Edward H. Arnold Records

City Archives New Orleans Public Library
Edward H. (Eddie) Arnold, Jr. Records, ca. 1978-2004
Edward H. (Eddie) Arnold, Jr. served as an engineer in the Department of Utilities for many years, and later worked in the Department of Public Works. From time to time during the period from ca. 1978-2004 he transferred records several groups of records to the City Archives. The transfers varied in size from one folder to several boxes. We have relied on Mr. Arnold's judgment of the value of his transfers in making our appraisal decisions. Except for weeding duplicate materials, we have retained virtually all of the records that he transferred. Though the records transfers themselves dated from ca. 1978-2004, some of the records included in the transfers date back to earlier years, as indicated in the folder inventory. During the course of Mr. Arnold's records transfers, we maintained a "running inventory" of the individual folder titles. That inventory, rearranged into an alphabetical sequence, appears below.

Folder Title	Folder Number
A.T&T, 1984	168
Airline Highway/Carrollton Interchange, Street Lighting	123
Allard Boulevard Street Lighting, 1982-2001	218
Alligator Point and Earthquakes, 1998	134
Appendices to Report Presented to the City of New Orleans, La. (National Federation of Local Cable Programmers), 1988	44
Armstrong Park, 1978-1992	246
Audubon Park, 1981-1993	243
Blackouts, 1978	219
Bloch Plaza	5
Cable Franchise, Correspondence	96
Cable TV Ordinance Index	88
Canal Street Median Lighting, 1984 [Includes Photographs]	210
Canal Street Sidewalks, 2001-2002	212
Canal Street, 1979-1984	242
Canal Streetcar Line, 1996-2002	215
Carriage companies’ insurance, 1999	171
Casino Correspondence, 1992-1995 [chronological log for the whole period and copies of items for 1995]	142
Casino, Temporary Land-based, Specifications	19
Casino, Temporary	3
City Hall Room List	83
City Hall, 1978-1984	245
City of New Orleans Buildings, Square Footage Data	98
City of New Orleans--Commercial Carriage Investigators’ Clinic, 1997	1
City Seal Materials	95
City-Wide Street Lighting System Conversion, 1983	155
Code of ordinances, supplement #1, inclusive of ordinance number 17,097, enacted 6/15/1995, Municipal Code Corporation (six 3.5" diskettes)	146
Coin Telephones, 1986-1994	197
Coin Telephones, 1992-2001	199
Commission Council, Report of Public Hearing on Natural Gas Ordinances, January 14, 1942	113
Consultant Request for Proposals (Samples?), 1997	207
Contract Between the City of New Orleans and New Orleans Public Service, Inc. for Electric Street Lighting and Special Installation Lighting Service and Supply of Electric Energy (June 1, 1982-May 31, 1985)	35
Contract Between the City of New Orleans and NOPSI for Electric Street Lighting and Supply of Electric Energy for Years 1965 and 1966	111
Contract between the City of New Orleans and NOPSI for electric street lighting and special installation lighting service and supply of electric energy, January 1, 1978-December 31, 1980.	186
Contracts, 1997	220
Convention, National League of Cities, New Orleans, 1992	57
Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1966-2002	190
Correspondence, Miscellaneous	78
Cost-Effectiveness of Telecommunications Services Utilizing Institutional Cable Network (Telecommunications Management Corp.), 1987	20
Cox Cable, Financial Statements (Deloitte & Touche, 1991 & 1992)	67
Cox Cable, Financial Statements for Years Ended December 31, 1987 and 1986 and Auditor’s Opinion (Deloitte, Haskins & Sells)	92
Cox Cable, Highlights of Operations and Accomplishments, 1987	91
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Third Quarter, 1992)	66
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarter Ended December 31, 1993)	68
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarter Ended March 31, 1994)	69
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarter Ended March 31, 1992)	74
