New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-01

REGULAR MEETING.


HH REGULAR MEETING.
New Orleans. October 81. 1871. {
The Council met in regular session d
~ NJ, and on motion of Administrator
Cockrem (Improvements), took recess 70,
one hour to allow of the sales Of markets e
be disposed of.
On re-assembling there we're present
Hon. Benz F. Flanders, Mayor, in thu
chair; Administrators John Cockrem I'm
provements), Alfred Shaw (Acceunts)
L. T. Delassize (Waterworks and Public
Buildings), F. C. Remick (Commerce)
James Lewis (Police), John s. Walton
(Finsnce). and H. Bonzano (Assessments)
Ce1nusicatiens ften The Mayor.
The Mayor said a. several ordinancea
providing for very large expenditures in
several departments of the city govern.
ment were before the Council. he thought il
incumbent upon him, without going into
the details of each expenditure, to make a
few remarks on the general question in
vO.ved. He therefore submitted for the
consideration Of the Council the following
message:
AAroRALrI OF NEw OkI.ASs. !
October 81, 1871.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
l desire again to make objection to the
Council engaging in any works or entering
upon any considerable expenditures NOT
contemplated or included in the budget for
the fiscal year made up last November, at
which time I gave as fOrcibly and as CON-
pletely Is | could my views a. to the neces-
sity of rigid economy in every department
of the city government, so as to keep all our
transactions on the cash basis on which We
commenced. believe now Is did then,
that the difficulties which surround the
financial administration Of the city govern
ment are due largely to the failure ON the
part of the Council to carry ont the views
thus expressed, together with the failure Of
the Legislature to pass measures to enable
us to control some Of our heaviest expendi-
lures, for police, cOr0ners' and sheriffs' fees,
printing, ETC., and to reduce them
! again urge upon administrators to I'M
dertake NO works and to enter into no con.
tracts, unless compelled to do 80. involving
any considerable expenditure Of money not
in the city treasury, and to make those re-
auctions Of Offices and salaries necessary to
bring our expenses within the limits Of our
resources.
The vice of the city government, in my
opinion, has been the enteiingupOn expen-
ditures in anticipation of revenue, and in
paying enhanced prices, thus
mourning debt which is expressly pro.
hi bited by law, and leaving each successive
to meet obligations which it
did not incur, and with tile conditions Of
which it could not be familiar, and in Q /
forcing the administration to pur-
sue the same reckless course of making
lebts and contracts tor its successors to
i4uidate or adjust.
Let us obey the law and bring our ex-
)enses down to our resources, and then if
hose resources should be insufficient to
meet the demands and clamOrs for public |
we, at least, shall have done |
'ur duty, and shall be blameless.
In THIS way We can make one great step |
toward placing the city's finances on q |
0under basis for the future, SO that the |
works Of public improvement 60 much |
leeded can he entered upon by ourselves |
r our successors without the ruinous cost |
o the taxpayers, now arising from the de-
recitation of the citys securities in which |
hese works and our current expenses are
Ow paid.
In November the budget for next year is
D be made, in which all indispensable ex-
enditures can be included and provided
Or. BENZ. +. FLANDERS. Mayor.
The Mayor further laid before the Couu-
Il the following commune alton:
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT, METROPOLITAN POLICE
New Orleans, October 26 1871. |
on B. F. Flanders. Mayor, and Administrators,
city Of New Orleans:
GENTLEMEN-I am directed by the Board
Metropolitan Police to forward you the
blowing resolution, adopted at q meeting
ED October Is. 1871, viz:
ResOlred, That in consequence Of the
,riOus discount sustained by the police
nee the arrangement with the City Coun-
issuing appropriation certificates, that
Re resolution adopted July 3D. 1871, be re-
.aled, and that the police force be paid
it'll Metropolitan police warrants. COM
encing with the month OF October 1871,
I'd that the Mayor and Council be notified |
the same.
E. BAKER, Deputy Clerk.
Mr.. Remick moved that this conmuuica-
N be received and printed.
Mr. Shaw moved that it be referred to
e Mayor. {
Adopted.
The Mayor laid before the Council, the
lowing report from Mr.. D. C. McCan. one I
the waterworks commissioners ap- /
inted to investigate the various systems
waterworks: :
New ORLEANS, October 30. 1871. t
the Hon. B. r Flanders, Mayor of the city of !.
New Orleans: I
SR-Under date of September IL, 1871.
eceived instructions from you to proceed =
various cities Of the United States, in I
of the following resolution Of the '
uncil of the city of New Orleans: =
Resotred, That the Mayor be and be il 8
reby authorized to appoint one or two .
npetent persons whose duty it shall be 3
examine the waterwOrks systems in use =
o; her cities in the United States, with a =
w OF enabling them to recommend the
st feasible, efficient and economical plan
adoption in the operation and extension
the New Orleans Waterworks. O
n accordance with the foregoing, I visited h
1 examined the waterwOrks of the cities
Chicago, Louisville, Newport.
Annapolis and Peoria II
The three former employ the ordinary N
lble acting reciprOcating pumps, of which NJ
zee used in this city may be considered q r,
'e. The three latter use the Holly sys-
II, which is composed of a series of reci-
'catlng pumps to supply the ordinary
nts OF the inhabitants, in connection
n rotary pumps, which are only used to ia
e an additional pressure in the event OF p
g. n
do not consider it necessary to dwell IL
IN the machinery of the first named C.
ee cities, as that class Of machinery has I'll
N so long in use, aud is too well known al
entit!e it to more than the passing re- in
rk-that all this machinery has given
fect satisfaction, and was certainly til
rking admirably while under my in hs
ction. -
he Holly system, as being of late intro