New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-09
bLuME x1.-No. 5.
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sI4lc EAAN FAtAFs
lsIl keepers of Poydras Market
ne the private maket issue to
khem, made a loud complaint
he few dealers who occupy the
&c between Baronne and Penn
This brought in Administrator
who claims tho control of the
hes.ion under q thirty year lease
Cerrollton Railroad Company to
It had been leased with the
and the lessees were receiving |
Van Benthuysen, presidentof
Orleans and CaxTolltOn Railroad
in a letter to the PiedyNae,
he plat was the property ofthe
which was ignorant of the fact
city had leased it to the Market
1t was not e portion of the two
to the city in 1895 for the lPoy-
iket, or the piece forty feet wide
at the time the continuation of
pst. A strip ten feet wide on the
ie Of P0ydras street, which pos,
" be included in the SGaines'
Is, for the purpose of widening the
Idfor S5. The.aisputed tract, he
the depot Of the company, and
bids the title. He also states
portions of ground now known
] and South Poydras- streets, and
Barcnne street, were never expro-
bd by the city nor donated by
pany, there being no title vested
II other than that of long use,
sed of September IA, 1875, de-
bis plat, and the company agrees
erect buildings on it. 1t has not
by them, and they have paid
The company, the stall keepers
ssde such q row, have concluded
ht to have some revenue from it,
ssall keepers hope the rent will be
high that the hucksters will be
nay. Il is q nice piece of dog-in-
sr tactics, and the city will have
the question.
blowing letter contains the claim
iIgay company:
New ORLEANS, April 26, 1877.
r.ss csvanac, Administrator Of Coz
City Hall, New oFoans:
sR-'0n the fourteenth Of Sep
lg3e, as per act before ]. b.
otary public, the New Orleans
nIlton railroad sold to the city of
ans lots Nos..1 and 2, as desig-
pom accompanying rough plan
aAn and 'sB,' also a strip Of ten
ii q Phillippa and Circus streets,
feet on North Poydras, marked
donated that portion of ground
I'd, forty feet wide directly in
Ehs lot No ] running from South
street, and now constituting a
kion of Penn street, all of which
appear in said act, a copy OF
annex.
eetfuny call,your attention to the
that portion of ground fronting
0 feet on Baronne street and run
spth of seventy feet toward the
was never sold by this company
ct the time and subsequently oc-
> this company for its depot, and
subsequently,, as appears by the
sated at various times, and was
reserved, the company merely
to put no buildings upon it, as
aar in that portion Of accompany
marked f.
lNpany also allowed the free use
and South Poydras streets, frem
Of Canal 'Gravier to the former
Bayou st. John, and also that
! Of Poydras street south of Ba-
1ward 'Carondelet, required to
ogdras street of uniform width,
that portion of ground required
me street, across the basin, which
appear upon the accompanying
Ap Of Gravier basin and canal.
1 % my surprise, l learn that the
snting the ground and deriving a
nom its rent, it being designated
en twenty-six Of an ordinance
December z, 1876, as neutral
be market purposes. Your spe-
Hon is respectfully called to this
his company being perfectly will
tsr into any arrangement as viii
aally satisfactory.
Vsey respectfully,
W. VAN BENTHUYSEE,
7 President.
i1TER Y ORaucp Sacratarv