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The herald., 1911-12-14
EVERY PASSENGER SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

comfortable waiting room for white
passengers, and a suitable and com.
Portable waiting room for cOlored pas.
sengers Waiting rooms in the Canal
street and Morgan street ferry houses
shall be as large as the present build,
ings will permit and together with
turn styles shall be arranged in ac.
cOrdance with plans to be approved
by the City Engineer. No part of
the ferry houses shall be rented for
the conduct of private business. All
waiting rooms shall be provided with
comfortable benches. Each waiting
room shall be provided with separate
modern toilets for males and females
All waiting rooms and toilets shall be
well ventilated, lighted and heated and
during the hot summer months ice
water shall be provided in each wait
ing room.
From s a. m. to s p. m, an atten-
dant, in uniform, shall be stationed at
both the Canal street ferry house and
the Morgan street ferry house. whose
duty il shall be to maintain the prem
Uses in clearly sanitary and we'll or
dered condition and to do such other
things necessary to the execution of
the lease for the best interest of the
general public and purchaser. From
o a. m. TO p, m, there shall be
stationed at the Canal street ferry
house and at the Morgan street ferry
house ticket seller and a ticket
taker, so that persons desiring to pur-
chase tickets may do so on each side
of the river. and so that persons en-
barking will pay their fare on the
side of the river at which they en-
bark, in order not TO be delayed in
debarking when the other side of the
river is reached
The herald., 1911-12-14
BOAT CREWS.

The purchaser shall employ as pilots
and engineers thoroughly competent
men, who shall have certificates from
the proper officers of the United States
government, the officer in charge OF
the deck shall, while on duty. be in
uniform: all other employees shall
wear suitably inscribed hat or cap
badge.
In executing the lease the purchaser
shall, in all respects, strictly comply
with the marine laws of the United
States and the rules of the local Unit
ed States inspectors office.
A fire drill shall be held at least once
month, so as TO render the officers
and crew proficient in the use of ths
fire and life saving apparatus
The herald., 1911-12-14
GUARANTY.

All corporations desiring to bid for
this lease shall file with the Comp
troller list of their officers and direc-
tors, and a statement showing their
capital actually subscribed and paid
for, the said statement to be attested
under oath by the president and secre-
tary OF the said company, and other
wise in conformity with the provisions
of Ordinance No. 34S7, N. c. S., as
amended and re-enacted by Ordinance
No. 1868, n. c. S., and all amendments
thereto in force at the time of adjudi-
cation.
Before the sale of the lease is COM
menced each intending bidder shall
deposit with the Comptroller a certi-
fed check on any State or National
bank oomiciled in the City of New Or
leans to his (the Comptroller's) order
for the sum of ten thousand (S1O,0O0)
dollars, as a guarantee that the depos-
itor OF the said check will, If his bid
be accepted, accept the lease in accord
ance with the advertisement and ad-
judication within thirty days after no.
tice from the City Notary that the in
strument is ready for signature. The
Comptroller shall not recognize bidders
who have not, prior to the commence
ment of bidding, deposited with him
the above described guaranty check.
The Comptroller shall, at the con-
clusion of bidding, return the guaranty
checks of unsuccessful bidders, but the
Comptroller shall not return the check
of the successful bidder until such bid
der has accepted the lease and fur
nished the hereinafter described bond.
Should the bidder to whom the lease
be awarded fail to accept the lease and
furnish the hereinafter described bond
within the allotted time the ten thou.
sand ($10,000) dollars deposited by
him shall, ipso facto, be forfeited to
the City of New Orleans, not as a PEN
atty, but as acknowledged liquidated
without the f6mality of be-
The herald., 1911-12-14

