New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-12

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! filing
The she. and jai..-. road gan,- wee
| engaged II G.tch.ns ani grading on ..
| Patrick street. ana L:dd.Dg Cana. Dl".!-
| 'lllc, Claiborne streets AMI CdTr0.l'oE az
nue.. and dtci.ng CANA street. ;."Li >.
| Patrick to t1rTnitoI avenue"
| The inte:,eC';Un .: Second ana v '"'T'
| ,.reetg WIS -eDai:a.i w.tL hailas. anu sand
| and Canai stree F:r,t Distic' -ide, :I";H
| Liberty 10 CI. borne street. w!tn E.ty-."P
| loads % ial.a-: .
The haIuua... :n..r-ac:ion- on C."i'':n"
street, from Cana % Cont stree. ""'' -
| .jaircd, invG.vin. -. "sh"Adt1." .. =,
lake BRICK and .r"ncy-ioiir Dar''.s u -a-"
| During the n 5nt :hr bridge gang of
| carpcntcrs in the FIRST. Fourth ana SKA
| Distllc.s ,apai.ei toTty-.even diIIst3. s!X
| ,lgnl. roads and thirteen crossings; madt
seven crossings .oi.- wings. and the gdtt",
| curbinrS on Coliseum street, between Phi.p
| and First The Second District gang made
| two bridge. and one crossing, anG repaired
| seventeen br.da and TWO crossings. The
| Third District gang made two bridges.
| fifteen crossings. eight wIngs and one nun
| dred aud forty tee- length OF sidewalk, ana
| repaired .wentv-una bridges and four cross
inSg. In the entire work 1888 .eet o. lum-
Der was expended. Repairs have also been
made on the Bayou Foot and Carroi.ton
avenue bridge A gang OF carpenters have
| DetD 'iu tOLlHbl I+L4F, .ti't4-AN''
bridge over the cana AZ the intersection OF
| Galvcz and Toulouse streets, which = ajoUt
! completed.
The labor rolls &C mi. bureau amounted
| to $l7 AZ. L., carts :..3, -. TGta. -.
llI ~.
| NHAHrE> asD LAND!EGS.
A small fore. la, been constsI'.- en-
| pioyed repairing the pIanking OF wlarT.s
along the entire front OF the city. ana 'ne'
| are now IN good order. The she.-ed ba;-
| lures are not IN tho condition they should
| he, considering tine large amount o. pro
! ducc which is daily n-pOrted o7er them.
| iit,'c materia! has been used n repairs.
| onIy about 5000 barrels of shells having
| been spread III the pas: four months. In:
| new shin wharf recently commenced or-
tween Hosp!ta. and Barracks s!.eet ia ano":
completed.
A suitable force has been employed u.,on
the protection ievees throughout the rea: o:
| the city. keeping them IN good repair
larger force is now employed upon the .iver
IevCes repairing .evetmeEts and earth"orks
along both the right and left banksa dis
tance Of thirteen miles on the former AMI
ten miles on the latter side. Owing to the
expected lgh water II the river, constant
care will bB observed and every effort made
to keep the icvees intact and safe.
DEA:NAGE.
IN this bureau there are eight dredge
boats and four derTlcks AZ work as follows
| Two dredges ana one derrick completing
upper line levee and canal; one dredge anu
| one derrick constructing lake levee ives: OF
| She New canal; one dTedge and one derrick
| completing Orleans canal; one dredge and
one derrick in Hagan avenue canal, near
! BienVille street; one dredge IN CarruiIton
avenue, near Cana. street: one dreCgt
| in Toulouse street canal. between Gaiv-Z
| and Broad streets. and one iredge IN Lon
| don avenue, near lake shore. Inc dredgc
| ana derrick vii! soon complete Eagan
| avenue canal, when il VIII be placed d.
; work upon the lower protection !evee - be
constructed along Peoples avenue. Third
| District. about 400O feet below or eastward
of the POntchartrain railroad. Notice was
given the dredging company severa! weeks
| ago to continue the grading o, Upper Line
leyee from Metairie road to the lake, which.
wien completed, will afford an outlet from
tho upper portion Of the city. vi. Washing
ton street and Carrollton avenue.
Excavations have been made as follows:
Cab!c ya,is.
From August 70. 1871. to March
/, l6|3... .............. l.On9'''o
Protection ievee same period. .-Hl.olb
IOtai. ............... l,s-' OH
Fee;.
Total iineal tee: OF new cana. e.
ChNatGd. Observation-Disclosures. iv,"Jo
Total lIncal feet OF Old caua.S
WideHeG and dc. renei. ....... )SS
Total. .o--26
The filing of Canal street is rapidly ap-
preaching completion. The fact is now
apparent that the canal was not absolutely
necessary 10 drain that street, and pr.t.ic-
tons of its future be auty and the enhanced
value of It's bordering property are 70 be
heard on all sides.
Tie passage OF the dreGgcs from one
point to another requires the employment
Of men for the removal 81 old bridges an.
material t0c the construction ot new ones.
In some cases the force has been worked
extra time, particularly on Canal street. 50
az to impede as little possible the pleas
ure Of strangers and others vino have
most convenient acce.. 10 the lake by :ha.
road.
Consideration Of the subject Of new and
suitable drainage machinery to utilize the
canals now opened through 20 the lake,
should claim your early attention. Mess
machinery be placed at their outlets 10 de
velOp the purposes for which they were
excayated, the past and future eXpendI
lures on them vii. be a useless waste o.
money. No better evidence 6: their value
could be desired than the fact that during
the last ten months nine hundred acres
| have been reclaimed and thoroughly drained
III the secOnG section. What. then, viii be
the result after the necessary machinery j.
up aud n. protection levte constructed.
and the system carried ou: a. contem-
plated
trust that The subject OF purcha-i;. ma
| cbinery may not b. longer delayed.
The Mississippi and Mexican GUlt Ship
| Canal Company nave received on a,C"u'.:
y: work performed 70 March !. .,... sc..J.
~ 10.
The labor rolf ;or ~ month .nl".'.. 70
:.J.a.. /. carts $l30s ;ot.. S.. 90 H.
JAMES LEWIS. Administrators:
The subicined report. cy NJ. F.:leu1..:er.
was received:
0tr,r~ gWA-pns..s..ss
PuDiI' BIZ: d. -. NaG.. H., 49,. !
-; !;on &. A. VIII May"l
! hereby submit :" you the report oe :ha
| department under my e.iaTee :o. ;!e Alonta
Ut February:
| WAIKR"OEHs.
| The pumping engines during "a. month
! furnished II. city with i3O. iii. 800 gallons
o: water. With a consumption .: 1871 haG
! rels o: Voa:. Amount OF hour. worked.
rl4.
| COLLECTION o. WAFER RENTS.
| First District. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. So "a 3
| Second and Third Distr:cts. 1905. 0s
| Labor. .......... IS 90
Total. ~, y
| During the n"nti. fou- new fire wells
| were completed. located as follows. One
corner Dauphine and Engiien streets: one
corner Elysisn Fields and Charities. one
| corner Hospital and Old Lsvee. and ole
| corner Egterpe and Dryades streets. Also.
\ down I',ly I p ~