Box 1
Contains 13 Results:
Correspondence
Correspondence, resolutions, petitions, and related documents dealing with the successful effort of the Company to gain approval for the operation of stock pens within the city limits. The process involved the defeat of an ordinance designed explicitly to make such ventures illegal. The petitions may be useful in identifying residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, local butchers, and state-wide livestock interests.
Petitions of residents opposed to the stock yards
Correspondence, resolutions, petitions, and related documents dealing with the successful effort of the Company to gain approval for the operation of stock pens within the city limits. The process involved the defeat of an ordinance designed explicitly to make such ventures illegal. The petitions may be useful in identifying residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, local butchers, and state-wide livestock interests.
Petitions of persons "engaged in the retail butcher business" in support of the stock yards
Correspondence, resolutions, petitions, and related documents dealing with the successful effort of the Company to gain approval for the operation of stock pens within the city limits. The process involved the defeat of an ordinance designed explicitly to make such ventures illegal. The petitions may be useful in identifying residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, local butchers, and state-wide livestock interests.
Petitions of persons "identified with the livestock industry" in support of the stock yards
Correspondence, resolutions, petitions, and related documents dealing with the successful effort of the Company to gain approval for the operation of stock pens within the city limits. The process involved the defeat of an ordinance designed explicitly to make such ventures illegal. The petitions may be useful in identifying residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, local butchers, and state-wide livestock interests.
petitions of property owners, residents, and other citizens in support of the stock yards
Correspondence, resolutions, petitions, and related documents dealing with the successful effort of the Company to gain approval for the operation of stock pens within the city limits. The process involved the defeat of an ordinance designed explicitly to make such ventures illegal. The petitions may be useful in identifying residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, local butchers, and state-wide livestock interests.
Petitions in favor of reserving properties at Joseph and South Liberty Streets for playground purposes
Correspondence and subject files pertaining to:
- Union Stock Yard development in the Ninth Ward
- Properties at Joseph and South Liberty to be used for playgrounds
- Distribution of natural gas
- the Henry Clay streetcar line
- Municipal Auditorium site selection
Correspondence relating to the privilege to distribute natural gas, 1927-1928
Correspondence and subject files pertaining to:
- Union Stock Yard development in the Ninth Ward
- Properties at Joseph and South Liberty to be used for playgrounds
- Distribution of natural gas
- the Henry Clay streetcar line
- Municipal Auditorium site selection
Protests against the abolition of the Henry Clay streetcar line, 1926
Letters in support of the Beauregard Square site
Mostly concerned with the question of locating the structure at Beauregard Square, but also including other documentation relating to the development of the Auditorium project. While the original site for the building was to be Beauregard Square itself, the Council eventually decided to move it back to the two square on the Lake side of the public space.
Letters in opposition to the Beauregard Square site, including several in support of locating the Auditorium at Tulane and Carrollton Avenues or on Jefferson Davis Parkway
Mostly concerned with the question of locating the structure at Beauregard Square, but also including other documentation relating to the development of the Auditorium project. While the original site for the building was to be Beauregard Square itself, the Council eventually decided to move it back to the two square on the Lake side of the public space.
Council hearing and other official documents, including reports by the Municipal Auditorium Commission and the Playground Commission as well as two messages from the Mayor to the Council discussing the Auditorium site as well as a site for the new Criminal Court building
Mostly concerned with the question of locating the structure at Beauregard Square, but also including other documentation relating to the development of the Auditorium project. While the original site for the building was to be Beauregard Square itself, the Council eventually decided to move it back to the two square on the Lake side of the public space.
Petitions pledging "to co-operate with any movement by the City Administration towards raising funds by private subscription to replace the playground now situated on Beauregard Square"
Mostly concerned with the question of locating the structure at Beauregard Square, but also including other documentation relating to the development of the Auditorium project. While the original site for the building was to be Beauregard Square itself, the Council eventually decided to move it back to the two square on the Lake side of the public space.