For every two-wheeled vehicle load
ed with lumber, twenty (20c) cents.
For every automobile or runabout
capable of accommodating two CD
persons, twenty (20c) cents.
For every automobile retail delivery
car, twenty (20c) cents.
For every automobile with tonneau,
capable of accommodating four "a
or five t5) persons, fifty (5Oc) cents.
For every automobile capable of &C.
commOdating eight 90 or more pas
sengers, sixty (60c) cents.
For every sack of coffee, salt. flour,
potatoes, buck wheat, barley, beans,
wheat, corn, oats, corn meal, turnipS,
apples etc, or on articles in sacks,
bags or boxes, not exceeding three CD
cubic feet. box of dry goods or mer-
ChanGiSe, over three 90 and not eX-
Ceeding ten O0D cubic feet, ten (l0cD
cents or two (2D tickets.
For every barrel ten U0c) cents OF
two 90 tickets.
For every fierce of rice, meat, etc,
twenty (20cI cents or four ca tickets.
For every half U-2) barrel five (Jc)
cents or one Cd ticket.
fOE every Ddlt Ut Dulule Ol tulpll
sacks ten O0cD or two CD tickets.
For goat, sheep or hog five C5c)
cents OF one CD ticket.
For every trunk ten NOc) or two
(2l tickets.
For CRATE, furnaces or chimneys five
(5CD cents or one Cd ticket.
For five 90 gallon can or demijohn
five Cjc) cents, or one CD ticket
For nest of tubs, buckets or meas
ureS five (5cb cents or one Cd ticket.
For every crate of earthenware or
such kind forty (40c) cents.
For every wheelbarrow, loaded or
unloaGed, ten U0c) cents or two CD
tickets.
For small articles carried by passen-
gers in their hands no charge shall be
made. Articles not enumerated, cor
responding rates may be charged, and
for heavy spars, machinery, boilers,
etc, OF unusual dimensions or weight,
such prices as may be agreed upon.
Fo- small packages, not above emu
merated a charge of five (5c) cents or
one GD ticket. will be made, and pur-
chaser shall receipt and be responsible
for same.
Tickets for passengers, freights, etc,
to be printed on good cardboard.
The herald., 1911-12-14
PASSENGER GANG WAYS

A passenger gang way for the pas
sage of passengers, of not less linen
sions than the existing gang way
and of the present type AMI method
OF operating and otherwise as will be
approved by the City Engineer shall
be provided and maintained at the
Canal street ferry landing and at the
Morgan street ferry landing.
At the Canal street ferry landing
and at the Morgan street ferry land.
ing there shall be provided and main
tanned an additional passenger gang
way, not less than ten (10) feet in
width, and of such type and method
OF operating as will be approved ty
the City Engineer.
All passenger gang ways shall be
rooted so as to protect passengers from
the weather.
One gang way at each ferry landing
shall be suitably arranged for the ex.
elusive embarking of passengers, and
one passenger gang way at each ferry
landing shall be suitably arranged for
the exclusive debarking of passengers
The herald., 1911-12-14
PONTOONS OR FLOATING
WHARVES.

Pontoons or floating wharves shall
be strong, substantial and of suitable
dimensions. properly decked and pro,
vided with the necessary ratings and
other appurtenances requisite to the
comfort and safety of the public.
The deck of each pontoon shall be
partitioned off so as to divide the space
used by vehicles from the space used
by foot passengers. The entire space
on the deck of each pontoon that will
be partitioned off for the use of foot
passengers shall be rooted so as to
protect them from the weather.
The herald., 1911-12-14
FREIGHT.

No freight shall be delivered aboard
boat weighing over two hundred t2O0)
pounds, and the purchaser shall have
the right TO refuse to receive any
freight which would delay the ferry
and prevent the keeping of the seized.
ule
All freight delivered on board of
boats shall~be removed by the owner
thereof, or the consignee, on the same
day: should the said freight remain
aboard the boat after s p. m. because
of failure of the owner thereof or con-
signee TO remove the same, the pur-
chaser shall be privileged TO charge
double therefor: and the purchaser
shall further be privileged TO remove
such freight from the boat and shall
store the same at the risk of the
The herald., 1911-12-14
VEHICLE GANG WAYS.

A gang way for the passage of We.
hicles of not less dimensions than the
existing gang way, and of the present
type and method of operating and
otherwise as will be approved by the
City Engineer. shall be provided and
maintained at the Canal street ferry
landing and at the Morgan street fer
ry landing. The vehicle gang way
at each ferry house shall be for the
exclusive use of vehicles, and shall
not be used by foot passengers.
The herald., 1911-12-14
COMMON CARRIER.

The purchaser shall be a common
carrier, and shall be responsible, not
only to the City of New Orleans, but
to any and all persons who may feel
aggrieved at his noncompliance with
the terms, conditions and specifications
of the lease; and, such person or per-
sons may bring suit in any court of
competent Jurisdiction for the full
amount of damages resulting from
his failure to faithfully comply with
the lease
The herald., 1911-12-14
OBLIGATIONS OF SUCCESSOR.

