New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-16
CITY CoUNCn--oFFICIAL
REGULAR MEETING.

REGULAR MEETlNGs
CRY HALL, NEW ORLEANS
Tuesday, July Is, 1873.
The Council met this day at II NJ.
regular session.
Presentation. Lcu:s A. Wilt. Mayo
presiding. and Administrators Brewste
Calhoun, Fitzenreiser, Lewis and TURF
bull.
| Communications From the Mayor an
l Administrators.
! The following message from the Mayo
| was, on motion Of Mr.. Turnbull, receive,
and ordered to be spread upon the minutes
MAyoKALrY or NEW ORLYASs
City Hall. July Is. 1875.
| TO the City Council Of New Orleans:
have requested each Administrator Il
| furnish me with condensed report OF thu
operations of his department for the 81,
| months ending June 80. 1873, showing re
ceipts and expenditures and the results o.
economy as compared with the correspond
ing period Of 1872. l intended that these
! reports should be recorded in the minute:
of the Council, in full or condensed, fol
record and the information of the public
The reports DO not include the month OF
December, for during that month we were
acting under the budget of 1872, and carry
ing out the contracts Of our predecessors.
The budget of expenditures for 1872
amounted TO nearly 8 100000 (S6,96l ,3Sl J,
almost all of which was exhausted or ap-
propriated. The budget for 1873 was made
by our predecessors, and under the charter
it can not be changed by US. 1t amounts to
1896 or about 81 $50 900 less than that
of last year. Two thirds of the expenditures
are obligatory and are placed by law be-
yond our control, either to diminish, in
crease or postpone them. The interest for
this year on our bonded debt amounts to
81 ,36l ,5S9, and the bonds maturing in 1873
added make up the item of 81. .922 l43 in
the budget. to be paid ont Of the city debt
tax. The proceeds of the drainage tax.
estimated 100000, are also set apart for
the purchase or payment of interest on
drainage bonds. The wharf and levee dues
are in part appropriated to the payment OF
the interest on wharf bonds ($54,S96), and
to the repurchase of such bonds ($I0i ,604), d,
which, with SS3 500 for salaries and re-
pairs, make up the item of $2lO,O in the
budget for wharf expenses. The market
revenues, S26O0OO, are appropriated for
the payment-of loaus and advances made
by the Fiscal Agent. These and other
compulsory items leave Tor current city
expenses only 1920, l56, distributed by
the budget as follows: Streets, 1894 900;
drainage. $225,OOO; gas and oil light
ing $25O,0O0; fire department; $l6O,O00:
squares, cemeteries and pounds, S23, 800;
printing. $4,000: public buildings, rents,
house repairs, etc., $35 800; charity, So, ,2GO:
justice, houses Of refuge, Workhouse. mu-
nicipal courts, jury service, inquests, law
charges, salaries, etc. S25O,S preparin z
tax bills, $1,000; Office expenses $3D,35t;
etc, $2O9, $50; health, $4,000: police, $l00 900;
waterworks, $l05,O0 bills payable, S692.:
contingent, $S5,3 Some of these large
items are also obligatory under pre- exist
ing laws and contracts.
Our efforts to economic have necessarily
been confined to the headings last above
enumerated and classed in the budget as
current city expenses How far you
have succeeded will appear from your re-
spectiye reports, from which infer that
our disbursements, so far as they are under
our control, will tall short of the budget
so much as to justify some reduction in the
rate of current city expenses tax for 1871
or enable us to redeem a part Of the city
bonds before maturity.
COMMERCE.
From the report of the Administrator of
Commerce it appears that the collections of
wharfage and levee dues for the six months
ending June 30. 1873, amount to $I36, lI2,
against $l5l ,53i for the corresponding z
months OF 1872. The market revenues for
the same period were :l25,703, against
$3.50 $40 in 1872. The falling Oft in receipts
from wharves and ievees is caused by
diminished tonnage. being soi3.5 tons in
1873 against S6l.2 tons for the same period
in 1872. The falling Oft il market revenues
results from the increased number of prl.
vate markets. as fully explained in the re-
port. The amount paid for salaries in this
department for the period in question was
sl3,5l2, against S20.990 in 1872: office ex-
penses S.S6 S5, against $500 06 in lS.;:
Saving in six months. Stl9! u.
IMPROVEMENTS.
IN this department the total expenditures
for the first six months o: 1873 were Sl3. :.
59S -. against SS02,.4S SO for the same
months in 1872. difference of 1851 :.S.
In the department proper the amount paid
tor salaries was $1,000. against $1,000 in
1872. and tor expenses :S16. against $1,000
in 1872. In the Bureau Of Streets the ex-
penditures in 1873 have been. for salaries
Sl'.335 81. for labor and carts SI2i..56 Is.
for repairs, cash, SlI,202 II. for expenses
Sl623 !.5-totai cash $l599l. &C. Improve
ment bonds were Issued for repairs to the
amount OK ST7.33l 80, making the total out
lay on account of streets, in cash and bonds.
$237.2 o.. For the same months in 1872
there was paid in this bureau for salaries
SH 81 iG, for labor and carts $lSi, f56 %.
for repairs, cash. $ll5. 500 81. for expenses
:l27l S9-total cash :3ls.sl2 &C. Improve
ment bonds were issued for repairs to the
amount of $6l,O61 30. making the total out
lay in cash and bonds $780,, ,S12 %. or SID.
O23 9j more for the first six months in 1872
than for the corresponding months in 1873.
In the Bureau of Wharves and Landings
there was paid during the past six months.
for salaries. $3,2l9 93: for lapor and carts,
S.3..3l ~; for repairs. $l4,S30 %: total
cash for wharyes and landings, Sl2,Oli 90.
For the sane period in 1872 there was paid
tor salaries. $2,733 %: for labor and carts,
sl5,I9 33: for repairs. cash, sH,5oo 81:
total cash. S32 ,523 l5 besides an issue of
wharf bonds. for repairs. to the amount of
Sl36.SSo %. making the total outlay in cash
and bends 1862. 40S II. or Si2. 1893 II more
than during the first six months OF 1873.
In the Bureau of City Drainage. from
January to July l. 1873, there was paid
for salary. 500: for labor and carts.
s9s,9l6 l.: for repairs. cash. 500? ii: for
expenses, $7l2 90; to,a, cash. Sl39,4 Is:
cash and bonds $l55 i5S IS For the cor
responding period of lS7;, this bureau ex
pended for salary $50; for labor and carts.
Sl3l,s06 OS: for repairs, cash. Sli! ,o'' o.:
for expenses. S32. -: total, :.-i".3Uo %, or
SHI sos 3. more in lS.! than i'll 1913.
For the Department Of improvements
the budget of 1873 allows $4,000 for the
department proper, :3.o.obo :or the Bureau
of Streets. 81. .5oe for the bureau OF
Wharves and Landiugs and :..2j,oAn for
the Bureau of City Drai:lag age-t"ta! :t!i.-
300. The amoun: drawn in cash in six
months ending June -. S1:!.was s3l!.2tb 50.
Leaving a balance Of bulge; in cash
OF $50. .2}3 II.
The principal permanent improvements
made this year ar. as follows:
Orleans avenue. opened from Metair;e
ridge to the lake shore and graded ready
for shelling. The roat,ued is two feet