New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-12

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Wages. 49, 49, 70 W
Material. -i;JoO u
In addition to the above. bonds were
issued as follows:
Street improvement bonds. 800 Sc
Wharf improvement bonds. ..... 10, 927 SO
New consolidated bonds IN tne
Bureau of Drainage. Canals and
LeVees.. ........'.......'. '-7,'o' oo
Total bonds issued. SIS, 474 u
Making with expenditures from the budget,
grand total of $425, POP 43. against Sl37.-
59S % for the first six months of 1873, and
against SS02,74 IS for the first six months
OF 1872
In q report accompanying the tabular
statement, after noting the reduction of
expenditure above, and referring to the
financial difficulties of the early part of the
year. and to the overflow with which the
city was seriously threatened in March and
April, he remarks:
The amount total for material required
for the work Of the various bureaus in 1874
was S75,277 49,. | venture to say that $780,
600 in cash would have more than covered
that outlay where purchases had to be
made on the basis OF the city's credit at a
discount OF from thirty to fifty per cent"
The excess of budget expenditure on
streets ($l94,3 over the same for the cor
responding period in 1873 ($l59,9l7) is ac
counted for in part By this increased cost
of material, and in part by the annexation
of Carrollton, the bureau taking control
April l.
THE budget Of wharves and landings
was established on the reduction basis at
s74,6lG for the present year. The expen-
ditures, however. reached. up to June 80.
$S6,71G II, outside OF $l9,927 so, issue Of
wharf bonds for material and contract
work. The reasons for this heavy outlay
are so well known to every resident and
taxpayer that it is unnecessary here to en-
ter into argument on that account. Every
dollar spent saved thousands in value of
property and lives"
The Administrator refers to the damaged
condition of many wharves, and the forma-
ton Of ponds inside of the levees. These
wharves should be repaired, the ponds filed
up, and the river front made ready for the
coming business season, requiring a con-
siderable force Of mechanics and Iaborers,
and material for construction. He recon-
mends that means be provided for this pur-
pose.
"The workings Of the Bureau Of Drainage
for canals and excavations we're numerous.
Carpenters building bridges along the lake
shore from Upperline canal to Peoples
avenue, Third District; also, bridge at
North line street and Upperline canal,
bridges on Metairie road at Carrollton
avenue and New canal, bulkheading in
Hoys' canal, culvert and railing on North
Line street, dam in UpperiIne canal and
Fourteenth street.
Numerous bridges over the draining
canals have been repaired, and in many
eases entirely rebuilt. The laborers were
employed to repair the protection levees in
rear of the First, Second, Third, Fourth
81, h,,4r ,o+r
tenth and Seventeenth streets. and Or
leans road. At present, carpenters are
building bridge and dam az Dublin avenue
machine, and culverts on Claiborne street,
the laborers working on the levees. Elk
penses from the budget, SIS, 693 81, against
$l07,7 - for six months in 1873.
Heavy rains, and the high stage of the
river, have caused large expenditures for
fuel and repairs to draining machines.
"The machinery and boilers are mostly
old and worn out, and constantly in need
their fitness for work, until the city shall
become able to replace the present with
new and more effective machinery"
There were issued to the Mississippi and
Mexican Gulf Ship Canal Company, under
act of the Legislature. certificates of exca-
walton of 254 ,S95 cubic yards, at fifty cents
per yard, on account. sly .4H 80, and GER
tlncates OF hillng or 14I .002 cuolc yar0s, al
thirty-seven and half cents per yard,
So, 33l 81, and for extra grading, $44,779 Il,
making, in all, 1927, $40 "a.
Assessment.
;, From the Department of Assessment,
hon: Il: F. Sturken, Administrator, have
received statement of disbursements for
salaries and csntingent expenses for the
PERIOD under review. The amount appro-
priateo LOT salaries was SIG, 434 so, and for
contingent expenses, $ll44 10. Total ex-
pense OF the department, SIT ,578 60, against
$7,el6 6o for the corresponding period last
year, and 81 ,735 in 1872.
Mayoralty.
In my department the amount appropri-
ated for salaries was $3.50, and for Office