The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-26
CITY COUNCIL..-OFFICIAL.
ADJOURNED MEETING.
CRY HALL. New ORLEANS, !
Thursday, April Is. 1873.

Presentation. Ed. Pilsbury, Mayor, pre-
siding; and administrators Brown. Cavanac,
Diamond, Edwards Mccartney and Rengs-
torff
The reading of the minutes OF the pre-
vious meeting was dispensed with, and they
were approved as printed.
Financial Business on Final Passage.
Mr.. Brown called up the following ordin-
nance, which having been read twice, was
now on its third reading, and, the yeas and
nays having been called. it was adopted unan-
imously:
An ordinance providing for the payment of
the several accounts therein named begin
ming "Besnard & Montagnet," and amounting
TO $1269.
Reports Of Committees.
The following reports we're read:
DEPARTMENT OF WATERwoRKs AND PUBLIC
BUILDINGS,
City Hall, April 49, 1878.
To the Honorable Mayor and Administrators
The following and only bid was received on
the twenty-seeond instant for building q
smallpox hospital, viz:
Robert j. Connolly. $5240.
therefore recommend that the contract be
awarded to said Connolly, and the adoption of
the accompanying resolution.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES d. EDWARDS,
Administrator.
DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS. Cry HALL, |
New Orleans. April Is, 1878.
To the Honorable the City Council:
GenHen,en-I herewith submit the report of
the commission appointed under ordinance
No. 4437, to examine the trees lately planted
in the neutral grounds, and respectfully sub
NIT for your consideration the accompanying
resolution.
Respectfully. JOHN MCCARTNEY,
Administrator
NEW ORLEANS, April IL, 1878.
Hon John MrCaffrey, Administrator of I'm
provements:
iSir-As commissioned by yourself, we have
examined the trees lately planted on the
streets, and respectfully submit,
1. That on Esplanade street we found
eighteen trees; on Rampant street, sixteen;
on Canal street, ten; on Claiborne street,
eighteen; on Orleans street. two. sixty-four
If not already dead
O. That some few were not only small, but
ill-shaped. such as should not have been
planted; perhaps some fifteen or twenty.
3. That good many, perhaps two hundred
to three hundred, were nice trees, but not
more than two inches in diameter
4. That the great majority of the trees are
fine trees and well planted, and show present
vitality u.,oo.,,,,
JAMES T.. WALDO.
VICTOR FETTET.
DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS, CRY HALL,
New Orleans, April %. 1873
TO the Honorable the City Council
Gentlemen have the honor to report that
the following bids were received in answer to
advertisement inviting sealed proposals. to
wit:
/. For construction of new wooden bridges
on CarOndelet and other streets, along the
line Of the Carondelet and CarrolltOn Rail
road, from Eighth street to Peters Avenue:
John Kaiser q &c per foot.
N. Schneider, 211sc per foot.
Chas. Kaiser q &c per foot.
VIM. Stenbaeh 255se per foot.
b. Leake, 3 2-10c per foot.
fheo. Duvalie,' SO sG'i 30 p9 per 1' 1000.
f. Curry, 2ssc per foot.
Jas. MeGowan, 2 3-5c per foot
bridges; sls each for five bridges.
P.J. Callan, 2'4c per foot
F Fsss Ms oGaso ~ 2f PER 1900 5SSt
Garrett Sim mons. 2a4c per foot.
The bid of H. j. Martin, being the lowest,
tsee opinion City Surveyor, attached hereto,,
recommend the acceptance thereof, and the
adoption of the accompanying resolution.
For construction OF plank-walk on Maya
zine street, from Henry Clay Avenue to Wal
nut street, in the Sixth District, the following
bids were received
Peter Markey, S425
J. r. Dumont, 1921 20.
John Kaiser, $455.
+. Curry, $547 so.
ID. Seeand, $4l5.
Garrett Simmons, S3S7
b. Lease, S22 30 per thousand feet.
III. ]. Martin, 13c per foot.
William Menard, S437 80.
Theo. Duval, $21 50 per thousand feet
Charles Kaiser, $40.
Robert J. Connolly, $500.
2. Glennon, 1856.
The bid Of j. r. Dumont being the lowest,
[ recommend the acceptance thereof, and the
adoption Of the accompanying resolution.
For cleaning out OF GalveZ and Broad street
canals, in the First and Second Districts, the
following bids were received:
ID. Cronan, for Galvez Canal, SIS per acre
P. E. Murphy, for Galvez canal, s87 80 per
acre.
pm. Garry, for Galvez canal. $40 per acre
ID. Cronan, for Broad street canal, $40 30 per
John Hill. for Broad street canal, $44 rs per
acre.
r. Curry, for Broad street canal, $50 rs per
acre.
P. Il. Murphy, for Broad street canal ss5
per acre.
PM. Garry, for Broad street canal, 500 so
n Robert ebert Mcnamara, for Broad street canal,
The bids OF Messrs Garry, for Galvez, and
L. Curry, for Broad street canals, being the
lowest, recommend the acceptance thereof,
ana Ine aaoptlOh OF tne accompanying feSO-
luton.
For cleaning out the Algiers canals the fol-
lowing bids were received:
Dennis Cronan, Nerret canal S22 per acre,
Lapeyrouse canal SIS SO per acre, Valiette
canal SIS per acre.
p. Glennon, for all the canals $40 per acre
j. MCGOWAN, for all the canals SIT per acre
The bid Of j. Mciowan being the lowest ]
recommend the acceptance thereof and the
adoption of the accompanying resolution.
Respectfully,
JOHN MCCARTNEY,
Administrator
SURVEYORS OFFICE J
Room No. 49, City Hail.
New Orleans, April %. 1879. }
Hon John Mccartney. Administrator OF I'm
prOyementS: