New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-22


| that nobody would take the contract. 1
can furnish the figures to chow that the
| rent of 100000 year will not only pay
| the interest on the 81 400, 600 bonds, but
leave a bonus of $50 600 to be invested
annually as sinking fund for the extinc-
| ton of the debt 1t seems to me that this
is very fair proposition, indeed. and if
you examine this bill you will find that you
can not give this contract to any particular
parry, because the city is authorized to
put 1t up at auction; they go into the
market against all competition and bid for
1t. The bill, it seems to me, recommends
itself to every Senator on this floor and
| every body here interested in this city
These gentlemen propose to bring the
water to the top OF the highest buildings
| in the city, and to filter 1t.
| Mr.. Bacon: Mr.. President, | ascertain
that the only objection I had against the
bill is covered by a subsequent section, SO
l withdraw it.
Section one was adopted and section
| two was read.
| Mr.. Wittgenstein: Mr.. President, l move
to postpone this bill till tomorrow.
| Mr.. Pinchback: Mr.. President, hate to
see such spirit on the part OF members
from the country, when they have 10 III
terest whatever In q measure ike this.
The remaining sections Of the bill were
ad Dpted, and motion made 10 adopt the
bill as a whole.
! Mr., Braughn: Mr.. President, ] rise to
second the motion to adopt the bill as a
whole, and in further explanation, l wish
to otf-r few remarks. This bill was re-
ported by the Committee on Drainage of
the Senate, composed OF Senators Todd,
Monette aud myself, of which committee
Mr.. Todd was chairman, as substi-
tute for q bill referred to this com.
mit.ee, and introduced by Senator
Campbell. That bill provided for
the man cement Of the Waterworks by
Board OF Commissioners to be appointed
by the Governor. In the opinion Of the
| committee it was thought that such a law
as that would not bring any relief, and
that committee, in order to represent their
views on the subject have reported this
| bill, and | dare say that there is not a
Senator on this foar, after having heard
| this bill read, will object to d single Sec
ton or single word in it. | may safely
! predict that among all the bills that have
come before us for legislation, there is not
one more fair or satisfactory than this one.
/ IL " III Hol OiiIS give US pAIC HCtii'uy "AeOi,
and force it to the highest story of any
house in the city, but it will guarantee TO
| the people that they will not DE compelled
to pay any more for water than the citi-
zeus pay il any city in the West. Those
who live in the city understand how
We have been treated IN regard
10 the water rates, and the miserable and
! defective water that We have been COM
PEELED TO accept, first from the Waterworks
| Company and now from the City of New
! Orleans IN addition 10 that, the bill au-
| thorizes this city to advertise this contract,
and to sell il 10 the highest bidder. It Is
not bill to favor one party or another,
but it provides for a sale at public auction,
and it further provides thlt the patties
shall give bonds in the sum Of $3.50 900
for the faithful execution of their contract,
| and provides that they shall pay SlO0 600
a year to the city; aud further obi 5atas
the contractors to make Improvements an
nually OF no less than So 900 year. Thus
it VIII be seen, Mr.. President. that in addi-
ton to pure and healthy water, forced 10
the topm0st story OF the highest building
IN the city-in addition to the sale by auc-
ton, so as to give every oue chance.
it gives annually a rent not alone
sufficient to pay the Interest or the bonds
SIS led by the city for The purposes Of the
Waterworks, but it actually creates
sinking fund, out of which this debt will
ultima ely be extinguish-d. For these
reasons, Mr.. President, | hope that no
imped:ment will be thrown il the way Of
the passage OF this bill and that it may 60
to the House as soon as possible.
The bill was finally passed.
Mr. Futch called up Senate bill No. POI,
An act to reorganize the Sta'e Land Office.
and to provide for the disposition of public
lands, and for tie survey OF .unsuryeyed
swamp lands
The bill was real section by section, and
the first three sections were adopted, and
section four read.
Mr.. Lynch: In line twerty-one, move
10 strike ont the words, the sixth day Of
each regular TERM" and insert in lieu
thereof the words, twentieth day of De-
cember of each year," SO as to make it
read, son or before the twentieth day of
December each year"
The amendment was adopted, and the
section adopted as amended.
Section five was adopted. and section
six was read.
Mr.. Wilcox: Mr. President, before this
section is adopted, l would like to suggest
to the chairman OF the Finance Committee
that we ought to add clause somewhere
to the effect that the sales made by the
Register of the Land Office should be pub
lished once week. at least, SO that we
may know what we are doing, III the
official Journal of tbe State
Mr.. Lynch: would suggest Mr.. Presi-
dent, that I really do not see the al
vantage Of this. / viii say Mr. President
that whenever person wishes to buy
land and finds that certain land is for sale,
he goes to the Registers Office aud says:
Il want to buy such and such land The
Register describes the land By boundaries
and gives the certificate to the party He
then takes this certificate to the Auditors |
Office and there a warrant is Issued for the
amount of the purchase money. The per-
son then goes to the Treasurer's Office and
pays the money; the Treasurer gives a
receipt on the back Of the certificate, de-
scrbing the land purchased by township,
range, etc. The party then returns with
the certificate Of the Treasurer to the
Register of the Land Office and receives
his paent. The Register then returns to
the Auditors Office list of all the lands
sold, and land so sold is then to De put on
the tax list.
Mr.. Wilcox: That is all very proper, Mr..
President; but would it not, also, be
proper to let the Register publish, once a
week the amount of land sold?
Mr.. Lynch: 1t seems to me that this
would be useless expense.
Mr.. Wilcox: think it would be a sat
isfaction to the people Of the State to
know what is being done.
Mr. Lynch: The re1lort OF the Auditor