The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-25
doors, This he has promised 10 do, and when
sompleted we do not apprehend any danger.
Respectfully submitted,
j. A. D'ItEMEOOUtfr,
fity Surveyor.
THOS. OCONNOR,
ttsF1 Ts....

TH0H. OCONNOH,
Chief Engineer.
Mr.. Hengstotf reported favorably, by resolu.
lion, Oh the following petitions. visi LATTE &
Duilho, agents OF l.. Dnbost; Il. Humbrecht, j..
sohrepfer, l.. II. Christeson, Widow O. Lean.
mont and q. Fis.
Mr.. Rengstoiff also reported unfavorsbly on
the petitions OF Mrs. james Clopey, r. v. La
barre, Kate Augbey. James Uoyle, Mrs. o. Ellis,
Mrs. u. Fshrmap. VIM. Neimsn, Il. Il. LAWYER. J.
II. Wildermsn aud Henry O. Andrews.
The following report of the Sugar shed COM
rnittee was read, ordered spread on the minutes.
and laid over I'LL the next meeting, subject 10
examination by any OF The Administrators In The
meantime:
CRY HIATT. NEw ORLEANS.
.. ,,....,, Tuesday, July IA, 1877.
10 the City Council
Conference.-The committee TO whom was re-.
| ferred the petition Of sugar merchants relative
| 10 the exaoiions Of the Sugar Shed Company
| and claiming that said company had exceeded liz
privileges IN said exaeions, beg leave TO report .
| Ordinance NO. 1913. new series, prescribes the
rights and obligations OF the Sugar Shed Co,u-
pshy. and section OF the same allows them 10
| charge twenty-five cents per hogshead for sugar
| and fifteen cents per barrel for molassss. and
permits no other charge excepting In the case oil
transfer Of goods, when eharss of fifteen oe,ls
per hogshead and FIVE cents per barrel Ia allowed
payable by tfansferees. Yet we find that In 1871
the company commenced to charge an additional
Zee OF forty cents per month Oh sugar aud fifteen
cents per month on moasses, claiming that the
laws OF the city did not presume that MERIDIAN
disc should remain on the levee after forty. eight
hours. ard section G OF The above ordinance EN-
powers The wba,8nger 10 remove such goods
whenever he deems ID necessary 80 TO do, and
that as the sheds are considered part Of the
public levee., the company claim that they should
not be compelled to retain goods therein longer
than the law presofibes But TO satisfy all in
tefeats they arranged q tariff by which they
eet, cepts per barrel for the first Ave days. and
forty cents per month on hogslieads aud fifteen
cents Oh barrels thereafter, with charges for
transfer as prescribed Id The ordinance.
cents per hogsbead AMI cents per barrel for
labor although The coaimittee falls TO tnd any.
thina In the ordinance % Justify such charge.
by seetien Of The ofdnahps the Hbarfnger 10
authorised te-reraese goods from the leyee when
The interests OF commerce require IL, and acting
thereon that officer has on various ocoaeons re-
moved sugar and molasses into the Sheds chafg-
ing regulsr drayage ALTO cents per hogshesd and
10 cents per barrel therefor.
Thus ID will be seen that n hegshead Of sugar
placed In the sugar sheds costs the owner for The
fret five days aa follows;
Shed Company for shelter .............9 % cents
shed Company for labor. ......,...s...1 10 cents.
Whattnger Tor drsyage. ......,...I4...B 80 cents.
Iothlt .s.4sssss.s4,gt ..4..s...4.4l .H5 cents.
Aud II II remains one day longer, storage 10
cents.
Making total for six days. or one month and
Ave days, sl 05, or equal 10 Il Of cent per
pound on oil the sugar stored In the sheds for
the first six days expenses.
Familiarity with ordinance 1898 N. y. will teach
that II was contemplated in establishing sheds
upon the levee TO Afford every possible facility |
and accommodation To those engaged N the sugar |
business, and not to creats source Of revenue |
for MONOPOLY by taxing the most important and |
valuable production Ut our own State, hence the |
projectors allowed but ono charge Of 25 cents per
bogsbesd on ali sugars passing through The |
sheds, but never contemplated that the same
should remain longer than h reasonable time, ~
is evidenced by the section authorizing The wharf
niger TO remove merchandise eto, On the other
hand IL IL evident from The sense Of the ordinance
and particularly from that Of articles 1850 and
ll61. that 10 WAS expected that most IL not all the
engar arriving at this port should pass through
the sheds. 90 otherwise Ii would not be neoes.
sary TO declare.
Article 1862. "That the present landing for
sugar and moasses shall remain where IL now in,
and ~ desgnsted on the plan aforesaid" ..
shall DO established or allowed for the city or port
Of New Orleans" 4. "Tbat no other privilege for
the reception and shelter for sugar and moiasses
shall be allowed by the city,
And In Article li6l: "Be u further Ordained,
That In oase the sheds erected under the proyis-
ions OF this ordinance should not be Of snffisient
capacity 10 meet the d. mands Of increased pro.
ductipn or the requirements Of commerce, tho
said Fleitas shall have the right TO increase the
numbtr OF sheds, said additional sheds TO DO
ereeted on such spaces MS the city may dssig nate
and on such terms % may be agreed on"
The premises considered, we cannot conceive
1y what law tho company claims the right to
,harge storage and labor In addition to The fee
or shelter; nor by what authority the wharinger
'e1noved goods from one part Of the public svee
o another. when IL 10 his plain duty to remove
hem from The lepee.
Thar the merchants have complained Ia not
urprising ut all; why they submitted 30 long
would appear strange, but for the fact that the
buses crept into this business gradually, and
inally became 80 general that they were almost
egarded 40 some OF the necessities OF tho trade.
The ordinance requires that tho company snail
my to the CITY 10 per cent on the gross receipts G
or shelter. Up to June 1, 1871. the company :
My charged % cents, 10 prescribed in the ordi-
ance and made no charge for labor. On that
ay they ieHued now tariff prescribing add |
lonal charges for storage and labor, as before a
nentioned, and for thirteen months thereafter
hey continued to pay the city 10 per cent on tho
rosa receipts for storage and shelter. After this
rdnance, by which they could continue to
harge Tor storage and labor because the ord- Z,
anco was silent upon the mater), and only pay
he city on the amount received for shelter alone
because the ordinance 30 specified it,, and this {
nstom has been continued until the present
Lme.
BY tabulated statements presented by tho COM
any, we find that their receipts, from shelter I
nd storage to June 80, 1877, have been s22s,-
05 ". Upon which, II their charges were law t
H. they should have paid 10 per cent. S22. $40 81.
While they only paid H0,3i6 o. Making differ
noe OF $l2, 493 GO. t
II Is worthy Of note here that, beside all their
Their privileges, the Sugar Shed Company were o
xempt from municipal taxation and that while .
uring past six years they have paid SIG, $50 80 r
tate taxes, all their payments into the City q
treasury amount. as above specified, to only .
10. 3a6 81. i
We would also call attention to the fact that, b
uring the same period, the receipts Of the COM
any from drainage alone amounted to the sum !
I ,015.
The total amount paid the wharfnger for
rayage and removing goods in contravention C
uring the same time was $40 Sol 10.
And for extra services" in asserting by
marks, lots, etc., from October l, 1876. to July l,
BIT, s943 81.
Again, it has been q custom long established t
,r the wharfnger to commence with gang OF C
len as early as o'clock in the morning during c
ne business season, and by the light of torches. v