The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-17
&. A. DEBBANC,
President Louisiana Oil Company.
NEW ORLEANS, July Is, 1878.

New ORLEANS, July ID, 1873
To the City Council:
On the eleventh of June, 1873 o petition OF
Mr.. II. Howard, architect, relative to the
to the Mississippi river had been received,
and by the City Council referred TO
the Administrator OF Improvements with
power to act. Under what restrictions the
permission has been granted have been I'M
able to ascertain, but as the work has been
commenced. and is detrimental to both the pup
lie and the lessee's interests, am compelled
to inform you Of the course followed and to
solHmnly protest against the same.
The VfCksburg Packet Landing, above
Canal street, is. you are we'll aware, very
important one, where the most of our great
staple (cottOn) is landed. At an enormous eX-
pense since the beginning Of my lease, had
no sooner succeeded in placing It 10 perfect
| order and condition by constantly ballastlng
and Smelling it, than the st. Charles Hotel
! Company goes to work, digs diagonally the
hard crust on the top, and for years to come
destroys this fine landing. 1t would not be-
| lust and equitable to compel the lessee TO re-
pair the work destroyed by others, with the
permission Of the City Council, and hereby
notify your honorable body OF my refusal to
repair that part Of the landing. The empty
ing Of the contents OF the vaults OF the 81.
! Charles Hotel at this central part of our
city, where the largest passenger packets
land, constitutes great nuisance, and as
SUCH and contrary to the provisions OF the
| lease, L protest against IL.
About a year ago the Council granted per-
| mission to the Jackson Railroad Company to
lay belt railroad along the levee to Loutsl-
ana Avenue. In laying the same the tracks
have been raised several inches above the
levee grade long established, so that 1t Gre
ated pools of stagnant water and mud be-
tween the tracks and wharveS, which are the
cause Of just complaints by the public and q
great annoyance to the lessee. The railroad
company should be compelled to fill up with
hard substances these pools, as it is not my
duty, and | most positively refuse to repair
the satre.
The Council has also granted permission to
the New Orleans aud Mobile Railroad Com
pany t., lay track along the leyee below
Eiysiau Fields street, which will run through
and break no q number of coal yards, located
there when the lease was made, and from
which the lessee derives o considerable re-
venue the track is also so near the river
bank as f., seriously endanger the wharves
and the rer. which at that point has nat
ural terH!pnry to cave into the river. |, there
fore, for Tn reasons given, protest against
such il Ijnyement of my rights under the
COntrac' and notify your honorable body
that | viii hold the city responsible Tor al
losses and damages which / may suffer there
from.
Hoping to have, the remedy applied
promptly ~ you to redress the wrongs com
planned OF, l remain, very respectfully, yours
etc, HENRY ELLERMANN.
Mr.. E'lcrmann's communication was re
ferred to the Administrators Of Commerce
and improvements.
All unfinished business was laid over.
The Council then adjourned.
THOS. G. RAPIBR, Secretary.