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

| canal street canal about H10,VUU.
JOHN COCKREM,
Administrator of Improvements and Mem
Der Of Drainage Committee.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Cockrem, tn
report was laid over to be printed, to Civ
the other two members of the drainag,
committee, the Mayor and Administrator o
Finance, an opportunity of looking into til,
matter.
By Mr.. Cockrem:
DEPARTMENT OF IxPRovkxHxrs
October g. 1871.
| To the City Council of New Orleans:
. The undersigned respectfully submits til,
following bids, received in answer to tn.
advertisement inviting Proposals fol
Paving"
For square block paving, including the gut
| ter stones, per superficial foot:
John Coleman e. Son. g
! John D. Fitz & Co. !:
T.. j. FayesOux.. e
Curb stones taken up and relaid, per run
ming foot:
John Coleman & Son. e
John D. Fitz & Co. Observation-Disclosures. As
Z. j. kayesOux. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. &C
superficial foot:
John Coleman l. Co............... ! &c
John ID. Fitz & Co.. l II
Z. j. FayesOux & CO...... l 20
For each cast iron bridge top furnished and
laid complete:
John Coleman & Co. Ash 90
John d. Fitz & Co.. $50 GO
Z. j. FayseOux. AS 90
And the bid Of John D. Fitz L. Co. being
companying resolution be adopted. adjudi-
eating the contract to said Fitz e. Co.
JOHN COCKREM. Administrator.
Resolred, That the proposal of John D.
Fitz & Co., for paving, with square block
stone, Canal, Julia. Delord, Rampant and
other streets. in accordance with specifica-
tons on file in the Office of the City Sur
veyor, at 81 Is for square block paving. in
GLIDING the gutter stones per superficial
yard; forty-fve cents for curb stones, taken
up and relaid, per running foot; 81 Is for
new curb stones, furnished and laid, per
superficial foot; and $3.50 for each cast IRON
bridge top furnished and laid complete, be
and the same is hereby accepted, and the
Mayor authorized to enter into contract on
behalf OF the city, per notarial act before
the City Notary, for the faithful perform
ance OF the same: securities to the amount
OF $lOO,OOO to be furnished to the satisfac-
ton OF the Mayor and Administrator Of
improvements. Payment of city's portion
to be made in improvement bonds at the
rate OF seventy-fve cents on the dollar.
Laid over to be printed.
The AIsiers Gaslight Company.
Mr.. Shaw said there was an ordinance
comforting certain privileges on the Al.
giers Gaslight Company, which had been
referred to him on account of some little
technicalities raised by himself, and which
he now thought not very material. He
had raised this point because he had not
had time to study the matter; but he now
thought the adoption of the ordinance
would be about the shortest way to get
gas into Agiers.
Mr.. Lewis moved that the ordinance do
now pass.
The Mayor called Mr.. Bonzano to the
chair and took the floor. He said: As no
one seems to object to this ordinance, and
as do not wish to come in afterward with
my objections in another form, l desire to
state few points for the consideration of
the Council. This ordinance gives to this
company lease or contract for twenty
years, and makes it exclusive. The OBJ
lection to giving it right for twenty
years 10 not so great as the objection to
giving 1t an exclusive right to furnish
light for that length Of time at specified
price. There is no greater embarrassment
on this Council than the long contracts we
have to deal with compelling the city to
pay certain price long ago stipulated, and
leaving it no other means Of carrying on
the works contracted for, and no means
Of dispensing with the contracts en-
tered into If we were to give
this company the right to put down
its works, and the exclusive privilege for
i've years, it would have all the rights
any reasonable person could want. Nobody
could compete with it unless its
monopoly was manifestly to the public
injury. Then as to the amount of work the
company is to do, the ordinance leaves it
indefinite. 1t says it shall do as much
work and as rapidly as the wants Of the
,ity may require. Who is to determine
EhatY The comp any. And it will not send
'ut its gas lamps one street beyond where
t can get its money back for every lamp
put up. 1t will be the same with gas as it
was with water when our Waterworks were
IN the hands of the Commercial Bank. The
directors would not carry the waterworks
INTO any street or square where they could
not obtain any immediate return for their |
outlay with interest, though all this time
The works were paying largely in the more
aensely populated parts of the city.
Mr.. Lewis wished the Mayor would con-
6ne himself to tie question. 1t was gas
hat was being discussed, not water.
The Mayor: I certainly think, Nh. Pres
dent, am fully in the line Of argument in |
:eferTing to the waterworks q an Mh.tra- |
ion Of what will be the result Of adopting