New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-24


mo. .2.0-Administratio Series.
An ordinance to provide, designate and set
apart a portion of the public wharves for
:he landing and unloading OF the harges,
vessels and other water craft OF the
Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
pany.
Gil of the city of New Orleans, Tha. that
portion OF the public wharves OF the city
lying IN the First District Of the city com
mercing at point 577 teet above the lower
line of the wharf known as the Morgan
wharf and extending to point seventy
Eve feet below the same lower line Of
Morgar's wharf, be and the same is
hereby designated and set apart as the
place for nooriDg, landing and unloading
the vessels, bar9es or other water craft
used and employed by the Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company, of East
st. Louis, Illinois, a corporation duly ere
ated by law, in the transportation OF freight
between the city of New Orleans and other
points on the Mississippi river and its trib-
utar;es Tor the period of eight years. sub
ect alvaCs 20 the conditions herein set
forth.
SEC. y. Be Il further ordained, etc. That
the said Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company, their successors and assigns, snail
have the exclusive use and occupancy OF
said wharves, and shall not be Ousted there
from by any ordinance or wharf regulation
for or during the above named period, un-
less said company shall have been by due
legal proceeding adjudged to have forfeited
its right granted by this ordinance, and any
and al, contracts made under the authority
thereof and in accordance Herewith.
Sec 3. BE it further ordained, ETC.. That
the said Mississippi Valley transportation
Company shall have the use and occu-
| pancy Of the said wharves,a subject to the
following conditions: Said Company shall
be :n all things in so far as the use and oc-
cupancy of said wharves is concerned. sub
ject 20 al general ordinances and wharf
regulations applying generally to the entire
levee under the control of the municipal
authority Of the city; provided, such ordl-
nance or regulation does no. discriminate
agains: said company IN the use OF sad
wharves to the injury and prejudice OF SAID
sad company.
SEC I. De it further ordained, etc. That
the said company shall have the night 70 en-
terupon and take possession o. said wharves
at once and without delay, and make any
and all such repairs as may be necessary to
render said wharves secure and adapted 10
its use. That said company shall render to
the city full, true and exact accounts OF all
material used and labor expended i'll the
repair and Improvement of said wharves,
under the direction of the Administrator Of
Improvements and City Surveyor, accom-.
panied with vouchers showing the actual
cos: OF such repairs and improvements,
which account when found to be true and
correct by the Administrator of Accounts,
as the proper auditing officer OF said corp0-
ration, and certified to by the City Sur
veyor. shall be passed to the credit OF SAID
company as cash, and the said company
shall be charged with all wharf dues le-
gally chargeabie agai.,st said company tor
the use of said wharves, until the total OF
wharf dues SO charged and due shall equal
the amour: expended By said company:
in tie repairs or improvements OF sald
wharves when the same shall! be pal
anced, and said company'e demand against
the city tor such repairs discharged; pro
vided always that the said company shall
be chargeable with and required to pay the
same rate OF wharfage or levee dues as
other persons. corporations or associations
landing or unloading goods n this CITY
from vessels or using the wharves or levee
for any purpose connected with naVlgatlon
SEC. B. Be j. further ordained. etc. That
should the river encroach upon the oanh at
the place where said wharves are situated, 10
such an eXten. as 70 sweep away the artl-
fetal work or wharf, or SO much thereof as
TO materially impair its usefulness 20 sa!1
company, then said company shall not De
required 70 retain the same, but may aban-
don the same or repair and rebuild the
wharf, upon TIE same terms as 70 payment
and REIN mbursement as provided in this or
dinance sor repairs OF improvements, as 1t
NAV elect. If, on the other hand. the shore
of the ievee should recede from the present
levee or wharf front, by filing or otherwise,
or from any Olher cause it should become
expedien: 20 extend said wharf out toward
the water or y construct an apron n front
of said wharf. Then and in that case said
company shall have the right TO extend the
same upon the same terms and subject to
the same conditions as the reimbursement
of money expended in such extension as
herein above provided "A esse o1 repairs