The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-07
CITY HALL TOPICS.
NO QUORUM AIT THE MEETING GF
THE COUNCIL


At the Council meeting yesterday only the
Mayor and one or two members put in 81 APP
pearance, and the meeting had to be adjourned
until to-day at noon Administrator Edwards
was Ill at home. Administrator Cavanac was
at the City Hall, but suffering very much.
Administrators Denis and Diamond were on
a visit Of inspection to Turner'S Hall.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.
DR. fancy and Major Hardee, the special
committee appointed by the Board of Health
to confer with the city Administrators on the
subject of flushing the cutters, paid O. visit to
the Mayor with whom they made visit of
inspection to carry out the views Of the board
in relation to the flushing of CUTTERS
ASSESSMENT MATTERS.
The Board Of Assessments held another
meeting yesterday to act upon applications
session Mr., J. A. Braselmar1, the we'll known
uptown dry goods dealer, appeared before the
board, and being asked incidentally whether
he had ever been approached by any broker
Mr.. BraseIman replied that he had; once,
about the middle OF June last prior to the
opening Of the books, a broker whom Mr.
Brasoman does not know by name, but who
has his office on Common street, did make
such propositions to him; subsequently, In
July. another broker approached him on the
same subject and told him that he could fix It
with the State assessors. and thereafter 1t
would be all right with the city.
On being asked the name Of the broker Mr..
reveal 1t, for after he declined the proposition
as he had declined the first, the broker had
asked him to make no mention Of the matter.
The assessors having insisted upon Mr.
Braselman giving the name OF the broker
telling him that the subject had become 4
serious reflection on the board, Mr., Brasel-
man finally said that it was Mr.. Folger.
administrator Rongstorlf, it is said, has
received u note from q merchant OF this city,
making certain disclosures, but in which it is
asked that the note be not made public. Mr..
RengstorT proposes to answer the note and
tell the merchant that in matters Of this kind
no secrecy can be maintained.
THE MUSICIANS.
A very large number Of the brass band
fraternity have addressed a petition to the
Council In which they beg not to be deprived
Of the means OF livelihood byorders prohibiting
the playing fmusic bands because the yellow
fever prevails. They offer to cease playing
through the streets whenever requested to do
so by tho police, or anybody In fact who may
inform them Of the necessity Of doing SO, in
the vicinity in which they are passing.
The Follce station.
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR OF
FERED FOR CORNER.
Yesterday visit to the neighborhood of
Turner'S Hall revealed the fact that the local
ity had been inundated by rain only once in
seven years. The writer was further in
formed by q resident thereabout that he
would be willing to give $1,000 year to the
city for the rental Of the room on the ground
floor of the hall at the corner OF Lafayette
and Dryades streets, provided it was con-
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not have the pleasure of seeing the Admins
traitors after their visit to the hall, but we
are told by the Times that one Of them said
that the building, in its present condition, Is
utterly unsuited for the purposes sought
that the largest room has no floor at all, and
that the man in charge reported to him that
that the edice had been inundated in the
heavy rains three Sundays ago. He con-
siders that the building in its present condi-
ton is worth $9O00 and that it would cost as
service for the purposes sought.
It has already been stated in the DEMOCRAT
on two occasions that the owners Of Turner's
Hall have agreed to fit the building for IL CEN
their own expense and that the estimate of
al architect is that it will cost. at the outside.
$4,000, So down with that argument.
AS to the assertion that the
condition only $1,000, It must have been the
toughest kind OF q guess. Turner's Hall is
an ornamental editice, It covers o lot Ga feet
front on Dryades street by 1913 feet In depth
and front on Lafayette street. 1t contains
two immense halls-the gymnasium, which is
IS feet in length by q width of SIS feet and q
height of % feet in the clear; the ballroom
above Is of the same dimensions, except the
height which is 26 feet. And we are informed
by excellent authority that even at the pres
ent cheap price OF materials and labor the
building could not be constructed for less
than $4,000. Now. please to throw in the
value OF the ground, the fact that no interest
is charged on the price (which at per cent in
five years would amount to $4,000, and you
may possibly get at the real value Of the in
stitution which would become the property of
the city at Il cost of about $1,000, after deduct'
ing the rent which the corporation would have
to pay in renewing the lease Of the Davidson
buildings.
The long and short of the matter, however,
is that we are not discussing the value OF
Turner'S Hall on the auction stand, bat the
value of that building relatively to the needs
of the city, and in comparison to the cost OF
renting the Davidson buildings for five years