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarter Ended September 30, 1991)	75
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarter Ended June 30, 1991)	76
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarter Ended June 30, 1990)	81
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Year Ended December 31, 1989)	87
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarter Ended December 31, 1990)	94
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Price Waterhouse, September 30 & June 30, 1982)	104
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Quarters ended June 30, 1994, September 30, 1994, December 31, 1994, March 31, 1995, June 30, 1995, December 31, 1995, March 31, 1996, and June 30, 1996)	129
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, Third Quarter, 1995)	138
Cox Cable, Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Bruno & Tervalon, First Quarter, 1993)	139
Cox Cable--Analysis of Request for Rate Increase (Telecommunications Management Corp.), 1985	18
Cox Cable--Items for Negotiation Annotated with Resolution, 1985	25
Cox Cable--Miscellaneous	23
Cox Cable--Petition [before the FCC] of the City of New Orleans for Approval of 5% Cable Television Franchise Fee	22
Cox Cable--Review of Compliance with Franchise Agreement (Price Waterhouse), 1987	19
Cox Cable--Review of Proposed System Modifications (Telecommunications Management Corp.), 1982	21
Cox Cable--Statement of Gross Revenue and Franchise Fee Calculation (Price Waterhouse), 1985	39
Cox Cable--Vieux Carre Construction Plan, 1985	17
Crescent City Motor Sports, Inc., 1992 Grand Prix Du Mardi Gras, Statement of Gross Receipts and Computation of Amounts Due to the City of New Orleans (Bruno & Tervalon, 1992)	70
Crescent City Motor Sports, Inc., Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, Statement of Gross Receipts and Computation of Amounts Due to the City of New Orleans, Race Dates June 14, 15, & 16, 1991 (Bruno & Tervalon)	86
Definition of a Public Utility, 1986-1987	208
Desire Streetcar Line, 2001-2002	214
Earthquakes	154
Economic Development Information System--Requirements Definition, 1979	24
Electrical Problems in the Drainage of New Orleans, La. [Photocopy of an article by E. G. Hays that appeared in May-June 1946 issue of Techni-Torque.	132
Energy Management Performance Contracting Services Proposal (Honeywell, June 26, 1998) [Note: the Honeywell proposal was a finalist along with Johnson Controls, Inc., which eventually won the contract].	224
Entergy Corp., Best Rate Analysis Projected Savings, 1999	223
Ernest & Young, "copies of all memoranda to our files in connection with our work on the subject project during March 1994" re: street lighting project, 1994	144
Evaluation of Cox Cable New Orleans Institutional Cable Network (Telecommunications Management Corp., 1987)	64
Exhibits Made a Part of Document 1 [re: Electric Utility Rate Increase]	49
Feasibility of Cable Television Competition (Telecommunications Management Corp.), 1991	41
Federal Highway Administration Rights of Way Management Survey, 2001	174
Fiber Optic Ordinances, 1993	193
Fiber Optics Proposals [Letter & proposal addressed to the Mayor and referred to Utilities, April 1994	135
Fire Department, 1982-1994	247
Franchise Fees for Telecommunications, 1992	192
Franchise Ordinances	178
Gaming Impact Reports, 1992	56
Garden District Sightseeing Highlights (List)	108
Gas Ordinances, 1932-1937	202
Gas—Federal Power Commission Application for Certificate of Public Convenience & Necessity, 1942-1945. [Newspaper clippings of related stories from the Times-Picayune, 11/12-17, 19-21/1945 & States, 11/13/1945 were discarded]	203
Geographic Information Management System Materials	26
Girod Street Lighting/Julia Street Location for De Bartolo Project, 1985-1987	158
Girod Street Tunnel, Poydras Square, DeBartolo & Associates, 1986	227
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1990	230
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1991, 180 Day Notice to City, Crescent City Motorsports, Inc.	103
