New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-20
Department Of Public Accounts, approved,

| HZC.
T. 8. Hsrdee, for cash advanced for car
rage hire during the threatened overflow,
Grand total. 1892 81.
| By Mr.. Landry and read twice:
An ordinance providing the manner in
| which certain past due indebtedness of
the city may be received in payment of
back taxes.
WHEREAS, 1t has become necessary to
provide the means required to retire the
outstanding floating oblig atoms OF the city;
| and
Whereas, The back taxes, now due the
city, are more than sufficient in amount to
meet said obligations.
Be it ordained by the Council of the city
of New Orleans That from and after the
| passage OF this ordinance payments of city
taxes from 1860 to 1874, inclusive, may be
| made as follows:
Taxes of 1860 to 1871, inclusive, in scrip
and interest coupons, stamped "half paid"
Interest and costs advanced by the city re-
| mitted.
Tax Of 1873. fifty cents in cash, 81 so in
| interest coupons stamped half paid" 81
in scrip; and for interest and costs advanced
BY the city, one half in cash and one-half in
half paid interest coupons.
Tax of 1874, 81 IS in cash, and seventy.
| five cents, with accrued interest and coste
advanced by the city in ordinances of 1874,
from Nos. $3.50 to 2697, inclusive.
Be it further ordained, etc., That the
provisions of this ordinance shall. not oper-
ate to the benefit, or be taken advantage of
by any one who has not paid his city tax
for 1875
Be it further ordained. etc, That the
word scrip, as used in this ordinance, is
meant unpaid ordinances, registered judg
ments and transfers Of same appropriation
and five-eights tax excess certificates, Me-
tropolitan Police, criminal jury, coroners'
and tax warrants.
Be it further ordained, etc., That this or
dinanoe shall be repeslable at the pleasure
of the Council.
The aforementioned petitions and COM
munications, presented by the Mayor, were
referred as stated:
From j. Kullmau, complaining against
keeping stable at No. 800 Magazine street
as q nuisance, and asking the abatement of
the same. To the Administrator of Police.
From James B. Guthrie, for reimburse
ment of drainage tax paid in error. To the
Administrator of Public Accounts.
From G. Casauave, for raising Bourbon
street in front of his promises; residents on
Leontine and Valmont streets, for the open
ing of cutters on said streets from Maya
zine to st. Charles street. To the Admins
TRAITOR of Improvements.
From Barney Themene, for permission to
erect coffee stand near Canal street and
the levee; II. Escansgwell, to erect soda
fountain corner of Canal and Basin streets.
| To the Administrator of Commerce.
The following report of the City Survey.
or, through Administrator Burke, was read
and referred to the committee of the whole
| SURVEYORS opplcR,
| New Orleans, October l9, 1875. )
| To the City Council Of New Orleans
| A question of very considerable impor-
lance to the interests of the city as well as
to the drainage taxpayers, has now pre-
scented itself in connection with the prOsecu
! ton of the work by the Mississippi and
Mexican Gulf Ship Canal Company, and
avail myself of the opportunity to lay be-
fore your honorable body. such facts and
| suggestions bearing on the case as may
enable you to determine what course in re-
lation thereto it may be advisable to adopt.
| There are two large dredgeboats now
about completing their work on the Upper
Line protection levee and it's contiguous
canals, and under the law as recognized
| these boats must soon be provided with
1
| area.
The necessary number of boats are pro.
| crossing with all the work required on the
lower line protection levee and canal in the
Third District, and the only place, there
fore, where the two dredgeboats alluded to
| can be supplied with work suitable to their
| capacities is on the lake shore revetment
levee. There is about one half mile of this
lake shore levee completed On the line
as previously located by my predecessor, Mr..
w. ii. Bell, and four miles more yet to be
completed. propose to change the
| location OF the remainder of the line. and
| to SO modify the dimensions of the embank
ment, as at present designed, that on the
four remaining miles at least 100000 can
be saved in the construction of the work,
| and at the same time no material alteration
to be made in the general results contom.
plated to be obtained.
The present levee is located out in the
lake, several hundred yards beyond the
shore line, and owing to subjected exposure
the outer surface or slvpe of the embank-
ment is obliged to be protected with a re-
| vetment OF wood or stone, for preservation
| against wear and tear from the waves of
| the lake.
On the proposed interior line, as desig.
mated upon the accompanying map, the ex.
posture OF the levee to abrasion from waves
will be comparatively little, requiring there
| for, for the present at least, no outside
protecting revetment; and, moreover,
the base of the embankment will be
| on ground several feet higher than the
foundation of the present exterior levee.
This saving in height, together with the
| proposed notifications in the cross sec
tons or top width, will reduce the cubic
contents per running foot to about
| one.half what it is on the outer line.
In other words, the present or exterior line
| contains an average of about 2l5 900 cubic
yards per mile at cost, according to con-
tract, Of $2l5, 000 and the proposed interior
one will contain only about 100000 cubic
yards at cost of 500 900 per mile, making
q saving on the four miles remaining to be
built of $500 900. This amount for earth
work is paid for in drainage warrants, and
will be equal TO saving to the drainage
taxpayers to that extent in the more provi-
dent application of their funds. The cost
of the wooden revetment on the half mile
of completed lake shore levee has been at
the rate of about $3.50, 900 per mile, and for
the remaining four miles would aggregate
100000. This amount for revetment has
to be paid directly out of the city treasury, =.
and the saving of the required amount
would, of course, be saving to the general
taxpayer.
1t would be useless to commence the