The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-06-07

OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.

OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
The Sanitary situation-Promise Of Clean
streets-New Buildings springing up
Help for the Exposition-LnnaticL Legis.
lstors at Baton Rouge.
NEW ORLEANS. May 30. 1884.
EDITOR CHIEF:
There is great deal OF talk and very
little work done to put this city in order
for the Worlds Cotton Exposition. It may
be true that some other city this side of
Constantinople is as dirty as ours, but that
does not alter the fact that il is too dirty for
any one having a. due regard for health.
The Sanitarians meet, talk and report,
and ask the City Council and the Commits
sioner OF Public Works to do something;
and then they 60 to bed and sleep, feeling
no doubt they have contributed something
to the honor and glory of the city. Next
morning the, ,dailies promptly and promi-
nently report in full what DIR. - said,
and what the Commissioner ought to do,
and what is not done, and those dailies go
abroad. The yigilant editors of the
dailies Of other cities republish it all with
flaming headlines, and the impression made
is that this is Satanic sort of place. The
cautious man of family, with exaggerated
descriptions of yellow fever plaques
floating in his mind, begins to doubt
whether he can risk visit to the E1posi-
tion; and if the thing keeps on it would
not be surprising to hear that life insur-
ance companies refused to take risks on
individuals who visited New Orleans. The
next meeting the Commissioner perhaps
turns up in person, and recites the old
story of NO money in treasury, and
!" gentlemen, what shall do9 am ready
to cooperate with YOU" AT the last
meeting the Sanitarians asked the Com
missioner for his carts and his garbage
furniture, and they were politely told he
was able to take care of them himself, and
he believed he had been elected Commis-
sioner and was competent to discharge the
duties of the office. Catch John Fitzpatrick
mapping, will you! Meanwhile the dirt lies
in the streets, the cutters are redolent with
numerous odors and next to nothing is
done to effect change. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
promises to do considerable cleaning up in
the next thirty days, and he is apt to keep
his word. x
The Algerines are waiting hopefully for
the disappearance of the water from their
streets, and are depending upon the Sewall
brothers to hasten the day when they can
walk upon the dry land.
Great quantities of lumber. and all de-
scriptions of building material are being
landed by lake vessels on the banks of the
canals, and from thence hauled to all parts
of the city: In almost every block time
worn, weather heaten building is being
torn down to be replaced by new and
better structure. II is sight expected
and waited for these many years, and
relieves the half fixed impression that oura
had become dead, indolent city, making
no advance from within but waiting for
some stream Of progress to strike her from
without.
Next Monday a mass meeting will be
held in Washington Artillery Hall to hear
Major Burke describe the Exposition, and
to thank him for his valuable service in
pushing ON the enterprise with an aston
ishing vigor. Senator Randall Gibson, the
faithful industrial champion, will preside
and Marshal Pitkin will be one of the
speakers. This meeting is intended to
arouse popular interest and increase the
subscriptions. For it must be borne in
mind that a. certain sum of money must
be raised by private effort before a dollar
of the million voted by Congress can be
touched. All through the country parishes
we'll to do planters, store-keepers, profess
sional men ought to feel that the Exposi-
ton will not be local in its effects nor its
benefits confined to New Orleans. Il il
intended to be, and is likely to be, direct
| infusion of new life into all trade
channels Of this section. Let them take
at least small amount of stock or donate
| literally. It is time to be generous and
not to hold on to purse strings. The world
| is watching Us to see whether we can dc
something for ourselves, and the Exposi-
ton affords grand opportunity to show
sterling qualities Of independence. The
running to Congress for subsidies to build
levees, to feed the sick in time Of fepidemics
to feed the overflow sufferers, is becoming
| too monotonous. The friends of Louisiana
are growing tired of it, as shown by ths
Senate cutting down the House relief bill
from 800, 900 to 10000; and yet there arr
some wild statesmen in Baton Rouge will
joint resolutions to reimburse Louisiana
for the State House burned by Fedora
| troops during the war, who do not seem tt
know they are touching on dangerous
ground, and that thew cannot milk th.
treasury for every purpose under the sun
and especially for losses by the war.
More anon, GENERAL OBSERVER.
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in the drug trade, and one most eminently sue
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