New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-02

operate in the reduction of the number O
lsbOrers now employed by tho city, or fai
to provide hereafter the means Of payin
such laborers a. are absolutely necesssr,
to the care and protection of our streets
our public buildings, whsrves and land
ings.
While 1 recognize and appreciate the i'm
| pOrtance of an economical administration
| of our trusts as Administrators, still car
| not ignore the hundreds of our suffering
poor whose sole means of subsistence il
derived from public employment.
If this avenue be closed. where else cal
they look for even q efficiency of food fo
themselves and their families9 They Cal
not obtain labor in the country parishes
and surely we can not wish them to leave
the State. 1t would be better policy t.
offer inducements for others to come.
That there is already much suffering VIZ
know, and the constantly increasing mum
Der of applicants who daily throng this
building is conclusive proof Of a condition
of want that appeals strongly to our sym
patbies.
l believe that these unemployed but
willing laborers have q claim upon our
consideration, and that it would be q wise
and humane policy to provide for them
such employment as will secure them
against absolute want.
l am in favor of opening and widening
every channel of labor, and am sure thie
Council will have the hearty approval of
our citizens in whatever it may do in the
direction of preventing 60 many of our
poor becoming objects of private charity.
On the adoption of the ordinance l vote
no.
Mr.. Pilsbury's explanation:
;v,T CO.. Of <ho oIo OT %la
port of the Administrator of Accounts re-
ducine the budget expenses for the follow
ing reasons:
That the amount of reduction is absolute
ly necessary to keep the expenditures with
in the receipts.
That any increase in indebtedness is posi-
lively forbidden by the constitu tional
amendment, aud such increase would be
wholly illegal and void.
That Justice to our creditors, laborers and
employees demand of us that we should not
use their services and supplies without ade-
Quate cash compensation, and that the ex-
cess of expenditure would force them 70
sell their claims and time on the street at q
ruinously low rate, since no provision what
ever could be made for the payment of their
just demands.
Ordinances and Resolutions offered.
By Mr.. Landry, and adopted:
Resolu ion granting permission to Peter
McGinn to remove his blacksmith shsp to
No 4s3 TchOupitoulas street.
BY Mr.. Pilsbury, and adopted:
An ordinance to provide for the reduc-
ton of tax judgments in certain cases.
BY Mr.. Landry, acting Administrator Of
Public Accounts, and read twice:
An ordinance making appropriations tor
charitable Institutions for the month of
July, 1876.
Be it ordained by the Council of the city
Of New Orleans, That the Administrator OF
Public Accounts warrant on the Admins
traitor of Finance in favor of the following
institutions for the sums respectively set
for charity for the month of July. 1876,
in conformity with article ZIG, Revised City
Laws and Ordinances:
st. Mary's Catholic Orphan Boys Asy-
lum Chartres, between Mazant and French
streets, 1886 inmates, $500 SO.
St. Vincent's Home, No. 81 Bienville
street. lis inmates, Sl37 Sc.
St. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum,
Race, corner Magazine street, 1893 inmates,
1922 Is.
St. Elizabeth's Asylum, Napoleon avenue,
UoGWc6u 1OIIlcE d0U ~ t0Al0 otAOCt, AfO
inmates, $l63 80.
Female Asylum of the Immaculate Con-
ceptlon. No. 81 Rampant, corner Elmira
street, los inmates, 1922 so.
Mount Carmel Asylum, No. So Piety,
between Dauphine and Royal streets, lis
inmates, $l34 Is.
New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum,
Clio, between Camp and Prytania streets,
lao inmates, $l63 80.
Protestant Episcopal Children's Home,
jackson, between Chippewa and st. Thomas
streets, thirty-six inmates, S42.
Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans,
jackson. corner Chippewa street, l06 in
mates, 1923 Go.
Orphans Home, Seventh street, between
Magazine and Constance streets, lab in
mates. $l66 SO.
St. Anna Asylum, corner of Prytania and
st. Mary Streets ninety-four inmates.
$IO9 &C.
Louisiana Asylum, corner of Tonti and
Hospital streets, twenty-five inmates, 500 Is.
Asylum of the Little Sisters of the Poor,
Laharpe. between johnson and Prieur
streets, l39 inmates, 1852 Is.
Convent Of the Good Shepherd, Bien-
vile, between Broad and DOlhOnde streets,
267 inmates. $3ll 80.
German Protestant Orphan Asylum,
State, between Camp and
Chestnut streets, ninety-seven inmates,
$ll3 l6.
St. Joseph's German Boys and Girls Asy-
lum, corner of Josephine and Laurel streets,
200 inmates. S236 50.
St. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum.
Race. corner Magazine street, for wet
nurses, 5000.
st. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum,
Race, corner Magazine street, for forage,
ETC., So.
Ladies of Providence, corner of Espla-
made and Miro streets, fifteen inmates,
$l7 80.
Asylum for Destitute Orphan Boys, St.
Charles. between Dufossat and Bellecastle
streets, seventy eight inmates, $9l.
Louisiana Retreat for Insane, corner of
Nashville avenue and Magazine streets,
thirty -seven inmates, SAB l6.
Total, $3065 SO.
An ordinance providing for the payment OF
the several accounts therein named.
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
priatiOns be and are hereby made, and that
the Administrator OF Public Account war.
rant on the Administrator of Finance in
payment of the same, whenever there shall
be money in the city treasury to the credit
Of the appropriate fund for each account
and not otherwise appropriated:
z. M. Pike, for 100000 feet lumber $25S5 90
Ocean saw mills, for ll5,5l9 feet
lumber. w ..... 1888 l9
Ocean saw mills, for $3.50 feet
lumber. ...... .......... 1912 s.
Total .$5036 O4
Northumberland. Etc.
From D. F. Williams, for permission to
erect blacksmith shop on Washington
street, near Rousseau, and Jean Ray, lessee
Of the Vegetable Market. relative to levee
dues on skiffs landing opposite the French
Market. To the Administrator of Com
nerce.
Administrator Landry presented the fol-