New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-13

/ -. ~ Nc 70 Law before the Council inc
foliowine statement Of facts as sn ~ vour
n ronT" mart by the official journal Oh yo"'
| honorable body: ;,road from
The original ordinance for b rn eiHo.rollton
| EIGHTH street to the lower line OF Caos;t;on
ras passed without the slightest, oplotb The
| either on the part OF the Counct 4ho face OF
pa" los anparent that such raliIoG1u e.
i" be an advantage to that sparoiis >
sottled upper district. although Peop n'
Gid not see how any company oou 40
e Sontate to build such a road with any nop0
X was graphically described al ln1 , I'M
road starting from nowhere anu 1, ie 1ro-
a. r. nowhere. The real ob)ect VI 1na ~"
meters of this road, however 30 much iess
i! d dRRu than the 0rls'na'
indicated. .lo rorpci1 a few
10y ftarward and proposed lower ex-
tension Of the road through streets w1 40 @ Q
almost avery property -owner Ob)ecteu W a
ra;Iroad heinp carried. A strong prot9;.
was at once made against the roaa; anu . :.
soay,s tho matter was submitted 10 tne Ni.Y
St,nrnav the law adviser of the Conncil,
who introduced into the ordinance iot taS
extension of this road section caicula
TO prevent the use not only OF tne ssIr
then asked for, but OF the grant PRIV Thee
cnnceded for speculative purposes. Inc
grantees. we understand, refused 10 acceP'
1he condition. and the ordinance was intro-
6rced info the Council in mutilated 1Orn'
1r;th mi snrOyisO omitted, and IN that 1orn
vas passed. The Mayor subsequently
vetoed the ordinance, on the gr0rnu tna'
this proviso had been omitted anu NJ 9pIn
Council the prOvisO was refnstate0 anu In0
Id u,
Among the provisions of that second Or
dinance. 50 passed by the Council, was tne
following: That it was subject to the same
terms and conditions as the ordinance pre-
yiously granted for the upper section OF tne
road. Chief among those terms and condi-
lions of the previous ordinance was tha''
unless the terms and conditions were &C
cepted by the grantees WITHIN thlrtY dafys'
the ordinance should be null and void. Inns
suppementary ordinance was passed nearly
or about six months ago. and from that DAY
to this it has never been accepted, as tar as
we can learn, by the grantees, because they
were evidently unwilling to have the terms
applied to the original grant by the Councli-
They offer now the ordinance at present
under consideration virtually as substitute
FIR this second ordnance. which has Deen
promulgated. but has not been accepted ny /
them, and in their present substituted ordl-
IduCC lilo So All, SA"uS" "a S-S -o-NC
ney is ignored.
The present ordinance is opposed by.
nearly every property owner on the line OF
route projected. No railroad has been i.
passed by this present City Council where
the property-Owners have opposed the
passag e Of the grant. In other cases where
railroad franchises have been given, 1T ap-
have either been supported by petitions
from majority of the property-owners on
the line of route, or tacitly consented to by
their not interfering or offering any OppO-
sitiOn.
There is not a single petition before the
Council in favor of this grant, and there are
many petitions against it. and we trust that
the Council will not sacrifice the interest of
the taxpayers for the pecuniary emolument
of few individuals, however influential,
when it is not shown (as it has been shown
in the case of previous grants), that any
public advantage is to be gained, and when
it is shown, as in this instances by petitions |
before Your honorable body, that private |
interests will be materially impaired by |
your passage of the proposed ordinance.
James Buekner: Third and Coliseum.
Newton Buckner, Third and Coliseum.
j. Edmund Glenny, Fourth and Coliseum.
w. Van Benthuysen, Eighth and st |
Charles
The yeas and nays were called on the |
passage Of the ordinance. as amended:
Ieas-Cockrem, Delassize. Remick. Bon.
Nays-Saaw, Lewis, Walton-3
The ordinance was declared adopted.
By Mr.. Reraek:
Resoired, That permission be granted to
\. Boucher to run pipe from Canal Caron-
ielet to his establishment on Toulouse
treet, between Basin and Franklin. for the
purpose of supplying his sash and blind
actory with water, the work to be done
lnder the supervision Of the Administrator
# Improve ments.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Bonzano:
Resolred, That in order to correct an error
made by the assessor of the first assess
nent district, III the year - and err
oneousiy continued on the assessment
.ooh OF 1870 against Mrs. Sarah Luyster.
he administrator OF Public Accounts is
ereby authorized to furnish the Admins
rator OF Finance with corrected tax bill
Or the year $50 (No. q ,l59) against Mrs,
arab Luyster, reducing the assessment on
acant lot on Euterpe street, in square No.
o9, measuring thirty two by ninety feet,
rom $4,000 to $500.
Adopted.
The Council then adjourned.