The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-18
THE COUNCIL.
AFTER THE CITY RAILROAD CON-
PANUES.

II was no later than yesterday that the DEMO-
GRAFT announced that the city administration
proposed to assert Its rights In certain matters
that seemed to have been neglected by former
adm nistrations. Yesterday the first Import
ant steps In this direction were taken during
the meeting of the Council the official proceed
ings Of which will ba found In the columns of
this mornings DEM Graf
Two resolutions were introduced by Admins
traitor Houston and adopted unan imously pro
viding that the City Attorney be instructed To
Immediately begin proceedings against the
Crescent City Street Railroad Company and the
New Orleans Cly Railroad Company for the
tofteitnres OF their respective charters for non
compliance with the provisions of their
contracts.
The failure Of the first railroad company to
extend Is road to CarrGlltOn, and Of the other
r. keep the line Of its tracks along the Matairie
Ridge IN good order from curb to curb are
given az the reasons for The action Of the Coun.
ell. II is proposed that wherever any railroad
company shall have contracted TO keep the
streets and bridges along the line Of their
tricks that they must do 20, and the city not be
nut to The expense OF making these repairs.
THE coNIRAcToRs
Messrs F'yssoux 4 Coleman, shell and ballast
road contractors John Kaiser. street con
tractor q the Fourth District. and Thomas
contracts yesterday. reserving to themselves
the right to sue the city for the money due
them, The same committee who examined the
WDTk uUHs ny QUIET CONTRACTORS, VINO nave hfHn
doned all work. was appointed to. inquire
whether the last named contractors had com
piled with their contracts.
CITY RENTS
Administrator Iaaaeson introduced n resolu-
ton providing that the Administrator Of Water.
works and Public Buildings shall make TO the
Council report Of NIL the rents paid by the
city FOR courts, offices; pounds etc. This. It is
Hall for the accommodation Of the Superior
Criminal aud First District Courts.
Everything worked, tremendously In, the
Council, the voting, with one exception. being
always unanimous. The exception was dis
agreement relative to the raising of the license
:. o. IRE Insurance cons panies 9r agencies from
took grounds In favor Of the increase, saying
that there was only one local life insurance
company ~ existence. which he thought would
accept the Increase
There ls nothing unjust or ineuuitab'e In the
proposition, because our local companies paid,
on all property which they owned here. The
foreign agencies could not be taxed on the capt.
tai Of their CORPORATIONS. and did not invest In
After little discussion the matter was referred
to the committee Of the whole Administrators
Glynn and Rehan having expressed their wish
to inquire more carefully into It..
PETITIONS.
petition was received from citizens Of the
Filth District Algiersl, requesting the Council
to appoint n resident license inspector who can
speak English. French and German. because
giers who do not pGy any license to the preiu-
dice Of those who do.
A memorial was received from Gen. L. Sewell
Of the Injustice done to school
teachers and the police. whose evidences OF in
debtedness are not convertible into Waterworks
stock. like oil other evidences Of debt
THE MARRET ORDINANCES.
The mark ct ordinance finally passed yeser
day, and will be found nm interesting doeu-
ment by market men Of all classes including
particularly the private market men. The or
dinance provides that the police shall enforce
the ordinance relative to the private markets.
] he sale Of the revenues Of the public markets
for one year is postponed until Monday. the
twenty third instant, Instead Of Saturday the
twenty first.
THE GAS FRANCHISE.
We hear It said On the streets that an investi-
gallon has begun relative TO the franchises of
the New Orleans Gaslight Company In con
neciion particularly with the privilege granted
to the Crescent City Gaslight Company by the
Warmoth Legislature, The question at issue IL
whether the Legislature could divest the city of
New Orleans of its rights to the gas franchise
which was TO have become Its property at the
expiration Of the charter Of the New Orleans
GasliRht Company, which occurred a couple of
years ago.
At the City Hall however we have heard of
nothing on the subject.