The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-29

on the petition of Christian Muller for per
mission to erect blacksmith shop; and favor
ably on the petition Of the Southern Boat
Club tor permission to erect boat-house al
the foot OF Delachaise street.
By resolution, the Administrator of Water
Works and Public Buildings was authoriz I'd
and instructed to rent suitable office for the
Coroner Of the First, Fourth and Sixth Dis.
tricts.
Several ordinances of a financial nature
were introduced and laid over under the
rules.
number of petitions and communications
were received and appropriately referred.
Among the number was one from the prop-
erty holders of the Fourth Drainage District
bearing over six hundred signatures. II rep
resented that the Fourth Drainage District
was established by an ordinance Of the City
Council, under date of February Z, 1872, and
| request that the said ordinance be repealed,
and that the collection of the drainage tax in
this district be suspended.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
One from physicians, praying the Council
to have the use of disinfectants in the Second
District discontinued.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Administrator Burke read the following re-
port, which was approved:
DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS. !
New Orleans, Sept. %, 1875.
To the Hon. Mayor and Administrators
Gentlemen-The water from the lake began
to rise Friday afternoon, and by Sunday night
the water had reached the storm level of 1887,
and lacked inches of the storm level of
1871. which is the highest water reached.
The rising water was accompanied with an
extraordinary rainfall from Saturday noon
until Sunday morning. The rain in some
districts reached seven inches, and the aver
age rainfall throughout the city was six
inches
The draining machines had lowered the
water in the canals prior to the rain, and were
promptly placed at work at o'clock P. NJ
Saturday, and have since been worked at
their full capacity, night and day, with full
relief Of employees
The fall of water was so great that it would
require at least fifty hours steady working for
the draining machines to remove the water: |
in view of the fact that the high |
water from the lake backed up in the tail |
races to the disadvantage of the machines.
In the Sixth District the area embraced be- |
tween the river and the Claiborne Canal is |
about 140 millions square feet; estimated at |
The basis of six inches rainfall this area re-
,eived 70 millions cubic feet of water, or 525 |
Millions of gallons throughout the different dis
AASeos
'ome sections the gardens of citizens were
more or less damaged, and great inconven-
ence was caused to pedestrians.
The effect of the high water and the heavy
aims upon the levees in the rear of the city
,aused considerable apprehension ON Sunday
Vatchmen had been placed along the weak
POINTS, and arrangements made for prompt
epairs; and, after consultation with Col
1ardee and assistants, it was determined that
he danger to the New Canal levee was so
reat as to demand immediate attention. A
orce of about one hundred and fifty
nen were placed at work on Sunday night;
he weakest points were secured, and Assist
Mt City Surveyor Brown is now engaged
nth force of fifteen men in thoroughly
this levee. There was no time
Or consultation with the Council in this
Emergency, and we have taken such steps for
be protection of life and property, as the |
ne danger seemed to demand, and ask the
pproval of the Council +
Several breaks occurred in the lower levees, j
nd they were promptly repaired by Supt +,
Wells force of the Third District
The Council adjourned. i