The purchaser shall on Dec. 81, 1921,
or thereafter at the termination of the
lease should the lease be extended,
peacefully leave, surrender and yield
the ferry system herein provided for
as also the ferry property and boats
and improvements, with all the rights,
privileges and appurtenances there
unto belonging and other fixtures and
improvements which may have been
erected for the use of said ferry sys-
tenn and the proper maintenance of
same in good order and condition upon
payment previously made into the pos
session of the City of New Orleans or
to such purchaser TO whom may be
adjudicated the privilege for continu-
ing the ferry system, who shall pur-
chase all betterments and improve
ments, wharves, docks, floats, pave
ments, ferry boats and houses, and
other property of the retiring lessee
which were used upon and for said
ferry system and actually necessary
for the purpose of operating said ferry
system at a fair appraised valuation,
to be fixed upon by two appraisers,
one 10 be appointed by the said lessee
chaser. In case of disagreement of
said two appraisers, the said apprais-
ers shall appoint an umpire who shall
decide between them, and the finding
of the majority of said Board of Ap-
praisers shall be binding.
Adopted by the Council first time,
Aug. %, 1906.
T. w. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Council
New Orleans, Sept. 2. 1906.
Approved by Franchise Committee,
as amended, on Aug. 81, 1906.
w. ]. HARDEE,
Chairman Franchise Committee.
Adopted by the Council. as amended
by the Franchise Committee, Sept. 4,
1906. T. w. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Council.
Approved Sept ,, 1906.
MARTIN BEHRMAN,
A true copy: Mayor.
w. p. BALL,
Secretary to the Mayor.
Sept. Is to Nov. 10, inc
The herald., 1911-12-14
HARBOR POLICE STATION.

The purchaser shall, without di-
rect compensation therefor. provide
quarters for the harbor police, in that
portion of the Canal street ferry house
presently occupied by the Police De-
partment; and, he shall install in the
said quarters suitable separate modern
toilets for the use of the police and
prisoners.
The herald., 1911-12-14
SHORE CONNECTIONS.

The connections between the pom
toons against which the boats land and
the shore, for the passage of vehicles
and passengers, shall be of such con-
struction as the City Engineer will
designate. and as will admit of the
--LATEST slope practicable at extreme
low water, the requirement being that
these connections shall be of as easy
grade, at all points, as existing con-
ditiOns will admit.
The herald., 1911-12-14
TARIFF.

The purchaser shall be privileged TO
fix tariff for foot passengers, animals
vehicles and freights, which tariff shall
not exceed the following: Three (3)
passenger tickets for ten CO) cents,
ten 0Ol passenger tickets for twenty
hve (25c) cents, eight (S) freight
tickets for twenty-five (25c) cents.
Each foot passenger paying cash
fare five (5c) cents.
Each foot passenger paying ticket.
fare one % ticket.
Each foot passenger during the
hours of IL p. m. and a. m. double
the foregoing tariff.
School children, who. when reouir.
ed, shall exhibit proper certificates
from school teachers, shall be entitled
to ten (1O) tickets for ten tI0c) cents:
these tickets will be accepted for fares
only between the hours of Z a. M. and
D p. m. on school days.
Inc purchaser shall be privileged
to issue and require in payment for
freight service separate and distinct
tickets from tickets issued for foot
passengers and animals.
Each vehicle shall be entitled tn
have one Cd person accompany il for
the tariff hereinafter prescribed. nm.
less otherwise specified; additional
persons accompanying vehicle. unless
hereinafter excepted, shall be charged
as foot passengers.
FOR every passenger on horse or
mule back, both inclusive. two (2l
tickets. or ten (10c) cents.
For every head of cattIa ho,.o -
mule two (2) tickets, or ten 0Oc)
cents. WV
For every hearse, forty (4Oc) cents.
FOR every vehicle, when drawn by
one ID horse or mule, single fare.
twenty (20c) cents, or six (61 tickets
for one ($D dollar, thirty-three (33)1
tickets for five (S5) dollars.
For every two-wheeled vehicle
Jumper), one % horse, fifteen 05c)
cents. WV
For every tallyho drawn by one m
morse, including four (4) passengers.
twenty coco cents.
For every tallyho drawn by two (2)
horses. including six Co passengers
forty (40c) cents.
For every vehicle, except loaded
fioats or cotton wagons, drawn by two
% horses or horse kind, whether load.
ed or unloaded, forty (4Oc) cents.
For every loaded float or cotton wa.
gon eighty (S0c) cents.
For every vehicle drawn by three
Cd or more horses or horse kind.
whether loaded ,or unloaded. eighty
(SOc) cents.
The herald., 1911-12-14
LANDINGS.

