New Orleans Republican., 1875-12-29

ior special duty in the various
municipal police courts. as per
act No. l6 of 1875, provided the
said amount be deducted from
the Metropolitan Police appr0-
| ~ Piiduon ................... l4l6 81
ray Toll OF sanitary police off
GERS, as per act No. 16 of 1875,
provided the said amoant be de-
Quoted from the Metropolitan
Police appropriation. ........ 749 81
Total. ............. ....... $979l sc
;. Resotred, That the Administrator of Pub
iic Accounts warrant in favor of the police
Jury, right bank, parish of Jefferson, fol
Si9' oO, being one-third of the amount col
lected from the less es of the following fer
rles on the mississippi river, connecting
with said parish, viz:
Race street ferry, to January Q, 1876 $3l2 SC
houislana sian avenue ferry. to January
CarrolIton ferry, to January 5, 1876. 100 OG
| Aotai. ....................... 1892 SO
Provided. the said police Jury pay their pro.
| portion OF cost of advertising said ferries.
amounting to $40 50.
By Mr.. Pilsbury and read twice:
be 1t ordained, That the sum of $l4l9 IL
pe and is hereby allowed to the heirs of
John Slldell, payable out of the revenues
ol 1914 not otherwise appropriated, which
sum represent ts one-hslf the amount of taxes
Tor the years 1862 1868 and 1864 alleged 10
have been twice paid, and now settled by
compromise.
Petitions.
From residents on Chartres street, COM
planning of the Grand Central concert and
beer saloon as a nuisance, and asking
abatement of the same. C. A. SNYDER,
superintendent Southern Express Company,
for the improvement of Calliope strret. P.
Gallagher, lessee of Race street ferry, pro.
testing against granting skiff ferry privil-
eyes between Calliope street and McDon-
oughville. K. Baker. chief clerk Board of
Metropolitan Police Commissioners, stating
amount of expenditures for the year 1876,
determined upon By said board. Referred
to the committee of the whole.
From A. Sharp for replacing Claiborne
street canal, and for a reduction of assess.
ment G. P. Blanchard for reduction of
assessment. To the Administrator of
Assessments.
From Mary Porter and T. L. Preston to
transfer tomb lots in Carrollton cemetery.
To the Administrator of Police
Communication from Charles Carroll.
secretary Tenth Ward Property Holders
Union, with extract of minutes relative to
budget OF 1876, for the Department of I'm.
provement, received and filed.
Administrator Burke presented the fol.
lowing communication, which was read and
ordered spread on the minutes;
DEPARTMENT op IMPROVEMENTS
| December 28, 1875
To the Mayor and City Council of city of New
| Orleans
On the subject of reduction of the
budget allowance for the Department of
Improvements, permit me to say that these
| recommendations seem to be made without
any knowledge of the facts on the part OF
the originators. and are not caused by re
gard for the public interests.
Let US examine some of the facts bearing
upon the estimate tor this department, and
see if any candid citizen could properly re.
duce the figures.
In the Administrators office of the largest
department of the city government, $4,000
per year is sked tor the clerical work, and
$500 for stationery. blanks ETC., for the
entire department The expenditures for
these items during the past four years
averaged S9js5 81 per year.
| FOR BUREAU OF wHARvEs AND LANDINGS.
| $500.
An allowance ia made here to shell and
repair the steamboat landings between
| Poydras and Canal streets, and to provide
DECENT walkways to and from the levee.
Will the steamboat interests. radesmen on
| the levee and passengers who are com
PEELED TO wade through mud ankle deep
| from the wharves to the streets, consent to
| have this it EN- stricken out,
BUREAU OF DRAINAGE.
| The actual expenses of the four draining
machines for salaries and wages for the
past twelve months was $l3,8ii, and for
| fuel and supplies S2S,l5S 81; total of
| Sal ,002. Each machine is supplied with
one engineer and two fremen, and all fuel
| and materials have been purchased at the
| lowest cash price. The amount allowed for
the coming year is Si0,j00 Can you re-
| duce it in the face of the fact that at least
$4,000 repairs will have to be made to
these machines before the year expires, and
millions of property would be liable to
damage if either of the machines were dis
abled
The expenditures of the Bureau of Drain.
age for the past four years averaged
$3.50 092 10 per year from the budget, not
including any work done by the Mississippi
and Mexican Calf Canal Cnmpany.
BUREAU OF STREETS.
The appropriations for this bureau allows
| Sl3SS per month for salaries of officers, or
SIG 600 per year for the supervision of sec
miles OF streets, 2I,100 street crossings,
wings and bridges, and 1900 miles OF ban
Quettes. The records of the department
show that the expt nditures for like ser.
vices during the past four years averaged
$4,000 per year
For keepers of the twelve bridges over
the New canal and Bayou ST. John, $4,000
To reduce this expense it would be neces.
sary to discontinue the use of some bridges,
or place a different bridge at Magnolia
street. where four keepers are required.
For cart service $4,000 per year, which
barely admits of the employment of sutfi-
cient number of carts to remove the garb-
age from residences and the filth from the
streets, say 100000 loads per year, and
makes no provision for raising streets,
hauling ballast, shells, etc. The number
now employed is sixty-four, at g. 50 per
day for horse, cart and driver.
For labor on streets $llS,OOO per year, or
an allowance of one man to keep each four
miles of streets and eight miles of cutters
clean. Do you and the public not know
that it is physically impossible for such
force to preserve the sanitary conditions go
essential in our climate' Four hundred and
seventy two miles of our streets are dirt
streets, and after every severe rain have to
be regarded in order to render them pas
sable tor vehicles. The allowance made is
upon the basis of the present force, who are
active, diligent and worthy men, yet they
have not been able to regrade One-tenth of
the dirt streets rendered impossible by the
yet we see gentlemen gravely propose that
tha allowance of S206 600 for these four