Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-27

makes expenditure for the year of s2i 267 Of
Ihere are now bills due to the amount of about
S2,4UO, and there Is a balance of appropriations
standing 20 the credit of the board Of al eOO
On motion, the Treasurer was granted mill
bills vi u"Polu
me Treasurer requested that committee be
appointed to audit his accounts; g,anted
The Chair appointed Messrs Wan Santvoord
Chaplin, Wilson and Brandt
Al the suggestion Of the Treasurer, this COM
mtee Were empowered to pass certain accounts
them correct. S-'-- A'O
Mr. Wilson introduced resolution pravIno the
ture, and to pay two additional pPimsTu schnoI
teachers in the fourth district, and thereby give
scnooi facilities TO two hundred poor children
now destitute thereof; which was adopted
Mr.. IroDside offered a resolution nTsving tho
Couhclis LOT small appropriation TO put the dis
lct sc hool house at the corner Of Fourteenth and
sees INTO something like decent order and
safety; a., besides its dlapidation il is so over
run oy rats that the children's dinner baskets
suffer continual spOlatiOn and defIement
A member OF the board remarked that on one
OF his visits TO the school he counted six Fats run
ming about the room ~
The resolution was adopted
MI. brandt proposed an additional paragraph
10 the annual report which consisted of symra
inning notice Of the death of Miss Lane An
thompson, formerly one of the teachers of ,
nooI IN me nrst district, with apprecistive ref
eIehce 10 Def services and worth as an instruct
Iess- Ii was ordered to be inserted. as was also
notice Of the decease Of Mrs. Cole. Ttsu,sa =
teacher in one of the schools
III. lronSide moved that the sinh hoards ho
authorized to furnish INDECENT puDiiS with 49,. &c
not agreed TO- 10 '""Sh'I
Col Col, Randolph having left the Chair, it was
immediately taken by DR.. Walsh wben Mr.
Brandt moved that the Board vote their sincere
L I 70 tnslr President Dro tenn. (Col Ran
manner iUr me ape impartial, and dignihed
tne Chair, and express the hope that althongh
the otner members may fail Of re-appointment
ne would still continue to al office the duties
charged. fJ U'
mOusly- u"a-
Col. Randolph returned thanks for the verv
Kind manner in which the Board had seen A, ~
honor his humble services with their annroyaI
Whatever those services might have been he
~ NJ. oul tehoer MS thanks for the courtesy
ana foroearance which his fellow. trustees had
always observed in their Official intercourse with
nIu. ne nda always been a warm friend of the
puo,,c s1nools, and snch he continued vet, as a
uusee, ne could not but express his frsouent
sense OF deficiency, especially In condnctind eI
aninduons, and that his education such as x..s
nsaSI nifty years ago, he found to be Inadequate
To tue wants of the examiner at the nreSen, A.,
ne should be happy il some one who had more
time 10 DE vote to the duty and more ability yys,e
spP0 , IN ms place yet, If he should still be
nnue as before TO do the best In his power r.,
whether he himself be reappointed or NOT he
slheereiy hoped the other members would for,
and he said u without any purpose of battery h.
had never known a Board more zeaIou. snd
faithful With reiteration of his thanks he
concluded and the Board then adjourned
NEw COVERING FOR BaIpGEs-Canal Com
missioner Wise has recently been exoerimeptipg
Win new style Of flooring for the iron bridge.
across the canal. In answer to his communica-
uon 10 the City Councils, asking a small appro-
Pflatlon for the purpose OF testing his new door
Ing, they appropriated the sum Of $50 which he
has expended In laying down one Of the carriage
ways across -Four and -half-Street bridge. The
loeA is 10 give substantial covering to prevent
the yaring Occasioned by the passage OF arr1sves
(Which is destructive 20 ali bridges 10 econo
iniIe the wear and tear Of the planning. The Dian
i ia foundation Of stout Planks, over which
bsPfeao coating OF gas tar and sand mi xeti TO-
getheT, which Is a substance of the mature az a.
Pnaitun; over this Is placed a coating OF gravel
" In oSslng thrown on while the Composition
hardening, composes a durable and chean aoor'
lnZ, which Is far more desirable in ,yery 70
I psI., t t could be prepared by any other
Ston 10 used for paving streets In several large
Sss IN EUROPE, particularly in Paris Let us
80. 81 .oe bridges on the canal covered in the
,. naAnneri the cost Is little, and the saving OF
WI" ana tear to the PIanking incalcuiaole.
AN OsDEHrAkkK See the advertisement OF
NJ sands, (lats foreman for Mr. Harvey, In an
49, co.amn Of the star He understauds his
Pioyer gave entire satisfaction TO those peedigg
the services Of an undertaken. He sims 10 do =
fafr share Of business In his Iise which ne s.ke
u fof grantsd he will obtain, because he will
exert every nerve TO deserve the patronage of ali
classes Of his fellow-eitizens - -
WiSrn The chilly wiads announce the an
preach OF winter, and we notice that In all Dor
tlsas OF TIE eity families are laying up their sun
Ptf ~ incl Toe the win.eT. The eats of r A
w Gait ATE CONSTANTLY employed and the
dm-unt OF fuel dumped by them In yartous no.
lions Of the city would astonish the uninitisted.