The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-24

Premium bond Drawing-The Mayor and
the Public Schools Securities on
Contract bonds.

The seventh drawing of Premium Bonds take
place at the City Hall, on the 18th OF July next
| and this drawing of Premiums on the 31st OF tn,
same month.
The Mayor seems to be in perfect harmony
with the School Board regarding the necessity Of
| sbolishng the high school system for the TINT
being, at least, and until The city is in better
condition to provide for the higher grades oil
education.
For the information of contractors II Is sale
that they wifi be informed when Heir presence
together with their securities,
WILL BE NEEDED
| at the office Of Col. LsGardeur, the city notary
who has begun the drafting OF the contracts
under the new ordinance. All the securities pre-
sented by contractors have, as far as examine d
proved to be solvent and trustworthy, except in
one case.
In this case nothing in The shape OF real prop.
erty has yet been found in the names Of the go
curitiea, one OF whom appears to own only q
trfing amount OF personal property. The exam
inatiop, however, IL not complete.
Mr.. Patrick Irwin, one Of the securities on the
bond of MIR. Peter Markey, the largest street
contractor, paid visit to the Mayor yesterday
and had short chat with him on the subj cot,
during which he congratulated the Mayor and
the Administrators for adopting the contract sys-
tenn and having the work done so oheaply. The
Mayor expressed his own satisfaction at the re-
suit which would, IL carried out without any
backing down on the part Of the contractors,
prove to be great help to the city. To this Mr..
Irwin expressed, emphatically even, his satisfac-
ton that MIR. Marley was enabled to carry out,
and would carry out, the obligations in his con-
tract.
Administrator McCaffrey has conceived the
idea Of more perfectly draining that section Of
the city comprised between Peoples Avenue and
Bayou Bienvenu, and Claiborne street and Flor
ida Avenue, and has asked the Surveyor for spec
itications therefor. The plan would consist Of
A DRAINAGE CANAL
and embankment along Florida Avenue to Bayou
Bienvenu, distance OF one mile and q quarter,
and thence up the lower boundary Of the city
to Claiborne street, q distance Of about three
quarters of mile. The cost would be from ten
to twelve thousand dollars. The object, besides
retaining q large tract OF land, would be to get
two OF the city's valuable dredging boats out of
Peoples Avenue Canal. where they are locked up
and liable to go to destruction, and take them
into Lake Borgne through Bayou Beavenu,
whence they could, whenever needed, be taken
around into Lake Pontchartrain. Mr. dHeme-
court claims that the drainage referred to would
be effected naturally into Lake Borgne, inasmuch
as the water in that lake is always couple of
feet below the level of Lake Pontchartrain.
THE ONLY TROUBLE
about the project, 50 The Mayor says, lies in the
question, "Where is the money to come FROM"
He has no objection to the making of the sur
vey for future consideration, but at all events he
is opposed to the upturning of earth in the sum
mer months, especially in the swamp, in such
close proximity to the inhabited portion of the
city.