The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-14

nstructing sci,oel-ysemsesA city Park
Matters.

onstructing scIoel-Heases As]ity rari.
Matters.
Yesterday Col. Denis, the Acting Mayor, In
company with Superintendent nogeis and W. A,
Fferet Esq, the architect. paid visit to the
Live Oak Boys and airs' Schools, al the corner
OF Harmony and Constance streets and to the
Madison School, at the corner Of Palmyra aud
prisur Streets The visit related to the oonst,uc
ton OF a new schoolhouse ON Constance street
and the repairing Of the Madison sohoolshouse.
We have already referred TO the deplorable
condition ana inadeqaacy OF the ehanties known
as The Madison Boys School, The main build
ing, city property occupies twothirds Of the
block bounded by Constance, Harmony and
Ninth stresss and the Ninth street Market the
lot being 10 feet front On Constance stree by 100
feet 10 depth. The miserable one4story rookery
used for school lie 80 exiau us tbas n has been
found necessary 10 occupy small out houses on
the Live Oak Girls School grounds. aad 10 rent
several rooms on the block opposite, TO scct M
medste the children Of this school, IN Of which
are even In worse condition than the main
sehool.house, and perfect ovens.
For come time Mayor pilsbury. who has se-
rou .ly taken hold Of this important
"a QUESTION or soHoois HOUSES,
had been looking for grounds to erect new
building out Of the MeDonogh fund an q substi-
tute for these wretohed shAnties. but the dff-
Guilty OF finding suitable lots at n reasonable
price brought Col. Denis 10 tbe conclusion yes.
terday Of tearing down the main building re-
ferred to above, aph OF immediately proceeding
with the construction Of another school house
The new building will cover the entire ground,
7Oxl00 feet; will be- Two stories high, With base.
ment for play ground. II viii contain twelve
large rooms, sufficient TO accommodate from eix
10 seven hundred pupils. There sre four hun.
bred attending the school now, but II 10 claimed
That fully two hundred are shut out for want Of
sufhnient room.
Ii hAa been suggested that The new school
might be
aiyEN 10 THE Girls,
department. a. heinH antiraly Adsqnatn 10 thu
number now on the rolls In Che building oppo-
site, the necessity OF play ground mot beiuH 30
great In their case a In that OF the boys the lat
Hchooi-house, the play grounds Of which are
about one hundred feet square and well rhaded
with trees.
The dificulty which presents itself Ia that the
girls school-house Gan accommodate only about
four hundred pupils. and an extension to the
bnildinE would become necessary, Az II 10 OK.
pocted That the new school.house will cost In the
neishborhood OF twenty thousand dollars, the
question arises whether thsrs will be enough
money left To build the extension 10 the building
now occupied by the girls.
Tho same difficulty presents itself regarding
the proposed extension TO the overctowded
MADISON SCHOOL.
on Palmyra street. Col. Depis has, however, or
dered that estimates be made Tor the repairing Of
the last mentioned sohool and for certain Inn
provements. such as the enclosing Of the wide
verandah with Venetian blinds 10 mako more
room. Meanwhile the new school on Constance
street, which will be known ~ the
M'poNoaH SCHOOL NO. 8,
will he erected and probably completed by
Christmas. and ir there DO any funds left over
they will be applied to The extensions referred 10.
Col Denis will shortly pay visit 10 several other
sehool.houaee, which are said by Mr.. Rogers 10
be In such condition as to require tho imme-
date attention of the authorities We are in
formed by MIR. Rogers that the
CLAIBORNE SCHOOL HOUSE
will probably be converted into q eolored school.
but nothing is said about . white school 10 the
vicinity, which Ii certainly become u necessity
In that case.
rnE CRY PARKS
Administrator Diamond has been investigating
the City Park matters. Mr.. Snethen. secretary
OF the late park commission, has furnished MIR.
Diamond with . statement Of tho manner in
which the rarks were conducted under the man.
aEement of the commssion; that II. as every
body must know by this time, the city paid
keepers Of them, who converted them into pas
lures aud reaped handsome sums thereby, not q
cent of which ever fourd it's way into the city
treasury.
paid 10 these keepers s39sl. makes the following
/. That the Park commissioners, a. showl. by
their records, did not credit the city with any
ceipts for the use OF the park grounds as pas
turAge.
.. That the grounds were 90 uscd by the keep
ers does not admit OF doubt, ana the revenues
from the same We're appropriated TO their own
s.sThe amount derived BY them from that
source Ia only known to themselves, but in view
OF the extent OF the grounds and their value for
that purpose, 1t may be safely assumed that had
the city advertised TO let the privilege she would
have derived revenue from the ssme instead OF
the grounds being an expense, and for the bene.
besides.
That which has prompted the Investigation
is the proposition of several persons to rent the
parks for pasturage purposes without deprving
them OF their public character, and IL is believed
that the city would derive revenue therefron, of
from Two to three Thousand dollars per aunum.
tits safe to say, however, that tho present admin
istration are not inclined to rent the parks.
Capt. Chas. y. Fenner has been added to the
appointments Of delegates from this city to the
POSTAL CONVENTION
which meets at Point Comfort on the 25th, Col
4. Topper one Of the delegates, will leave the
city on the 22d inst, and goes by way OF WaMh-
ington. COL Upper proposes to do what heis
eminently fitted for, to urge the subsidy OF the
New Orleans and South American line OF steam
ers and the employment Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad to
CARRY THE MAILS.
Deputy Surveyor d'Hemecourt reported to the
Mayor yesterday that the shed on the wharf Of
the Star line steamship company is an eye-sore
and in dangerous condition.
A New Literary Distinction.
AT the late commencement OF st. Himeon's In
stitute, . beautiful gold medal was conferred on
Mics ]. nj. q. Whitaker (the Aquila Of the pressl
as LADY by Excellence" Miss w. is post