The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-10
THE CITY HALL.
THE COAL OIL QUESTION.
An Interview Between Mercnahs @n"
the Mayor.


the Mayor.
yaaterdav an interesting interview TOOK piace
at tbe CITY Hall, between the Mayor ana lnoI-
chant IF this city. who deals extensively ~
ooa, oils the subject of the conversation Deink'
~ eourse. the ordinance recently passed py .ne
Council stipulating the quantity OF h1eniy ln-
IA mmable oils that shall be perm1ttea 10 De
stored In any one building within the ciey
umits and prescribing the character Oh the
receptacles Of such oils a.
nnrin0 the conversation. by the way. INC
Mavor informed his visitor that. In commlttee 81
tha whole. the city administrators had agreed
- Increase the quantity from fifty gallons 10
two hundred gallons and that the ordinance
wonld be amended accordingly. This wouio
annear satisfactory. since nothing Detter Gan ~
obtained; but the question at issue no" 49,
whether the city can secure the coal OH Hou
Should they establish q coal oil warehouse On
Claiborne street near Louisiana Avenue lagalnst
the action OF future administrations tnat might
authorize the establishment OF similar ware
houses In more convenient or accessible iocall-
ties.
Messrs Chess. Corliss d Co.. the standaro
coa, oil men write that the ordinance suits them.
and that they will proceed TO construct ehe
necessary warehouse. requiring no exclusive
gate itself to maintain the limits speclned IA Inc
ordinance during five years.
This Ia the embarrassing point; and. said the
Mayor. whilst he was very DESTROYS OF settling
the question as equitably as possible. he could
sneak OILY for the present city administration.
whose term OF offlce would expire in the next
eighteen months, but that the CITY CouncIl coula
in nowise bind future municipal government
The visitor suggested that there might be q
way of making a contract that would have the
desired effect yet be had no suggestion 70 MAKE
| as to the nature of such contract.
himself to know how 1t could be made. but that
ths ag ehoa q ns1s m ana he
therefore, refer he suggestions 70 maj oilelai.
There was great deal more SAID at me lnIe E,
| infiammable oils, the merchant maintaining
that the dire effects OF the material occurred a.
most universally in It's ption ~ mousse
holds. and hardly ever whilst 1t was being nam
| died in bulk or on storage.
| TO this the Mayor answered that 1t was never
theess true that calamity might happen az az
any moment as resultant from the storage Ct
4 very large quantities OF the oil in the very
centre Of the commercial marts OF the city; at
events such the d tsa Raard fh al
Underwriters and the aremen had freely OK
pressed their views aud fears on the sub! oct.
b hh as T. W sn2 Il saia e e.
general objections advanced. and which ne
called theoretical. whilst practical experience
| he sal went to prove that the objections we're
nnfoupded; that It showed thai Whistles iss q
alcohol aud chemicals, of an equal or more In.
famm able character. we're stored In great
abundance in the heart OF the business portion
| OF New Orleans. As to the resolution Of the
Board Of Underwriters. refusing to take risks
| on buildings containing coal oil in large guam
ties. and which the Mayor said had been shown
to him, he. the merchant. could not conc1ltate
1t with the fact that his own establishment. that
OF Converse Il Co.. and others were fully In
sured, and the risks sought after by the insu-
rance companies.
! Well, the matter goes to the city attorney
and 1t is yet possible that this vexed question
may be soon solved to the satisfaction of all par
ties.
PEDDLERs' LICENSES.
The arrest Of a number Of peddlers for non
payment OF licences caused large aff1uence o
that class of individuals at the City Hail yester
day. Except In such c4ses whore the delinquent
were uamist akably subjects for municipa
!iberality, the free permits asked for were re
fused. Mr.. Isaacson sd that people who owl
a horse and cart. and healthy, ble-bodied men
he does not think are entitled to free license
and many such have applied to him to carry o.
their peddling business. Among those VIII
were given tree license yesterday was negr
woman one hundred and two years old.