The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-31
LETTER FROM CHIEF O'CONN0R.
NEW ORLEANS, March 81. 1876


Editor Democrat-In your journal OF Monday
PRsaEsd sRs s{Ind ghf 0connoT ana the
keies unti mat to-day. DO not see why this rate
young man should n. have been saved BY
should dSioeate his business, organ tn ecaw-
ing such an .obdurate file as he found the New
Orleans Times engaged upon. 1t ts too clear
that be was unaware Of what he was about to
admit Of bic being an appr92priate. object foT
which. If he we're half as Intelligent as he seems
to be- Learned, heimight have obtained for him
s SHOW ' he makes Hl In your Journal But this
young mani trust am not in error in sup
sess we wheh Ns1 oens es aid n
zisss by ths I'd display ' Fl other matters which
!. Id the first place he should have. found out
that .the fire department. chief and al"
as nos IN arpsey dDba a
United states District Court n disposiog Of the
Ha belongs hs
a IN 9y
the city Of New Orleans. agrees to furnish the
services Of the FIRE department 70 the city. for
which price unfortunately the city has not for a
long time been able to pay. Ia the meantime.
with the city for years past In habitnai default.
perhaps. second to no department In the United
States In efficiency: keeps up with the improve
ments In ypga moderately n yh well and + Pa2ys
2s sh q facts S' d.
display In type the following bitter contained
In the young mans communication:
"0s the other hand, they have forfeited fifteen
days pay from the city Of New Orleans ON the
.tknte1 mad 4hn4f
could BE- rendered by them to the city whilst
they had abandoned their eng inc houses to
perform the uninterrupted and er7,austing fifteen
as ss ae sdtsu d1 oatk By kthei t chief
Again, 1t does not seem to have occurred to
as himself ood and SILK
vessel with ~ view to pump 1T out for the
The dirt Of these italics. and the indecency of
the whole. extract. will be .stiIl more apparent
after a little additional explanation.
The SERVICES S,' rendered under my direction t1
knowiedge and approbati9n Of the Firemen's
Charitable Association. Nobody or Individual
no pretence nor affirmation in my petition that
there was an uninterrupted or continuous
service OF the twelve engines mentioned during
the period stated. Here are the words OF the
."That during all this time those persons
have iabored necessarily In raising said ship
and saving Der cargo; and that during this
time petitioner has been obligeI to employ as
many as twelve steam engines and two hook
and ladder companies In order to furnish the
necessary relief without stopti ng the work Of
pumping out, etc. and that this work and these
services were rendered up to March IT, 1878. at
1910 o. M, as aforesaid"
There was no time while this work was In
progress. that there were not engines enough.
and more than enough. In readiness for any
emergency likely to occur in the way OF fires
while any extraordinary emergency would in
stantly have secured the measures requisite to
meet It.
I will simply take leave to aid that all my
personal interest in this demand Is the sum
asked In my name II had not been confident
OF proving It to be reasonable and Just it would
not have been claimed.
Your obedient servant. .