Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-20
wAsH1HeroH NEws AND sossrr.

WARRINGTON NEWs AND GOSSIP.
A ecene in the Ha3i!-Thers was q violent
oer.onal alteration in the House Hall, this
corning, between Messn Cullom and Church.
yell. See our House report for 1t.
The Washington Water works.-we CON.
tinu- the 'efutation of the objections urgsi
y Mf,,stanton, Of Kentucky u the sppropri-
@1or for The continuance of the " asbington
Water Works, as follows:
1. Price Of Rork Ezcaration.-Mr San
ton attacks Captain Meigs's estimates ana, a.
an instance of extravagance, says he Is paying
| 81 so Der cubic ward for excavation, adding
| hat be. does pot know whether OF rock or
| earth: ana he presently makes calculation
for the whole work, at 81 cubic yards of exca-
v.tion to the lineal foot, and at 81 per cubic
yard-making 81 81 Per lineal foot for exca-
vation. Thus, he ''brings OUT the ecst of the
conduit to be Eve millions. Now, there Is one
satisfaction to be derived from his estimate. 1t
shows that u tunnel ffty to one hundred feet
'eior tire surface Of the ground, and aii
trough solid rock, could be haiIt for his es.
innate from Georgetown to the Falls, The
81 and $3.50 per cubic yard are the cost Of
unnel excavation. Nothing is to be added to
. for there will be no brick work in the tun-
nels, as the rock proves able to stand alone.
Instead Of discrediting the estimates, this
81 so proves them to be liberal; for we see that
the engineer has estimated the iunnellipg at
sl4 per yard, and We understand that this was
lone because he foresav all the difficulties Of
Vided against 20 ss,ble one of nesting with
great influx Of watsr requiring heavy pumping
machinery. As the water is not met with, he
gets the tunnels done for half the prizes a.
'osoed tn tho estimate .'.
2. Ths Brick Work on tie A7ueauet Mr.
stanton upon the authority Of brickIayer-
l very intelligent, practical mechsnic-puts
down the cost Of brickIaying at 81 SO per
thousand: certain number Of bricks only be-
ing laid in a certain number of days work;
making only about 500 bricks day for ma.
sons work. ..-. .--......- ..-..'
That bricklsyer We know, and he is an in
telligsnt man. But We learn from him that he
rold Mr.. Stanton, when called to his room and
Questioned By him, that some of The men had
laid 1900, some 1,9pO bricks in that same
piece Of work. In day. Now this, which
Mr.. did not state. would give very differ
mt price The fact is. that about 900 bricks
day, Is fair average for good worknen
'fter little practice accus oms them to Thu
particular work, which would, and does make
he cost less than 81 per thous md, instead CT
81 80, as estimated by Mr. Stanton.
A great part of The bri.k work done I'D to
this time has cos, under 81; 81 being the engi.
neer's estimate.
MIR. Stanton states the cost of bricks at $40
lie knows, for he has studied the matter too
we'll for 1t to have escaped him, that q contract
nas been mads-indeed be speaks of it in his
'peech-for all the bricks at S375
3. Contracts FIR AquedNct Mr. S. says be
will vote for the appropriation if he can believe
il will be built for f2,30O,000. We have TO in
form him that responsible parties here are
ready to make that contract. We, however.
houid prefer their profits being saved to the
Government, or spent in making better work
'hsn any great contractor would turn out
4. Other Agnedmcts.-Mr. S. somehow OF
'ther goes under the mark, when he states Il b,
oss of ether aqueducts. He jumbles with
heir cost, the cost Of the hundreds Of miles o:
.ipes laid in such cities as New York, Bos Oh.
aud Philadelphia, and entirely units the fact
.dst tine interest and discount or 10 lns by which
'nores was raised ;or the Boston waer works
amounted to 1890 600. This sum 10 one hal.
he cost of the W ashington squeduct The dis
ributlng pipes in Boston cost 81, 1884, 900.
These two sums make up three millions of
the cost of the Boston Water Works, and TAX
ing this from the total cost, including repairs
&c, to end of 1851. which was S. SIS. O0O-we
have for the cost of the Boston Aqueduct, %
miles lorg, Including reservoir in the city
sting $500 ,000O only 81, 500 900. Why. Their
;sr We not build one IA miles long for 81
30G 900.
The Tarif-We apprehend that all ives
lone, yesterday, on the subject of the revision
| IF the taIif, which will be accomplished short
| ~. That is, the majority and minority reports
| On the subject were duly made from the Com
nittee OF Ways and Means; and were, O:
course, committed. Around the House Hall
The understanding is that the minority reporl
expresses the views Of Messrs. Robbins fwhv
presented III and Appleton, while Mr.. Stephens
If Georgia, is inclined to endorse neither OF
them as a whole. The public are already well
| aware Of the features of the majority report
20 we need not disc SO, or rather describe it
We can, however, say of the other, that it
understood to embrace very nearly the fea-
lures recommended in the report of the Sec1e
tary Of the Treasury. Thus, while it leaves
the 100 per cent schedule untouched, 1t rate
The great staples producing the bulk of the
revenue from customs, at Is, rather than 20 PEI
cent; the latter being the mark Of the maiori
report. 1t also makes duty free, the arti
les proposed to be assessed in the other at :
per centum. As yet, We have not had an Cd
Iortunity to examine It's details. If, however.
as alleged, it aims to decrease the re, snu.
rom customs, as proposed ~ the Secretary
Se prefer 1t 20 any bill winch will sureIy bring
500 ;0oo ,oeO per annutn into the treasury; NOR,
specially because in doing away with the ::
| per centum schedule, it must serve best TO sim
| 1lify the collection Of the revenue. A duty O;
per centum, We app ehend, will barely paw