The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-22


y.,.to,dov The CITY Council met IN
,,yuInr aoaaiup la the CITY liall Hon.
t,hns ! Leeds in tho chair. Tho MN
,,tca ar tho previous meeting were ~.
proved and their reading dispensed
with
The Mayor presented ~ the totnrl'
the following communication rom inc
Administrator OF improvements, wh''h
was received MID rc1d.
ntr titrA,twr " iNt'rd'N wfNfH.
..t'N II Npr"h a. "a" !
10 the Chy tnuuc of hqw ulran+
Tho excessive rain of sunday was
followed Nv high winds. wltnl, iash,i
tho water Of the river hghlh"t lno ,''nhS
and caused several breaks III IN" ieVee.
Two breaks at iarrollton. Seventh
District. were repaired by ourorintoh1-
A rnyo IL tho loved neal Dclachaisc
brick ward. Sixth District. waa repaired
by Superintendent tuillrVe slur"c.,
Tho lovco near Mr. IInrrrll's place
cnvcd considerably. but was repaired
promptly by Mqssrs. Eager. Eilerman "
%, lcssros.
Tho watl,r from The lrlso was higher
IN tho canals Yesterday morning than
Il waa in'ru7r. NJ tho timo or tho dlsas-
troua oyorfirYsr WI goa ~. ,....,E
Nav canal 1oveca. from tho Mctniiie
ridge to tho city remained IN tact. but
were "a ln,,ah softsped nst9 liltcat" the
proprety ~ placing the FORCES 81 III"
Third Ward on ghari over them last
night 80, ,.
along tho Bayou 81, John, and IN places
the wntor pverulu The ln,qc, All peces.
snry repairs were made by Superiutcpd.
ont Cnynnac Second District. and n
large force Of men were kept on duty
along the bayou last night.
Tho water overran the track 81 tho
City Railroad Company between the
cemeteries and Bayou ~, John. and was
runnlngto tho city via Bicnyillr sttcet.
Nurveyur Harder clsised necessary re-
nnira Ia bc made. The levec from the
Luxembourg Hospital 10 Poland street
was weakened III several places, and
considerable water overran the lovee.
also Mt n broalt rrnr Storms fcrtilizing
works Superintendent O'Nie) made The
necessary rt'1mirs /" III
Col. Unrdcc and Assistant Harrod
have boon constantly On the alert with
n competent corps ~ insprctors. and It
In believed that the danger Of overflow
IL over FOR tho present,
MANY or the 1evecs IN tho roar OF tho
CITY require raising and strengthening.
u. A, Dupkr. Administrator
Tho following ORDINANCES were called
up by Mr.. Brown. and after being put
upon their third reading. passed.
An ordinance providing Tor tho pay
ment of tho several hccouhfS therein
named, beginning q. Cusanavc.
An ordtnanoa garry iuto effect act
No. ~ OF the General Assembly Of the
State OF Louisiapa, approved March ,.
1875. ma amended passed
An ordinance IN hubr Of Lambert a
Co.. for $3l5s IT,
REPORTS ovcuaMttrErs
by Mr. ,Bertoli and, adopted
l. Unfayorably on petition OF u. y,
I.atourettcs for reimbursement for re-
pairs made to the Parish Hall. Algiors,
while 99c'iagl 49, F FRI Justice OF the
q. Favorably ~ resolution on peti-
ton of II. l.. Phillips, Chief Engineer
Fircmen's Charitable Ass"ei"ton, Sixth
Dat,feh htIjb
by Mr.. Landry and adopted
Favorably by resolution Oh the petit
tion of North American leo Company.
By.Mr. lsutiss, trHtlc' committee 81
tho whole. and adopted :h ra AZ.
Unfayorably ohthc petition for aide.
walks on Pleasant atrCot between Mag
azine and st. Charles streets w
ByiMI Landry, and adopted: ,4
Fnvorahly by resolution on the peti.
ton of the New Orloans Night Watch
Juo AelloWtuk III
OF the Whole was read and adopted:
New 'OrlHahs, March 10. is7o
The Committee Or the Whole having
under considerat ion the petition ~ IO7
laborers for cmploymeu ut. report that IN
examination of the rolls Of tho depart
mcnt shows tlfat the force INV en- pioy.
cd exceeds the budget appropriations.
and tho city IL without funds TO pay an
additional force st1lIit ii recommended
that such rotation in the living gangs M
may he conducive TO the, Jalblc interest
be adopted by the administrator Of I'm
provetnenth NdlTHi t ft 3NN t.
Mr.. Landry then offered tho following
resolutions. which were adopted
Auihorigtng theaMa yor 4 o nppoint two
expert, appraisers, and the Fircmcn i
Charitable Association likewise to APP
point two, for the nar1niso of appraising
city property used y, The Fire Depart
Also, authorizing tho New Orleans
av iu nn th " uharyv. - ''o'' s'''a''
And, granting permission TO the North
American leo Cumpnny to erect Il steam
engine corner Qaiord and Constance
streets.
Mra1,trtolt then mt rolurei rcsolu.
ton HnthofiSing tho Administrator of
Public building To- repair the tower ot
tho sixth Dtatria courthouse and %
place therein n fire. alarm bell and
apparatus. which, was adopted EJ.l
Mr.. Burke then introduced rcsolu-
tiontoI cancel The bond OF E.IN. Fass,
man M whariingor. and also 60 appro
pirate $500 In favor OF "A. Himmcl, for
license plates for 1876: both resolutions
were adopted, is anu,8 III .r,i, Ivy !.
petition from n large number of
citizens was read. protesting against the
use OF dummies On Canal street, this
side OF the cemctlIicsg .e,yyA-,
Also a petition from the Mechanics
and Laborers' Association OF New Or.
leans. Ia fpyor OF the dummies being
run from Canal street to the lake. "a. 4
Both petitions We're submitted to the
Committee OF the Whole. r.tH.l -' LII. "a,
The following communication was re-
ceived and read --.,. ,-.... -, n
WARRINGTON, March Is, 1876
Dear Sir: l have the honor to aeknowl-
edge the reccippFof The Resolutions
adopted by the honern blc tire City Coun. :
ell ofrNcw Orlcuns IN regard 60 the
branch mint or that city. Fsi4 54t..
will present the n solutions ut an
early-day and AJAX their rcfcreneerto the
Committee on Cpinage, Weights and
MeaaliroE E - +'H.