New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-14


BURYING INDECENT DEAD.
Subsidiaries ......... $1,000 90
General service. .S1 ~
Total Sl,os7 70
IS'3-Sa!arles ................. Si,-uo w
Genera! service ..... - 80
Aotdl ...... ...........'. s';"'' ~
PARISH PRISON.
1872 General expenses. ........ 500 50
lS13-Geneyal expenses. ......... 10" w
LIGHTING TIE CIV.
lS73-Cost of. ..................!j 81 ,l3. 90
The total expenditures for ls.: were
S334, s0S 45. against S40i,397 3, for lSI3-a
difference in favor of his administration Of
S6o. ,5SS 90. The total earnings ID 1913 we've
Sal .544 "a, and in 1872 S4t.795 IA differ.
euce in favor of 49,: of $3.50 5o-leav!ng
the net result OF economy ia thi. depart
ment for one year SCI 1913 :0a cum more
than ten times his salary. an! more than
xix times the salaries OF ilr department:
proper. including his Own. The facts pre-.
sentrd in the report show tina. The atial.. "f
this department have beeu conducted with
strc. regard 20 the hes: Interests y: the
city.
iVaierw0rks nni Public buildings.
Hon. Charles Eitzenreiter, Administrator
Of Waterworks and Public Buildings. re
ports the total expenditures IN his depart
ment for the wear 49,: at 2l3:..3.. against
$500, 500, the total for !S72-a saving OF
$70l73. The expenditures fer the Water.
works in 1873 amounted 10 s!9.ts6. against
S9iI26 in 1872. The salaries and office ex.
penses which, in 1872. we're 5000, have
been reduced 70 Si563. The Insane Asylum
cost in 1873 $l909l, against $I4.7l3 in 1872.
Repairs of markethOuses cost SoS.i IN 1872
and $4645 in 1873. The repairs of public
buildings. etc, cost in 1872 S32.37i, and IN
1873 $685. A similar reduction Is shown in
other items, amounting, as above stated, to a
sum equivaentto three per cent on S2,33t9..
100 The collections and water rents. etc, for
1873 were Sl5l, 1876. On hand are large
quantities OF materials hough. chiefly in
1873, including nearly COCO barrels OF coal
and $40 feet of iron pipe. During :le year
1873 stop cocks were repaired. the amount OF
labor on the same being 24l days. and the
paving required ga square yards. III"
number of leaks repaired was lo.. the labor
being SIC days and the paving .'.6 square
yards. New extension pipes were LAID 90
the amount Of 1901 feet. FIRE plugs repaired
numbered !i9, at q cos: 81 3st days la boz
and 523 yards OF paving. Thirteen new :i"e
hydrants have been placed. ai!I as many
new fire wells constructed.
MIR. Fitzenreiter in tho cpeE.ngt: his 70.
port remarks:
1T is scarcely necessary 20 repor: o.. Che
condition o: the waterwoIks at the time vi
my induction into office, in December. "a. =
it being city property, j. would have been
remarkable had il been III good condition.
Nv predecessor, as bis predecessor had done
before him. reported the works III \ d!lap;.
dated condition, and l presume my success.
sor sill do the same. Works fort: years
old and antiGuated IL many matters. VIII
always require largs repairs and constant
attention to keep them IN good order. AZ 'ha
prest ne time can report the works III gooG
order. fully justtying 'he labor and m"ney
expended Oh them during the past year..
The report closes as follows:
"in repairs 20 all public building. .can
show less mon.. speat III 1873 than IN Vs..
and do not hesitate to say !ha: we have
done fully 20 innch IN the past yea: - II,
the other. Hoping that :he management .:
this department meets with you" an! the
public's approval. DC. leave :" close witt.
the stateMen. that every dollar expended:
under my direction has beer consc;en;i'isiv
disposed -: to TIE c::'s advantage .i.. IN
terrst."
You will fo:bt!as, ccr"i:- in ms Or.o.,l
that the :orego!n. facts sh"'v tnat III. .i.,-
partner. has been administered with :i.:...
ity. industry AID economy.
Commerce..
Hon. l.. u. Turnouli. Aminis':i..c q:
Comm. rec. has submitted detailed state
inents Of The operations. recti.'s anc
expenditures of his department. The Lead
ing facts and results are pv. scented III has
condensed icvoG: rs follows:
VgIARrsRST o- CosnvH.x,;
December u. 1913.
Hon. Louis 4. ".'.s. Mayor .: New Orleans:
10y.
lowing CONDENSED: repc.. ct the operations
Of this department. during III, nern.! hc-
ginning January and ending Decen.ber:i.
1873. showing the receipts and expenditures
%. the department G,r!n. Che yeas Is COM.
pared with those OF 49,:
RECEIPTS.
Receipts from: monthly sa.es q:
market revenues duF.n. the
year !SI....... ........s -ti".' ~
Eece!yts!"r:n. the year ic.:'.... .@".o.'S oo
Net ;ncrea.. in 1873. si.;.S 30
Receipts from wharfage amt lew"
dues collected during the year
1885,. p. .''.'.S -
Amour. charged Mississippi Val.
ley Transportation Company
a. per contract. ........ 800 ~
Totaf:. ...... ...... so ..
Receipts from wharfage ana e'e:
dues collected during the year
!S1. $780, o., !!
Net decrease in lS..'........ SO, .9 ~
The falling OF III the revenues sroic
and !evee dues is attributable I"
the withdrawal o.: the Morgan line OF steam.
er.. from which was collected the sum o. ,
Sl4,47S 8: in the gear 1872. and the de.
creased amount Of tonnage arriving at tins !
port in 1879, Us - slu"u IN :hc following |
statement:
Aisvai.~'6:'. Number. tonnage. |