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1991, Articles from On Track, the Auto Racing Magazine of Record (July 12, 1991)	100
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1991, Official Souvenir Program	101
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1991, Publicity Materials	107
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1991	231
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1991	232
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1993	228
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1993	238
Grand Prix Du Mardi Gras, CCMI Emergency Response Plan, 1992	53
Grand Prix Du Mardi Gras, Communications Manual	52
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, Correspondence & memorandums, 1992	173
Grand Prix du Mardi Gras	4
Grand Prix New Orleans (1991)--Correspondence [Folder #1]	14
Grand Prix New Orleans (1991)--Correspondence [Folder #2]	15
Grand Prix New Orleans (1992)--Correspondence [Folder #1]	12
Grand Prix New Orleans (1992)--Correspondence [Folder #2]	13
Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge #2	2
Ground Transportation Bureau--Public Hearing on Taxi Driver Safety, 1995	6
Ground Transportation Committee, 4/2002 (videocassette)	162
Ground Transportation Committee, 6/17/2002 (videocassette)	163
Ground transportation improvement plan, 1999	159
History of the Metropolitan New Orleans Chapter of the American Public Works Association	36
Institutiona Cable Network Management, Development and Utilization Plan (Telecommunications Management Corporation, 1988)	60
Integrated Emergency Management Course (FEMA), 2001	225
Inventory of Food Service Equipment and Supplies, City Hall Cafeteria (undated)	82
Jazz and Heritage Festival Plan (Dept. of Public Works), 1997	9
Jazzy Driver Training Materials	127
King Luminaire Company, Street Lights [catalog]	152
King Luminaire, 1982-1992 [Also includes earlier product material that is undated or of indeterminate date; some photographs also included]	222
Legal Review of Four Cable Regulation Issues in New Orleans (National Federation of Local Cable Programmers)	65
Louis Armstrong Park, list of plans	170
Marine rescue operations on the Mississippi River [in the event of a failure on the MART system], 1983	141
Mayor’s Foundation for Education, Inc., Articles of Incorporation	77
Memo, Arnold to Collin B. Hamer, Jr. re: Union Metal Street Lighting Photographs (giving location of each photograph along with photocopies), 1998	137
Miscellaneous	37
Mississippi Aerial River Transit/Perez, Inc.--Statements of Gross Revenues and Franchise Fee Calculation	34
Mississippi Aerial River Transit--Sales Contract, 1983	31
Monuments	180
Multiple incandescent street lighting system [2 volumes of information on the system as a whole as well as on individual street light standards; revised at least into the 1980s]	187 & 188
Municipal and Traffic Court--Re: Fromherz Report, 1983	46
Municipal Training Academy, Audio Visual Center, Specifications, 1987	54
New Orleans District Cooling System--Feasibility Study--Review Draft, 1990	45
New Orleans International Racefest, 1986	236
New Orleans International Racefest, 1987	237
New Orleans Public Service Inc, Management and Operations Review, Summary, 1978 (and related material)	58
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (?), Service Locations Showing Square Feet and Telephone Numbers	90
New Orleans Public Service, Inc., Billing History, City Accounts, 1988	61
New Orleans Public Service, Inc., Billing History, City of New Orleans (November 30, 1978)	85
New Orleans Public Service, Inc., Billing History, Traffic Signals and Flashers, 1988	63
New Orleans Public Service, Inc., Conservation Report, City Accounts, 1988	62
New Orleans Public Service, Inc., Electric Conservation Report, City of New Orleans (December, 1979)	84
New Orleans Public Services, Inc., Billing History, City of New Orleans, 1979	99
New Orleans Taxis on Patrol--Comprehensive Program Document, 1982	16
