New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-29
THE CITY HALL.

| Ihe convention adjourned until Tuesday
THE CITY HALL.
A large sum of money having lately been
demanded from Mayor Flanders by an as.
piring bookmaker, for the compliment Of
having his honor's genial phiz engraved in
book of large circulation, we presume
that the Mayors salary may not be suf6.
cient to meet the demand.
We would suggest that the next issue Of
bonds have the likeness of Mayor Flanders
engraved on them, so that those who wish
his picture in little" may each buy bond,
thus swelling the municipal exchequer and
enabling the city government to increase
the salary of the Mayor, so as to meet the
extraordinary demands made upon him.
Quarantine at Galveston.
Mayor Flanders yesterday sent to Gov
ernor Davis of Texas an earnest protest
against the absurd quarantine declared at
Galveston. He hopes that, by q proper
representation of the real sanitary condi-
ton of New Orleans, and the absence of
any disease in an epidemic form, to have
the embargo on commerce raised.
Department Of Assessments.
In the Department of the Administrator
Of Assessments we notice two very neat
maps, made under the supervision of Sur
veyor Bell, one representing conspicuously
the assessment districts of the city, the
other is map intended to give an easy sur
vey of the location and boundaries of the
different wards Of the city. Both maps
give full view of the territory of the city
from the river to the lake. The scale of
the map is about two inches to the mile.
The names of all the streets and public
squares, bayous and canals are given in
plain letters, which make these maps valua-
ble indeed.
Spicy Letter.
The following starchy letter has been sent
to one of the numerous applicants for re-
duction of assessments on property:
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS,
City Hall, New Orleans September 28, 1871. 5
SRI have taken in consideration the
complaints you make in reference to the
assessments charged in this department
against the property you own in the sixth
assessment district.
l can find no fault with the action of the
assessor of that district, except that he did
not administer q rebuke such as you de-
served for your attempt to bribe him.
Citizens Of wealth, and especially prop
erty holders, should be the last to connive
at the corruption of city employees; and
those who make such base and disreputable
attempts deserve very little official recogni-
tiOn or consideration.
H. BONZANO, Administrator.
Department of Waterworks.
Administrator Delassize reports that no
one has sent in an offer to purchase the
iron elephant at the foot of Canal street.
The best thing for the city to do is to re-
move it, body and soul, to one of the vacant
lots the city owns in the immediate neigh
borhOod.
Out in the middle of the street it is Of use
to nobody, being too difficult of access, both
on account Of mud and dust, and the con-
stant crossing Of vehicles Of all kinds. In
a row with the rest of the buildings on
Canal street, it could be put to very good
use.
People are shy of putting in bids for the
feruginous old tenement, being put on their
guard by the lines of Hudibras-
"Ah me, what dangers do environ
The man who NEEDLES with cold iron"
Department Of Commerce.
The pavilion ON the levee, which offers
shelter and accommodation for our indus
trious Western produce dealers, is in an
inconvenient location, and Its removal to q
more central location is much desired.
The matter is in the hands of Admins
TRAITOR Cockrem, who is in charge Of the
of Commerce ad interim, and
be, no doubt, will promptly accede to the
request Of business men and merchants to
remove the building to the wharf at the
head of Poydras street.
Sections ON the Wharves.
The work Of dividing the wharves into
sections. from St. Louis to Julia street, is
going on rapidly, and will be completed in
time for the heavy fall business. Draymen
and others having business on the wharves
ike the arrangement.
Department Of improvements.
Street Superintendent Pierson, under Ad-
Cockrem's directions, is taking
advantage of the present fine weather, and
las all his forces at work repairing the
streets by putting in shells in sand to fill
Up the hollows made in many places by the
,assage of vehicles during the late rainy
Weather. For sanitary reasons it is not
leemed advisable to stir up the earth or to
make extensive excavations in the canals
'unning through the heart of the city. But
wherever the waterworks extend, the gut.
ers are regularly washed and cleansed, to
make the city as healthy as possible. Be-
ore long we may look for a sharp, biting
rost, and then all fear Of endangering the
,ealth of the city will have passed. New
Orleans to-day, taking one year in the
,ther, is the healthiest city in the Union.
Odd Fellows' Hall.
The entertainment last night at Odd
Fellows Hall, when Stratton's Juvenile |
opera of "Geneveive," in three acts, was |
given as testimonial to Mr.. A. B. Chase,
BY his first class Of fifty young ladies, was
pronounced complete success, and the |
lOpe was expressed that there will soon be |