New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-22


Adopted.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance to repeal ordinance No. 152.
Administration series, entitled ian ordi
nance providing for the registering OF
blue Metropolitan warrants"
Be it ordained by the Council of the City
of New Orleans, That ordinance No. o32,
entitled IAN ordinance providing for the
registering of u0Metropolitan warrants"
be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Adopted on a call of the roll.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance fixing and assessing o tax on
licenses to provide tor the interest OF the.
bonds issued to the Pontchartrain Rail
road Company.
Be it ordained by the Council Of the city
of New Orleans, That in conformity with
section two of the act of the Legislature ap--
proved fifteenth of March, 1854, a tax OF
TWO (2) per cent on the amount OF every
lisense issued by the city i'll the year 1871,
be and is hereby levied to meet the accruing
interest on the bonds OF the city issued to
the Pontchartrain Railroad Company.
By Mr.. West:
ResOLre0, That the Administrator OF I'M
provements be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to advertise for proposals to
furnish coal for the draiping machines for
the term Of one wear. commencing on the
first day of January, 1871.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. West:
DEPARTMHvY OF HPRovKNFNTs,
december 10, 1870. )
To the City Council OF New Orleans:
The undersigned respectfully submits the
following bids, received in answer to the
advertisement inviting Proposals for rails
ing the banquettes on GirOd street, between
Rampant and Liberty streets"
Nicholas Connel bids ninety cents per
superficial foot of curling.
Nicholas Cornell bids seventy-fve cents
per square yard of new brick.
Nicholas Cornell bids twenty-five cents
| per square yard of old work.
Nicholas Connel bids twenty-five cents
| per foot Of gutter.
And the bid of Nicholas Cornell being
| considered reasonable, it is recommended
| that the accompanying resolution be
! adopted, adjudicating the contract to, and
| accepting the security offered by him.
j. X. WEST, Administrator.
| Resolced, That the proposal of Nicholas
| Connell for raising the banquettes on GirOd
| street, between Rampant and Liberty
| streets, at ninety t9O) cents per superficial
| foot Of curbing complete, seventy-five (7o)
cents per square yard OF new brick com
1
Of old brick complete, twenty five t25l cents
| per foot of gutter complete, and offering
! Christopher Cornell as security in the sum
of three thousand iS30CO) dollars, be, and
the same is hereby, accepted, and the
Mayor authorized TO enter into contract
n on behalf of the city, per notarial act be-
| fore the City Notary for the faithful per-
| termance of said contract.
| Adopted
Mr.. West said that prior 20 the incoming
Of the present administration, an ordinance
! was passed making an allowance to the st.
Nincent's Orphan Asylum for food and
| forage 10 the extent OF severty-iive dollars.
To meet an emergency, he had asked that
the same authority should be extended to
| him, but as the question of expenditure was
under discussion, and this item was
! charged up to him, he should move that the
matter be turned over to the Department of
Public Buildings, where it belonged. He
moved the following resolution:
| Resolred That the Administrator of
I Waterworks and Public Buildings is hereby
| authorized to expend sum not to exceed
seventy-iive $50 dollars per month, for
forage and fuel to the st. Vincent's Orphan
! ASYLUM, and to charge the same to charity
in the expenditures Of that department.
| BE il further resolced. That resolution No
| %, Administration series, be and the same
is hereby repealed.
Mr. Walton wanted the resolution divided
He wanted to vote no on the first part, and
and yes on the second. He did not think
in the present state of the city treasury
they had any money to give to charity.
Mr.. Shaw looked on these charitable APP
preparations rs, to some extent, a duty OF
the Council. Remember the city had nc
almshouses. Every municipal corporation
had some duty of this kind to perform.
Mr. Walton did not believe there was 6
municipal corporation in the world thai
contributed to asylums, in the management
of which they had no voice. These ylum
were, many of them, mere industrial insti
tutions, and to some the Council were ever
prohibited access. AS to our not havin:
almshouses, he thought we ought to ,hav'
them.
Mr.. Bonzano asked the extent of the ap
preparation asked for.
The Mayor said seventy-fve dollars.
Mr.. BonzanO remarked that when h
found seventy-ive thousand dollars unac
counted for in Metropolitan Police war
rants. and when with unparalleled audacit,
men came before the Council with contract
passed by the Legislature, appropriatin:
the taxpayers money to the extent of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, for which
the city was not getting as much value a
! A. ho f1,n
Gil need not stick at seventy-fve dollars TO
the poor orphans.
Mr.. Walton said this was the very reason
he voted against it, because the city hat
been robbed on all hands, till we hat
nothing left, unless we deprived some jus
creditor of his dues.
The resolution was adopted.
, By Mr.. West:
Re solution amending resolution No. 1929
new series, passed August II, 1869.
WHEREAS, By resolution No. 1929, new
series. the New Orleans, jackson and Grea
Northern Railroad Company became obi
gated toraise the Magnolia street bridg
| one foot above its present grade at Tn
crossing of the New Canal; and
Whereas, Upon further examination it Il
, deemed inexpedient to raise said bridge, q
such action would result in the establish
ment OF an inconvenient and TROUBLESOME
grade to vehicles crossing said bridge; ant
Whereas. The New Orleans, Jackson ans
Great Northern Railroad Company has pc
titioned the Council to be relieved from tn
! obligation aforesaid. and has offered to pa
to the city the sum Of five hundred dollar
in consideration of such relief; therefore,
Be it 7esotced. That in consideration o
, the payment OF the sum Of FIVE hundred do
lars to the city by the New Orleans, Jack