The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-23


act could be held fundable. . .u.s
A commonieation. relative to warrants issued
In 1874. was received, read and action postponed.
The board then adjourned uhhi wednesday, ~
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MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
u.xee. and tRailrOads-The Free Market
i question.
The trouble about attending to the protection
,evee at the lake IL the came old need OF sufficient
money 10 do &c. Regarding the report OF the
Cv Surveyor concerning the danger OF an over
gow OF the lake, consequent upon the Bonnet
Osrre crevasse, the same trouble occurs, and,
besides, Administrator McCafffey thinks there Ia
no immediate danger.
| THE GRAIN TRADE
The request OF the New Orleans, g. Louis
and Chicago Railroad Company to be facilitated
in their operations in the grain importing bust.
ness, 10 In one respect only request for re-
affirmation Of their privileges; for three years
ago the city gave the compsny the right Of way
along the river front to the elevator. An impedi-
ment, il IL feared by the City Surveyor, will pre-
sent itself to the company.
! Opposite the sorapuru market there is great
| cave in the river embankment, which has even
swallowed up Water street to the very edge oil the
| sidewalk. The railroad company, however. as
,umes to take care of the river front and to put
| it not only In condition to be used by their
trains, but also for the use OF vehicles. IL would
| be an odd thing If Mr.. Merryweather, Cbief En-
gineer Of the company, were to efsctnally close
up the breaklat Sorapuru street, which has given
| 40 much trouble of late to our own engineers,
who conclude that 1t cannot be filed in.
THE FREE MARKETS.
| Mr.. Cavanac, Administrator of Commerce, has
| consulted with the City Attorney On the subject
NJ tl,o ndpu mi in
| comes up on Thursday.
MIR. Jonas had not, up to our latest information,
| inquired fully into the scope OF the numerous
decisions In this free market imbroglio. He ia
understood, however, to say that he believes the
d tae case q Of w Desire aresoire vs.
| B. l.. Lynch ct ais, does mob apply to the
other cases iii litigation. Should this be the
| close the free market Of Desire dregoire only.
ONE who Knows.
| A correspondent In Tuesday mornings DEMO-
GRAFT, over the signature of Zone Who Knows"
berates us for inaocursoy in q statement when
he proceeds TO reproduce and confirm, In his
own language. as If We had said The very
REVERSE Thus we wrote of street railroads in
this city
| Among the sturdiest of their opponents we're
| the owners of the omnibus lines, who had good
thing of IL, in a. city Of such respectable dis
tauces, in the monopoly OF all the travel
II the rails aud cars were introduced, the "omui-
bus occupation was gone," and q large property
In which they had invested would be rendered
| vaueless. 30 they opposed the railroads-took
out iniunctions aud petitoned the Council against
any such grant, One OF the largest OF the omni-
bus owners then was Mr.. j. B. Sawsop, who, with
that other sagacious citizen Patrick Irwin, had
| established an omnibus line that contributed
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that section Of our city known as Mepomene,
between Dryades street aud the swamp, had The
| good sense TO see the inevitable defeat OF the
| omnibus and the great value CT the rail car. DO
| they managed to make q combination OF the
! owners of the omnibrs lines, and one fine day,
at the second Offering Of the sale OF the right OF
way for twenty years OF the present City Railroad
| line, Mr. Sawson bid as high as one hundred
and thirty-fve thousand dollars, with such
manifestation of his determination to 60 on bid
ding ms to drive off all osner bidders and thus
| rot the grant for himself and the other owners
| of the omnibus lines. Al the previous Offering
the highest bid was $4,000, which came within one
| vote OF being accepted by the City Council. On
this grant the City Railroad was organized, with
| Mr.. Slsweon at the head. II proved brilliant
| success. The owners OF the old omnibus lines
| stacked their omnibuses on vacant lot IN the
suburbs, and left them to rot or supply hrewoOd
for poor people, and in view Of their large profits
| from their railroad stock, forgot that they had
| ever run an omnibus line or doubted the superb
| GRITTY OF the tramway.
Whether an enterprisiug gentleman. who had
the sagacity to discover his error In opposing
system and afterwards coming to its support and
investing ell his capital aud devoting his enter
prise and energy in promoting its success, may
not be commended therefor and held up as q
good example to be followed by other Of our citi-
zenp, is the only point Of difference between your
correspondent and the author of tho sketch in
the DEMOCRAT. zone who Knows" would very
probably object to any favorable notice OF Saul OF
Tarsus for changing from furious prosecutor to
the ablest and boldest Of the Evangelists.
New Books.
We have received from A. p. Harrington, book
seller and stationer, No. 11S Canal street, the
| "Annual Record Of Science and Industry for
| 1876" large duodeomo volume, neatly bound
in cloth. It is prepared by Spencer +. Baird,
assls tant secretary Of the Smithsonian Institute
with the assistance of some Of the most eminent
men OF science in the United States, and pub
| lished by Harper Brothers. Also, the "Text
| Book OF Harmony" for schools ana students, by