The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-12
FINANCIAL BUSINESS.

| FINANCIAL BUSINESS.
Administrator Brown offered severa
ordinances Tor the third reading, appro
prlatlng money for the payment oil
certain bills, which was finally passed
Amongst the items are the following
Monthly allowance to charitable insti-
lutlons. orphan asylums, etc, fol
March, $3065 50; Water Works and pub
lie buildings, 1890 %: Police Depart.
lnent 5000 43 improvements. $s2S9 80
Firemen's Charitable Association, New
Orleans. for March, ST., $50 81; Fire
mems Charitable Association, Fifth
District, 800, Firemen's Charitable
Association, Sixth District, 1880; Fire
mems Charitable Association, Seventh
District. $3.50 Jefferson City Gaslight
Company, $2G71 30; Thomas Pickles,
for street oil lamps, $27O4 o5. Total ap,
preparations passed, $37, 7I5 OF.
Administrator Burke then submitted
the following on behalf of Major Har-
dee, city surveyor, which was submitted
To the Committee OF the Whole:
DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS.
New Orleans. April =. 1876.
Col II. s. Hardee City Surveyor:
Dear Sr-The unusual height OF lake
water admonishes us that danger Is to
be apprehended in case we should be
visited with q gale while the high water
continues.
In this connection permit me to ask
your opinion as to how far the high
water from the lake is caused by the
water from the Bonnet Care crevasse
and high easterly or northeasterly
winds. which impede the discharge OF
water through the Rigolets.
Since March "a the lake water re-
mains about two feet higher than the
usual stage; is not this fact sufficient to
Justify apprehensions that q severe east
erly or northeasterly gale would greatly
endanger the rear Of the city?
In this connection you will please as
sign all the force of your office to the
duty OF making a careful survey of all
the rear levees, and oblige me with o re-
port as to what work is necessary for
raising or strengthening the levees in
order to fully guard against overflow.
Respectfully. T.. A. BURKE,
Administrator
The answer to Mayor Burke by the
Jity Surveyor will be found in another
The annexed report was received and |
unlimited to the Committee OF the
Whole:
New ORLEANS, April 10, 1876.
. His Honor tho Mayor Of the City Of New
Orleans:
SU-We, the undersigned, appointed
y your Honor as appraisers on behalf
# the city Of New Orleans, under the
PROVISIONS of ordinance No. 3i33, admin
stration series, beg to report that, in
ccordance Herewith, we have made q
areful and thorough examinations of
he property belonging to the city and
sed by the Fire Department, and re-
pectfully submit the accompanying
stimate Of the valuation Of the said
roperty in its present condition, and
laking due allowance for the charac-
II Of the improvements which could
OF be used for any other purpose than
no present one without alteration and
expense.
In this connection we beg to state that.
18th few exceptions, the improvements
n the said property are in need OF
lore or less repairs, particularly the ,
,ofs of the different buildings. which
re nearly all leaking, and most Of
hich require early attention to pre-
INT further damage to the ceiling, etc
We beg to add that the appraisers, on I
ehalf Of the Firemen's Charitable As
Messrs Thos. O'Connor and
Reusch, concur in the within estimate
I'd report. I
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