New Orleans Weather, 1961-1980: A Climatology by Means of Synoptic Weather Types (Muller and Willis, LSU School of Geoscience, 1983)	89
New Sound Reinforcement and Automatic Camera Tracking System for Council Chamber (Billes/Manning Architects), 1989	42
Newspaper clippings relative to taxicabs	165
NOPSI Proposed Gas Curtailment Plan—Statement by Malcolm L. Hurstell (with Exhibits), 1977	206
NOPSI, 1977 Telephone & Mail Unit Directory	116
NOPSI, Electric and Gas Rate Schedules (Revised, 1970)	110
NOPSI, Street Lighting Contracts, 1929-1941	124
NOPSI, Street Lighting, 1952-1953	125
NOPSI, Street Lighting, 1954-1955	109
NOPSI, Street Lighting, 1960-1964	122
NOPSI, Testimony Before the Council RE: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Hearing on Ratemaking Standards	117
Office of Telecommunications, Cable Handbook prepared by Chuck Lampkin with Valerie Willard and Beth Branley, ca. 1984	145
Operating Budget, Utilities Department, 1998	221
Ordinances relative to taxicabs, 1946-2000 (copies)	164
Ordinances, Resolutions, Motions, Etc. Re: Cable and Cable-Related Matters	11
Orleans Levee District, 1996 Emergency Operations Plan	51
Pedicabs, 1999-2001 (Folder 1)	176
Pedicabs, 1999-2001 (Folder 2)	177
Power Quality Report, Police Administration Building (Technical Power Services, Project #5-136), July 20, 1998	182
Power Quality, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1998	183
Prepared Testimony of F. William Hoffman on Behalf of the Council of the City of New Orleans, PURPA Policy Standards, 1980	118
Procedure for the NOPSI monthly city gate gas cost adjustment filing for the Utilities Department, City of New Orleans (photocopy of draft?)	184
Procedure for the NOPSI Monthly City Gate Gas Cost Adjustment Filing for the Utilities Department (Post 12/1985 Revision of Existing Document for Filing with the City Council]	205
Proposal for Professional Services ..., Detailed Energy Audit for City Hall (Fromherz Engineers, 1979)	79
Proposal to Create an Energy Management Corporation for the City of New Orleans (Fromherz Engineers), 1980	43
Proposal to Perform a Communications Revenue and Cost Recovery Study (Touche Ross, 1983)	93
Public and Private Railroad Crossings in Orleans Parish (Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, 1992)	55
Railroads—Metro Systems, 1982-1992	248
Regional Transit Authority, Riverfront Streetcar Bid Materials, 1988	121
Regulatory Review of Chapter 12 of the City Code of New Orleans, Phase II, Task One Technical Memorandum (ATE Management & Services, Inc., 1991)	97
Regulatory Review, Chapter 12, City Code of New Orleans, Workshop Comments and Discussions, August 1-12, 1989 (ATE Management and Service Co., Inc.)	71
Renovations to the City Council Chamber	40
Report on Billing for Street Lights by New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (TriStem, Inc.)	10
Report on compliance review of holders of limousine, bus, sedan and van certificates of public necessity and convenience (Bruno & Tervalon), 1999	166
Report on Department of Utilities, City of New Orleans, Study of Depreciation Practices of NOPSI (Main Lafrentz & Co., 1978)	112
Report on Financial Effect of Proposed Street Lighting Plan (Clifton A. Morvant & Co., 1966)	115
Report on Public, Educational and Government Access and the Municipal Endowment Grant/Community Service Fund (National Federation of Local Cable Programmers)	32
Report on Telecommunications Taxation (Rice Associates, 1986) [This copy has additions not in the cataolged copy]	48
Report to Department of Utilities, Subsidy Due NOPSI by the City of New Orleans Under Terms of 1977 Subsidy and Indemnity Agreement (Main Lafrentz & Co., 1978)	120
Report to the Kenner City Council on the Merits of the Proposed Amendment to the Kenner Cable TV Franchise, Ordinance No. 1434 (Marc Chimes/Communications), 1981	33
Republican National Convention, Site City Agreement, 1987	73
Request for Proposal, Pay Station Equipment (Azimuth Telecommunications Consultants, 1992)72
