The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-12
CITY COUNCIL.

a Quiet Meeting Takes Place After All.
The City Council held it's regular session yes
terday, the official proceedings OF which will be
found elsewhere In the DEMOCRAT.
Notwithstanding forebodngs to the contrary,
the meeting was very quiet and decorous. barring
Che applaudinE Of Administrator McOaffrey by
half dozen OF his employees in the lobby at .
certain period of the session, which was in very
bad taste, which employees some OF the Admins
TRAITORS think, must have had little to do in the
way OF the inspection of the public works to be
enabled to spend three or four hours ut the City
Hall for the sole purpose of attempting to make
an ovation to their chief Of bureau.
The Sugar Shed question having been taken up
"a the special order OF the day, Mr.. Edwards
moved that the report of the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the subject be adopted.
report contained glazing untruths about the en-
ployes Of his own department. He had sought
70 sift the statements, and found nothing to con-
firm their truth.
avoided going into the details OF that part OF the
report (referring to Mr.. Oavanacs department),
for the committee had not been appointed to in
vestigate any department.
5. The Mayor took occasion to remark that In his
opinion. the report did not refer to any depart
ment. The terms used by the committee were
general.
Administrator Denis said that he objected to
the adoption OF the report because in i the COM
mittee expressed an opinion on . legal question.
The Mayor thought that the objection was not
a serious one, and added that he would like to see
shat the vote Of the Administrators on this ques-
tion manifested no craftsmanship.
Mr.. McOatfrey said he woula vote for the adop-
don Of the report because he wished some dispo-
eition made OF 1t.
Finally Mr.. Edwards moved
To Adopt the Resolution
laid over, and declaring forfeited the charter of
the Sugar Shed Company. which was lost by the
adoption of Mr.. Cavanscs substitute, providing
ar q raj nj tha En- t,a tty
ney, as will be seen by the official proceedings.
AT the close Of the meeting MIR. McOaffrey rose
TO privileged question and took up the answer
of the Mayor and Messrs. Brown, Oavanac Denis
and Diamond to his protest filed on the Tuesday
preceding, and made lengthy rejoinder.
He maintained that notwithstanding the an
swer there were still rookeries and shanties on
Customhouse street, in the block bounded by
the square bounded by Customhouse, Bienville,
Wells and Delta streets, and on the square
bounded by Canal and Wells streets and the
river, notwithstanding the city ordinance order
ing their remova.
Regarding the building on Goodchidren street
ne had made report on the subject at the time,
Ii was not his duty to remove buildings from
private property, or on the levee, but only such
as might be on the streets.
Regarding the Workhouse matter, when he
voted for the confirmation of the employees he
had not given the subject he acknowledged, the |
proper attention, and had, therefore, voted un- |
DER mlsapprenenelon.
He then maintained that, Notwithstanding the |
'answer, the building at the head of st. Philip |
street, occupied by P. Lamia, was in contraven- |
ton of the city ordinances.
The Mayor interrupted the speaker to repeat |
what is said in the answer, and added that his |
veto. referred to by Mr. McOaffrey, referred to I
proposition to lease the building for two years |
to which he was opposed. The building was in |
no way Objectionable, and since it could not be |
used for any purposes by the city and brought in
~ he Mould mats Ia
necessity of closing it up.
the subject would show for ITSELF Regarding the |
the city, he said that he had voted in favor Of the
passage of the ordinances providing for the pay
ment OF the bills, believing, as he did, that the
Administrator of Accounts would not audit any |
bill incurred by the city in
Violation of the Ordinances.
As to the Tharves he compared the report of |
Ar. aHemecourt. read at this session Of the |
council, with that presented last Tuesday, which |
charged the wharf lessees with violating their
contract, and calling for action against them
lis MIR. McCaffreys 81 protest was based on the
nrst report OF the City Surveyor and il (referring
90 an interruption by MIR. Cavanac) it was time
snas tne contractors were performing their duty
now, ne was CAD that his protest had slim.
uiased them. Mr.. McCaffrey then pro-
ceeded to explain how he had appointed
Gen. Blanchard as superintendent of whsryes.
He admitted that the Council had the RIGHT tn 70.
fuse paying Gen. Blanchard, but he could not
understand why he had not been recognized ss
such when he had been commissioned by him, |
Mr. Mails FRAY - -'