New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-25

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to 4nd 0mployMent for these -.
Of6cer Miller fssnd. pasty whe vfbed to
employ . hpndrsd aAls-bodied men. Miller,
being delighted With his success, hurried
back to the City Hen t. tsconnusieate ~Aat
he thought would be .good tidinss Of great
joy;;" but, much to bts amazenent, he foand
that these men did not want work, but
wanted their paesages paid to Texas, with
rations for the trip and 'tstore clothes" to
rig themselves out with, 20 - to make a
respectable appearance when they should
arrive on the rnquarantined beach Of
breezy Galveston. Picture the countenanee
Of the irate Miller when he found that his
scheme Of benevolence had been wasted On
men who seorned his philanthropy. Twirl-
ing his hat on the end Of his extended arm,
he gracefully stalked away from the pres
ence Of the Chicago 'suferers," trolling
that favorite ditty-
Oh, the Miller and his menu
The last seen Of the sufferers" they were
observed gracefully ambulating their way n
the direction Of "Joe's House," with the
pious design Of drowning their sorrow in
sundry mugs Of foaming beer Selah!
At Closet Street.
Surveyor Bell has been endeavoring for
several months past to restore the wharves
between Clouet and Montegut streets, for
merly popular ship landing. In conse-
quence Of the caving in Of the levee at this
point, the wharves have become unit to be
used, and ships have necessarily been COM
PEELED to land higher up. Owing to the
continual caving, only part of the wharf,
about ninety feet, has been repaired. Ger
tain parties complain that he does not ex-
tend it the whole length of the square, but
this would be a useless expense and waste
of the public money, inasmuch as the wharf
would cave in as fast as made, aud Sur
veyor Bell has no idea of doing such un-
necessary work.
Department Of Finance.
The amount Of ten per cent bonds issued
under appropriations by the Council reach
nearly sl,0oo.OO0, for the following specific
purposes:
Seven.thirty certiica. s................s s63s 400
fioating debt. l9l 80
certihcates Of :pprop -iatiou $50
Total. ......................... ........ $685., $50
NIiscelianeous.
There was to have been conference yes
terday afternoon at the City Hall between
the representatives of the Firemen's Chari-
table Association and the Administrators,
but at the appointed hour only four Of the
Administrators were present, and the mat
ter was therefore postponed until Friday at
twelve o'clock.
Drainage.
The drainage canals this side of the Metal.
rie ridge have been dug ten feet deeper, and
will be further deepened to twelve feet. To
lift out the rain water that falls this side of
tae ridge, and which infiicts enormous dam
age by the destruction of garden vegetables
will require new and powerful machinery
that " Ill cost the city about &35O,000. For
draining the vast space beyond the ridge to
the lake shore levee the machinery would
cost $780, 900 more, or an aggregate Of $780,
600. The increased value Of the property
this side Of the ridge will justify the Admin
istrators in incurring Immediately the first
item Of expense, viz: $35O,OOO.