cost Il
the city, throughout the Third and Fouftl
Districts, is not sufficiently provided fol
and we deem it practical and essential to tn
comfort and health OF the citizens that SOM
provision should be made for supplyin
filtered water, and, therefore, recommen
that the City Surveyor be directed, unde
instructions from this committee, to prepar
plans and specifications. with as little della
as possible, to secure the above object; an
that proposals for lease of the works, o.
such terms as will secure the result desired
as well as provide for the payment Of tn
interest on the bonds Issued in payment O
the present works, together with proviso
for the final extlnguishment of said bond
shall be invited.
2. The proposition Of ]. Il. O'Connor t
sell to the city the batture property frontin
the Waterworks, through which the presen
line of supply pipes is laid, we deem IN
reasonable and unjust This particular 10
was sold through inadvertency, and the i'm
portance of the city controlling the frontag