The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-14
the Neptune Rowing Club, TO erect o boat
house on The Touro property.

BY Mr.. Denis, and adopted
Be it resOyued That james s. Zacharie and
j. 2. Exnicios be and are hereby authorized
to make personal demand, and TO receipt for
the city taxes of 1873 remaining unpaid.
BY Mr.. Rengstorff and adopted
Resolution appropriating SIS to reimburse
A. Saulet for taxes of 1876, enormously paid
on @ double assessment.
| By Mr.. McCaffrey, and laid over till next
meeting
Whereas, in regard to the following con-
tracts, viz:
hartley IL FAYssOUx.
| For cleaning, repairing and keeping in re-
pair the paved and unpaVed streets OF the
| First District.
| For cleaning, repairing and keeping in re-
pair the paved and unpaved streets OF the
| Second District.
| For cleaning, repairing and keeping In re-
pair the unpaved streets of the Sixth District.
! For cleaning, repairing and keeping III re-
pair the unpaved streets Of the Seventh Dis
| trict.
For repair and keeping in repair the street
bridges OF the First District.
For repair and keeping in repair the street
bridges of the Third District.
| For the repair and keeping in repair the
| street bridges OF the Fourth District. ,
| For the repair and keeping in repair the
street bridges of the Sixth District.
| For the repair and keeping In repair the
| street bridges Of the Seventh District.
THOMAS BERGIN.
For cleaning, repairing and keeping in re-
pair the paved and unpaved streets OF the
Third District.
JOHN KAISER.
| For cleaning, repairing and keeping in re-
pair the unpaved streets Of the Fourth Dis
| trict.
PAT. GLENNoN.
For cleaning, repairing and keeping in re-
pair the streets and street bridges OF the Fifth
| District.
| FAYssoUx & COLEMAN.
For repairing and keeping In repair the
shell and ballast roads Of the first section.
For repairing and keeping in repair the
shell and ballast roads Of the second section.
WILLIAM HENRY.
For repairing and keeping in repair the
paved streets Of the Fourth District.
FOURY.
For the repair and keeping in repair the
street bridges of the Second District.
The Council is dissatisfied with the manner
in which the work has been executed under
said contract.
Be resoZved That said contracts are here
by annulled.
Be it further resolved, That ordinance No
1881 be and the same is hereby repealed.
Be ii further resolved, That this ordinance
take effect on and after the thirty-first Of
August, 1878.
By Mr.. Cavanac, and adopted
1, Resolution granting permission to Nep
tune Rowing Club to erecta boa t-house on the
vacant lot of ground known d. the Tourc
property
q Resolution granting J. W. Black permits
sion to construct wharf in the Third Dis
trict at his own expense, and repeating ordi
, nance No. 4541.
, By Mr.. Brown, and read twice
An ordinance providing for the payment o
the several accounts therein named, for July
. 1878, beginning department Of Police, AID
ministrator's office, T. T. Hansell, stationery,
, and amounting to 1894 Is.
Unfinished Business.
The majority and minority reports Of thu
+ committee appointed to secure @ suitable
building for the police station and recorders
court, First District, read and laid over at tn
} meeting Of July 80, were called up for con
= sideration.
| Mr.. Cavanac moved that the minority re
port, favoring the lease of Davidson's Court
at a monthly rental of $500, be adopted.
; Mr.. Rengstorff opposed it's adoption, bu
favored the adoption of the majority report
which recommended the lease Of the Turner's
! five years, at the end of which time the Who'll
: property is to be given to the city, with a.
absolute title. He said, moreover, that b
r understood Davidson's Court could be sc
: cured at g. smaller rental than $500.
Mr.. Denis stated thatth Turner'S Hall ha
been sold a few days ago at sheriffs sale TO
$4,000 cash, and that, therefore, the gentleme
who proposed to negotiate with the city woul
make handsome profit If they got $1,000 O
$4,000 for it.
3 Mr.. Cavanac was decidedly opposed to TAX
ing Turner'S Hail. It would be necessary t.
spend from $4,000 to $4,000 in fixing tn
place, and even then it could not be mad
suitable for the purposes intended.
2 Mr.. Diamond submitted the following al
7 the reasons why the minority report SHOULD
be adopted:
The Davidson Court has all the room need
ed to supply easily q recorders court room
: private office, dock, etc.
It has convenient divisions for police head
quarters and all the offices necessary for thos
t in charge of q station.
It has a building which can be fitted up 70
cells for prisoners having direct ventilation
and light and well drained.
The property being rented Is still subject t.
- taxation, which amounts to about 5000 yea
5 The purchase of property at once exempt
it from contributing to the city treasury, AM
6 to find out the cost of the property to the cit
- per annum you must add the amount Of tn
tax to the interest on the purchase price O
the property and to the interest on tn
amount which would have to be expended t.
fit the purchased property for the uses OF
station, police headquarters and court.
f This sum would be large in the case Of tn
e Turner'S Hall. And If that property wer
= bought IL would he a source of constant an
j. noyance and complaint at every rainfall I
l. can't be reached even after slight one, an
O requires much time to drain: No cells can b
fitted up in the Turner'S Hall except by build
: ing within the walls already built. This will
r necessarily exclude both light and ventilation
from the cells and put them where no ray Q
T sun can ever purify them.
,. The Turner's Hall Is besides withdraw
' from all thoroughfares, while the Davidso
Court is sufficiently. withdrawn to not Oh
g trude7 On passers-by, for it lies between tn
J. only line Of cars running both above and be
q low Canal street.