Names of workers are grouped together by work unit according to the job performed. Names, positions, daily rate, number of days worked, and total salary are given. Also includes some references to materials/equipment purchased for some of the work. Among the public works included are construction and repair of levees and the cleaning of canals.

Plan of squares 662-1130, Second Municipal District, 1861 (KG620, 1 v.) -- individual plans for each square, representing the area from New Metairie Road to Harrison Avenue and from Orleans Avenue to Allard Road;includes number of square feet per square, and value of properties.

Plan book showing the location of city-owned property and property owned by the estate of John McDonogh, no date (KG622, 1 v.) -- probably dating from ca. 1855, this volume includes plans of squares in which city property was located. The city properties are shaded-in by otherwise unidentified. Also includes property of the McDonogh estate as well as property in the line of proposed street openings.

Tableau of assessment for the opening of Claiborne Street from Laharpe St. to Elysian Fields, 1857 (KG623, 1 v.) -- plans of individual squares, showing property owners and lot divisions, with the proposed street lines indicated.

Reports of bridge repairs, 1854-1856 (KG205, 1 v.) -- reports from the Superintendent of Bridges. Also included in this volume are records of purchases of materials for which bills were received and entered on the payrolls, April-July, 1856.