The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-31
NEWS OF THE CITY.
MUNICIPAL.
The Produce Sheds Again,

The Produce Sheds Again.
The steamboat interests were represented
In the Mayors parlor yesterday by Captains
Aiken, Wood, Kirk and Joyce, who had come
ID urge the advantages Of the proposed pro-
duce sheds.
The gist OF the interview is embodied In the
petition, Of which synopsis Ia given below
After showing the necessity and advantages
ri the sheds, making at the same time the
statement that In no city tn the world pos
s0ssing considerable commerce is lnefchan-
disc 80 exposed as 1t la here. the petitioners
recite some OF the grievances to which they
are subjected through the want OF protection
for merchandise landed from the river
steamers. A few moments unavoidable e.
posl1re OF merchandise To storm o. the open
Ievee will, they assert, effect permanent Dam
Age and depreciation In value. Long e.
posture Of flour to the hot sun permanently
damages IL, and single hours exposure 10
shower dlscolors the barrels and packages go
No TO make IL an Inferior article IN the mar
ket Butter bacon, hams, lard, etc, suffer
equally from exposure, and the damage To
cotton by mud and water is incalculable.
TARPAUL1Ns
afford but slight protection against storm
and are not the slightest protection against
tirs,ia,. IA recommend them excet,t their
nrtmifiva character. and they have at all
hmaa afTn,yind iesa sen1,itv Ia tho merchan-
disc they are invoked to protect than they
have to the encroachments Of thieves operat-
I'm ,,,,sfas Tia nlankinp III the leyee.
fhan Follows tha prOpoeition Of the signere
raptaius Joseph A. Aiken, j. b. Woods and NJ.
~. invce. to remedy the evil. The PROPOSE
tion In brief Is az follows without interfering
In the slightest manner with tne Iu!l rlgnG oI
the city TO impose ana eolieet all q lts pIeseht
wharf dues, they Will assume fesponsi9iilty
of maintaining ne wnole wharf, ana levee
lying between tne upper a,,,e y ~ thts
street to the lower line OF ~. Joseph. Ior Inlr
Wy years. subject to the following guarantees
and restrictions: they ask 90 pc pefmltten
and guaranteed the right " enter upon ~
said wharves and leyees, including as wei the
wooden structure as az othef portlonh OF inc
public levee between said streets Ia the con-
trol OF the city, with the right of constructing
and Maintaining thereon sultable nreproof
sheds or STRUCTURES Ia no manner interfering
city may have heretofore made GO any corpo,
ration or individuals; 70 hold lhe rlEhI 81
MAINTAINING ~, sncn sneus ,pr paIlen q lnir.x
years. hey ~ .nav sar "a ,s'ts sna
NJ o. amhe ht y asea Az andan ,o,ec sh IT,
nad d and In no manner to obstruct the layee.
IA IN ~ @ th o n
~ nonaiaaratian ,hev aal, reasonable g,laran
tee against any future inimtcal. prpiudicial Or
discriminating munic',hi ie9isla.ioil, anu blla1
they may pc permltteu 20 coliect ahd reserve
small charge IoI the snelteiihR ana pIolec-
lion OF mercnanalse, Whlct, chaTges are 70 ne
a9rsea upon we gralie go pe Nun lhe pIovlso
That at the expiration of the thlrty years the
city y 90 Jake the sheds az ohe-haif the'r az
praised Value
THE DIFFERENCE,
apparent at least, between this proposition
and that of some OF our produce merchants
lies lii the fact that the steamboatmen's pro-
position offer a compensation In the way OF
maintaining the wharves Id proper condition
from Customhouse street to ut. Joseph,
whilst they do not stipulate the charges
which they would impose on merchandise
protected by the sheds. The proposition Of
the merchants does. However, after the
talk was had, 1T seemed to be the conclusion
81 Ihe elsy hulni,nlsl,aeoIs, uerlVeu from COL
,,hatar.a, Man ,srht "a adnntah II, ill., ~, NJ
s,,ra enncperninp The sheds maritime II ID
s,,nnnrtas, IN. deoisinna already wall Known
nrnhII,itaa In fitv from deriving anv peon,
-, hanatita frnn, tha Iandinga fu,thar than
4 cnnditIn,, I'd meet the exIpenejes of com
m uaa aa,d finally that by putting their