The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-31
A THRIFTY MAYOR.

The Mayor of Baltimore has been afforded
an opportunity Of promoting cultivation and
production, and Increasing the health Of the
country in manner and In a line wherein no
other Mayor has ever yet achieved distinc
ton. It appears that one Of the duties Of his
office is TO supervise and take care OF flock
of sheep of the finest Southdown breed,
which were purchased some years ago, for
the main purpose of keeping down and utiliz-
ing the grass In the public parks This
new duty of the Mayor of a city has been so
satisfactorily performed, through several adj
ministrations, that from this flock the cor
poration Of Baltimore has been enabled to
supply to the sheep raisers of Maryland
some of the best specimens OF the pure
Southdown for breeding purposes, which
have even been introduced into this State.
This fact and result increase the respect we
have always entertained for the Mayoralty
and corporation of Baltimore ever since they
evinced SO much more practical good sense
and thrift In the management Of their
share Of the legacy of John McDonogh than
New Orleans. Baltimore and New Orleans
were co-hers to the large estate OF that &C.
centric old miser. Each realized about
million and half on their legacies. Balti-
more has kept her share; New Orleans has
nothing left of hers but few cheap school
houses and q credit on the books Of the city.
Here Is another proof of the thrift of the
municipality of Baltimore, this grazing of
their parks, SO as to promote the propaga-
ton and development of the best breed of
sheep. And yet here In the city of New Or
leans, within the limits of this corporation,
and under the control Of its Administrators,
we have thousands of acres of grass, which
are never utilized nor made productive OF any
useful object, but in fact are left to rot and
decay, or to be appropriated by persons who
have no right thereto, without profit or any
sort of return to this city. When, in truth,
if these lands we're enclosed and put under
proper administration, and the owners OF
vacant lots compelled to enclose the same,
and small fee exacted from those who
grazed on the corporation property, quite q
respectable revenue might be derived there
from, and our parks and commons be greatly
improved by the cutting down OF the rank
yerdure, which renders them SO offensive and
and insalubrious.
In view of the wretched condition Of the
large portion of the lean, WORKOUT cattle sent
which. under the Slaughter House monopoly
and the miserable farce of an inspection pro-
vided in the act creating that monopoly, the
people are compelled to buy and consume as
good beef, would 1t not be an excellent ar
rangement to afford to these poor, starved
cattle. driven out of Morgan's boats and cars
in half dying condition, an opportunity OF
resuscitating themselves and getting into
state when under fair inspection they might
be passed as suitable for market, by allowing
| them to Craze on the abundant pasturage Of
| the city parks and public places.
Is it not a most unthrifty condition OF the
administration Of the property and OF the
notice power of q State and city which con-
dennis a population of over two hundred
thousand people to subsist upon lean,
starved and unwholesome animals, when
the city has under its control the means
of rendering such food nutritious and whole
some-of affording abundant pasturage to
the WORKOUT herds elected from the Texas
boats and cars, into our "grand dbdttoir,
and permits such resources to run to waste
and nuisance rather than apply them to 50
important and valuable use as that to which
the Mayor and corporation of Baltimore have
devoted small portion of the parks OF that
| otv2