New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-23
CITY coUNcm-oFF1c1AL
REG ULAR MEETING.

REG ULAR MEETING.
, CITY HALL, NEW ORLEANS,
Tuesday, July %, l873
The Council net .lis day at IL NJ, il
regular session.
Presentation. Louis A. Wilt, Mayor
presiding, and Administrators Brewster
Calhoun, Fitzenreiter. Lewis. Sturcken and
Turnbuil.
Communications from the Mayor and Ad
ministrat0rs.
The Mayor informed the Council verbally
that he had returned, without his sigma
ture, the ordinance to provide, designate
and set apart portion of the public
wharves for the landing and unloading OF
the barges, vessels and other water craft OF
the Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
pany, and stated that his reason for not ap.
proving the ordinance was, that upon ex.
animation he had discovered that it would
clash with the privileges which had been
previously granted to the Morgan railroad.
An amendment curing this interference
would render the ordinance unobjection.
able to him.
At a subsequent stage of the proceedings
Mr.. Turnbull offered an amendment, such
as was suggested by the Mayor, changing
the boundaries of the frontage granted as
a landing, and the yeas and nays were
called upon motion to adopt said amend
ment, resulting as follows:
| Yeas-Brewster. Calhoun, Lewis, Sturck.
en- and Turnbull-5.
Nay-Fitzenreiter-l.
The ordinance. as amended. then passed
by the following vote:
| Yeas-Brewster, Calhoun. Lewis. Sturck-
en- and Turnbull-5.
| Nay-Fitzenroiter-,.
Financial Business and Other Bills on
| Final Passage.
Mr.. Calhoun called up the ordinances de-
scribed 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
with Heath & Lara, Sc .5.
"Providing tor the payment of the sew
! eral accounts therein named" beginning
with New Orleans Herald, sl2; with amend
| ment, striking out for further consideration
the item Of John Fitzpatrick, clerk of the
First District Court.
providing for the payment of tho eev.
eral accounts therein named." beginning
| with C. s. Sauvinet, $40.
Mr.. Calhoun introduced an ordinance
which passed, to pay V. Cientat & Co.
for beef furnished different city institu-
| tions, during the month Of June, 1873.
Reports Of Committees.
Mr.. Brewster reported that he had order
ed lamp to be placed on Roman street, as
prayed for by citizens.
Received.
Mr.. Brewster reported adversely upon
the proposition to enlarge the limits of COW
pasturage. in the rear OF the Second Dis
trict.
Received.
Mr.. Lewis, to whom had been referred
the petition for the repairing of French
men street shell road, reported that said
repairs are being made, and will be ex-
tended to the GENTLY road.
NecelVeO anu approved.
Mr.. Lewis, in relation to the complaint of
distractions, by Morgan's railroad, on
Thayer avenue, reported that the matter
had been amicably adjusted.
Received.
Mr.. Lewis reported favorably, by resolu-
ton, on the propositions Of L. Sewell and
others to experiment on the streets in max
ing gravel roads.
The Mayor, from the committee Of the
whole, reported unfavorably on the pro-
posal of Patrick Irwin to cell certain lands
to the city for the widening Of Poland street.
Received.
Mr.. Sturcken reported unfavorably upon
the petitions Of L. L. Levy. w. H. krumb-
haar & Co., Mrs. Julia Ryan, Mrs J. v.
Hughes, j. T. Hillenger. John C. Smith,
Owen McGuinness & Hillenser. Vierling
g. Trugle.
Received.
The Mayor, from the committee of the
whole. presented an ordinance, which was
read by title, and is as follows:
An ordinance granting the right for rail-
road from the neutral ground on Basin
street, at the junction with Canal street,
in the Second District of the city OF New
Orleans, to Lake Pontchartrain, with
privilege of extending the same along
said lake shore.
Be it ordained. That the right of way be
and is hereby granted to the Canal Street,
City Park and Lake Railroad Company to
lay double track railroad, with the nec-
essary turnouts, switches, turn tables,
ing on the neutral ground on Basin street,
Second District, at It's intersection with
Canal street, thence along said neutral
ground to Cont street, thence along Cont
street to BernadOtte street, thence along
BernadOtte street to Orleans street, thence
on the embankment along the western or
upper side of Orleans canal to the lake
shore, with the privilege of extending said |
railroad along said lake shore to New canal,
Bayou st. John and Mlneburg, with the |
privilege of constructing said railroad upon |
the lake shore levee When completed. That |
the rights and privileges be and are hereby |
granted for the term of twenty five years |
from the date of the passage of this ordi- |
nance upon the following conditions:
ARTICLE I.
The rails used in the construction of said |
road shall be of the T rail pattern, and to |
weigh at least twenty pounds to the yard,
and to be laid on crOss-1ies; provided, how
ever, that the rail will be laid in such |
to allow a free passage of vehicles
along and across the rail.
ARTICLE II.
The lines and levels of the road to be loca-
ted and marked by the City Surveyor, ap.
proved by the Council, the lumber and ma
terials used in the construction Of said road
and bridges to be approved by. and the