New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-16

| lsrratOr OF Improvements.
| A petition of the Carondelet and Carroll
ton City Railroad Company was referred te
the Administrator of improvements.
A proposition of n. White to purchase
land in Plaquemines parish was referred te
the McDonogh Commissioners.
| A petition Of property holders in thu
Fourth District in regard to the purchase
of square bounded by BarOnnc. Dryades
and First and Second streets, was referred
to the Mayor.
A communication from DR.. Jules Mathiel
was referred to the Administrator of Police
A petition from Dir. c. b. Singleton, il
regard to property belonging to him which
had been destroyed by the opening o
| streets. was referred to the Mayor.
Mr.. West presented the following conmu
| and laid over
NEW ORLEANS CRY RAILROAD COMPANY, !
New Orleans, February IS 1871.
| To the City Council of New Orleans:
Complaints having been repeatedly made
! to the undersigned OF the condition of tina,
! portion OF the Metairie read between the
| New Canal and the Bayou st. John. as be-
| ing frequently impossible f or vehicles OF
| every kind, especially after heavy rains and
| duringwet weather, and it having been s,lg-
gestod to me by persons who use that road.
when it is practicable to do so, that the sub
stitutOn of a shell road for the railroad
thereon would greatly promote public con-
Vcnlence, propose to the Council to build
IA shell road, wcnty-eight feet wide. on the
entire road between the points designated,
free OF cost to the city; the Smelling to be
done according to specifications furnished
by the City Surveyor, and subject to his
approval and acceptance when finished in
consideration Of which the City Council
shall authorize the New Orleans City Rail
road Company to remove their tracks from
said road, and shall release the company
from that portion of its contract with the
city of New Orleans requiring double
track railroad down the Metairie road to
the Bayou st. John bridge.
F. WHIT. President.
Be it ordained. That tho New Orleans
City Railroad Company be and is hereby
authorized to remove their double track
railroad on the Metairie road, from the new
canal to the Bayou st. John. and in lieu
thereof, to construct good aud substantial
shell road, twenty feet wide, according to
specifications to he furnished by the City
Surveyor, and subject to his approval and
any cost OF expense to the city: in cOnsidera-
ton of which the New Orleans City Rail
road Company shall be released from that
portion OF its contract with the city of New
Orleans reguirin. double track railroad
down the Metarie road to the Bayou st.
John bridge
Mr. Lewis in the chair
Referred Business.
Mr.. BonzanO called up the resolutions in
trodurcd at previous meetings for the re-
lief of Mrs. Clementine Pierce. Mrs. Mar
garet Gordon, Sturcken. Prcsspich & Co.,
DR.. +. Formento and f. Ferrctti.
By Mr.. Bonzano:
Resolced, That in consideration Of an err
roneous assessment made in the year 1869.
against Dr.. Frank II. Dennis. on income
(SlUOO). the City Attorney is hereby directed
to cancel the Judgment rendered against
him in the. Third District Court. suit No
15.549. amounting to twentvtllree dollars
and seventv-liye cents y53 ~, upon pay
ment to the Sheriff of all costs incurred in
said suit.
Laid over.
Mr.. Shaw called up and passed to final
reading the ordinance for the payment of
the expenses of the Department of In
proyements. the expense ordinance of the
Department of Police, and the expense or
dnancc of the Department of Public Build
ings, from which last however, certain
items amounting to s2t3j II for furniture
for courthouses. were stricken out. on mo
ton of Mr.. Bonzano, and were laid over.
The expense ordinance of the Department
OF Assessments was adopted. with the ex-
ception OF three items for the payment of
W. X. Fish, and d. Urban.
The claim of II. DeMahey for repairing
the Irene market. 5000. laid over on Jan
uary 81, was called up by Mr. Shaw.
Mr.. Bonzano remarked that he was told
the work was very badly done.
Mr.. Shaw said it had been inspected by
the Surveyor and approved. However, he
was willing that the matter should lie over
if the Administrators wished it should
Mr.. Shaw proceeded to call up the claim
o., Charles Dunn.
The Mayor asked ii the Administrators of
Assessments knew anything. Of his own
about the work on the Tremo
market.
Mr.. Bonzano: The matter is not before
the board.
The Mayor: 1t has not been decided that
know Of The reason ask il, because it
was at my request that the bill was oriyi-
nally laid over.
The President: The question has been de-
;ided; it lies over.
The claims OF Charles Dunn. amounting
o sl09 %, were passed; also, the claims
If Patrick Joyce, 500 50 Il. Avcndano,
1926 SO. and Green & Elder. SAB SO.
An ordinance providing for the claims of
Norbert Trepagnier, sllS2 81: c. II. Luzen
,crg, $40; J. A. Mascot $l642 -; John
". Madden. Sl3l 10; James Il. Hubbard.
sil8 50; Firemen's Charitable Association:
100000; Coroner Creagh. (reduced toy $3.50; !
Coroner Jackson. (reduced toy $542; j. II. |
Harding, Sl25; w. w. Divine, S2l7, and |
ieorge Dickson, ST. was passed.
Mr.. West called up the ordinance for the
settlement with the Chattanooga Railroad |
company, tor opening Claiborne street
which was adopted.
Mr.. West called up the ordinance fixing |
he Surveyors salary at $4,000, stating that
he City Surveyor row discharged the du- |
les of Superintendent of City Drainage,
or which the Council till recently paid |
$500 per annrm, and adding that the eff
.iency OF Mr.. Bell in his capacity as City |
surveyor, and the valuable services he rem