The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-30
NEWS or THE CITY.
CItTY HALL.
The Produce Sheds.

Messrs. Phelps. Chew. Howard and Van Ben
fhuysen on behalf Or the incnrpoIators " tn"
proposed produce sheds, Waited the Ctty nav
yesterday and were received Nv the MAYOR anu
several OF the Administrations. The interview
wac quite lengthy one. the nth W when was
the necessity for these sheds experienced ny
commerce and the decrease Of the taSne i'm
posed upen merchandise of AL kinds unlonaaa
III the eyee between Canal and Foydraa a'teets
Mr. Chew made the point among others 'Nn'
what now eosts sak for tarpnnn and skid ntn
faction would lie reduced IN hatwaen So anh sA'
FOR storage under the sheds. Az 10 whom shonln
bear the expense Of protecting rotton nnde'
the uropeaeh shed ayetnm the yiaitnra sa'd, r.
manned an open question. lhes, mI ~ nu,i,,,
Tia ADMINISTRATION the necessity " TAKING eh.iF
aa ap m II The matter. assuring them that the
company did not Intend f. make IT, en !, MI,
one hn 'smaa the he" Oh
;act VIVA III prninot themselves from .onernna
and useless charges and The me,ehanh,s,e , from
tnra ms that If listeners ALMOST entirely r.
fore eomine to any Decision they now pr re-, Sc
TO hear what other interes.9a etaasns mn" ="
tha warehousemen and the dtaymen, Already
petition, signed By . number of steamhGat
man favarinR the erection Of the sheds has
haa,, reneiyei al the hall. but # seems that seve
mi ifnrprtant names are absent from ne hoeu
Inent, and Il i intended VA they also s, y,
e e moatsliely all events hsa a, nreedy
been said The decided IMPRESSION o. ne Cfty
a Ha n i faf e n1a"ea Of nvdna
In The matter hy giving them &C. nfivi'eee; h ~,
sss s sSsSa b esmea they would
sffar tha privilege fer saln tn the liRhast bidder
ADMINISTRATOR rFHAs'a RETURN.
Administrators Rehan returned yesterday
from hs Western tlin. Although the Mn'o,
absai5 eS th h he NXaaaarp River
adjourned, be mel IT. merhera and made him
T TeaaaIine the improvement " the Mississippi
and. he eare. found detarminatinn q rurpGse
aIaong them that WIS trY1 jy enhs ,,g Inc
his ortnien concerning the rlan ahonted hy |
tie convention, answered that whilst be did
not agree With the system III a s aslhs , Inc
1t should be observed that. although plan was
adopted the .prereedsnae, ~ the convention
alsn ahpw declaration that the convention |
was not welded to any particular plah,
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Major Behan is In renelpt of lateL from Mr
W. a. g. Price, the secretary q The World Fair
sstaaes b n Nav ars R ss on
We, we're g. immediately answered, The ,seeratary
meeting Of the. association. at which over
seventy Ave, q the 1eaains arri's q NE eity
M nna W Se N Hotel on The sixth Of October
inetantl. and containing the names of fifteen or
twenty new members, admitted % the same
again On the thirteenth Of Nosenher. at The
ruth Avenue Matel. The location Of secretary
Price ia room No. is. VI. Nicholas Hotel
THE COW CArCHEEa.
Administrator Mealey has discharged the two
pound drivers charged with stealing COW, for
the purpose ct impuundtn9 Y AMI getting the
fee. In order 70 prevent the recurrence 81 such
cases, the Administrator has ordered that
pound drivers shall hereafter leave their COM
miasions" every night with The pound keenars.
who viii return them til the morning. THE
vrf "a a n flJAI
sions.
TIE TAX pRoPtEM.
iii December next. on the second Tuoaday
We believe, II will become the duty If the city
administration 10 adnpt n budget If taeeipa
and expenditures for the year 1sso. together
be Imposed DURING that yearthis tn accord
ance with existing lave. But the new eonatitu
tion,, the aaogtlon u which ny TIE neople ta
with its provision limiting the municipal taxa
tion Of the city of New Orleans ct per cant,
the city administration is endeavorina 10 solve
This problem Ia one IN which every citizen of
New .Orleans - 60 deeply Interested that the
administration are giving IL a constant and
thorough consideration. and the aeumen Of ts
legal advisers has already been PVT to faevere
task II, order g reach satisfactory reault. one
that will meet the emergency and at the same
time avert the litigation with which the city Is
Threatened. Whichever conclusion the ely
Administrators may now, al lnaat, arrive at.
will the City Council order IN December the
levee Of tax of ten e fifteen mla? The con
III, II
mills and aa the constitution will he In opera
tion as soon as Il is promulgated n January Il
necessarily follows that taxation thereafter
cannot exceed ten milla
But, says another existing laws require the
City Council IS pass the tas imnee na "rdt
constitution can possibly be IN operation. aud
the same exiating laws declare positively that
the rate Of taxation ehal he fifteen milla. The
dilemma In which the municipal government
will find itsalf Ia Obvious In aaaa the budget Of
1850 il based Oh one and 4 half cent tax and
the courts should eventually decide that The
spirit az well as the letter Of the oanattnton
centemrlatee a reduction Of taxation from
fifteen to ten mills immediately upon the pro
mitigation of lie a,doption by the people.
ministrators,, accept the ten mill taS
proposition they will have to isnore the rre-
MUM bond act at a time, 40 on ,of the financial
ration authorizing them ~ Do SO, and under the
they might he rendering them-
selves and their securities personally responsi.
hesitation III adopting a course that might
produce such a benefit to the raople
NJ large q the REDUCTION If oiy tsSation for The
This is decidedly bad fix. for. they add. In ,
any event the city y certain 70 ne haras.ae ~ I
adopt the view that one and q half cents taxa
ton shall be raised IN 1850. and taxpayers will
ton against the levy. should however, the Adj
ninietratora act in accordance With their own
wishes and the letter Of the law q the eonstitu
ton. the creditors 1T the city viii. they antict
pate. immediately mandamus the managers Of
Ifs affairs to show cause why existing laws I
should not be enforced and the budget Ne based !
This Is why the Mayor the Administrators h
and the attorneys Of the city have frequently {
been In close consultation. without, ~ yet how I
ever, arriving at anyt ing like satisfactory
solution Of the problem, i
y
THE RICE CASE. :