New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-12


Paid Paulin Durel for
stationery. .......... 40 %
Paid water rent re-
turned. ............. q So s4.62S Al
Balance this day. 036 As
Deposited in Citizens
Bank. SOL 81
On hand. ............. 344 SO
S43, 036 As
S. e. PERCY,
Secretary and Treasurer.
OFFICE CITY WATERwoRKs,
New Orleans. March 7. 1870.
To General Braxton Bragg. Superintendent:
GENERAL-I have the honor to submit the
following as the result of collections for the
week ending March 5, 1870:
No. Bills. Amount
Second and Third Dstricts........ 2s9 32ll 10
Total. .........-... .............. SO S5C43 g
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
L. WAGGAMAN,
Water Registrar.
The following communications from the
Controller were read and referred to the
Committee on Streets and Landings:
CONTROLLERS OFFICE CITY HALL,
New Orleans. March 8. 1870.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
GENTLEMEN have the honor to report to
your honorable body that on Saturday, the
fifth instant, after due notice in the official
journal, and according to ordinance No.
1897, new series, offered for sale, at public
auction, the contract for repairing the stalls
of the IRENE Market, but, having received
no bid, made no adjudication.
The estimate of the City Surveyor for the
whole work was eight thousand five hun
dred dollars.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
PAS. LABARRE,
Deputy Controller.
CONTROLLERS OFFICE, ORR HAIL,
New Orleans, February %, 1870.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
GENTLEMEN-I have the honor to report
to your honorable body that have this day
adjudicated the contract for rebuilding the
engine house of Milneburg Fire Company
No. l, as per ordinance No. 1895, new series,
to J. C. Lennon, security Spencer Field, ST.,
at twenty-eight hundred and seventy-ive
dollars (S275).
Respectfully. your obedient servant,
PAS. LABARRE,
Deputy Controller.
Mr. Carter here entered and took his seat.
The following communication from the
City Attorney was received, and, on motion
of Mr.. Walsh, ordered referred to the Com
mittee on Police and Health, with instruc.
tions to mature and report on ordinance at
an early day:
OFFICE CITY ATTORNEY, 4
Room No. l3 City Hail. :
New Orleans. February 3, 1870.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
GENTLEMEN-I have the honor to report
that, owing to the amount of business in
this office, have been unable to transmit to
you, regularly, report, of the progress of
litigation in cases TO which the city is q
party or interested, but will transmit full
report at the earliest possible moment.
l have deemed it proper at this time to
call the attention of the Common Council to
the fact that the case of the city of New
Orleans VS.. j. IL. Hoyle ct al, in thsFourth
District Court, involving the power of the
Council to regulate and control the sale and
storage of gunpowder sold in this market,
has been decided in favor of the city, and a
motion for new trial refused.
also deem it my duty to call the attention
of the Council to the fact that the evidence
in that cause disclosed the fact that the
lives and property of the people OF the city
are in daily peril from the manner in which
the traffic in guppowder is carried on, That
daily, in front of the most populous portion
kept in open boats: large shipments are
made from open boats to steamers lying at
the levee with steam up and fires burning,
and that when the stage of water in the
river will permit, quantities of gunpoWder,
exceeding one hundred kegs, is kept in
boats from daylight until dark each day,
under the planking of the levee between
Canal and Poydras streets; that a large
quantity of powder, in kegs, is hauled in
Al 4ho
Jackson Railroad depot, with apparently
little precaution to prevent explosion or ad.
monish the public or police that the vehicles
contain an explosive.
These facts elected in this case indicate that
more rigorous regulations governing the
sale, storage, shipment and transportation
of gunpowder than now exist, should be
enacted and stringently enforced, in order
to protect life and property from destruc-
ton. 1t is difficult to estimate the destruc-
ton of life, property and shipping that
must result from the explosion of one hun.
dred kegs of gunpowder under the plank
ing of the levee in the vicinity of the head
of Canal street, and yet such an event is by
no means improbable, if dealers in gunpow
der are permitted TO manage the traffic and
shipment of gunpoWder in the reckless
manner in which the trade is now permit
ted.
| have the honor to remain, very respect
J. r. BECKWITH,
CityAttorney.
The following communication, also from
the City Attorney, was, owing to its length,
ordered, on motion of Mr.. Walsh, published
in the official proceedings for the edifcation
of the members:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
New Orleans. February 70 187H {
To the Honorable the Board of Assistant Alder
GENTLEMEN-In reference to the report
of the Finance Committee of the Common
Council, recommending compromise with
F. B. Hernandez. concerning his contract
the collection of licenses due from timer.
ant merchants, pedders, ETC., made to your
honorable body at its last meeting, and re-
ferred to me, l have the honor to report to
you the following facts, and demands made
by the contractor, in order that the Com
mon Council may act advisedly in consider
ing the most eXpedient course to pursue,
and determine whether the proposed com.
promise is consistent with the interes: of
the city.
ALI of the trouble that has grown out of
the contract in question had its origin in a
resolution of the Common Council, No.
1868, new series, approved February 8, 1869,
of which the following is copy:
ResolUed, That the Controller be and he
is hereby authorized to adjudicate to the
highest bidder, after five days notice in the
official journal, the contract for collecting
the licenses on all itinerant merchants,
peddlers, agents, and all who sell merchan-
disc of any description, by sample or other.
wise, and without any ostensible place of
business, for the term Of one year, accord