The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-19
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CHAs. j. LEEDS. Mayor.
u. PfI.sBuRy,
Administrator of Finance.
}. q. Brown,
Administrators OF Public Accounts.
An ordinance was adopted appro-
priating $l,75il 10 for the payment OF
Yundry accounts therein named.
Another ordinance, nppropriating
S5J75 30 for tho payment Of tho ex-
pcnses OF tho Department OF Improve
monts, was adopted.
Administrator Landry In substance
read the following. which was received
and submitted to tho Committee OF tho
Whole.
Honorable Mayor and Administrators Of tho
city OF Now Orleans:
Sirs-In compliance with u resolution
OF your honorable body, adopted April
4. 1875. / have tho honor to submit tho
following report OF the condition OF tho
different street railroad companies oper-
ating within the corporate limits OF this
city.
These companies have been scnsibty
affected by tho existing depressed con-
dtion Of affairs and their receipts have
steadily and continuously decreased
since 1870.
Tho following extracts from tho OIL
cinl records OF several OF tho companies
VIII ANTNc IO luult'btS W WUAL SAbcub tuo
business generally has suffered:
In 1871 the New Orleans and Carroll
ton Railroad carried 5.ls7,207 passen-
gers In 1875 1t carried 1891 1888.
In 1870 the Now Orleans City Railroad
received on account of fares So, $500 t9s 10
In 1876 tho Now Orleans CITY Railroad . ..
received on account OF fares. ......... bOlts3 no
In 1872 the Orleans Railroad Company ~.
received IN fafca. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, l0ljiS So
In 1875 tho Orleans iiailroad Company
ttnIt iAEnl
An examination OF tho affairs OF tho
Canal and Claiborne Railroad shows
that IL has pnid into tho city treasury,
I'm taxes since 1870, $22. 1G6 OF, and
that it has u bonded debt OF 900
bearing per cent interest per annum.
The question OF tho power OF tho City
Council to remit tho per capita charges
having arisen and being submitted to
the City Attorney. he stated that tho
relief asked for como within tho dis
erection OF tho City Council. Tho pc
the payment or taxes but from an
agreement made with tho Council and
udder its control. b. Il. Jonas.
City Attorney.
The New Orleans City Railroad has
two petitions pending, ono for tho priv
ilege OF using steam dummies on the
road between the company's station on
Canal street and the lake; another for
the extension OF tho charter. To the
first some objections have been urged,
on tho ground of danger to per-
sons riding or driving on Canal street,
and n number OF citizens have joined
IN. q protest against granting tho
privilege; on the other hand a
much larger number have asked
that tho petition OF the company
be granted, urging many reasons there
for, which In my opinion arc entitled to
great weight. On examination or tho
dummies proposed To bo used does not
justify the fear that they would cndan-
ger life or limb by frightening horses.
Their construction Is such rs to give
them very nearly the appearance OF or
binary street ears, and practicable trials
have demonstrated that they are rs safe
and manageable rs horses or mules.
Since they have been placed on the road
aud exposed for examination, much OF
tho opposition TO their uso has disan-
peared.
So many thousand people arc directly
Interested In this matter that respect
fully recommend early action on the
part Of the Council.
The report was submitted to the Com
mite OF the Whole.
j. b. Chandler, an exempt member OF
Perseverance Fire Company, sent n
communication to the Council, protest
ing against the transfer Of property
owned by the city and occupied by Per-
severance Fire Company No. Is to the
Firemen's Charitable Association until
his interest in the property was adjusted.
Submitted to the Committee Of the
Whole.
The following will explain itself:
APRIL Is, 1876.
To the Honorable Mayor and Administrators OF
New Orleans:
Gcntlen1en-In the case OF L. G. Rou-
danez ct ais. vs.. the Mayor and Admin
istrators-No. 27,063 Superior District
Court-in which you have been enjoined
and prohibited from exercising act No.
2, OF 1876, known rs the Pacific Railway
Tax Act.
This is to notify you that plaintiff in
tended to appeal suspensively from tho
Judgment of the Superior District Court
rendered yesterday, disolving the in
junction and Diminishing tho suit.
Said judgment is not final,
and the injunction Is operative
and in full force until ten days after the
signature Of the judgment, which is the
delay allowed for a suspensive appeal,
and until the appeal is determined by
the appellate court and the judgment
of that tribunal is final.
b. +. FoRMAN,
II. n. OGDEN,
j. b. EUsTIs,
Counsel for plaintiff
New ORLEANS, April II. 1876.
To the Honorable the Mayor and Administrators
of the city of New Orleans:
I have the honor TO ask your atten-
ton to the fact that the injunction is
sued in the case OF RoudaneZ vs. the
Mayor ct ais has been dissolved, on
motion OF this company, and the suit
dismissed.
The mandamus Of the company vs..
the Mayor and Administrators has been