New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-13


Field T. Bell, COAL 1892 50.
Field e. Bell, coal, S225.
Field e. Bell, coal. 5000.
William Henry, oyster and lake shells,
$751; Is.
William Henry, hauling shells, e46l 40.
William Henry, hauling shells, $40.
William Henry, shells, $l39.
William Henry. ballast, 2348 IS.
William Henry, ballast, $3.50 %.
Lawrence Duffy, iron work, SPAS 80.
Lawrence Duffy, iron work, 4285 %.
Lawrence Duffy, cast iron rollers, $8S 20.
Lawrence Duffy, crOwbars, $& 30.
The charter distinctly said all bills over
Eve hundred dollars should .bc adjudicated
by contract, and the introduction of ali
these separate bills in the same ordinance
was simply an evasion of the charter pro-
vision.
Mr.. Cockrcm said he had no objection to
the entire ordinance laying over.
Mr.. BonzarO said he had been Administra-
tor Of Improvements a short time himself,
and this repetition of bills for the same man
Of s49a, $495, S4e9 and 80 on, struck him as
being singular, but he found it was neces-
sary, where the work was not given out by
contract, to break it up into small pay
ments in order to bring the bills under five
hundred dollars What he would like to
know was whether the merchandise was
charged for at the market price and whether
the quantities set down had been delivered.
Until the Council were ready to return to
the contract system he did not know how
they could make purchases except in this
way. The Administrator Of Improvements
who had had experience as secretary Of the
department., would, perhaps, explain.
Mr.. Cockrem said his impression was that
this lumber, ETC., had been furnished; if it
had not been, he should not have approved
the accounts. A great deal of lumber had
been required for bulkheads and repairs to
the levees, and this lumber had been pur-
chased in quantities of less than $500, at diff
ferent dates.
The Mayor expressed a desire to have the
shell items laid over.
Mr.. Walton said he had noticed for q
long time that nobody seemed to be able to
furnish shells to the city of New Orleans
but William Henry.
The ordinance with the items above given
left out was finally passed.
The claims of A. w. Dearie, S. 25; Hinck
& Co., SIG; Weed & Kelly, $50 5O-Sl5l s.:
A. Hero, $3.50; ]. A. Masicot, $5S64 40; p.
Creagh, 1898; Henry Casche, $40; F. J.
Kuhnholz, $50 IS; John w. Madden, 50 IS;
Bureau of Streets, s264s Is; John s. Wal.
ton, 1919 50; Weed & Kelly, SIS; John w.
Madden, 1913 50; George Dickson, 50; w.
W. Devine, $s4 50, and F. G. Remick,
sl77 As, were passed.
A claim Of E. Thomas, $50, was laid over,
and claims of L. Pessou, $lO5; j. H. Luzen-
berg, $405; N. Trepagnier, $l437 IS, and j.
A. Masicot, $2249, were passed and referred
to the Mayor, with power.
Mr. Shaw called up the ordinance appro-
priating for the Jefferson Fire Department,
and moved its reference to the Mayor with
power.
Carried.
Mr.. Remick called up from the pDceed-
ings Of November 5, 1870, the resolution an
propriating $500 to the Pelican Fire Com
pany Of Algiers.
MIR. Shaw moved it be referred to the
Mayor with power.
The item was declared so referred.
Mr.. Shaw said the sounds of music re-
sounding through the hall reminded US that
this was the nineteenth anniversary of the
Seven Wise Men. He moved that out of "a.
spect for this society the Council do now
adjourn.
The Council adjourned accordingly.
H. CONQUEST CLARKE,