New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-19

city CRDiNANCES---0FEIClAL,
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
MAfoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall lima IA 1875

| NATIONALITY OF NEW ORLEANS, I
! City Hall, June l8, 1875. s
| mo. 3i5S Standardization Series
! WHEREAS, Under ordinance No. 1863,
| Administration series, adopted April IA,
| 1874, Joseph Raymond has constructed a
| market house on the neutral ground of
| Washington avenue, facing St. Claude
| street, in the Third District this city, and
| Whereas. According to plan. there is
| a large iron tank upon the top of said mar
ket house, constructed for the purpose of
| atording supply Of water for fires, and
Whereas, Since the completion of the
| structure the tank has been filled with
| water. and it is found that the leakage is
very considerable. produced in a great
measure. if not wholly. by, sweating pro-
| cess. as it il termed, and thus rendering the
| market below disacreeable for the occu-
| pants, and with the prospect if continued
| 1t may be permantn. disadvantage to the
! premises. and
| Whereas. The location Of the tank upon
| said market house WAS made as an expert
| Inc n, with the expectation that it could be
| filed from the xaterwo.ks pipes. and it has
| been proven by test that this can not be
accomplished, AMI moreover, the city would
| incur q considerable expense every time
| said tank was exhausted, by having to
| hire engine. t. pump water into it: there
fore. be it
Resolved By tie City Council of New
Orleans, That the Mayor be hereby author.
ICED and required :" enter into notarial
! contract with said Joseph Raymond, where
Dv the following st!puiations and agree
MPnt shall be carrie! out. viz:
Said Raymond shal. agree TO keep both
| the market house. together with the tank.
in good order and repair, at his own ex
pense, during the whole term OF his posses
sion, provided tina. he shall not be CON-
PEELED to carry laore than three feet of
water in said tank At tiue, and whenever
any water shall! be required in said tank, it
shall be placed there at the expense of the
city; but IN case az any time the tank is
deemed nuisance. in the joint opinion of
the City Surveyor and the Administrator of
Waterworks and Public Buildings. then the
SAID Joseph Raymond shall be allowed the
right to take said tank down. And said
Joseph Raymond shalt BE allowed, in lieu
OF said tank thus taken down, to place upon
the top of said market house either suit
able roof or a room TO answer the purpose
of public hail. said improvement to be
made according TO plan which shall re-
cei"e the sanction and approval OF the City
Surveyor and the Administrator Of Water.
works and Public Buildings. Said hall. if
pat up instead q: roof. shall! torn and be /
considered a part Of said market house, and
the whole shall revert TO the possession of
he city at the end ot3the time specifed in
ordinance No. 1853. Administration SERIES
And moreover said markethouse. with
root as aforesaid. or halt above, shall be
kept in good order and repair by said Jo-
seph Raymond, and within ninety days be.
fore the expiration Of the lease said Ray
mond shall be compelled to place the whole
structure IN good order, 80 as it will re-
quire no immediate repairs when it passes
into the possession of the city. And moth
ing herein shall be construed as annulling
or avoiding ordinance No. 1863, Admins
tration series. except so far as the provi-
slons Of these resolutions are inconsistent
with the aforesaid ordinance.
Adopted by the Council of the city OF
New Orleans, June IL, 1875.
CHARLES j. LEEDS, Mayor.
a true copy:
J. d. HARDY. Secretary.