The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-29
THE CITY HALL.

Tho Mayors correspondence relating to the
fever 10 growing less voluminous daily. and
applications Of nurses and letters Of advice
have nearly entirely disappeared.
Amo rig the contributions is to be included
500 81 from Mr.. Albert Watson, Of Hempstead
N. FL, the greater part OF which Is the result OF
O collection made at the Congregational Church
Of that place.
THE CITY RAILROAD MATTER.
An interview with the Mayor and Admins
traitors Brown and Cavanac relative to the re-
p p9 f a neSa 81 a BY S9 G%gp n
paDy resulted In expressions Of surprise from
these gentlemen, who declare that the subject
has never been broached to either Of them.
The only thing that may have occurred ap-
proachiDg connection with the subject has been
incidental reference to the disposillons for cash
could legally sell or lease, at this time in order
K, pay Its employees and current expenses.
For example take the case Of the city mar
instead of for q month. thereby realizing q
handsome sum to meet he city's expenses. even
a pd settling hd With the Louisiana National
abandoned, because 1t was feared that the free
market system In existence created such q luck
would hesitate to, purchase the revenues foir
such long peri. d. The propriety of Offering
for sale the franchise If the City Railroad Com
Dany, ending ia 1892 vas talked about but
Administrators Brown and Cavanac say, how
eyer IN that they are free to confess that should
the City railroad Com pany mako serious prop
ostions looking to the extension Of their char
ter. that they would deem 1t their duty to con.
few years @
for sixteen years, giving, as an only considera-
tion few trees to be planted on Canal street
course would be an absurdity. They added
that II anything of the kind came un before the
CITY Council the matter Is one of such import
ance that no action would be taken until the
fullest publicity had been given 70 1t and ample
opportunity been afforded to the country at
large to improve on any proposition that the
City Railroad Company might have made.
THE COUNCIL MEETING.
The proceedings Of the Council yesterday will
be found unusually Interesting In several re-
spects., We refer to the remarks of Admins
of the Times regarding the use Of offal for fill
ing up front streets.
TO these remarks the Mayor said that until
yesterday he had been unable to obtain the
| services Of ompetent persons to serve on the
special committee of Investigation asked for ~
tanned them at last His idaa in I-. CLOSING per-
sons outside OF the City Hall was in order that
innqendoes that had already been uttered re;
solely of members of the Council should not
haye grounds for recurrence.
The resolution of Administrator McCaRrey
| calling for an investigation of the affairs Of
the various Departments of the city by a com
mlttee composed OF Messrs. John 3. LATTE. ".
| -. IJSch d. bs NOWDhI. LiDu6i -. L5Sy anu :.
f. Glover was another extraordinary occur
renee.
| The resolution lies over
| At the same session of the Council, Admins
traitor Brown presented comparative state
| ment of the expenditures of the city for the
| years 1871 to 1878 inclusive.
1t may be we'll o remark that the admins
trations of 1s73-4-5 and 1876. although Demo
CRAIG. were ,saddled with the Radical school
and METROPOLITAN police laws, and that during
the three years first named the interest and re-
aemption OF the bonded debt found a heavy
| item In the expenditures. II should not be for.
gotten either, that during 1873 and zs74 we haG
O. Radical Administrator of Improvements
1928 9l4 ~ and s711 ass o6. In 1875 the expenses
| Of this department were reduced to s327,625 So