The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-15
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Tween Twilight Thousand Dollars of the
Police Pay for Militia Purposes.

Tween Twilight Thousand Dollars of tn,
Police Fay for Militia Purposes.
1t crops out on an investigation of the polio,
records Of the late Metropolitan Police thai
Kellogg ordered all supernumeraries to be put
on dusy during the months Of October and Nov.
ember. 1874, promising that they should be paid
out OF the militia appropriation. When Bray,
then treasurer Of the Board Of Police, called upon
Kellogg for the necessary money he was given
$4,000 in State warrants, and told to present
them to Gen. Lengstreet, who had the funds to
cash them. When they were presented, however,
Gen. Longstreet replied that he had no funds,
and Bray returned the warrants to Kellogg, who
then ordered that the supernumeraries should
be paid by the Police Board out Of the police
fund; which was done.
This, II would seem, Is not only clearly ille-
gal diversion Of funds, but the question also
arises as to what became Of the 1882 of war
rants returned to Kellogg, and it is suggested
that the legislative committee inquire into the
matter as one Of no little Importance.
Since writing the above, we have learned that
the warrants are now locked up in the vaults of the
State Treasurer, and that Kellogg has made several
Intellectual efforts 10 obtain them-probaby be-
cause they will prove to be rrefutable evidence of
the transaction.
THE RAILROAD
Mr.. Schneider, one Of the applicants for the
privilege Of establishing the grain trade railroad,
in an interview told our reporter yesterday that
he had no objection to the proposed amendment
to the ordinance avoiding exclusive privileges to
any elevator in the use OF the road. On the con-
trary, says Mr.. Schneider, the moro elevators
there will be the better II will be for the interests
Of the company, and he only hopes that many OF
them will be erected along the levee front.
Singularly enough we have to send all the way
to England for our carbolic acid used for disin-
fec.ing purposes. According to the President Of
the Board Of Health, DR.. Chopin, the
PURE ARTICLE
of English manufacture costs here 81 rs, whilst
for the American carbolic acid of the same.grade
or quality must be paid about 50 so per gallon.
The vicksburg Packet Company are asking the
Council for the privilege OF erecting small build
ing on the leyee, Of an ornamental character, for
the purpose Of an Office The large trade OF these
boats seems TO necessitate such an office. and III
not incompatible with the commerce facilities on
the levee, will probably be granted.
AN ERROR.
Our confrere Of the Bee falls into an error con-
tect 1.-THE reveted levee at the lake. The pifing
is to be under water, the heads being a fear
Tedu, and consequently not subject to ro.ting.
The object is not to protect the reyetment
(which is Of wood also) but to serve as q break
water to prevent the sand levee from being
washed out into the lake from under the neither
ends of the wooden slope. As for the fact that
wood under water does not rot, our wharf pilings
attest it, and there are instances for example the
PILOTS Of the Seine, built in the time of Henri w.
which prOve that wood will remain nnder VIC tar
without wasting for three and four hundred
years.