New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-05
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The CSrHc;! Iuy: :l.s cay .: /! NJ. IN
seguia! session.
Presentation. Lvris s. Witt. Mayor
presiding, ard Administrators Brewster,
Calhoun F.:seu.e.:e:. Lewis. SCHNEIDER,
end TurBbUn.
The minutes az :he :2s: meeting Ssre
approved
Communication fpo4n the ,fnsor ana ad'
illustrators.
eThe Mayor :aid before Che counch the
Following letter. which, on motion OF hr.
lewis. was ordered to be spread upon 'he
muutes, and the Mayor was authorized 20
act in selatiou 20 che su' 'ct:
RIoaMoND. Vac January -, lo75'
80 Che Honorable the City CouIell O. the second
Municipality 81 New Ir.ears:
A the only living child OF James II.
Caldwell , beg 20 offer to your honora pie
6ndv a portrait by Beard OF my iather,
taken at the close Of his life, the best years
af which were devoted to the city ne 1oFeo
and served so faithfully
If it DO found acceptable and worthyc OF
Qlace in S0rAE halle will send l. OF peAnR
very respectfully. your ~6ediG n t. servant
Npv aldqess &efe is postoffice box No. 8t3.
Mr.. Calhoun suomitteo MS ann u"i f'poi'
as Administrator of Public Accounts which
6sas received and ordered 10 be printed
The following, the monthly report Of Mr..
4itzenreiter, Administrator of Waterworks
and Public Buildings,'was received and Or
dleEed to be printed:
DEPARTMENT OF wATRRwoRKs AND
Public Buildings, February A. 1873.
5Son' " - ;.l +lo NAN bl,-
Bhereoy present 5ou VI ~
report OF Ihe ueP"i Vnlen' ulu't my 0A''- g.
WATERWokhs.
During the past month we have pumped
9O5 03I .G4S gallons of water, with a con
su,nntion Of 1868 barrels Of coal. amount
of hours worked 63Sa4. The collections for
January were as follows:
UErs+ Die+r;c+ SI2 $50 Al
Cana,d I'D third D;stricts. 49, 35 50
$500 S'onIah' co. a+,. 80 o.
gr.l S1G 6.lS OF
3d. 1919
Amount coAecUeu eihco Oo'o''i - 'O' -
goo, 'S9 70 ~ .u
Inc iolloWlhS 10 SUM a. Vi - "a - -
formed, VIZ cne ne" "SAi o"lih oiu a.
pleted, three new nre pluSs' C"Phty-nNl
tire plugs repaired, twenty 'hlne sVoP cochs
repaired, seventeen leaks 70 MAN pipes 10
pared and JO4 square yarGs Vi paHHn
and street pavement rePlaceu. w ia We
also cleaned the Two remaining Ia andn Vi Sne
reservoir, removing CReFelIoli o0oo cuoIo
yards of sand, which amount had accunu-
lated during the last three years, causing
the tanks to be almost useless, we nave
now reservoir room tor I,94V,VOO gailoAs "
water. Since performing the "ork we Ina
chat sixteen hours pumping luIly supPIi'7
the city day and night, saving tHeFepy
~ ,,,oi,tb Tba amourt consumed this
pp,or+b 10 some r2OO barrels less than the
nrnnTnt ~ several nreyious months, We
aiao save a LARGE amouut of the extra nav
,iI0wSd for p2gbt service. The cost of
riaoning reserv0ir was & 1876 The last time
tba reservoir was cleaned was in 1869. when
tcost SI7S0 to clean the four tanks then in
use With the consent of the Council. |
sronose from time 10 time. 70 sink new FIRE
1ryoIIs Sav ahout fftv within six months
We have ON hand about 500 feet Of thirty
inch nine nurchased many wears ago, and
never applied TO anv use. which propose
IN cug INTO six feet lengths and use for
Wells The entire cost. not including ma
terioI ON hand will not exceed 5000 per
vaiI and nv nsing our emnl0yeg on this
work. when not otherwise employed, will,
in many instances. make it much less than
4Le am3nnt estimated. These wells. when
anmnIotad will furnish protectiou against
fire 10 at least 300 squares Of property. and
their cost is but just return we owe the
rs E't on MAD co, tho de-.
supply - th,iisiy ~ Ia Iii - on SarIv
Iahus Vi tni9 W az, 49, o. tbn eVact
WY Piroe 81 9r Wstarwors and also If
~. ~ n ~ tob,;rr = mn 70 ,,uh1ic
wiao ~ peF fsr onr tIancia condition
iii ILL.,"
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Jvrdar +bis bead 7 renort having made
repajrs TO CITY Hall. to three markets and
10 the Parish PRISON, ana nave iulniSheG
oOurthouses with many articles they stood
in need of. The root OF the building oc-
cupied by the First District Court Is III a
very leaky condition. The building IS
leased by the city, ana the owners cIailn'
uhuer the le"se' IhdI ING wy A9 poAHH ~
keep the same IN repair. AS the ROOF was III
bad condition before the lease was made,
j can not see how the city can be held ac-
cOnntable for the same. Many OF our en-,
gine-houses require necessary repairs, and
as soon as " az ~, y,
+he Council
The Firemen's Charitable Association
claim that these buildinos have never re.
lam MAJ az 'eSo rn;Tod T"rV Nd tbar
contract with the city, and that they have