The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-07
CITY AFFAIRS.
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

prow,otIens ana Appointments Ordi-
nance signed.
Col. Denis, acting Mayor, has made the follow
ing promotions OF supsrnumersries on the police
20 become members Of the regular force
O. r.. Fcrshey, clerk and operator; j. 4. Che
valley and George Hauer, patrolmen, seventh
Precinct; J. d. Loris, Eight Precinct.
The following supernumeraries have also been
appointed: $1,000
third Precinct James Dunn. Vim. L2nergan,
August Bunck, q. Z. Gallagher, Peter Racivicb.
sixth Precipct-Hobsrt McKeaghy.
Seventh Precinct Simon Rapp, Jns. T. Bour.
dette.
Hsrbor preclnct-Jss McMoon.
The acting Mayor having visited the spot on
The river front allotted to Msssrs. Brown & Jones
a. a boat landing. has come TO the conclusion
that the request is q fair one and should be
granted. He has therefore signed the ordinance
relative thereto passed at the last Council meet
Ing. The spot Is at present unfit for use, re-
curing much filling In, which the petitioners
have agreed TO do at their own expense.
WELCOME
piece Of information for the discharged employees
OF the improvement Department. On Monday
evening, OF o'clock they are requested to call at
the City Hall and receive their pay for June.
In the Department OF Assessments the asses
sors and their employees are doing well under q
temperature Of from "a TO g7 in the shade. and
Administrator Hsngstorff IL now satisfied that
the rolls will be completed for examination by
taxpayers on the 18th inst. Meanwhile II is USE
less for taxpayers to apply for corrections or re-
ductions at his Office on the rolls Of this year.
1t only delays the operations OF the department
without ia the least beneitting the applicants.
A poor woman who psddles wares about the
streets on a "free permit called on the acting
Administrator Of Finance on Friday morning TO
cay that she had been
INTERVIEWED w1TH
by policeman la her avocation. With the per-
mission of eturekeeper on Dryades street, near
Thalia, aha sslls her own wares in basket near
the curb of the sidewalk, but although one block
away from the market. the policeman constitutes
that she 10 violating the City ordinances, and
wants her TO rent stall Ia tbs market IL she in-
sists upyn selling goois In that neighborhood,
and he thinks thai her permits Y worthless.
Mr.. Oavanac has informed Che good woman
that, on the contrary, the permit lie In regular
form, and that the market ordinances do not APP
ply 70 pedding at such distance from the mar
The question Of permitting Messrs. Baoul h
Henry to try the experiment OF laying an
ASPHALT PAVEMENT
on Wells street, between Canal and Uusomhouse,
Ia not yet settled Dol. Denis says II IL all very
we'll that the petitioners should be allowed to try
the effectiveness OF their pavement, but as the
work will entail an expense to the city for bridg-
ing and curbing, he thinks that the city con-
tractors should be consulted on the subject.
Col. Denis Iiksns the proposition to an invita-
ton TO the city TO take day of, she to pay for
the wine.
POLICE UNIFORMS.
MIR. Leon Godehaux, the clothier on Canal
street, has all but completed the new police uni
forms, and, although he has had TO make one
hundred more than be expected, they will all be
delivered by Monday or Tuesday next, several
days before the time specified.
The one hundred extra uaiforms are for the
eupernumsraries, who are required to be uni
formed like the regular men. The work has
been handsomely doi1e under the personal SUPER
vision of our young and energetic friend. Emile
Levy, who compliments the Chief OF Police for
the regularity with which he has sent his men TO
be fitted, thereby facilitating the house greatly
In the execution oil their contract
by the way, 1t may be- said tbst the men OF the
First Precinct have oil ordered white vests from
Mr.. GOdchaux, as d complement 10 their uni
FORMS and II 10 probable the other precincts will
follow suit--nU pun intended. The wiRter coats
OF the police will be Of the frock pattern, double
breasted.
The Louisiana Grays. one Of our finest military
organizations, Have also ordered handsome gray
uniforms Of this house.