The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-03-15

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liz Utilities, setting forth the views
of the people of Algiers in cOnnec-
I ton with the sale of this franchise,
and requesting a meeting with the
/ citizens to more fully discuss the
matter. Commissioner Gleny's re-
/ Spouse follows herewith:
/ City Hail. New Orleans, La,
March II, 1917.
DR.. c. V. Kraft, 500 Verret St,
Algiers. La.
Dear Sir: Acknowledging re-
ceipt of your communication of 9Th
inst. | beg TO advise that | shall be
pleased to meet your committee in
my office at the City Hall at 3 O'Clock
the afternoon Of Thursday, the 18th
inst.
Yours very truly.
f. J. GLENNY.
Commissioner of Public Utilities.
This information has been commu-
nicated TO all citizens who were
known to be interested. and any
others who feel a concern in the well
fare of AlgierS are requested to meet
at the City Hall on the date men
toned
\ day or two ago a meeting of a
few OF our business men was held
at Mr.. J. Bodenger's residence, at
which the following petition was
signed and forwarded to the Mayor:
We, the undersigned resi-
dents, taxpayers and citizens of
the Fifth District of the City of
New Orleans respectfully petit
ton the Honorable Mayor and
Commission Council in refer
ence to the proposed sale of the
Third District Ferry franchise
as follows:
LIST. That the proposed fran
Chise be not offered for sale
End. That the City of New
Orleans take over the said Bird
district ferry and itself operate
it for the beLefit of the people.
3rd. In the event that under
its charter the city should not
have the authority to operate
ferries, then, in that case, or in
the event the city for any rea-
son, is unable TO operate the
ferry, the City of New Orleans
20 continue the operation of
! the ferry under the same plan,
/ possibly under some similar
/ plan under which il is now op-
/ Grated, but under a revised and
! modified tariff until the expira-
ton of the Canal Street ferry
franchise.
/ 4th. That your honors sub
! nit to the City Attorney the
question of the city's authority
/ to operate ferries with instruc-
tions that should his opinion
be that the city has not the au-
thority to do so. for him to pre-
! pare an enabling act to be sub
mitted 10 the next General As
sembly of the State for it's pas
sage.
5th. That as soon as the en-
abling act shall be passed, your
honors take such steps as you
may deem proper to prepare to
take over the ferry system, at
the expiration of the Canal
Street ferry franchise and oper-
ate the system for the benefit
of the people.
While of course the ideas in these
! resolutions are only those of a very
few of our business men, it is a sure
| indication that the question of fer
riage is very much alive, and while
| the action taken by these men is
somewhat different than that of the
committee that has been Sctively
engaged in the ferry matter for the
/ past two months. it is a help in that
/ it brings out the fact that Algiers is
suffering from the present ferry
rates and conditions.
Last week the Herald printed a
long list of names of signers to the
petition TO the Commission Council
TO sell the Third District Ferry fran
chise on a basis of improvement in
service and schedule and decreased
rates rather than a monetary consid.
Grafton. The following are the
names contained on a few more petit
lions which have just come in: Chas
Z. Dickey, B. H. Dupuy, j. NJ. Par.
pal, TheO. A. Glucksman, G.. Mac
pherSOn, J. J. Hargis, c. E. Hide
brand, w. Fromherz, w. C. Duplan.
tbs, w. Schroeder, l.. ESchenbrenner
James Flanagan, John f. Verges, w
Ruperts, S. c. Oswald, G. w. Peters
F. Dubret, E. Williams, c. A. Suther
land, Albert Max, Jno. Blackwell
John Maracich, l.. Schmidt, G. Koop
F. A. Sutton, NJ. j. Kieffer, A. Schrei
Der, c. Z. Carter, A. Hull, j
Schnapp, E. w. Breed, ]. H. Zata
rain, j. c. Leddick, l.. A. Perron
VIM. E. Heckell, l.. Perdreauville
+. j. Kinsella, Z. A. Lalande, Owen
Lindquist, c. o. Keen, ]. H. Pollock
Kirk H. Abbott, ]. w. Hook, Frank
c. Hymel, T. B. Dennis, V. Glaudin
Felix RouiZ, c. A. Miller, Jno. E
Becknell, w. r. Nelson, B. ]. Tread,
away, H. Lee Sease, Felix j. Borne
VIM. F. Umbach, w. A. Crombie, j
R. Crombie, j. H. Vezien, B. Fa-
bares, +. Macauley, H. Nelson, F. P
Dietrich, J. A. Kinkaid, Aug. T. Um-
bach, d. NJ. Riordan, Henry Acker
George NJ. Crombie, j. Schwarzen-
bach, H. NJ. Vallette, c. J. Borne, P
Lamana, Chas. S. Corners.
Four more lists still outstanding
have not been heard from, and the
names thereon will appear in our
next issue.