Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-10


MT: hcNerhany, on leave, offered resolution
TTan.Ing the use OF the Aldermen's chamber. on
tuesday, night, 10th instant, to the subscribers 70
the proposed Clay Statue; passed ="
Also, on leave, a bin fixing the comnens,t,o, ~
,G re,S "oIking Tor contractors for the Corpora
ION Inc Dill fixes the compensation of the ia
per day A 0''' a. Si'''
Mr. Moore objected to the present cons. deratron
oI tne BILL and wished II referred to the improve
fnents committee
MT Miller contended that this board had no
well mig ht this board ATTEMPT to Iegislate nnon
ne price OF beef, pork, and other merchandise
ne moved mat the bill be referred to the finance
Cohuttee He did not think the Improvements
committee had anything to with it,
aiteI some further discussion, the bill was re-
fefred 20 Improvements committee.
vi Ihomas Mason and nfty-three others in re
i.o On to an alley; of Columbia fire companv. of
.'oc hhoPoilla H nook and ladder company; of Geo
were duly referred 4 "a WHICH,
tdr McNerhany here rose to a question of
Tuesday last. His remarks and aceompsnring
correspondence occupying more space Than W..
can aiiot to them to-day will appear in to-mor-
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Joint resolution providing for a corporate seal
tSt the City Of Washington, with amendment by
inconvenience in the same; on motion tIise
b2ard refused to concur: Bill to provide for
s sdfng up and relaying the gutter on the north
streets west; passed. Bill to trim and gravel F
street south, from Seventh street west to Virginia
svenuei passed Bill to trim and gravel Fifth
street west, from L. street north to Street north:
passed Bill to take up and relay the gutter on G
street, IN 'front.' OF square Q; passed. Bill to lay
dag footway on the south side of M street north
aross Skin street west; passed. Bill to set the
curostones and pave the footway on the south
front Of square south of square 463 between Sixth
and Seventh streets west; passed. Bill authoriz-
my the erection Of public hydrant and for other
purposes passed. Bill to pay for a set of Corpo-
ration stop patternsi passed Petition of Fleming
request to be discharged; so ordered Bill to
provide for an inspector and sealer of gas metres
for the city of Washington; passed
The special order of the eyeniny-tbe hill To
provide for paid fire department for the CITY of
Nashlngton-was then taken I'D and read nv sec.
ton and amended, and ordered to be printed
IN bill form, and its further consideration post
pOned till next Monday night
Bin 10 regulate the compensation of the secre-
taries Of the Board of Aldermen aud Bcard of
Common Council was rejected
Bill to sweep and water Pennsylvania avenue
from First street east to Seventeenth street west
was passed.
Joint resolution in appreciation of the pet,tion
OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad now before
Congress to extend their railroad through this city
bya tunnel under Capitol Hill and across the
fotomac river at the Long Bridge was passed.
Adjourned.
Common CouncH.-Mr Powell introduced hill
authorizing the engraving new diploma for the
"S VI 80 PdoIlN oCAOOiS, dS per OrdIt cXllDltSd;
passed
MIR. Duhamel introduced bill to grade and
gravel street north, from Fifth to Seventh streets
west; referred
Mr.. Mohun introduced bill to grade Second
street east; referred.
Mr. Turton, from improvements committee, re-
ported favOrably bill to trim and gravel street
north, between Third street west and Tenth street
west; passed.
Mr.. Powell, from the claims committee, re-
ported flvordbly bill from the Upper Board for
the relief Of III Kaiser and A. NJ. Caldwell. in re-
gard to market stalls; passed. Also, bill for the
relief of }. J. Roam, by remission of fine; passed
Mr.. Meade, from police committee, reported
Joint resolution to increase the pay of corporation
laborers to $50, and horses and carts to 81 per
day.
Sir. Orme wanted to know what was the object
of this resolution.
Mr.. Meade.-The object of it is to raise the nav
OF the lan0rers Omcefs of the Corporation have
men quite as deserving of being looked after
Mr. Orme thought the movement looked very
much like an eleCtioneering movement as the
first of June was drawing nigh.
MI Meade disclaimed any such motive He
had proposed the same thing last October as an
amendment to the bill to increase the salary of
the Register, and had offered it as an amendment
every proposition to increase the pay of Corpo-
ration officers since.
Messrs. Orme and Jones both stated that the Cor
Poration had nothing to do with ii king the present
rates OF pay of Corporation laborers and horses
and carts, but that IT was regulated entirely by
custom, the same as IN the of other laborers
The joint resolution was then adopted-yeas
IA, nays =
Mr.. Morgan offered a joint resolution, instruct
ing the committee before Congress to take such
action as will protect the interests of the Corpo-
ration In the proposed grant to the Baltimore and
through The city to the Potomac river; adopted
SuEdry bills, &c, from the Board of Aldermen
were appropriately referred
bill from the upper board instructing the
committee before Congress to urge the removal
of the Jail from its present site, was taken up and
passed.
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general laws of the Corporal on since the publi-
cation of ''Sheehan's Digest"
joint resolution from the upper board appro-
prlatinS Sl5 for the purchase Of copy of
Duche's Washington, rejected; yeas 4,
nays H.
AN EXCURSION having been determined on in
which the Corporation of w ashingt ton shall con-
vey the members of the Committees for the Dis
t,ict OF Columbia of both the Senate and House of
Representatives all along the line of the Washing
ton Aqueduct to the Great Falls of the Potomac,
SO that they may See and examine the same we
learn that Saturday next has been appointed for
the purpose. The party will proceed partly in
oInnioises and PARTLY by the steam canal boat
f}iag Cloud, visiting the distributing and re-
celVlng reservoirs, the tunnels Cabin John bridge
and other prominent objects along the line to the
commencement at Crommeins, after which they
will partake Of collation. to be spread in the
ling at the Falls belonging to the Govern
ment, and then return direct to the District
Should not the weather be fair, some other day
viii be designated for the trip. The Flying
-
attachment, and, without any swell in the least
degree injurious to the banks of the canal, makes
rate Of just eight miles an hour. She will be at
her wharf on the Washington Canal at the foot of
Fourteenth street, on Friday afternoon, to make
further trial Of her speed-InteLigeHeer.
The ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD -
The Lynchburg Republican says:
Il" IL affords us pleasure to announce that the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad bridge has been
completed across the widest prong of the James
River and that workmen are now engaged in
laying the track on the bridge. A high embark
ment las also been made, reaching across the
island, distance of 500 or zoos feet, to the
canal, with which ii is connected by a substantial
walk-way reaching to a platform wharf, which
has been erected alongside the canal for the con-
venience OF passengers going from the cars to the
boat, and rice rsT;d. Ii is contemplated to run
the first train OF cars across the bridae on Monday
afternoon. by which time the track will be laid
as far as the canal As we have stated on a former
occasion, the bridging. more correctly speak
ing, the stonework, Necessary for the erection of
bridge across the pond this side of the island
viii consume several months yet, as it has been