Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-06

-. ,rrpose Of considering the bids and awarding
,bs contracts for supplying materials and laying
,bs Water mains in the city Of Washington, for
,bs current year F~r
,,ifip,. appropraiing $500 for compensation to
MSS Chiffon aud Magruder, for legal services
.sndsred the Corporation in conducting in the
Circuit Court of Alexandria county, Va, the suit
of corporation of Washington against Fowle,
spowden 4 Co; passed
Nr Magruder called the special order Of the
,v,pin"; passed bad. ..-..
md The bill reported at the last meeting award
ip5 the contract FOR supply Water pipes TO the Cor
,oT1tiOa Of Washi ngton for the current year, was
aiken from the Secretarys table and read for in
formatlon
water pipcs To the Warren Foundry and Mac hine
company Of hiIlipsburg, New Jersey; the pipes
70 be Il feet in length by inches in diameter,
for the sum of S25:sS %. 81
The question recurring on a third reading of
the bill.
Mr. Pearson addressed the board in favor of
giving the contract to McRee Swift of the Patent
Water and Gas Pipe company, whose bid for fur
nisling and laying pi pes, composed of wrought
iron and cement is some s3 600 less in the aggre-
ogtc than that Of any other bidder. Mr.. p spoke
strongly In favor Of the cement p pes as being
tirey free from corrosive qualities, and az having
been tried in many northern cities with complete
su.crSs He held that these pipes Were daily
growing in favor with the people wherever they
1cre hid down. and that in the cities Of New
York and Brooklyn, the iron pipes had been re-
Gently removed and replaced by the cement ones
Mr. Moore replied that the committee had
thought favorably Of the cement pipes. but had
considered that it was not proper to 90 into an
experiment with them yet The committee In re-
fusing to award in favor Of cement pipes had also
considered the speci hcations contained in the pro-
posalS which state that the pi pes shall be OF cast
iron With this latter point before them, the COM
mittee had not thought lit to recommend the ce-
ment pipes.
had in their award accented he u feet mr.
the IL feet pipes.
Mr. Moore replied that the u feet pipes had
been selected on the ground Of saving i'm the ex-
pense as well as on the ground of their being
otherwise better than the feet pi pes
Mr. Pearson again spoke Of the advantage which
in his opinion ii would be to the Corporation To
accept u the cement pipes.
Mr. Fisher spoke favorably of cement pipes
He had seen piece Of cement pipe which had
been taken out of the ground after having been
laid ten years, and it in as perfect condition
as the day it was laid down; while an iron PIPE
which had laid in the ground that lony was en-
tirely rusted out. But for all this and while at
some future day il would be well to try these
pipes, he did not think il expedient to do SO now
Mr. Moore stated that the amount of corrodi NJ
in iron pipes depended on the water and we d id
not yet know what effect the Potomac water would
have on them.
some further discussion ensued when the bill
was read third time and passed by vote Of IL
yeas to nav.
Mr.. Moore, from the joint committee, then re-
water mains IN the city Of w ashington during the
current wear.
This bill awards the contract to A. r. Hill &
Co, for the sum of 5000; read three times and
passed
From the same committee, a bill giving the
contract for supplying all siX-inch four way stop
cocks and hydrants combined and all six-inch
valves required this year to VIM MI EllisS Rro .
passed.
From same committee, bill awarding the con-
tract for street or service hydrants Thos Evans;
passed.
Also. bill awarding contract for supplying Cor.
pOrailon stops, as many as may be required during
the current year, To J w. Thorn psOn Bro ;
passed
services rendered in computing the late bids for
supplying the water MAINS etc; passed
TN motion Of Mr.. Huntington, the papers In
me case Of VIM RupP were ordered to be taken
irnn The files and referred 10 the claims committee
Mr. Fisher, from the drainage committee re-
ported bill with amendment, authorizing the
water FurFeyor to employ some suitable person
Utap the water mains. The amendment i'm Dos.s
on TIE Mayor the duty of making the appoint
ment instead Of the Water Purveyor Amend
ment agreed 10, and bill passed
Mr. Fisher also reported Joint resol .Ition di.
rechng the Secretary, rs far possible 10 collect
me opinions of the Corporation ATTORNEYS OF this
Corporation, together with all decisions of the
I-icllI Court Of this District in relation To CorpO-
Ton affairs TO be placed in a volume for the use
u Tie Board of Aldermen; passed
And the Board adjourned.
EXCITING RAcE--Yesterday, the long looked
Tor race between Sea Breeze, Napoleon, and Anne
ia Patti, came Off on the Piney Branch Trotting
course quite a number Of gentlemen were pres
ent, and bets Were freely offered upon Sea Rreszs
and taken by tip friends Of Napoleon In conse-
fuenee of the heavy rains the track was yery
heaEy The first heat won by Sea Breeze
ume-3 min see: The second heat Napoleon
came out far ahead, time-3:7. The third heat
Napoleon also came out far ahead; time-3:l
hs last heat was disputed by the driver of Sea
breeze, who charged that Napoleon took the
uack Too soon. Upon this discuss ON arose; and
tn judges decided that the heat shouId he con.
s'lered a dead heat Upon this decision a num-
p-I o. the gentlemen around solicited the owner
pi Napoleon to withdraw his horse, and not allow
nh 70 uOt another heat number Of gentlemen
Who had staked their money on Sea Breeze gave
up thelr bets. thus admitting the fairness of the
~, Under these circumstances Napoleon was
Wttdrawn, and Sea Breeze was walked around
NE track, and his owner claimed the purse TO-
diy' the race is the cause Of much conversation
among those who witnessed it; and we hear Il
.al,liSu " the friends OF Napoleon that ia the
sscEhd and third heats, he came out near SIXTY
FIGHT WITH THE GuARDs.-Last night, a mum.
VI drunken young men disturbed the neigh
borhOOd Of the Second Ward. and yv,tcbrn.,
eie ana hldwell interfered and tried by per-
o"dNion 10 quiet the row. but Intellectually a
hd2istrate, who had witnessed the proceedinq r.,
,n 'L hJd - The guards that they had trifed with
-e.l long enough, and il they did not take them
uIe suird-hOuse. he would report them. The
.II men undertook the job and fg ht ensued the
toN resisted the arrest Others fnterfered and
.,ed ihe officers; striking them and throwing
atchma1 Frere upon arriving at the
-'Hfd- h"use exhibited a rather tattersd appear
M ais clothing torn and bis throat Scared
rom ear 70 ear, with bruises upon his body
loving tuat he was the mark FOR the stones
..""f "y The rowdy bystanders Upon arriving
u'e guard house. the arrested parties gave their
iiIeS Is James BLY, and Frank keenan,. Others
~'' Implicated who are yet to lie arrested.
The FUNERAL Of w. II. Topping, whose death
occurred in Baltimore the day before Yesterday. rs
announced in orr columns Yesterday, took place
rom the late residence, Thirteenth street this
morning al 10 o'clock The remains arrived I'm
.ht cry AZ o clock p. m, Yesterday, and were
IAeh IA the house The only relatives of the de
'rased present were sistFr Miss NJ A Tonning(
and niece (AIrs. Bonny), all the other s,inI
bag at diS;ance-Iamss. a brother. in Nv
York state. and Mrs Malinda and Mis-. yon;,
Jones On professional tnur in California Tbc
funeral services were performed BY Rev DIR PinL1
nev. Of the Episcopal Church, in the presence OF ,
nu:aer0Gs eOncOnTSs Of personal friends who az
Nr'sardS accompanied the remains to the Congress