New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-04


evailing now been reached, and the
Auently progress more ran
road en- as been asked nor can any b,
Gent to s'ate to this company, and
ich the effort has been made to
railroad the parishes through whicl
obliga.s One or two paris hes b
,tioned, subscribed literally to the
ompany. The completion of
now be. terminus below the falls O
deemed would open up deep water an,
,yers O nuuication between New Or]
iditv O iexas Pacific Railroad all
,mpan.d, and would be of incalculab
t. 10 city and State. l have 81
,ber nee IN the early completion of I
renr ne present running terminus of
nteree cans, Mobile and Texas railri
Star aldsonville, but the road has b
nd tei some ten miles further, p
mpa,' yo' Goula. If a road we're Cd
o ev 'm nis point to connect with the
% ans md Texas railroad at Alexa'e
Of ooien Of direct railroad copp.fh
of orthen Texas would be measuraI
90 any 'ompany or com bination "a
mr. les cold be formed to comp.et,d
,onnecon between New Orle.he
n .e1as 'acitic, l feel sure that Sc,
/ while itnay not be disposed to ny
ar; lew moey subsidies, would not tat
4. sar to a roperly presented re d ne MS
in Ter to sub companies the grant 600
"a acres Q public land. originate
for theexpress purpose of <
r railroad from New Orleans texas
!, Pacific. Much the greater part ,and
! thus grated lies between Donville
and Shreport. The value Of tnds,
as l havelready said, will, in gears,
nearly quite repay the cost o,ruct-
ing the nj.
FANcEs OF NEW oRLR
The facial condition of ty Of
New Orles is such as TO rend.e leg
isiative aAn imperatively necT. The
present CT administrators, ass ! am
able to ju, appear to have red to
the best ofeir ability to est. ecoa-
omy in different departm of the
governmenbut notwithstaf they
have very yely reduced cultures,
the financisnbarrassmenn the city
have increas had hoped 5he Gen
eral Assemb,omprising as Is many
gentlemen th,ghly converEith city
affaire, and awho have helponsible
positions in city governt would
have been aat it's last sn to in.
augurate somtctive messu city re-
form. If durisour presenssion you
can devise anbper mean oting the
city out of it's errassments .equaliz
ing and relievlhe burdens Tlxation
l will co-operaith you to Hull ex
tent of my pow \
| A popular OPT seems to e At tn.
interests of taxpayers wulee ad
vanced if unlimiAower of in,urg an,
controlling expelres we're vest.n til,
municipal corpou. However rrec
this idea may apIin theory, thetor,
of our chief citie.m New Yorowr
ward, does not pcally justify, al
sumption. Ordina city COUNCILLOR
the very circumses which sum
their election, are, amenable n
people at large thaembers of the,
eral Assembly. trusted with, r,
stricted powers Of ,tion and exd
lures, they often tinG temptation !.
those powers Tor pell purposes Il
detriment of the lie interest
strong to be resistedhe heavy 10
improvidently incurrebt which in
beers nearly all cur entities would
to indicate that the pren of honest
economical municipal eminent hs
yet been solved in th,untry, and
the solution certainly not lie
increase OF the debt incng and t,
sessing powers now posed BY IN
palities.
In this connection l anpelled to
q recent movement in CITY of
Orleans to which msn!orthy ci
have lent their names, t. withou
consideration, which SEEK divert
ton from the real causes he emba
ments of the city by en- ack upo
taxes levied for school antlice pur
l do not think this moven is hon
purpose or justified by fact The re
ject of many of the origina appea
me to be to revive under thlausible
the old tax resisting agitatiwhich
past has inflicted go much ,ry up,
law abiding taxpayers of tcity, a
which in itself is attributak very
proportion of the city's diffises.
For many years past the aal exl
of the city have exceeded annu
come. This lmprovidence expen
has not been confined to an,e DO
party. l believe am corr In 8
that the existing city charteas d
by citizens. not in any msr idel
with the dominant party in Sta
the express purpose of remo> fro
control of city affairs Countlect,
the people, and not belonging the
nant party whose extravas OK
lures had brought the city to- vel
bankruptcy even at that time
1t was hoped the new syn i,
rated would prove mt ei
and economical form Of rerr
The expectations bas sd ugtthe
3 charter have not been realized.ur
ellis have held Office since itsop
ls70-one appointed and three to
8 belonging to one political partyo
8 | o4har Thu result haa been T..