The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-20
CITY MATTERS.
Another Break in the Levee and a
Marrow Escape The Lake
Shore Railroad

|
Yesterday. whilst the members of the citl
administration were holding their usual Mon
day executive session. the following dispatch
addressed to Col. Collins. the Administrator o
| Improvements, was received Mt the City Hall:
| CARRoLLToN. April 10.
| Levee reported given away ct Trudeau 4
| place. Jefferson, left bank. We will endeavol
to procure lumber and do the bnst y, can nnti
assistance comes. U. WAGtNER.
| The announcement naturally caused little
excitement at FIRST. the Trudeau place being
the first plantation below the Sauve place
which is below and ndjoins bonneville. ant
where the crevasse occurred In 1851 or 1875!
that inundated a large portion of the roar oil
the city of New Orleans.
! Surveyor Brown was Immediately called In
| consultation. whom iG WAS found that all the
protection levees were Ia o condition to meet
the Upperllne levee. through which roads run
and measures were Immediately taken 10 re-.
medy this condition. This was about O'Clock
| In the evening.
A DEMocRAT reporter having called imme-
diately afterwards at the office Of the Jackson
| Railroad was told that information had been
| received there from one of Its officials at Ken.
| neivllle. calling for lumber to repair break
that had occurred on the, Trudeau place
DEMOCRATS reporter called this time at the tel
egraph Office of the Clio street depot of the
rnilrOnd company. where he was told by the
operator that the road master had Just returned
from the scene of tho threatened crevasse. and
| reported the break closed after few hours
work
THE ADMINISTRATORS ACTION.
Since writing the above the DEMOCRAT has
learnt that Col Collins and Surveyor Brown
went up to the Trudeau rice plantation. to give
such assistance as might be necessary. and also
to make thorough examination Of the upper
line protection levee
They report that the break occurred Mt rice
H,,v nr thn nj nrtn hint hat rfr
nately discovered In time and that steps were
promptly taken by the police jury of Jefferson
parish to stop 1t and repair the lev9e. Messrs.
structed u crib WORK and had the break under
control ut o'clock last evening. and men and
material have been provided to permanently
Col Collins took occasion to examine the
levees Just above the line of Orleans parieh.
have them strengthened and repaired. MeHs-
ures were also taken to put the Upperline pro-
toction levee In condition to guard the city
against possible crevasse water from above.
REGULAR PUsHERs.
Mr.. Moses Schwartz. one. of the contemplating
proprietors of this Spanish Fort Railroad, who
have already done SO much for the convenience
and comfort OF the public appeared before the
committee OF the whole Yesterday to request
that the privilege granted to the original Span
ish Fort Railroad Company to run trains fir N
the New Lake End to Minebnrg and purchased
by him and his associates, be- confirmed and
that tho time for the completion of the road be
extended two years after the trSt OF May next.
Il was understood that the reuuess would be
granted and that an ordinance to that effect
would be introduced to-day at the Council
meeting. conditioned however. that the grade
of the road shall be made under the supervi-
sion OF the city surveyor. and high enough to
serve as Il protection levee against the backing
of the waters of tho lake. thus ompeting
large part Of the protection levee system iuau-
gurated several years ago. and which had re-
manned unfinished for want of the necessary
funds to finish IL. The condition. 1t was also
understood. had been accepted by Mr. Schwartz.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
The session Of the committee of the whole
was lengthy and very important. the principal
matters discussed being the affairs of the city
In their relation to the n W constitution, all
of which will probably be presented In detail
to day ut the Council meeting.
THE FRENCH MARKET.
The DEMOCRAT is informed that the condition
of the fish department of the French Market
vii be remedied in very short while.
Mr.. Brewster has conceived a project which,
If the city were In a condition to expend two or
three thousand dollars. would effectually pro-
vide for the desired remedy.
The project would consist In erecting su It.
able building on the waters edge. opposite the
vegetable market, for the sale OF fth. crabs.
shrimps and the like. exclusively. The imme-
diate vicinity of the building to the river would
avoid the offensive smell. which is the conse-
uuence Of the permeatton Of the liquid offal
into the creas es nf the pavement of the market,
or It's running # into adjacent cutters. With
n building near the water the drainage could
be made directly into the river.