Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-18
EV FNJNG STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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TIE BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL met on
Monday afternoon at the usual hour Messrs
McCutchen and Lee were absent
The President appointed W lillian E Hutch
inson, Esq, member Of the committee on
improvements and also member of the joint
committee on wharves, to supply vacancies
in said committees caused by the resignation
Of Josiah l.. Vsnable, Esq.
Mr. Jefferson presented the petition Of Alex-
ander Bradley, asking compensation for GER
tain work done the Corporation; referred.
Mr.. Fisher presented the petition of d
Nsylor, praying for the remission of a fine !;
referred.
Mr.. knight presented the petition Of Cbas
Wilson, asking to be paid half the amount Of
fine recovered by the Corporation through
information furnished by him; referred
Mr.. Towles reported q bill for the relief of
Maurice Holloren; passed.
Mr.. Walker reported bill from the Alder
men tor grading and gravelling C street
north, from Delaware to Maryland avenue !;
passed.
Also, a bill authorizing the grading Of
street north, between New Jersey avenue and
Tloer creek; passed
Mr.. Fisher reported bill making an ap-
preparation for laying gutter across street
north, on the east side of Fourteenth street
west; passed.
mittee, to which the Mayors commune ali ion
in relation to the occupancy of the Northern
Liberties engine house, &c had been referred
presented communication from T. Hal
leck, President Of the Northern Liberties FIRE
company, IN reply to the statement of S. A
ID Mckim, Secretary to the Board of Trus-
tees CT public schools which was ordered to
be published; and is as follows
WASHINGTON. Sept Is 1856.
Oc tha fbar I L.
fire company, L deem il my duty to reply to
the statement of Mr.. S. A. Ii. McKim, Secre-
tary to the Board of Trustees OF the public
schools, addressed to the Mayor of the city on
the 9th instant The Secretary was simply
directed to communicate the order of The
Board, and everything else appended by him
IS altogether gratuitous, and most of it not in
accordance with facts
1t Is true that the school room was changed,
but this was done during the recess of the
school, and in conformity with authority given
by the Mayor, Mr.. Towers, to use either room
for the company.
There is a Misrepresentation as to the appli-
cation OF the company to use the school-rOom
for a ball The request was simply to use it
a3a dressing room for the ladies, without dis
turbipg any thing belonging to tho school
The ball was held in the companys own
room.
The statement of the Secretary leaves the
Inference luaG the tedcQer ul0 not know
what room was assigned for the school, al
though she had used it for several weeks. I
an authorized to say that there was no such
- mistake as alleged. 1t was not the teacher
who unannounced" entered the room occu-
pied by the company, but the person who
attends to keeping it in order Therefore the
indignation of the Secretary at the supposed
improperly on the part of the company in
subJecting lady TO such mistake is alto
gether misplaced.
may here remark, too in reference to the
intimatiOn of tie honorable Mayor as to the
riOtous conduct Of fremen, that the Northern
Liberties Fire Company are friends of order,
and desire to obey the laws in all things, and
that they have never acted otherwise than on
the defensive. Rendering their services gra-
tuitOusly to the public, they are unwilling to
have their characters aspersed upon mere ru-
NOR, and are at all times ready to submit their
conduct TO q fair test before an unprejudiced
tribunal
Please submit the foregoing to the board of
which you are a member
Very respectfully, IT HALLEck,
President n L. Fire Co.
To Mr.. Gordon, Chairman Board Pub Schools
Mr.. BohIayer moved to refer the whole SUBJ
lect to the delegation from the Third Ward.
Mr. Orme moved to refer the matter back
to the committee on public schools; agreed to.
Mr. Lloyd reported q BILL accompanied by
written report, making further appropria-
tioLs for the support of the poor, aged, and
inhrm for the year ending June 80, 1856, and
for other purposes.
Mr.. Albert moved to amend tho bill by
striking out the words " eight hundred and
seventysix dollars and eleven cents and in
serting 1.-TWO thousand and fifty one dollars
and thirty one cents; decided in the mega
tive.
The bill was then passed by yeas and nays,
Yess-Messrs Albert, Baldwin, Bayne, Bob
layer, Clarke, Edmonston, Gordon, Hutchin-
son, knight, Lloyd, TOwles, Walker Waiter
ston, and the Presiient-14
Nays-Messrs Fisher, Jefferson, Kennedy,
and Turton-4
Mr. Bohlayer presented the petition of Jo-
fah Hitchcock, asking the remission of fine
referred
Mr.. knight introduced bill making an ap-
preparation for a gravel footwalk across Vir-
ginla avenue and First street west ; referred
Mr. Lloyd offered a resolution directing tn at
JOINT meeting Of the two Boards be held on
Monday, the 6t5 October, at 8 o'clock, m
for the purpose Cf electing school trustees for
the current year adopted.
Mr.. TurtOn introduced bill making an ap-
preparation for repairing the gutter On the
south side OF / street north, between Twenty
third street west and Virginia avenue re-
ferred
hr Lloyd introduced n joint resolution re-
guessing X. COyle, Esq U Engineer, hav-
Ing charge OF tie grades and drainage of the
city, his system Of grades for tie Seventh
Ward passed
He also introduced bill making an appro-
priation for opening and grading U street
south, from Four snd-a-half street to Water
street referred.
Also, bill making an appropriation for
grading and travelling portion of Eighth
~ ~ hef sfr
referred
Mr.. EdmOnston offered a resolution request
Ing the Mayor to direct the Surveyor of the
city to examine the gutter on the north front
Of square No. 454, Oh street, between Sixth
and Seventh streets, to ascertain whether it
does not admit Of more fall than it has at
present, and to report the result to this Board
with a. little delay as practic able.
The President laid before the Board q COM
munieation from the MAYOR. transmitting the