New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-08

under Judgment tor tax bills OF 1893. Blu!
out of these sixty-four suits, fifty AVE set
tied IN tull with charges according to H.. &.
Caulkins' statement and his return of I'm
collected tax bills. The other fourteen tax
bills have been returned to the city, and are
in its possession. Caulkins has been collect
ing the costs of the court, including the ad
vertising with the tax bills. That you may
understand and see that these bills have
been collected, l copy from one of the bills
returned by Caulkins as follows:
Tax bill No. 1886, suit No. 1903, amount
of tax 1868. $50 0C
Interest 50, Az Rel. $1............ 4 OO
Court SO 50, Constable So M........ 6 SO
Certificate s., advertising 81, ap-
Pralser w
Advertising 30 00
oU
What claim the printer can have against
the city on fifty snits after the same have
been paid in full, and the docket satisfied, |
can not understand.
With regard to the other fourteen suits or
bills not collected, the property in each case
has been advertised for sale. and if sold, all
costs should have been paid from proceeds
OF sale, but no reason is given why such
costs were not collected, or why the sale
did not take place.
The amount of these fourteen bills is
S739. But / am informed by the expert
now employed in the Department of Public
Accounts, that these bills, if reduced to the
tandard of solid agate, according to law,
must be reduced one-half, which amounts
tOTsay 1869 50.
This will be due the Louisiana State Reg
lister after it has shown good reason why
these costs were not collected according to
the order of the court. With this / return
the papers Il me. S. ID. MOODY.
MAYoRALrr OF NEW ORLEANS. I
| September 8, 1870. !
To the City Council of New Orleans:
The claim of f. J. Rigney referred to me
Is based upon a contract made with the
! special committee of the late City of Jeffer-
son on the nineteenth November, 1869, "to
reditch, cap. crown and level Louisiana
avenue, General Taylor street, Napoleon
avenue, Valance street and Peters avenue
from st. Charles avenue to Claiborn e canal,
according to lines furnished by X. w. Todd,
City Surveyor for which the contractor
was to receive one dollar a foot when the
work was done to the satisfaction of George
w. Pratt, w. S. Mcconnell and IL. C..
Caulkins, the committee.
Mr.. L.. W.tTodd, late City Surveyor of
Jefferson has certified under date of May
Is, 1870, that +. j. Rigney has ditched and
graded Napoleon avenue according to lines
and levels given by me, and is entitled to
| pay for ten thousand one hundred and nine
ty-four feet"
On the other hand, Mr.. w. II. Bell, City
Surveyor, who, at my request has investi-
gated the work, informs me that the street
has been re-ditched, but the roadway has
not been graded in accordance with the re-
Guirements of the specifications, and that
twenty cents a foot would be a fair cash
price for work which is here charged at Il
dollar a foot.
l am further informed with respect to the
Louisiana avenue work, included in the
same contract, that the late Controller, Mr..
5. d.. Moody, refused to issue bonds in pay
ment thereof, and only passed them under
the coercion of a mandamus, and that Judge
Pardee, when ordering the issue of the
bonds, said the points raised by the Con
t~roller's attorney were well taken. but as
the City of Jefferson, through its attorney.
5. q. Fiske, then present, confessed iudg-
ment. 1t was useless to refuse the man
damus.
/ recommend that f. j. Rigney's claim be
rejected, and that the legality of his con
tract be left to the decision of the law
courts.
BENZ. f. FLANDERS. Mayor.
Mr.. Finley offered a new report on the
projected rice mill of Siewerd & kipp. they
having changed their original intention OF
putting up a wooden building, and now in
tending to occupy a brick building. He re-
ported as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.,
September e, 1870.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
In relation to the petition of Siewerd &
Kipp, asking permission to erect and ope-
rate a steam.engine in the square bounded
by Levee, Esplanade, Elysian Fields, Vic
tory and Frenchmen streets, for the purpose
of running a rice mill, l respectfully sug-
gest that the request be granted, inasmuch
as they furnish the written consent of a ma
jority of the residents of said square, in
accordance with law.
S. G. EMLEY, Administrator.
Resolred, That permission is hereby grant
ed to Siewerd & Kipp to erect and operate
a steam engine for the purpose of running
a rice mill, on Elysiap Fields street.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Emley:
DEPARrMRNr OF CONVERGE.
September o, 1870.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
In relation to the petition of Jacob Hol-
zenthal, asking permission to erect a soap
factory on Magnolia street, in the square
bounded by Magnolia, Clara, Josephine and
Jackson streets, Fourth District. | respect
fully suggest that the request be granted.
the petition being accompanied by the
written consent of a majority of the resi-
dents of said square.
S. c. EMLEY, Administrator.
Resolred, That permission is hereby
granted to Jacob Holzenthal to erect a soap
factory on Magnolia street, Fourth District.
The Mayor said he had had a good deal
of experience with regard to soap factories,
and he recommended that this matter be
laid over to give the n%eighbors full time to
make up their minds about it.
Mr.. Finley assented.
Laid over accordingly.
By Mr.. Emley:
Department OF COMMENCE.
September 5, 1870.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
The petition of Mrs. ID. Stickney repre-
s%entsrhat improperly of her husband, Who
is now disabled for any business from NEIL
tai affection, has been seized for taxes, and
the petitioner further represents that the
real estate upon which the taxes are levied
is unimproyed and unproductiye and I'M
saleablc, being covered by the Gaines
claim, and asks, in view of all these facts,
for an extension OF time in which to pay
these taxes, and I respectfully recommend
the granting of the request.
S. C. EMLEY.
Administrator.
ReSoired. That the Administrator of Fl
nance is hereby authorized to stay proceed
ings in the collection of tax bill against
David Stickney, for such time as said Adj
ministrator may think proper.
Adopted.
Reports by City Oncers.
Assistant Attorney NAPLES presented the
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