The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-18
CITY COUNCIL.

was held at noon yesterday, Hon. g, !. Leedsl
Mayor, in the chair, and all the Administra.
tors present "a
Administrator Landry moved that the bids
for the lease of the wharves be opened, o.
provided in the published call. The motion
prevailed.
There were two, one from Peter Markey
proposing to carry out the terms Of the ordi
nance authorizing the le1se, provided they
were given to him for tie tsfm Of two year
and seven months, and to- build all nev
wharves, as provided in the ordinance, q
$22 so per squares ~--,
The bid Of Henry Ellerman, proposing Z
lease the wharves for period OF four years, ant
to build the whArves required by the City
Council in other than the First, Second, Thiri
and Fourth Districts for $40 per square, and
further proposing, if it should meet the
views of the Council, to continue the lease to-
two years or more, to make all the repairs
pay all the expenses for police lights ant
other necessary expenses in connection viii
wharves and levees, not to exceed thirty
thousand dollars per year to make reduction
Of fifty per cent in wharfage dues, and t.
deliver the wharves in good condition at thu
expiration of the lease. t
| While Administrator Landry was reading
the bids Deputy Sheriff Scott entered and
served the following on the Mayor and each
| Administrator:
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Superior District Court for the Parish /
of Orleans.
G. L. Van Houten vs.. City of New Orleans
To: You are hereby eDjoined and re-
strained in the name of the State of Louisi
ana and of the Superior District Court for the
parish of Orleans from carrying out and en-
forcing ordinance No. 1921, and for attempt
ing, in any manner. to sell the lease Of M
wharves and landings mentioned in the petit.
ton on file herein; and you are 90 enjoined
until further orders of this court
Administrator Landry moved, in view d
the injunction, the reference Of the bifa te
the Committee of the Whole. Carried.
Administrator Burke then submitted q re-
port of the City Surveyor on the wharves, in
which it was set down that one hundred thou
sand dollars year was sufficient to keep the
wharves in repair and build necessary new
ones.
Administrator Burke moved the reference
of the report to the Committee Of the Whole
with instructions to report, and on this mo.
ton he spoke at great length, and against the
action of the other members of the Council in
passing the ordinance providing for the lease
Of the wharyes. He submitted q comparative
Sldtemcul VI tu0 IoVouucS ClcdI0u Wy eAo OAey
in times past, under the manageme nt OF the
city and under the rent system. The former
was much the largest.
The motion to refer prevailed.
The City Attorney, through Mr.. Landry,
reported on the communication of Mr.. Geo.
Hebert, in reference to Thompson of Algiers,
that Thompson had been guilty Of extortion
and oppression, and he recommended that
the fine, if it had been paid into the treasury,
be refunded to MIR. Hebert.
The report was referred to committee,
composed of the Mayor and Administrators Of
Police and Finance.
A communication was received from the
Superintendent of Police calling the atten-
ton of the Council to the fact that there was
no ordinance compelling public hacks and
carriages to have lamps at night
It was referred to the Administrator of Po-
lice, with instructions to prepare and report
an ordinance of the kind.
Several communications of no interest
were received and referred, and the Council
adjourned.