The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-13
CITY AFFAIRS.
rssr WHARF QUESTION.

@rhr nhnmpsful Condition ~ she W""rse'
af The Lever Districts.
The inspection Of the wharves OF the upper d'e
frieip made by DEmoeHAr reporter on Hrioay
sould hardly be said TO present their condi
ton In u very favorable light. What has tt
te related to-day az the result OF The in
spactiou OF The wharves, from the lower
limit Of The wharf aystem up 10
"A. Ana street, far from showing any improve
,nept In this matter, will exhibit, apparently al
least, gross neglect or ncapacitY somewhere.
The time has not come yet 10 lay the blame on
anybody In particular. Viewed generally, how
ever. there has been, beyond question, remsspesa
on the part Of The wharf lessees and contractors,
Mepsrs. Ellermann n Co., unless II can be proved
that n IL impossible TO keep the whsrves Of The
Third District In decent order.
In making ,his inspection our reporter has
been careful TO make all due allowances for the
difference Ia the character Of the river front OF
The lower portion Of the city ss compared with
the upper front.
ALI, THINGS roHEF,BRED.
II In not 10 be wondered Al that the commercial
community. together with ship owners and mas.
ters, trades people aud worhinsmen, who depend
upon these wbarves for n living, should be 30
tion OF the lower wharves.
Our reporter began his inspection at the lower
limit yesterday. al the head Of Jane street. and
recites In order, The condition In which be found
each wharf, a. follows The wharf At Post IA Ia
rottng in every one of lie parts. piles, string.
err. noorinas, aud with The water rising con.
etantly will he shortly unfit for use.
Post I-Thn wharf might be made useful,
but "a II IL the flooring is badly rotten and torn
post 4l-Three- quarters Of the area Of The
wharf has disappeared sihoe the new contract
What IL left shows that q new wharf, or at least
EXTENSIVE RHpAiRH,
should have been made; the location 10 cne Of the
best on the river front.
Post 40 There is no wharf here. the eonstruc.
hop having disappeared within tho last two
years.
Post 8s=The timber seems sound, but the
wharf ie caving In and dangerous. This IL also
one Of the fayofite moo,ins places In the city.
Post g7--1hei wharf has caved in badly the
wharf should have been constructed here. In.
stead II was badly patched, In manner 10 be de-
scribed hereafter In connection with other
wharves.. The caving In. We we're informed. was
enhanced BY the piling Of ballast against The In.
For three hundred yards above there Ia no |
wharf, or the least vestge Of such construe- |
ton. The wharf q little below the lower cotton |
very large ship. Then comes the long wharf,
known AZ the Liverpool Hteamsbip Wharf. one Oh |
The most needed for commercial purposes. This
wharf was originally from three to four hundred
yards long. The lower end In
ALMOST ENTIRELY GONE
into the water Adjoining this new wharf bas
been constructed with The etringers Of the sunk
en- wharf an foundation. A patching connects !
the wharf above with a badly patched up debris
OF the old wharf. which Ia supken two or three
inches belew the former: new piece OF wharf
about forty squares, Ia connected with THE above
and In front Of part Of the old wharf nearest the
land, which IL in fair condition, All the new
work. not exceeding one hundred squares,
the old stringers. Above this the long wharf for
eighty or hundred yards IL a total wreck, and
only one steamship (tbe Cordova) can find
wharf to tie at on the total of the original length OF
Iowa moorius IL rotting fast. and danger Ia found
In riaking more than three hundred bales Of GOTTEN
upon II at one time, whereas IL should be able 10
stand the weight of from eight hundred to one
thousand bales. j.,
Next above comes The wharf at which the ehip
Hermann 10 moored; thia ia new wharf. but pet-
ling and requires raising.
Post 2g-Tbe wharf here Ia occupied by the
nip Lancaster. The wharf Ia
ALL pur UNFIT ron rsE
he outer end having settled fully four feet.
Post @-rhe wharf lie In good condition.
Post 27-propped up over the old wharf, the I
more recently constructed wharf is going TO de- b
ruction, and cannot be used for loading ships. y
Post 26-The old wharf was about eighty feet o
a length. Subsequently a wharf forty feet long
Tas constructed over the wreck Of the former,
astead ofnew Hpiles. The wharf, however, 10 In
fair condition.
Post rs The wharf is going into the river and i,
OF no use at all. r.
Post 2l-Wharf utterly unfit for uee. 81
Post @-The wharf is still worse In fact, al.
sost total wreck.
Skipping tho Third District Ferry Landing,
ost II 10 reached. The wharf il settling badly | O.
nd has been neglected, neglect for which
acre is no apparent reason. A
Head OF Barracks Street-This Is W
AN OLD WHARF, az
irly repaired at the inner cnd, but tho old por-
ons are baoly rotted.
rost is,-ola wharf propped up in the usual
tanner on older foundations. New wharf at n
nor end on new piles. This ia a useful wharf u
ut should the water rise the old portion of the m
harf must go into the river. of
Hospital street.-The wharf Ia settling badly
inoring comparatively new.
Post 10, ureulnes strnet-Four.fifth of tho :"
harf has gone INTO the river. as
Iicayune Tier THE wharf extending from 81. 90
hilip street to tho Second Dis riot ferry, used Al
most entirely by vessels coming from the Indies '"
nd South American ports, ia in dangerous CON err
ton in its entire length and level with the 90
alter nearly NJ every point, and about fifty feet IN
the frontage adjoining the ferry In utterly VA
seless. A new flooring about forty feet wide
IA beer recently laid nearly opposite Dumaine ev
rect. IL
Thus IL will be that along the entire river A.,
ont, from Jane street to st. Ann street. there Va
% at best one hundred and fifty to two hundred
srde OF wharf which can be said to be In con-
tion ut FOR mercantile purposes, the remainder
ling utter wrecks, or on the point Of becoming n
b, :"
On another occasion we will complete our ex-
nination OF the wharves, and possibly 20 SO far
70 investigate the causes which have rendered
lch large portion OF them unfit for use. st
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