New Orleans Republican., 1871-08-02

works and Public Buildings), and John
Cockrem Improvements).
Mr.. Cockrem moved that the extension
of time granted last week to the Carondelet
and Carrollton Railroad Company for ex-
tension of contract, be made ninety days,
as requested. instead of ten days, as passed.
Agreed to.
| Department Reports.
| Mr.. Bonzano announced that the tax
rolls were exposed for the inspection of
taxpayers, and would be for the next
thirty days
By Mr.. Walton
| DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
August l, 1871. 5
| To the City Council of New Orleans:
| | have to report the resignation of Mr..
Sheldon Guthrie, Special Tax Clerk. to take
effect July 81. JOHN S. WALTON,
| Administrator.
Received and approved.
| Resolutions, Etc.
! BY Mr.. Lewis:
Resolred, That permission be and the
| same is hereby given z. w. Rodd g. Sons
to erect on their vacant lot, corner Front
and Bienville streets, temporary frame
| shed, to be used for a cooper shop. This
permission to be revocable at the pleasure
| of the Council.
| By Mr., Remick:
| Resolced, That the Administrator of Com
merce be, and is hereby authorized and di-
/ rected TO locate the sugar landing at or near
the Thalia street wharf, and to set apart a
| sufficient space of the levee and batture for
| such landing.
! Laid over to be printed.
BY Mr.. Remick:
WHEREAS, In order to render the levees
| accessible for the purposes of commerce,
and to relieve the woodwork of the wharves
| of the burden of accumulated freight dur
| ing the busy season, it is necessary that the
batture should be put in better condition
| than at present; therefore, be it
Resolred, That the Administrator of I'm
| provements be and is hereby requested to
ascertain, and report to the Council, the
amount of shells necessary to shell the bat
ture from Canal street to st. Joseph street;
also to furnish an estimate of the cost OF
purchase of such amount of shells.
Adopted.
Petitions.
A remonstrance of property owners on
Levee street against the proposed leasing
of Picayune Tier to Charles Morgan was re-
ferred to the Committee on Wharves and
Levees.
A communication from the Citizens As
scciation, calling attention to the fact of the
notarial records not being kept in "a fire.
proof building as required by law, and sug-
gesting that they be transferred to the City
Hall, was referred to the Administrator
of Public Buildings.
An assessment petition of S. Benedict
was referred to the Administrator of AS
sessments.
Petitions of property owners on both
sides of Bourbon street, for the paving of
that street with square block, were referred
to the Administrator of Improvements.
Another proposition of John Arrowsmith
was referred to the Mayor.
tax petition of G. D. Coulon was re-
ferred to the Administrator of Finance.
A proposal of the Sugar Shed Company,
to postpone building more sheds OF defined
lines of the City Surveyor until the three
suits now pending shall have been decided,
was referred to the Committee on. Wharves
and Levees
petition of receivers and shippers, not
to change the present steamship landings,
was referred to the same committee.
tax petition of Sinnott g. Adams was
referred to the Administrator of Finance.
A tax petition of Hays & New, attorneys,
was referred to the Administrator of Assess
ments.
A petition for the opening of st. David
street, Sixth District, was referred to the
Administrator of Improvements.
|. Petitions of John Norris, Henry Wilkins,
Martha West and Joana Friedrich, we're
referred to the relief committee.
A petition OF Samuel w. Hammond, for
permission to lay down a waterpipe to the
river for his distillery ON Chartres street,
was granted.
Government Wharf.
Mr.. Remick reported that in view of the
fact that the United States Quartermaster
here was about to erect sheds and to appro-
pirate the batture in front of Government
wharf for the purpose of depot, thereby
obstructing the wharf for purposes of COM
merce, lie (Mr. Remick) with the concur
renee of several members of the Council,
had instructed the City Attorney to insti-
tute legal proceedings to prevent the erec-
ton of such sheds and Instructions on the
batture, and he asked the Council to ap-
prove his action.
Mr.. Bonzano said the quartermasters
depot ought to be removed entirely from
that neighborhood. There was 10 military
necessity for it, and in the interests of COM
merce it was desirable it should be removed
to the Barracks or somewhere else. He did
not know by what right the government
kept the wharf, and he suggested that the
Administrator of Commerce take steps to
cause its removal
administrator Shaw (Accounts) entered
the Council.
Mr.. Remick said he called upon the
| Quartermaster the other day. and had a
conversation with him in regard to the
pretended right of the government to hold
this wharf He was shown a communica-
ton from the War Department, stating
that the government held the wharf by
right of capture; had expended good deal
of money in repairing the wharves, receiv-
| ing no consideration therefor, and proposed
to hold this wharf until they got paid. He
told them the government might just as
we'll hold the whole city of New Orleans
by right of capture as this wharf, and that
the city would be obliged to take proceed
ings to restrain him. The Quartermaster
replied that he should be obliged to disre-
gard any such action on the city's part
until he could get instructions from Wash