The lease shall embrace the exclu
sive privilege of occupying with ferry
houses, pontoons, piles, wharves, gang
ways, approaches, ramps and other ap
purterfances necessary to the proper
operation of ferry system, two hun
dred (200) feet of the river front at
the head of Canal street on the New
Orleans side of the river, and two
hundred (200) feet of the river froLt
at the head of Morgan street on the
Algiers side of the river, in the space
that has been dedicated to ferry puc-
poses and is presently so employed.
The existing ramps, roadways and
other approaches, on the Algiers side
of the river, shall continue in their
present position
The area of river front necessary
for ferry purposes shall always be
provided by the city, and should the
landings be destroyed by saving, the
purchaser shall, at his expense, build
new landings on such grounds as the
poses, but the area so 7S90S. N. N. .
city will designate for such purposes,
but the area so provided shall not. as
far as practicable, be less than the
present area.
The herald., 1911-12-14
FREE TRANSPORTATION.

The purchaser shall always carry
to and fro free of charge charity wag-
ons. city wagons, fire engines, fire
men of the New Orleans Fire De-
partment, when on duty; Charity Hos,
pital ambulances, city wagons with
driver, the regular police while in
uniform, the wagons of the Municipal
Repair Plant, the employees of the Mu-
nicipal Repair Plant, when on duty.
as evidenced by suitable hat, or cap,
insignia, and all city officials, while
travelling on public business, when
provided by certificates signed by the
Mayor
The herald., 1911-12-14
Trouble and a Turkey.

Trouble and a Turkey.
Brown was boasting of the fine tur
Key he had bought for Christmas
Biggest bird l ever saw; cost me
seven-fifty."
That's nothing to the turkey I had
last Christmas" said his friend ZONES
1T cost me $3.50"
One hundred and fifty dollars,'
positively shrieked Brown, in his in.
credulity.
Yes" said Jones, bitterly.
Turkeys" said Brown, looking him
straight in the eye, ARE generally To
be bought for quarter a pound. Say
yours was a quarter, then it must
have weighed about $50 pounds,"
1T only weighed twenty pounds 4"
said Jones, sadly; but 1 bought IL
alive and tried to kill it myself. II
flew all over the house first and did
$3.50 worth of damage"
The herald., 1911-12-14

Section l. Be il ordained by the
Council of the City of New Orleans,
That the Comptroller be and he is
hereby directed to advertise for bids,
for a period of not less than sixty
COO days, and otherwise according
to law, and to sell at public auction
TO the highest bidder, a lease that
will embrace the authority and right
to maintain and operate, for a pc
riod of fifteen 90 years to date
from December 81, 1906, TO December
81, 1921, a system of ferries on the
Mississippi river from the head of
Canal street on the New Orleans side
of the river to the head of Morgan
street on the Algiers side of the river.
all in accordance with the subject TO
the hereinafter prescribed terms. con-
ditions. and specifications, to-wit:
LEASE, PURCHASER AND CITY.
Wherever the word lease" is used
in this Ordinance it is understood and
agreed TO mean the lease provided for
in this Ordinance: wherever the word
purchaser" is used in this ordinance
it is understood and agreed to mean
the firm or corporation who shall &C.
quire the lease provided for by this
Ordinance and, wher: ever the word
city is used in this Ordinance it
is understood and agreed to mean the
City of New Orleans.
The herald., 1911-12-14
LEASE, PURCHASER AND CITY.
PRICE.

The lease shall not be sold for a less
amount than siXty-five thousand dol
lars (s65,O00O; one-half Q-2) the price
for which the lease is sold shall be
paid for in cash on the signing of the
lease, and The other one-half Q-2)
shall be paid for five 60 years there
after
The herald., 1911-12-14
BOATS.

The purchaser shall, to execute this
lease, maintain three CD boats in ser.
viceable condition; two (2) of these
boats shall measure not less than one
hundred and twenty (120) feet long
and fifty (5O) feet wide; and one of
these boats, for service at night and as
relief boat in case of emergency, shall
not measure less than ninety (9O) feet
The herald., 1911-12-14
GENERAL SCHEDULE.

The tariff of fares herein prescribed
shall go into effect on Jan. 1, 1907; the
schedule of boats herein prescribed
shall go into effect by not later than
Feb /, 1907; and all the other require
ments and improvements herein pre-
scribed shall go into effect or be COM
pleted by not later than Jan. 1, 1908.
The herald., 1911-12-14
EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE.

