The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-07
THE GRAIN TRADE RAILROAD.
The Opposition Of the Crescent City Rail-
road Company, ana whether IL IL Based
ON Good Grounds.


The Opposition Of the Crescent City Rail-
road Company, ana whether IL is Based
on Good Grounds.
In addition to previous letter published in
the DEMOCRAT, DR.. Hugh Kennedy has addressed
the following letter to the City Council, which was
read on Tuesday at their meeting:
New ORLEANS, June !, 1877.
To the II 'norable Mayor and Administrators OF
the City of New Orleans:
Genaemen-It appears from published state
ments that the New Orleans, s. Louis and Chi
csgo Railroad Company are applicants to your
honorable body for rights of wav for their traius
from Louisiana Avenue down Water street to
their river depot on st. Joseph street, in the
First District.
To concede such right Of way would be, in the
opinion OF the Crescent City Railroad Company,
destructive OF its lines, as their main stables and
car houses are now on Water street, as well as
very important portion of their tracks, and it
would DO impossible for them to operate their
lines OF roads at the vital point indicated, with
mules or horses alongs de of locomotive trains
on q contracted street.
Water street At It's junction with Louisiana
Avenue, rs the honorable Council are aware ia
difficult OF passage even to horse cars, and IL
open TO locomotive trains would DO impracticabe
to traffic by carriage Of ether description.
The honorable Council will believe that the
Crescent City Railroad Company has no appre-
hension that any action will be taken by it in
vaslve OF their privileges, aud only makes it's
protest with view to having the facts stated
fully investigated and determined by the Mayor
and Administrators.
With sincere respect, have the honor to be
your obedient servent, HU. KENNEDY,
President Crescent City Railroad Go.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
The letter, together with all the documents
concerning the grain trade railroad, were referred
to Mr.. Cavanac, the Administrator of Commerce,
for investigation and report.
After reading the letter last referred to, our
reporter, believing that he noticed some mac
curacies in 1t, the result, doubtless, of want of
careful consideration Of the matter on the part
Of DR.. Kennedy, Immediately proceeded to ex.
anime the city ordinances relative to the Crescent
City Railroad and the merits Of tho case as pre-
scented in the letter.
As far ss he has gone, our reporter has discoy-
cred only the following ordinances touching
upon the railroad
Ordinance No. 6345 old series, folio 9Os Oity
Revised Ordinances. making the original grant
q the New Levee and Tchoup.touIss Street
Railroad.
Ordinance No. $50, new series, folio 9i0, rela
tive to Annunciation street line, up to Pleasant
street.
Ordinance No. 3243, new series, extending the
Tchoupitoulas street line still further, up to
Henry Clay Avenue.
Section - Of the last mentioned ordinance re-.
fers also to the Annunciation street line and au-
thorizes It's extension from the original extreme
UP TOWN TERMINUS
to Louisiana Avenue, between Tchoup,toulas and /!
Chippewa streets. There is besides an ordinance |
reducing the bonus to which the city ia entitled
to one-eighth Of one cent for each passenger con-
veyed on the line.
Butln all the specifications of right of way, the
words water street do not occur single time. |
Hnuxn so ,,1tt tx,R
examination has been mperfect) on what grounds |
the Crescent City Railroad Company can calm
the right Of way on that street from Louisiana |
Avenue to Toledano street.
Howbeit, and admitting that there is some |
where an ordinance granting the company such |
right OF way, the facts revealed by visit to the
spot 90 not seem to agree with the assertions of |
nr. Kennedy. that to grant the right OF way on |
water strset TO the grain trade railroad would |
be destructive Of the lines of the Crescent CITY |
Railroad Company.
For ii is %
PLAIN AS NooN-pAYLIGHr
that, on Water street. 1.-THE street next to the
river and next above Tchoupitoulas street,. there
10 space OF from twenty-five to thirty feet be-
tween the track of the Crescent Oity Railroad
Company and the curb nearer to Tchoupitoulss~
or enough space to permit OF the LAYING
OF even q double track for the grain trade rail.
road (requiring only one track, howeverl.
running al0ngsii 10 the former for distance of
little more than one hunored yards, thence cross.
ing it at the existing at the corner of Tole
dano and Water streets and running down to the
elevator, hundred yards lower down.
II il also apparent that even in case il became
necessary to remove the track Of the Crescent
City Rsilroad Company from Water street, there
would resalt no great inconvenience TO their
lines; for this Water street track only serves to
turn the Annuncia,ion street cars from Louisi-
ana Avenue, ION their way back to Cana street,)
down into Toledano street, and thence into Chip
pewa; and also turn the Tchoupitoulss street
cars, Through the station,) into Water street
and Toledano, and thence to the Tchoupitoulas
street double track, on their way down town. All
this
COULD BE DONE
n the case OF the Annunciation street cars, by
he established turn off from Louisiana AYenua