New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-20

fuDllc pounds. 399 y
City cemeteries. Observation-Disclosures. 80 g
Public squares NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2Sl Q
Boys House Of Refuge. 40 0
Girls House of Refuge. - q
Burying dead and conveying sick
to hospital observation-disclosures. 100 0
Recorders Courts .............. 1863 9
Total Observation-Disclosures. $3.50 ,
Salaries of the Mayor and Admins
| lratorS.. .s.............. 4l1J y
Read twice and laid over.
BY Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance providing for the payment o
the several accounts therein named.
BE it ordained, That the following appro
priations be and are hereby made and tina
the Administrator Of Public Accounts war
rant on the Administrator of Finance in paw
ment Of the same:
j. W. Madden, stationery. Department o
Finance, 3d. %
A. W. Hyatt, for printing briefs for City
Attorney, So so.
| Z. II. Gutenberg. District Attorney. con
victiOns in the month of December. 1S. ]
$3.50.
l.. Abrams. jury warrants, 1901.
D. Baehr, jury warrant. Sl2
A. Mccarthy, coroner's jury warrants
s32.
Packwood Il Brother, sundries for the
City Hall, S2l -.
Packwood Il Brother, rope for flagstaff
of City Hall. So -.
James Buckley. stationery for MAYORS Of
flee and Council. $50 -.
| j. $. Walton. cash advanced for law
charges. sl3S II.
| }. ). Walton. office expenses. s..
John Brugniens, fitting city Workhouse
with gas. SOL.
Adopted
| Mr.. Shaw called up on final passage the
| following ordinance, which was unaui-
mously adopted:
An ordinance fixing and assessing tax or
license To provide for the interest of bonds
issued t" the Pontchartrain Railroad
Company.
BE it ordained by the Council of the city
of New Orleans. That in conformity with
section two OF the act of the Legislature.
| approved fifteenth of March. 1874, q tax of
two per cent on the amount of every license
issued by the city Tor the year 1872 be and
is hereby levied to meet the accr,ing in
terest on the bonds of the city. issued to
the Pontchartrain Railroad Company.
Claims of n. Connell. S2lo6 30. Page &
Co, 1929, Mcclellan & Co., 1873 45, A G.
Blanchard. SIG, II. Van Horssen, SAB %, NJ
Condran, S232 -. David Moores. 50, and
William Henry, Sa2oo3t 20. were finally
adopted.
Petitions, Etc.
a protest of 4. Martin against the cutting
of canal through his property. was re-
terrcd to the Administrator of Commerce
and the Mayor
Mr. Shaw presented the following con
tract. which he moved be printed and re-
terred to the Administrators of Commerce
and Improvements. II was so reterred
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
As you are aware the expense of cleaning
and repairing the streets of the city O: New
Orleans during the present year. up to the
first day of November. 1871 Ia period of ten
months, has exceeded the sum of four hun
dred and thlrtvtive thousand dollars Willie
the revenues derived from the farming of
the markets during the same space of time
ten months have hardly reached the sum
OF two hundred thousand dollars
Now. for and IN consideration of the sim
pie privilege to be granted to us by You. of
collecting Tor our own account the revenues
of all the markets of the city, on the terms
and conditions provided for by the city or
dlnances relative to the markets, we pro-
pose, by written contract. to clean and re-
palr all the paved and unpavcd streets Of
this city, keep them in good order and con
dition, remove therefrom daily all the otial
ana refuse OF the city during a period of
three years. more or less. as the Council NAV
decide, and to give good and solvent Sc
curlty IN favor OF the city for the faithful
performance of our contract in an amount
to be fixed bv vol
with the means at our command and the
experience We possess (having been en-
gagged heretofore in the collection of reye-
nues OF markets. as well as in the cleaning
and repairing OF streets. we feel confident
to relieve the city of unnecessary burdens.
expenses, etc, and to G i've entire satisfac-
ton.
Very respectfully.
Your Opedient servants.
WILLIAM HENRY.
n. FRECHOU & co.
MIR. Shaw presented the following petit
ton, to be printed and referred to the Adj
ministrator Ut Commerce. II was "a or
dered:
To the honorable Mayor and the Administrators,
the city OF New Orleans VI
respectfully ask your honorable body
the privilege to grant the right of way far
a street railroad and freight ears. for the
term Oh th,fty years, to run from the foot
OF Canal street. on the lower side of Canal
street on the trunk road down to Drvades
street; double track up Dryades street. to
Melpomene street: double track down Mel-
pomeRe to Locust street: double track IN
Locust street to the lower line of ca.
rollton: also. the privilege of runninr :,
switch by heiler's market and one near
Dryades market, and another hy Povdras
market. winch Is to run into the tire. dit
ferent freight depots: or from the foot If
Canal street, on the lower side of Canal
street on 'ne trunk road down to Claiborne
street: double track up Claiborne street
into Clara street: double track IN CIR.
street into Me!pomene canal double +racE
up Meipomene to Locust; double tract, M
Locust street TO the lower line of CarroIi
ton: and also to run four different switches
one near helleEs market. one near DryaLes
market. one near the Poydras market and
one near the Claiborne market. into tho
four different freight depots. | also pro
pose to construct an avenue on Locnst
street. from Melpoluene to the lower line Of
Carrollton; tue avenue to he constructed
as follows: lhc avenue to be of the width
OF 10 feet; the centre is to be caiculat,d
Tor TO locate the street railroad of the width
of thirty feet for a double track railroad
and a roadway OF thirty feet on each side
and the sidewalks to be of fifteen feet on
each side. will bind myself to do the fol-
lowing works: 10 dig the four bitches and |
the bridge bitches, and the grading and the |
filling. and building all the bridges on said
avenue; all lumber for the bridges 70 be of
cypress. at the stipulated prices: for the |
building OF the bridges, at the price of
cents per superficial foot. board meas |
ure: and for the filling on the whole width |
oi the avenue per cubic |
yard; for the grading on the whole width of |
( he avenue nor c,,,; - |