The lease shall embrace the exclu-
siye privilege of operating a system
of ferries on the Mississippi river
between the head of Calliope street
and the head of Barracks street on
the left bank, and between the line
of Jefferson parish and the head of
Oliver street on the right bank.
The herald., 1911-12-14

A Case for Shocking Language.
Had q shocking accident out at our
house last evening"
why. what was it?"
Il tried to Ak the electric fixtures
without shutting OF the current"
The herald., 1911-12-14
TERM.

The terms of the lease shall be fif-
teen C15) years, and shall extend from
December 81, 1906, to December 81,
1901
The herald., 1911-12-14
FERRY HOUSES.

The Canal street ferry house and
the Morgan street ferry house shall
each be provided with a suitable and
The herald., 1911-12-14
LIGHTING.

The ferry houses, the pontoons, the
vehicle gang ways, the passenger gang
ways and the ferry boats shall be Drop.
eriy lighted by electricity, or gas, to
the satisfaction of the City Electri.
clan.
The herald., 1911-12-14
PAYMENTS.

The purchaser shall pave the ramp
at Bounty street, and the ramp at Nor.
gan street, in Algiers, with shells:
the said pavement to be formed of one
~ inch by twelve Q2) inches in
aepth, pecky cypress foundation
depth, compactly rolled with a heavy
road roller and according to such lines
and levels as the City Engineer will
designate, and in all respects satisfac-
tory and acceptable to the said CITY
Engineer. Further, the purchaser
shall pave with small granite blocks,
on a concrete foundation six (6) inches
In thickness, the area included within
the prolongation of the south side of
the vehicle gang way, the crown of
the leyee and a line extending from
the north side of the Morgan street
up to a point in the rear of the
ferry house, approximately twenty
600 feet north of the north side of
the vehicle gang way. Further. the
purchaser shall substitute artificial
stone footwalk, twelve (12) feet wide,
for the existing brick footwalk from
Morgan street ramp to the ferry house.
and he shall pave with artificial stone
foot-walk not less than twelve (12)
feet wide along the rear of the ferry
house to connect the foregoing des-
cribed footwalks, and granite block
pavement, so as to convert the same
into a park, which park he shall plant
with grass, shrubbery, etc.
The herald., 1911-12-14
ASSIGNMENT.

The purchaser shall not, without the
consent of the city, assign and convey
the lease
The herald., 1911-12-14

George-Ah, Lily. dear, this will be
the jolliest Christmas I've ever spent.
Now that we're engaged 1 think only
of the future.
Liiy-Do you? Well. at this time of
the year l think only Of the present.
The herald., 1911-12-14

ing placed in default and without judi
cial proceedings.
BOND.
The successful bidder shall furnish
bond with a Surety Company satisfac
tory and acceptable to the city in an
amount of ten thousand t$1OOOO) dol
lars as surety for the faithful compll-
ance by him with all the terms, cOndl-
tions, specifications and provisions OF
this ordinance. This bond shall be
furnished by the successful bidder
within thirty 600 days after the City
Notary has notified the said bidder
that the lease is ready for signature.
The bond shall be for term and SER
vice of five years and the purchaser
shall be obligated to give a new bond
with a surety company satisfactory and
acceptable 10 the city in the same
amount every five years thereafter, the
said new bond to be furnished thirty
600 days prior to the expiration OF
the existing bond.
The herald., 1911-12-14
OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER.

The purchaser shall purchase from
the Union Ferry Company all such pro-
perty and improvements as are now IN
use for the purpose of operating such
ferry system, and shall indemnify said
company in accordance with the terms
OF the lease between the City of New
Orleans and Thomas Pickles and his
assigns. the Union Ferry Company, at
valuation to be fixed by the apprais-
ers as provided for in the existing
lease. Said appraisers shall be ap-
pointed Immediately after the accept
ance of the bid by the leasing corpo-
ration. and they shall complete their
appraisement within five (5) days, and
the accepted bidder shall pay in cash
TO the Union Ferry Company the valu-
alton fixed by said appraisers upon the
boats. buildings, landings, approaches,
improvements, docks, bridges, gang
ways. piling, pontoons, pavements and
all other improvements and better
ments constructed by said Thomas
Pickles or his assigns, the Union Ferry
Company.
This cash payment to be made upon
delivery by the Union Ferry Company
to said accepted purchaser and said
accepted purchaser shall not be en-
titled TO said delivery until he shall
have made said cash payment, and not
until the expiration of the present
lease. viz: Dec. 81, 1906.
The herald., 1911-12-14

Christmas Thanks.
When turkeys on the table laid.
And good things l may scan.
I'm thankful that l wasn't made
A vegetarian.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-09-22
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