The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-15

The Liberty Of the Press Schools IN 0Wses
and street Railroads.

the Liberty OF the Rress-SCbOOk.n OWses
and street Railroads.
COL Boylau, the Chief of Police, has sent q
| communication to the Mayor, informing him Of
the appearance in this city of psper styled the
BuHdozer, which he Gays is belous and obscene,
and asking his honor as to the advisability OF
suppressing it.
Mr.. w. A. Freret, the architect to whom the
matter of repairing the McDoncgh school
houses was referred, having completed his exam
ination of the schools has rspor ed to the Mayor.
with accompanying specifications, that
THE FOLLOWING SUMS
will have to be expended on the McDonogh
schools, viz: McDonogh School No. 1, $1,000; Nc
Donogh School No Q. 1926; McDonogh School No.
8, 800; McDonogh School No. 4, So; M
Donogh School No. 8, 1856; Madison School,
$500; McDonogh School No. g. $50. There are
two other Of theee McDopogh schools to be ex-
amined. The total amount said to be required
TO put ali the schools in repair s s32, 4O5. The
McDonogh schools alone, however. can be at
tended to for the present at least.
THE STREET CARS.
Administrator Cavsnac is preparing q COM
n unioauon to be addressed to the New
| Orleans City Railroad COMPANY, requiring
that the Canal street trains shall Stop at
| such points along their line mentioned
in the placards posted in the cars, without
| the necessity of being hailed or the conductor
being informed by passengers to do so. 1t seems
| that the Administrator himself has been incon.
venienced on several occasions by the direlictions
| OF the company in complying wi h the rules they
have established themselves. When President
Win has been appliedto for remedy he has
LAID THE BLAME
on the conductors. who, he says, are instructed
to stop at the intersection OF Canal street with
| Rampant, Claiborne, Galve2 and other streets.
| The conductors, on the other hand tell differ
ent story, and it lie with view of settling the
question definitely that the communication Of
MIR. Oavanac will be addressed to President
Wintz.
This matter has suggested 10 the same Ad-
Illustrator the propriety of inquiring into the
charters and contracts or all the street railroad
| co mpanies, with view to seeing that they are
run in the interests OF the people, and not en-
tirely for the benefit of the corporations owning
them.
| TO POUND DRIVERS.
Administrator Diamond publishes notice in
| this mornings DEMOCRAT addressed to the cow
| catchers, instructing them that they must not
drive animals TO the pound which graz on the
large on the thoroughfares. This order is in &C.
cordance with the views Of ms iority, at least.
of The members OF the Council who appreciate the
| usefulness and necessity Of cows in all commune
ties.
| AT THE COUNCIL MEETING
yesterday very little outside of routine business
| was done. The report of the committee ap.
pointed to inquire into the accounts OF Mr. Piper.
collector during MIR. Oavapac's administration oil
| The wharves and landings, made report entirely
| favorable to Mr.. Piper, which was adopted by
| the Council. Wherenpon Mr.. Cavanac offered q
| resolution authorizing the committee to further
investigate the charges contained n the Sweeney
| card" by nquiring into the r1anuer in which
THE LANDING DUES
were collected during the preceding administra-
ton.
When the question came up OF the encroach.
ments OF the Pontch artran Railway on Elysian
Fie DIS street. Mayor Pilsbury stated to the Coun-
Gil that
IT WAS SHAMEFUL
how the company had treated the street. He had
Investigated the matter himself, and thought all
the Council had to do was to instruct the proper
authority to notify the railroad company that
they must put The street in condition TO meet
the convenience of the pubic and remove all OBJ
| structions which they had put Or contemplated
to put upon it, other the City Attorney should
proceed legally against tn company.
The proposition of Mr.. Robert @. Wood to erect
q market ut the intersection Of Napoleon Avenue
and st. Charles avenue came up and WAS refer
red. While il is conceded that market may be
necessary in that locality, the proposition does
not meet with much favor, owing to the fact that
The properly tbereabout among the most valu.
able 10 he city, residents OF It Charles Avenue
particularly being indis posed to encourage any
thing OF the kind