The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-19
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
The surveyors N0te-Mr. Henry ElleF-
, mnn-The rejection Levec.

AAe surveyor > NVvC~Nss bsBEy sbek
man-The P0tecti0n Levcc.
In compliance with the communication Of the
Administrator of Commerce to Mr.. d'Hemecourt,
City Surveyor the latter directed the following 10
the wharf lessee and contractor:
SURVEYORS OrFIoB,
New ORLEANS, May II, 1877.
MIR. Henry Elerman, Lessee of Wharves:
Sol am directed to notify yon to proceed at
once and vigorously to repair the following
wharvee and landinga:
10 ballast oil The filling done last year, lying
near the Chattanooga yard, leaving the plank
passage for the present.
From Julia to Chattanooga yard. sixth section,
this wharf from the proposed line OF filing out
to the incline TO be built Immediately, to be con.
tnued down to The fifth section until it meets the
new work made last summer.
The old wharf in the fourth section. from La
fayette TO Grod street. to be rebuilt from proposed
,nediately start flying gang from Canal street
down TO Moulton's steamship wharf, raising por..
tions that have settled and new planking required
to The flooring.
The entire levee between Cont and st. Louis
streets requires TO be graded and ballast laid on
The steamship wharf. below Toulouse street to
Inorganic ferry, requires flying gang to repair
the front Immediately. l shall. from time to
time, designate the work to be done during high
water. The required time OF thirty days will be
allowed you for the work to be done up town. and
the work from Canal street down must be done
In eight days.
Hoping that YOU will cause steps to be taken
Immediately to have the necessary work done, rs
per sections II TO 16 OF ordinance No. 1871, re-
'' '' "s' ia. D'HEMEcounr,
City Surveyor.
SURVEYORS OFr1oE,
New Orleans, May 10, 1917. I
Mr.. Henry Ellerman, Lessee Of Wharves:
ssis-You are instructed to Immediately send q
Ursulines street TO Eysian Fields and also that
portion below 10 Levee press. Should any OF these
landings be encountered with ballast, sand, etc..
you shall notify this department. to have the
same removed Immediately.
remain, very respectfully,
J. A. D'HEMEOoUBT,
City Surveyor.
Early In Tho forenoon Dol. Lusk, ono or the go
curites on Ellermanns bond, was in Mr.. die
meeourts office and expressed the readiness oil
the wharf contractor to do tho work specified in
the note referred TO-.
MIR. d'Demecour. has also addressed lengthy
communication 10 Administrator MeOstfrey con.
earning the condition Of the protection leveo at
the Lake. and the necessity OF providing against
the ruin of such work rs has already been com.
peted at cost of three or four hundred thousand
dollars.
THE MAIN POINTS
OF the Surveyors plans in this matter we're pub
lished few days ago in the DEMOCRAT. Mr..
d'Hemeeourt estimates that the caissons, or
double close pillng, which 1t is proposed to con-
struct in front of the revetment, will cost for
materials and labor about IS SO per running foot.
This being new work, the Surveyor says that he
cannot be accurate a. to the cost OF labor,
aud proposes that two hundred yards
| Of the construction shall be made by
reGblc men. in order to ascertain the cost of such
labor, the remainder to be let ont by contract on
| that basic. Mr.. d'Hemecourt says to our re-
porter that he has ascertained practically, VII list
he was surveyor Of the New Orleans Canal and
Navigation Company, that double close piling
set ten feet In trout Of the base OF the section Of
the incline OF the revetments. just high enough
| to permit the waves to wash over the top, will
Ill in the spaoe between it and the levee in two OF
three years.
The uppermost portion Of the levee is reported
to be in . dangerous condition and needing i'm
| mediate repairs.
THE FREE MARKET QUESTION.
Administrator Cavanac was not served I'M i
after o'clock yesterday afternoon with the writ
Of mandamus, requiring him to show cause why
he should not proceed and close the free markets
claimed to be In contravention with law. He has
| therefore, had no time to consider the matter
but will probably refer 1t to-day to his attorney
| for an opinion.