The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-16
NEWS OF THE CITY.
What the Democrat Reporters Saw
and Heard Yesterday.
C1TYHALL.
Financial Adjustments The Fare ON
Might Cars.

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Financial Adjustments The Fare on
Night Cars.
Judging from appear ances 1t is not probable
that the city administration will be enabled Il
crafty the wishes OF Mississippi Fire Company
| MOI. for financial compromise. The reason
Tor this is chat should the city a2ree In every
ease TO accept It's own obligations In payment
Of its claims against ifs debtors. It would be An
ritter irnpossfbity to run the city government al
all, and To discriminate In favor OF one creditor
1t Id considered, would not be equitable. how
ever meritorious that creditor might be.
Close upon No. NJ proposition 1t is under.
stood chat other similar ones have been made
| to the city. which must meet with the same fate
rations. which owes about $4,000 back taxes te
re c ana to Xaieh lns e f9r supplies aI
claim With q sufdeient proportion Of tho city
aePt to II e o1 a We're tnis aesedsd g
the result would naturally be that there would
tRe t t trss at 70 pa buy The current expenss 81
| the municipality. BssiGe. according 10 law.
the revenues Of ole year cannot be used By the
Nov that the specifications have been pub
lfshed. which accompany the ordtnanees pro
rss a aaisoad se sbgns nss il saR,es senssad 4 1880
advanced sxalasl these -tfst g POI.
q Tie ma may e6args rs er
the night cars. The epeci feaMens read: For
each and every fare after 1890 oclock q. M. they
means Ra er sse oek ana beor a;
light. although the last words are omitted.
II Is argued that the object to be attained. the
&c ae ear q 81 R liable e
be jeoparaded by the excessive character oftthe
gars cents 4 s ssass
poorer classes who are 10 be benefited By the
institution Of these night trips. such 30 bar
keepers. restaurant walters. printers, press.
OF or q 1ea open ter q estaDfishments IL te curly
Facts and figures are brought forward to show
that ten cents fare would be enough to compen4
sate the railroad company, while II would be
pres present system. The first car leaves the station
in the morning OF 5 O'clock the night trips -one
every hour--Wonld occupy four flottls 9. from, I
amount to eight trips, requiring two mules,
two drivers and two cars, with scarcely. IL at
all, increasing the running stock Of the COM
st II be admttsd that te s. drivers. O. cars Il ant. and
mules would have to form separate orRaniza.
i9n ns ws af Tead Which / a sGf e sss a 1eas Il least
and there are several III service that arc twelve
years ofd-Wlll cost 81 ). 20 which may Be added
on an average - per month for sixteen hours
work. II ts therefore reasonable TO suppose
that drivs,e can be obtained who will work four
fstence is I've years, costs $780, and to feed, shoe
and care for this 1ocomotor 1t Is estimated that
SO per month Is ample.
ffnra t1u
atsimple calculation, on each line Jor one year
Two cars at $500 cash lsleeo) will run ten
, years. g @ or n pef M 80 s1eo 1e
Two mules costing 500, averaging five
years existence, per year ....s....... 40
Feeding. ghoeing, etc. each $40 per month.
or DOtn Der year. .......-.-..-..-..., 240
Total. ...=......................- s74o
This allowance made to the cars which would
sls as only tT9 resna TpS s essh sa. eg I
Now ssia ear i Informant. # these figures M u q
hey lar are @ let Is See sin how much would taks
sugtaining at ton cent fare each way,
year. TRereiore should saeh trip carry
sse two and Il 3 hs aanp fsa within At ten s ssn
sustaining. Now. he. added, venture TO
say GHAL the l. OClOGR a. III. gAE. alone. ON
during the four months of our gay season.
leaving q wide margin for profits In the other
trips during the same season and oil the trips
during the remaining eight months OF the year.
It Is probable. however, that at twenty five
GEMS fare these cars will more than pay ex-
penses with their first trips, after. 1880 q. M
during the winter months but the working
man who has to keep late hours or necessarily
10 the morning to reach his place Of oeenpa-
ton. for which he gets from one dollar to one
dollar and q half q day, cannot afford to give
twenty-five cents of. that pittance to ride In a
street car; and. y understand the object Of
providing these all night cars It is to favor
ing the profits OF the rairoal companies.
The question that remains to be solved iB
whether these figures are correct. and, II so,
whether 1t would not be indieious to amend
these specifications adopted by the Council.
JUST IN TIME.
On Saturday morning the Department of I'm
proyement1 having received Information that
the bridge over the Hagan Avenue canal at its In
tersection with Canal street yrs IN d dangerous
condition. .notlse was distely sentto that ei-
The company. however. through one Of It's OIL
GERS announced that they had nothing o do with
the repairing OF the bridge. talthonGh their con-
tract reads that they obliKate themselves TO re-
pair al bridges on the line OF their track.
Within . couple of hours afterWard al cart.
whils ;s,9 attempting to e OYER the bridge Was
boards. the driver barely escaping grave Injury.
Doubtless the matter will come up before the
courts. where the responsibility of the railroad
company Will be- determined. 1t Is hoped, once
for all
BASE BALL.