New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-11
Local Intelligence.

OUR STREETs.-New Orleans is blessed
with nearly six hundrsd miles Of streets,
and of course a large sum of money is re-
quired to keep them in proper condition at
the best seasons of the year. Our summer
has been a decidedly moist one; and by the
word moist it is meant that more rain has
fallen in this city inside of forty-eight hours
than falls in England in an entire year.
This fact being considered, all citizens
should be patient with bad streets, only
making one exception, st. Charles street,
where that great invention, the Nicolson
pavement, vies with forty feet of mud holes
NEEDS A REMEDY.-New Orleans Is not
given to boiler explosions or railroad smash.
ups, but unless the Pontchartrain railroad
mends it's ways we will soon have both
items to record. That road and its cars are
now really unsafe. and it does not REQUIRE
the foresight of a prophet to foretell that
we will not wait long for thrilling nara
tive of mangled humanity in that direction.
Let our authorities be advised in time, re-
membering the adage about an ounce of
prevention, etc. Fortunately for the repu-
tation of this city, very few strangers ever
ride that rail, else othey would 90 abroad
and make some odd reports of our internal
improvements.
THE REGATTA YEsIERDAY-Meteor the
Winner.-The sailing match between Mr..
II. q
Grace Darling, at Lake POntchartrain, did
not attract as large number OF people as
did the boat race at CarrolltOn recently.
The distance from the centre of our city to
either point is about the same, but the
facilities for reaching CarrolltOn are supe-
rior. Going to the lake is no task, if one
has the tin to pay for buggy or carriage,
but if a lowly resident has only dollar or
SO he can not think Of looking at Pontchar-
train. However, time will remedy all that,
and next summer, if all things are serene,
the old rattletrap out Elysian Fields street
will have the go-by, as it is expected that
at least one line of horse cars will run to
the end of the New canal.
1t WAS twenty minues after one o'clock
last evening when both crsws announced
that all was ready. At gun fire the Meteor
loosened her bottom hold and started off
freely, although the nOrtherly breeze was
rather light. The Grace Darling seemed
unwilling to part company with the stake
boat and sailed Off in the sulks, several
fathoms behind the Meteor. From that
moment until the last named got LOme no
one doubted the result. 1t was agreed that
eveHif an accident occurred to the Meteor
she would win. From first to last the
Darling remained astern, and seemed to
sail alf dragging something The Meteor
rounded the first outer stake at two
oclOok and the Darling eightminutes after.
Mr.Belfs boat there crowded on her can
vas and looked as if she was gaining, but
Improved that she had fallen off on arriving
at the home stake, the Meteor rounding the
home stake at 2:3019, the Grace showing
thirteen minutes nineteen seconds slow.
The other trial trips were without Tlch
interest, as it appeared foregone cOnclu-
sion that the Meteor would take the silver
pitcher.
At about thirty-three minutes past six
the gun announced that the Meteor had
come to the home stake boat-about FIVE
hours and thirteen minutes for the fifteen
miles.
Very few spectators remained TO see the
defeated vessel get in for that event hap
pended after dark.
The wind was light and the sky quite
bright from meridian until sunset.