New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-19
OF Mr.. SCHNEIDER.
REPORT OF TIE CITY ADMINISTRATORS.

= der administer of Finance, have considered it Il
be duty to state the facts referred to in SAT-
article, and thereby show wherein ard to wha
= | extent the charges made insinuated in sale
article false
This do in viLdication Of our worthy and abl'
| colleague, and of our connection with all tn,
| transactions mentioned. It is important to The
| Administrator of Finance that show whereiC
| he has been slandered; it is important to US te
show that not siilty OF the completely
charged implied it is important to the people
] OF this city to know the truth respecting the OH
cial conduct of those whom they have trusted and
honored. While willing to have actious sub
jected to any fair scrutiny, and while setting its
full valae upon the aid which often receive
from the just and measured advice or criticism of
our public journals, we can not afford to suffer
false accusations to be published az ainst with
out correction, Or SANDERS to be propagated re-
specting official conduct without rebuke.
! The libel in question opens follows
| An ugly rumor prevails to the effect that throu h
the influence of the Administrator OF Finance, the
pest house was located in he most thicky settled
OF the RESIDENCE portion of the c4y, upon property
which the citTis compelled to purchase from Mrs.
L. NJ. Schneider
Promising that such rumor las prevailed at
any time, give these facts:
BY authority of the Council, the undersigned, C.
| Ptzenreiter, Administrator of Waterwolks and
Public Buildings has for some months past bee n
| searching for building suitable, in structure di-
mems ons and location, tor smallpox hospital. Ee
could find but two buildings at all suitable one be-
| ing that owned by Mrs. Schneider the other owned
| by Mr. Levasseur, on Bayou St. John. Mr.. Fifteen
| reiter felt in duty bound to recommend the first
! mentioned premises, because situated in square
| OF ground where there was but one tenement near
| It, Three sides of the square at some distance
| from other houses. Aessrs. Lewis and Sturcken
We're on the committee for selecting the hospital,
and joined III recommending this building
MT. FltZenIeiter was accompanied by physician
VINO, after due examination, pronounced the
premises ubol ectlonable OF all this Mr. Schuei-
der knew nothing at. all, and after Mt Fitzep.
letters recommendation, be positively refused to
rent the property 10 the city for the reason that it
belonged to Mrs. Schneider. After urgent appeal |
from the Council, assembled in committee of the |
whole, and in consideration of the fact that a |
small pox hospital was very much needed, he con. |
scented to the arrangement, the tent being xed at
$lco per month, which was much less than any |
other property equal suitable could have been |
optalheo 1or. Inc statement made by the Times. |
as ABOVE quoted, that it was through the intiu-
enee of the administrator of Finance" that the
schneider house was selected and rented Is in all
respects ann in every sense wholly untrue
The next para graph of the Times artic1e "a &c
follows:
another equally Damaging report u.s. that the
city is through the same intuel &C. forced 10 mr.
chase us suppl les OF groceries from Mr. George C. |
Bohne, whom the City Directory repoJts as s.,I.s
man OF Messrs Schneider & Zubei bier TIe hill. |
OF this enterprising grocer, whom the city license
iist does not credit with an establishment ayerage
: 1000 ger month, or, to be more explicit in thad
month of November they amounted to $3.50 a. 'A'
The undersigned, Administrator of Police not
peihs 1amlhar with the market at first bought
groceries for his department where most cow.
niens and mostly at retail houses, and generally
at the same houses from which lis predecesso,s
had bought. Many personal friends HAVING a5 |
vised him to make his purchases from wbolesaIa
establishments, he did So buyiuc where nerobu. |
were willing to credit the city and where n, s,,,
credit, he could buy at the lowest prices Annonr |
Others, he bought OF Schneider ( Zuberbier tbei, |
salesman, Mr. Bohne, being well known to him f,r |
many years and having his fun coutidenc. 10 ~ |
honorable man.
After Mr.. Schneider learned what had hoe, d, |
he, in the presence of Mr.. Brewster and of he |
mayor, said that he was sorry that Mr. Brewster :
had bought at their house owing to tn. f,o.. ~,
he was an Administrator. Mr.. Brewster fl, b,,.s |
to buy where he could do best for the civ and :.
declared He was obliged to buy where credi, g.
uncertain and probably long time could bs bod
and as to qualities and prices of articles bonc,t b.
had full confidence that Mr.. Bohne would wat A.
ceive him in any respect
When NJ. Brewster first applied at the horsa 90 |
L 2aoerb!er for goods for the cjtv tbev
declined selling, because their principal was an
Afterward, and when nr Schneider
was absent, Mr.. Brewster bought there without
the knowledge OF Mr.. Schneider, aud the billse at
Mr. Brewsers suggestion made out in the
name of Mr.. BOhne. OF all this Mr. Schneider
knew nothing until he heard Mr.. Bohne's name L
read in meeting Of the Council in connection I
NJ. y, +I,<.,s,
bills. e
Thus it viii be apparent TO every one who reads {
his statementst 1acts that the allegation of the
Times above quoted, that the city s through l
the same influence, forced to purchase its supplies
If groceries from tie house OF Schneider & Zuber-
der, is in every way wholly untrae. a
We quote paragraph third of the article:
We ask in al candor whether the city of New
orleans is the private property of the Admiustra a
or OF Finance, or whether tie is servant of the =,
'eople paid $4,000 Per to look after the
'ltys finances. and manage them in a manner
o gentleman.
There is no saIsicle OF "candor" N this para
,raph, ner in the whole article. as business
man, Cto intelligent, enei getic, decisive saga.
ous and honorable colleague is well known in
and financial circles here and abroad
While his share in the management of the cIty's
lnances' has been onerous and ex tremely difficult
We all nave fhll confidence ii his Judgment and | {
kill as a fnancier qualities cultivated by the | d
OF extended business and a larpe
state, and proven By bis well earned success as b
'anher and merchant. His salary" is but a trife
Il comparison with the value Of his services to tfa
ublic, or with the eaiue Of his time taken fran
lis own business We bear most willing testimonv .
hat we have found the Administrator Of Finance |
Uniformly Jealous in maintaining the rights and
the best interests of the city.
The Hbelous article Continues il its fourth nara
raph follows:
We ask whether, on his mere pse dixit. he "a, (
ay VINO snail not pay their Just dues Wherh.r G
IS IL gal or Just for the licenses which tbrongI h
Us own neglect, were not collected at the tI1s II
hey became e1igibe can. be COMPROMISED at fffU @
ents upon the dollar? We woald tItber ironi-s 3
neither one Administrator, BIZ the mere "a COY - .
ersonal influence has the right in law or if con a.
clence TO overslaugh his coeag CUES and 10 haSe
latters ms own way nOleD5 yoleng
When the licenses for 1873 had become eyic;1l. =
he administrator of Finance sent notices tn tho
ehnquents to call in person, that they might he
laoe aware OF the enormous costs attending the :,
objection of licenses by suit at law In those cases
mere the delinquent did not possess stock in trade Il
hough to warrant the payment of so heavy T. y
cense as is imposed upon his calling there were ii
| Isolated cases, deductions made by the advice &
nd consent of all the Administrators "a n ,o