New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-11

Wages 1888 50
Repairs. .............. 2,49l So 6,5So
BUREAU OF CITY DRAINAGE.
SaASf1ee. ............ 10 W
| wages. 4,942 ~
Repairs. ...............l8,S7S e9- % ,946 j
SECOND DRAINAGE SECTION
Repairs. 697 .
| Total - 4.5UI
OF this amount, the sum Of SO, l62 Il wa
for permanent improvements.
BUREAU OF STREETS.
In the First District of the city q marke.
Improvement has taken place in the con
the rear Of the district have been fled an,
graded, and many, previously impossible
have been rendered passaLle. On tn,
paved streets, DO PAYERS being employed
tue work has OF necessity been confined Il
ordinary cleaning. This has been regularly
performed. Much attention has been givel
to banquettes. and the result is becoming
apparent in their improved condition.
| The condition of the front portion of tht
Second District is good, and that portion
from Rampant to Claiborne streets. a local
ity very difficult to keep clean is in fai,
| order. The unpaved streets in the rear Q,
the district, for some time neglec ted, arr
being attended to by gang specially EN-
plOyed for that purpose, and filing. taken
from the streets in front OF the district. il
being used in large quantities. many bitches
| having been dug, and the work is being
rapidly completed.
| from Rampant to Burgundy streets tundeI
cOntract). is progressing, and one square Of
curb has been set On each side Of the street.
In the Fifth District the grades of Pa,:er-
son, BOuny and Where streets were raised
. much needed improvement to those thor
oughfales.
In the Third District the extensive re-
pairs made to the shell roads necessarily
deferred much OTHER work, yet many of the
Two gangs Of men have been EMPLOYED
wheeling out sand, about one hundred and
| fifty yards Of which have been used in re-
pairs to shell roads. The daily removal of
Ofal, and cleansing of streets and cutters.
has been performed in q manner alike salts.
factory to the residents and the depart
ment.
Fourth District-here, as in the Third
District, extensive repairs We're made to
shell roads
St. Charles avenue was graded. from
Felicity road to Tcledano street. as were
also sections Of Jackson, Laurel. Brainard,
AnnInciatiOn and other streets, and repairs,
more or less extensive, were rendered
streets by railway companies.
In the Sixth District, Clay avenue. State,
Jena, Octavia and Live Oak streets, also
Napoleon avenue, were ditched, as was
Apollo street shell road for its entire length
This work, with the regular routine duty Of
removing offal, comprised the work per
formed in this section.
SHELL AND BALLAST ROADS.
Much work, principally of preparatory
nature, was done on this class Of streets.
Those of the First District were repaired
with ballast, and Eighth, Ninth. St. Charles
and Constance streets, and Washington
avenue and CarOndelet walk. having had
proper repairs by the application Of ballast
and sand, were shelled. On Bienyille street
holes were filled with ballast, and similar
work was done on shell roads OF the Third
District. The completion OF this work de-
ponds on the weather.
street bridges have been PROMPTLY re.
paired. and are in good condition.
Much ditching was dOue in the vicinity of
the Fair Grounds, on Mauripas. Florida and
Savage streets, and plank road was con-
structed on the latter named street.
wHARvEs AND LANDINGS.
In the Fourth District, the steamship
wharf above jackson street has been re-
built and is almost completed; its front will
he four hundred and thirty-ive feet.
In the First District, the steamship wharf
below Jackson street has been reconstructed
and is now sixteen hundred and 1i1ty feet
in length. s... t.l
Ship wharves a. posts Nos. IS. Sc. 81, 80
and 80. in the First District, have been re-
constructed; also, the nuisance wharf at
Robin street. Nos. "a and q ship wharves.
in the Third District, have been recon
also, the Picayune tier and No.
is ship wharf, in Second District. The
wharves have been divided into
sections by driving piles, six feet apart
across them. New plank walks have been
constructed at Canal, Common, Gravier
and POydras streets and drains opened at
same points for drainage into the river. A
new plank road was laid in GirOd street.
old plank roads were repsired.
The batture filling at Picayune pier is
progressing as fast as circumstances will |
permit. One large pond at head of Calliope |
street has been filed, and the levees between
ship wharves are being filled up, as also |
the batture slopes, to suit the increased I
height of new wharf work.
BUREAU OF DRAINAGE.
A new bridge sixty feet span, has been
across the new draining canal |
1t upper protection 1evee and Metairie road.
and the material is upon the ground for one
across the Orleans canal at its intersection
with Carrollton avenue. A wooden culvert
has been constructed and will soon be in
position across the Orleans canal to carry
the drainage from the northwest side Of Or
leans canal to the Bienyille draining ma
chine.
On excavations of draining canals and
OF levees, the following work
Was performed:
Fourteen thousand six hundred and thir.
een cubic yards Of earth excayated in or.
cans canal, between Bayou St, John and
City Park and Taylor avenue canal. in the
ear of the City Park.
Eighteen thousand seven hundred and
lxty-seven cubic yards excavated in upper
rainage canal and Metairie road. nesr ~
axe.
Nine thousand seven hundred and forty.
inc cubic yards excavated in Marigny
anal.
Nineteen thousand nine hundred and
2rty-seven cubic yards Of earth in upper
levee, near the lake shore.
Eleven thousand seven hundred and fiftv. !
We cubic yards of earth on Metairie road.
JOHN COCKREM, AdMinistrator.
The monthly report Of the Administrator
Finance absent through sickness, was
id before the Council by the Mayor, a.
flows:
EPoRT OF THE ADNfNIsTRAr0RO OF frNAxcr !,
FOR THE MONTH Ending SEPTEMBER 30,
1871. -
haaanee from August. 81, ls71....... t4sv es
" receivable. collections ....., ms a. |
loan tax. 1870. collections. 1853 81
,metenee. coelections. ............,,, 40 So
" raaHVeds collections. .......,,, SO al