The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-30
NEWS OF THE CITY.
what the Democrat Reporters Saw
and Heard Yesterday.
CITY COUNCIL.
rwo yetees by the Mayor-InterestinE
Memorials ana Petitions

The Council held its weekly session yesIet.
day at noon; Mayor Patton IN lho c''s'lr anu
q full board present. ,
communication was iecelVed from INC
Nravor announcing that he had vetoed the
Kaa,,repard cooking and heating gas ordl-
,.noo nfor TIA reasons that LII It's present
form tho interests Of the city are not sui
f;ctently protected" The veto was sustained.
ALSO n communication vetoing an ordinance
relative to the peddling of meat, fruit, vege-
tables. etc. during market hours 'tor me
reason that great number Of persons have
raid licenses for peddling such articles, and
their rights would be destroyed" The Mayor
adds. III believe the ordinance was passed by
the Council under u misrepresentation OF the
result and effects Of said ordinance. Inc
veto was sustained. F..
The Mayor also announced that he had ap-
pointed Charles Byrne, ESD, member Of the
Police Board, vice Il. a. Palfrey resigned The
appolntment was confirmed
A number or monthly accounts, including
tho appropriations to the charitable institu-
,lons and the Firemens Charitable Associa-
tion we're taken up and read twice
A number OF petitions were also taken up.
referring to the reduction or cancellation q
assessments or taxes, which were referred to
the committee Of the whole
Other petitions, relative to the right of way
for d railroad, to the Cooking and Heating
GAS COMPANY, etc, were read and appro-
priately referred.
MORE souATTERs.
A petition from residents OF Common street
and Hagan Avenue calls the attention OF the
Councll to the negroes who have squatted In
that vicinity, and who have been In possession
Of the ground for year or more. Petitioners
complain that they have frequently applied
IN vain to previous administrations Tor re-
.dress They complain that the squatters not
only kill their hogs chickens, and abuse their
cattle but commit other depredations too nu-
ber Of twenty-five, ask for immediate relief.
The matter was referred to the city surveyor.
THE COW NUISANCE.
petit,on signed CLERGY and Taxpayers
was read Petitioners complain that the
COWS 'back Of town" break their fences and
destroy their bitches, cat UP their vegetables,
injure public trees, etc lhey ask that the
city authorities limit the privilege OF COW
owners to Hagan Avenue
AN INVENTION.
WIN Mansfield, of Cincinnati, o., addresses
n communication recounting the advantages
~ M novel and useful construction Of the
furnace and chimney stack" whereby he Is
enabled to employ the currents Of air, gas,
smoke, etc. III the operation OF machinery.
THE RAILROAD FRANCHISE
The right Of way asked for by Mr.. j. D.
Van Benthuysen and associates, already re-
rerred to In the DEMOCRAT, is In the following
terms; 1--WE respectfully solicit the right OF
uav for Twenty-Five years for street rail
road from Canal street to the new Morgan
railroad depots, provided that said depots are
located as now proposed through Chartres
street to Vaudeville, on Vaudeville onesquare
towards the river, thence UP TO ana through
Frenchmen To Charities with double track ito
m. Ann, through ST. Ann to and up Decatur
III Canal, or from Vaudeville up TO Elysian
and Into Esplanade to Decatur and thence TO
canal street for which priv
ileae We ' offer the sum of ten thousand dol
iars and n bonus of one-eighth of one cent
Ter passenger, the terms and other conditions
TO be In accordance with those now prevailing
In other companies
THE TEXAS RAILROAD DEPOT.
The Council assembled last evening at the
City Hail In committee OF the whole, and, as
II was generally understood, principally ior
The purpose Of perfectng the ordinance rela-
tive to the establishment of depot at the
hand of T,splanade street for the use OF the
Morpans New Orleans and Texas Railroad.
The delay In completing the ordinance iS due
to the desire OF the city administration to
.alothe IL with all the forms necessary TO pre-
serve the interests CT the city In their In
tarrity whilst aiding such worthy enter
Prise and to prevent any possible interference
with the acquired rights OF the wharf lessees
and others. ..-z--=