A records of contracts granted to run ferries, the rights to wharf privileges on the public levee, accounts of the revoking of these privileges following the Civil War and amounts of compensation, rights to erect buildings on the levee, railroad contracts, and contracts for rebuilding and repairing wharves. The insert includes information on locations and area of wharfage, the length of unbuilt space available for wharves, and the length of existing wharf fronts. The collection gives information on companies that obtained city contracts for wharves, ferries, and railroads. See the City Charter for information on licensing and contracts.