Request for Proposal, Street Lighting Maintenance, Repair, and Design, 1997	126
Request for proposals for the review of the electric fuel and gas cost adjustment charges of Entergy New Orleans, Inc. for the three year period ending June 30, 2000.	185
Response to RFP for pay (telephone) stations. Submitted by Global*Tel Link Corp., April 7, 1993	189
Revenue, 1978-1997	198
Revised Chapter 12, City Code of New Orleans (with Appendix), April, 1994	167
Sewerage and Water Board, Memo RE: Close-Off Procedures, 1979	119
Sidewalk Cafes, 1982-1992	196
South Central Bell Telephone Co. vs Sidney J. Barthelemy et al [consolidated with other suits], Depositions (Civil District Court, 1991), Folder 1	105
South Central Bell Telephone Co. vs Sidney J. Barthelemy et al [consolidated with other suits], Depositions (Civil District Court, 1991), Folder 1	106
South Central Bell, 1978-1992	195
Southern University in New Orleans--North Campus Traffic Impact Study (Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. for Billes/Manning Architects), 1994	30
Special taxi driver meeting, 8/16/1995 (2 cassette sound recordings, speaker cards, and a 3.5" diskette with a text version of a court reporter's transcription of the meeting)	148
Sports Car Club of America Material	50
St. Thomas and Saulet Apartments Projects, 2001-2002	209
Street Light Drawings	241
Street Lighting System (NOPSI), description, revised 5/1/1995	151
Street Lighting System (NOPSI), operating maps, revised into the mid-1970s	150
Street Lighting, 1979-1997	216
Street Lighting, General, 1988-1996	191
Street Lighting, Miscellaneous, 1984-1991	229
Street Lighting, Poles and Standards, 1979-1987	239
Summary of Phase I Audit Results, Energy Audit of City of New Orleans City Hall (Fromherz Engineers, 1980)	80
Superbowl XXXI, 1997	7
Superbowl XXXI, Taxi Related Material	47
Superdome Grand Prix New Orleans, various documents, 1992	136
Superdome, 1971-1992	244
Taxi Driver Information Book, 2001	204
Taxicab Bureau inspection manual, for hire vehicles (DRAFT), undated	172
Taxicab Bureau Procedures for the Buggy Industry, 2/13/1996	153
Taxicab Bureau reprimand forms (blank)	161
Taxicab Ordinances	175
Telecommunications Taxation, 1989-1991	194
Telecommunications, 1986-1991	217
Telecommunications, Ordinances/Resolutions	181
Telephone Companies, 1984-2001	200
Telephone Replacement Project, Report on the Schematic Design Phase (Warren G. Moses, & Co., Inc., 1987)	59
Telephone Revenue Study (General Correspondence), 11/1955	131
Telephone Revenue Study (L. S. Knappen Notes), 11/1955	130
Termites, Cables and Wires Seminar, 1990	29
Tickets, Grand Prix du Mardi Gras, 1995	143
Tourguides	179
Tow Truck Ordinance, Proposed Revisions, 1997	140
Traffic Control System Conceptual Plan, 1996	8
Transit Route Maps (NOPSI, 1976)	114
Transition, 1994 [Materials used in preparing the Transition Report on the Utilities Department for mayor-elect Marc H. Morial]	213
Underground Lighting Circuits, 1982	235
Union Metal, 1982-1989 [Dealing with Street Light Standards]	201
Union Passenger Terminal RFP for a Visitor’s Center and Bus Transfer Facility, Executive Summary, 1999?	160
United Cabs, Inc. Training Manual and Related Materials, 1996	133
Utilities Department, 1954-1997 [Miscellaneous materials largely dealing with the background of the department and its operations]	211
Vehicle inspections, 1998-2000	226
Vieux Carre bus rules and regulations brochure, undated (CD-R, unknown format)	147
Vieux Carre Commission--Design Guidelines--Lighting Policy	38
Vieux Carre, 1979-1983	234
Warning Systems, 1979-1983	240
Watering Horses and Mules (Memorandum), 1998	128
West End Park, Parking Lot, Breakwater Drive, 1980-1981; 1993	233
Western Union, 1984-1989	169
Where Y’At, New Orleans Facts for Fun or Profit (Lester Sullivan), revised 7/28/1993	156
Where Y’At, New Orleans Facts for Fun or Profit (Lester Sullivan), revised 9/1995	157

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