New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-15

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BUREAU OF wHAKvEs AND LANDINGS.
Gnbernator & Terry, tim
Der. .................... lO2 ~
William Wells, plank. l46 ca 2is 81
BUREAU OF CITY DRAINAGE.
Gubernator & Terry, tim
William Wells, plank. -. 81 30
canal. .......'.......... $50 90
samuels s. Oliver, lumber a Is
Charles Hoffman, for
building house at Dub
lin avenue draining ma
| cnlne. Observation-Disclosures. ~ w
Leeds & Co., repairs. 80. go 05
Spencer Field, Jr.. coal. sSl 90
John Kirwin, brickwOrk. 165 90
L. c. Shaw, bolts, wash
ers, etc. " u 3,l94 "
1otal..... ...............S4,l2l be
Approved by the Administrator of I'm
provements.
Read twice and laid over.
By Mr.. Shaw:
Resolred. That improvement bonds at the
rate of seventy-five cents on the dollar, be
issued to William Henry for .. S3S1a bar
rels lake shells, amounting to $1,000 10,
|
lake shells, amounting to S5l5l %. Ap.
proved by the Administrator of Improve
| ments.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Shaw:
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
| prlatlOn be and is hereby made, in accord
ance with the terms of ordinance No. 1893,
| Administration series:
Bill of j. II. Sherman. for materials fur
| nished to the second drainage district, $50.
| Adopted.
Mr.. Shaw called up the ordinance appro-
priating money to defray the expenditures
ofs the Department of Waterworks and
Public Buildings for the month of October,
1871, read twice and laid over last week
Adopted.
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance prOvid-
ing for, the payment of n. Trepagnier.
Sl449 50; J. A. Mascot, s6ll9 40 and $2275 Is;
j. T. Jackson, $l063 American Bank Note
Company, $1,000 So; C. II. Gutenberg, $40;
read twice and laid over last week.
Adopted and referred to the Mayor with
power.
Mr.. Shaw called up an ordinance provid-
ing for certain expenses Of the Department
of Improvements, read twice and laid over
last week, commencing: John w. Madden.
stationery, S2l 80.
Adopted.
Mr.iShaw called up an ordinance provid-
ing for the expenses of the Department Of
Police FOR the month of October, 1871, read
twice last week.
1;rI
By Mr.. Shaw:
WHEREAS. At the time of the failure of
the First National Bank of New Orleans
there was to the credit Of the city large
sum of money; and
Whereas, The claim will have to be prose-
cuted before the Treasury Department of
the government Of the United States at
Washington: therefore,
Resolcei, That Louis Janin, ESQ.,, attor-
ney at law, and H. b. Kelly. Esq, attorney
at law, be and they are hereby authorized
and employed to prosecute the said claim,
and that their compensation or fee be fixed,
on all amounts received theretrom and paid
into the city treasury, at the rate of fifteen
per centum.
Adopted, Mr.. Walton being excused from
voting.
General Business.
By Mr.. Delassize:
DErAKTNEyr OF wArERwoKKs ASp}
Public Buildings, November IA, 1871.
To the City Council of New Orleans:
Two propositions. relative to the purchase
of site for the Insane Asylum and other
city institutions, were submitted to the
Council at its last session, and referred to
me. Thereon beg leave to report:
l. As to the offer of Hon. John Lynch,
the property in this instance being located
in the parish Of st. Bernard, the PROPOSE
ton for its purchase can not be entertained,
as the asylum must be located within the
city limits. The difficulty, it is true, may be
overcome by the annexation Of so much of
the parish named as might be necessary to
bring the property within the bounds,
but l can not see anything SO extremely
alluring in the proposition as to require the
city to add to its limits further wild lands,
it being overstocked, already, in that
particular.
2. As to the proposition of George L.
Bright, Esq.-the grounds offered for sale
being the Oakland Race Course-there are |
also very serious objections, the chief one
being the cost. The amount of bonds |
authorized to be issued for the purchase of |
a site and erection Of an insane ASYLUM is |
one hundred thousand dollars. The offer
of Mr.. Bright, if accepted, would, for the F.!
grounds alone, absorb all that could be re- !
allied from the bonds. and leave a balance |
against the city of $27, l69 IS, assuming-a |
very violent championship the bonds |
realize their face. Thus the ends for which |
the bonds are to be issued would be de- |
feated in the first move made with a view |
to carrying into effect the ordinance order |
ing their issue. If financial grounds were |
not in themselves sufficient, further obiec |
tions might be urged on the score of health.
part of the property offered being subject
to overflow, and, as a necessary cosse.
quence, those living thereon will be liable
to malarial fevera.
For the reasons given beg leave to re-
port adversely on the propositions of Messrs.