New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-13

| CITY HALL, NEW ORLEANS
| Tuesday, November H. 1873.
The Council met ehis day at l. NJ. i,
regular session.
Present-Hon. Louis a. Wilt. Mayor
presiding, and Administrations Brewster
Calhoun, Ftt1snfeiter, Lew&, St0rckep
Schneider and Turrfusa.
The mipu:cs OF tie East uset ting wer,
/ approved.
Communications From the Mayor and
| Admins traitors.
he Mayor laid before the Council the
monthly reports of the following Admins
traitors for October, ard the same were re
| ceiveG
| l. Administration CT improvements.
| :. Administrator Of Police
Bills on Final Passage.
Mr.. Calhoun called up the ordinances
described as follows, which had been read
twice Said ordinances being now on third
reading were severally passed, the yeas
and nays having been called on each
Providing for the payment of the sew
| eral accounts therein named,' beginning
| Firemen's Charitable Association OF New
| Orleans, 81 $50 G..
Providing for the papu.en, Of ,le sew.
ersa accOunts therein ni.u.es," beginning
New Orleans Bee, $1i.
Providing for the payment Of the sew
eras accounts thereSa n..pet.7 beginning
| A. WeDearie, -
10 issue whalf improvement bonds 20
Eager, E!ierman & Co., Aoa Others. in set.
| tlement Of claims.
10 Issue street Improvement: bonds to
John Coleman. to settle claim.
providing for the payment of the several
accounts therein named beginning, r. l..
Bruce, $50. Yhis ordinance was amended.
on motion of Mr.. Calhoun, by changing the
| item of M. Condram from 1916 sc to 1851 SO
| and the total to correspond
The items Of Bureau of Wharves and
Landings and Bureau of Drainage
strnck out, at the last meeting, from the
| ordinance providing for the payment OF
the pay rolls Of the Departments of I'm
provements and Surveyor for the thirty
one Gays en- ling October 81, 1873" were
taken up, on motion Of Mr.. Calhoun.
of Bureau of Wharves and Landings
$l2,99o II was substituted for $4,000; in
the item of ''Bureau of Drainage" S749S 35
was substituted for $500, and an item
added, viz Supplementary pay roll of
Surveyor, $3.50 2j"- total, s22,Sl9 81.
Thus amended, the items passed.
Reports of Committees.
The Mayor, in behalf of the committee of
the whole, submitted the following report,
which was adopted:
The committee of the whole, to whom
was referred q communication from the
Board of Health, giving notice that the
board had fixed the salaries OF sanitary in
spectors for the coming year, respectfully
report that they find the salal les. amount
ing 20 s 1000, bv much too high and en- tirely
out of proportion, both to the duties to be
pc performed and to the estimated re-
sources of the city. The committee, there
fore, recommend that the Council do au.
thorize the Mayor 10 communicate with the
Board of Health with the view Of obtaining
a reduction of the said salaries.
LOUIS A. WILT.
Chairman of Committee
Mr.. Lewis reported that he had received
two proposals for building a steamship
wharf, between Esplanade and Barracks
streets, viz: Eager, ElleIman s Co. $50 -
per square. and Jerome Hanley s37 so per
square, and recommended the acceptance
of the latter bid as the lowest.
Report received.
The following report by Mr.. Brewster
was received, and on motion OF Mr..
Schneider the recommendation contained ID
the same was adopted:
DEPARTMENT OF Pol!C.l
November 10. 1873. !
To the City Council of New Orleans:
| have the honor to present herewith
statement of expenditures on account of
disinfectants from January to October 81,
1873, inclusive:
Amount appropriated rs per bud
Amount exnendei ... ' I67i IS
Balance nexpended. ........S $685. ~
On the seventh instant the accompanying
bills were presented by Page s. Co. for dis
infectants ordered by DR.. White, president
Of the Board of Health, without the knoWl-
edge of this department, and amounting to
sl627l, Tor my approval.
This amount being much in excess of the
balance of appropriation, | respectfully
refer SdlU UlllS ~ inc SOuuCu uudpplONtu
and recommend that they be not paid.
r. BREWSTER, Administrator.
Mr.. Lewis reported favorably on the pc
tition Of the Society for the Relief Of Desti
tute Orphan BOYS, Tor compensation for
appropriation for the Carrollton avenue
canal; and damage caused by the excava-
ton Of the same, and the report was, on
motion of Mr.. Schneider, referred to the Ad-
ministrator of Accounts.
The following report, from Mr.. Brewster,
was. On motion of Mr. Schneider, referred
to the Mayor, with instructions to institrte
against the delinquents men
toned therein:
DEPARTMENT OF PoLI,E,{ |
November 10, 1873. |
To the City Council Of New Orleans
have the honor to report to the City |
Council that | have been informed through |
the Department of Finance that the judges |
OF the second third and fourth municipal |
police courts have, latterly, failed to make
regular weekly payments Of moneys collect
ed by them for fines, etc, as required by |
city ordinance No. 22I3
Il. BREWSTER, Administrator.
The Mayor, from the committee of the |
more, Tepoftcu uhioFoFapIy on the p5utioh
recommending the appointment of DR.. j.
a. Hedon, physician Of the city Unsafe
A asylum. Received.
Mr.. Brewster reported that steps had
been taken to abate the nuisance at the
Debuys or Andrews estate. Received.
The Mayor, from the committee OF the
whole, recommended that the petition OF
he ladies of Providence, for relief for their
.ha1ity be referred to the Administrator of