The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-13

lmada nAkmnaGiaoeluAA 0s~astau
r 1HiG nayroIIg. even under the discharge oi
employees, ona Sl1S rsEltfetl6A Of salaries,
:anus :%SSst % Ho1ssy sh nc crs. sHss sa
clean the streets and keen Gthem In re.
|pair. Aa1 Will not, etter .thetwontieth 0i
this month provide MIN WITH even the
co4l necsslAry ~ run the draining ma
chfnes. Although 9ooordine tohis, pre-
vlulsz estimates, he was led to believe
that there was, sqf1cient fuel for the
purpose " last Jlntll the 18th 0f neptem-
ber. the continuous rains Of the past
tions: and this ne says is only
one, j OF \. the alfoontingencies II against
which M he warned + tho Council
were likely TO arise. Then comes
| the question OF repairing or keeping In
repair some Of the principal commercial
|thoroughfares, In anticipation Of the
opening 0f the business season, which
/ is near at hand, several Of which streets
were pointed out TO the Mayor, Mr..
Pilsbury and Mr.. Landry yesterday,
during their visit Of lnspectlon OF the
wharves. Among the localities priDci-
pally involved, Mr.. Burke mentions
| TTsbb StIeeUy ~ UIuchuE bWOVl WdlSu Will
ABSOLUTELY NEED REPAIRS. sM
The entire block ia front Of the
Natchez Press Is torn up and liter.
ally impossible. This press stored
last year 10000 bales Of cotton,
and the street must be repaired, not
only to permit OF the travel OF the cot
ton wagons, but, as we'll TO admit into
the press Its new machinery, which Is
being cast at Leeds foundry. Julia
street, from Magazine to the levee, one
Of the principal avenues to the depcts
OF the Morgan Texas and Mobile rail-
roads. Is also impassable; Fulton street,
| from the produce warehouses to the
Jackson Railroad depot, the square
blocks Of which need TO be taken up
and relaid; Race, Robin, Richard and
all cobble stone paved streets, between
Tcboupitoults and levee streets, except
some that have already been repaired;
Then come the ballasted and shelled
roads and streets, such as Washington,
First, Josephine, Valence, Canal, Com
mon, Broad, Claiborne. Frenchmen and
Louisa streets, all streets that have,
from motives OF economy, to be con
tinuously worked upon, and which, par
tlcularly during q rainy season like
this work into holes and become i'm
passable II neglected even for d short
time, and then requiring much outlay
to replace them In travelling condition.
Besides the labor, shells and ballast
have 70 be provided for. and this can be
done with al 5satiNa U
seHaal .sea MONEY ONLY.
The statement made by Mr.. Burke,
that when the present administration
| frs. assumed Its duties the business
men were prolific In their assurances Of
aid and assistance to the government,
having been refuted, our reporter asked
Mr.. Burke how this was and who were
the n6ii tta .!A IN
ma MERCHANTS AND CAPITALISTS
alluded to by him. Hereplied that they
had never been named. but that he had
gained his information from Mr.. Pills.
bury, who had made the statement him.
self In committee OF the whole.
Mr.. Burke added to further questions,
that the city was not In such coDdi-
tion as not to secure to commerce. prop
erly repaired streets, and TO citizens
generally d healthful condition Of the
clean, which he would eventually en-
degvor to prove.
Regarding the estimate OF $2,525, 900,
ms the only collectable amount Of back
taxes, Mr.. Burke says that he thinks It
Is erroneous, and that much more is
available and might be collected. But
this. he also says, Will come up IN due
time, together with other facts that nc
proposes to bring before the Council,
will oat through its tsrn,
without infrinoement mon tho rights of
others He believes however fhat Il
wonld Ia ~ great assistnnce To tho citv
~ Obtain the one shnndred thousand
dolinrs spoiten of IN defrnv The current
exncnses ~ the ndministr,ition 80
Among Ire important Items mer.