New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-25
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY,, AUGUST 2s, 1876
CITY coUNtu-oFFIcIAI


CITY coUNcn-oFFICIAI
REGULAR MEETING. .
| CrrH HALL New ORLEANS, I
Tuesday, August a. 1873. }
The Council met this day at twelve
o'clock NJ. in regular session.
Presentation. Charles j. Leeds, Mayor
presiding, and Administrators Bertoli
Brown, Bouny, Burke, Landry. Mccarthy
and Pilsbury.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were approved and their reading dispensed
I with.
Csnmunications from the Mayor and
Administrators.
The Mayor laid before the Council the
| following communication which was re-
| ceived and rial:
MAYoRALrG OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, August ~ 1875.
| To the City Coupcl of New Orleans:
Ihave the honor TO report that in accord
ance with the advertisement of the homer.
able the Administrator OF WaterwoSks and
Public Buildinge, relative to the lease Of
with ordinances No. BIAS Aoministra-
ton Series, but one bid was re-
ceived and opened, which tailed to meet
the requirements Of the SAID ordinance, and
was therefore not proposal that could be
properly considered; Yet, bearing as it
does upon an important interest OF the city,
it is herewith transmitted as matter Of
information.
CHARLES J. LEEDS, Mayor.
BoARe OF COMMISSIONERS OF FHR AsYLrN1
New Orleans, Aug ut L. 1875 5
Eon. Charles J. Leeds, Mayor, and Council of
/. New Orleans:
The board of commissioners of the Fink
Asylum beg leave to submit enclosed their
quarterly statement showing in detail all
expenditures for the quarter ending July
81. 1875, amounting ito $lIl4 80, leaving
balance cash on hand $54l 81. Since last
report NO change took place in the number
GEORGE STROMEYER, Secretary.
Received, and accompanying statement
ordered to be fled.
The following communication vas re-
ceived and read:
DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS,
August "a, 1875.
To the Honorable Mayor and Administrators, City
Of New Orleans:
l nave I00 QOuUI IOpOEC UuAV D 0LCuSC-
boat has commenced the excavation OF
Nashville avenue canal, in accordance with
the Instructions Of the Council. This caLal
will be- dug to. the ridge, say three or four
SQUARES in the rear Of st. Charles street:
with the view of using esid canal as reser.
vOir, draining the eection in front of st.
Charles street by means Of smaller canals
thai will not materially injure the streets.
Notice has also been served upon tho COM
mo Srip I'D than Tn anH claou Oppf
the ten. foot canal on Nashville avenue, and
to open this. present ditch on Peters avenue
TO width Of ten feet.
The entire force OF the Sixth District has
been placed at work opening the cutters in
the rear of St. Charles street, on the princi-
pal streets Of the Sixth District:
E. A. BURKE, Administrator.
Financial a.a Other 1sassnsss On FisaI
Passage.
Mr.. Brown called up the ordinances de-
scribed as follows. which, having been read
twice, were nov on third reading, and they
passed unanimously, the yeas and nays
having been called on each, and ali the
members present at roll call voting:
An ordinance providing for the payment
of the several accounts therein named,
beginning chew Orleans Bulletin"
An ordinance appropriatiDg $l5s 90 for
the maintenance Of prisoners in the Seventh
District in the month of December, 1874.
So. Reporss Of -Cozamitteess
By Mr.. Landry and adopted:
Favorably, by resolution, on petition of
Thomas A: Enderle to erect rice mill; aud
Abel D'Estampes, to erect an. oven for
porcelain.
Mr.. Bouny reported .unfavorsbiy On the
petitions tor reductions OF assessments as
follows, viz E. Hayes, A. de Monasterio,
Mrs. C. Piffst, Laftte, Dailho & Co, agent
Of w. II. Aynar; William Ball. E. Turpin,
Thomas B. Lee, and Misses S. A. and L. N.
Turner, c. n. Welshans, +. Canet and John
Holmes g. Co.
Mr.. Burke reported on the many com
plants of citizens of the Sixth District
relative to- the distraction OF cutters, etc,
and called attention to ordinance No. 1896
series.
Ordlnanoee and Resolusiozts Offered.
By Mr.. Landry, and adopted; /
Resolution canceling the bond Of Thomas !
E. Burke, wharfnger, First District; grant
ing permission to Thomae A. Enderle to |
erect rice mill at the corner of Magazine |
and NOtre Dame streets; amending section |
two of ordinance No. 1888, Administration
series; permitting A. D'Estampes to erect |
an oven for porcelain.
By Mr.. Pilsbury, and read twice:
An ordinance providing for the exchange of |
bonds for premium bonds, and to regu-
late and carry ont the funding plan |
adopted by the Council. !
Be is ordained, That the Administrator
Of Finance be and is hereby directed to ex-
change all recognized bonds OF the CITY Of
New Orleans, also OF the late cities of Car
rOlltOn and Jefferson for premium bonds, in l.
with the plan adopted by the
Council and approved by the Mayor on the
twenty fifth day OF May, 1875. The said
premium bonds shsll be dated on the first
IF September, 1875, and bear interest at the
ate Of five per cent per. annum from the
'igned BY the commissioners of the console
lated debt; and be countersigned when is
'ued by such parties as the Council may
select for that purpose.
Be it further ordained, That on all bonds
unded or hereafter TO be funded under this
ordinance the interest adjustment shall
late from the first day of July, 1876, after
which period the interest thereon shall
Be it further ord aimed. That perm anent
committee of six shall be appointed to re.
resent the bohdkolders in all matters
ouching their interests under and in this
Cdinsnce. They and their successors shall
It all times have FREQ accees to the records
i the consolidated debt and may exercise |