Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-10
GEORGETOWN.
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GEORGETOWN, April 10, 1850.
Az the meeting of the Board of Common Coun-
CT, on Friday evening last. there were absent
MSSsls. English, King and McCobb.
"o messages were received from the Mavor
Ohe enclosing communication Of VIM. Emmert.
complaining Of the foul condition of private
aey near his premises, was referred to committee
t Gu ' t. The other, enclosing a communica-
ZION rom the Gas Light Company, was referred
. 20 'ne Board OF Aldermen. A notice Of the con-
'euo oi SAID communication, with the further
as.on OF both boards thereon, is published in my
letter OF Saturday last
The report Of the Chief of Police for the month
OF march states that during the month ~ warrants
were served, and of the arrested parties IS were
nnee sent 70 the workhouse, held for appear
ahce a' court, and IL discharged. Amount of
nhes ana costs, Sis 60. Lodgers at the guard
house, ITO. Referred to Board of Aldermen.
mr.. sake stated that the report Of the Chief of
tEe last meeting. but that reports for the months
OF december and January last had been sent in.
MI. Ienney presented, and moved its reference
80 we -. conmlttee on streets, communication
ioni the Levy Court containing a notice of
tue election by said Court Of Robert White
ana William A. King, as assistant Commits
sonefs on the repairs Of the new road from Seventh
street I'm our city, to the stone warehouse, and
cefuncate OF further appropriation for said re-
pairs OF 500, onehalf to be paid by the Corpora
tion OF Georgetown; referred.
Accounts Of II. Reever, VIM Appleby n Co
| Richard Jones, and William Walker. sealeI Of
welghs and measures, were referred to commit
| tee on claims.
Bill of H. b Walker, market.master, for Incl.
market house. ~
Mr.. Dodge, from the committee on WAYS and
| means, to which was referred the communication
| Of Jos. L. Smith, asking an appropriation for es
taolishing an Industrial Institute, made an ad.
verse report thereon and asked to be DISCHARGED
rom us further consideration; report accepted
and committee SO discharged.
MIR. Pearson, from the committee of grievance
asked to be discharged from further consider
Of the petition of Jos. Parrish; agreed to and COM
| mittee discharged.
AS there were several incidental matters came
| up In the course of the evening bearing OH the
mar ket-house question, We shall group all the
| facts together, so that the whole matter may be
more easily understood.
Mr.. Hill presented memorial signed by resi-
dents, merchants, and owners Of property on and
near market space, and butchers and Others doing
business In the market, house, protesting against
the proposed removal Of the fish market to loca-
ton north of the canal, and moved its reference
| to the committee Oh the market house.
Mr. Stake opposed the reference and wanted
the memorial to 90 to the committee on grievances
but finally withdrew his objection and Mr. Hill,s
motion prevailed.
The resolution from the committee on the mar.
ket-house, introduced at the las. meeting, coming
up for consideration
Mr.. Stake said its provisions were good aud
Wholesome, fght and proper As member of
.ne committee he took some interest in this mat
ter and begged leave to di fer with Henry Addi-
son for the course he had thought lit to pursue
acting as Mayor Of Georgetown. Knowing that
the matter was pending in this board, he in the
face OF II, and with determined will and desire
10 oVsrslaugh, orders premature sale Of the
benches In the market house W hich this resolution
related to, and at that first sale nothing was said
about the time OF payment. The stalls Were sold.
ana thinking this Corporation mig bt at their next
reg uiar meeting take some action, an order was
Inade 10 collect the money in advance. This
falling, another salewas ordered before chasers
at the first could say God help them" Conse-
quently, the stands had fallen into the hands of
two or three persons and Others were deprived of
their rights This was very hard, very unj ust He
differed with memorialists A change was very
| annoying to them no doubt, but the north side Of
the canal, where proper drainage could be made,
| was the right place for these fish stands
MIR. Tenney said il was use for him to saw he
was not party man, nobody would believe him:
but II he belonged to any party 1t was law
abiding party. The Mayor was directed by law
| to sell these benches on the 3lst of March That
duty was imperative, unless the CORPORATION or.
dercd otherwise. The present board had met here
five successive nights, the committee had the
| matter under consideration two weeks before they
reported this resolution, and if there was any
blame it was theirs for the delay. He was yIad
that be objected to the third reading of that reso.
luton, for he had thereby saved four or five hun
dred dollars to the treasury, and had given these
memorlallsts chance TO enter their protest
| (said hc) did not then know the views of these
people, hut they have had an opportunity to peti-
ton, and uiajoIity of them Were of the same DO
llucal party as the gentleman who introduced this
resolution.
MI. stake.-Do you call this party question,
Mr.. Tenney 1t ought not to be; but there is
party herc aiming to get 1t through and this me-
mori3, proves the wisdom Of my course i'm object
| ing. These stands were sold in accordance WI tb
thu law, bought and paid for, in spite of a combi.
nation encouraged bv two members of This Cor,
| yoraton, who adv;s purch asers not TO paw for
| their stands, that they would have the law re-
pealed. You have mayor Mr.. Chairman who
| is a InayOr-one who ordered the sale and broke
down this combination.
After some other remarks by Mr. Tenney he
| was asked by Mr.. Williams If he had any obiec-
tion to naming the two members TO whom he al
| luded MIR. T. said he had been Informed by a
reliable person Of this town that MI stake and
Mr.: Pearson had advised persons not to bid
Mr. Pearson denied it, and said the statement
| was false, he had only remarked that If parties
were afraid of paying an exorbitant rent they had
better not bid.
MIR. stake took no trouble in such matters, un-
IS Chi rses were true; but as the gentleman spoke
from an lnformer, he would say that the statement
was untrue, as far as he was concerned
Mr. Dunlop hardly know how to vote in
| this matter i was in favor of the resolution
thinking the change Of location of the fish mar
ket proper one, but find here memorial against
l., signed by large number of interested parties
Mr.. Wiiliams.-The solution only places those
| stands which were sold on the Same footing with
other stands in the market
Mr.. Tenncy.-if this resolution is passed what
| then is to be done, The Clerk has no authority
to pay the money back, and you have got to force
parties to give up their Licenses Will parties
give them up. can the Clerk Issue two licenses
1t is too late. You had ample time, being here
five nights, 10 bring in this matter, but it was de-
ferred until the night before the sale When nv
party las you will have it am a party man J
! wants to do anything they do it right. They leg
islate in time, and if they wanted to appropriate
$500 to defend Mayer they would bring il up
and if the third reading was objected to- meet
ing would be called next night the appropriation
passed, and the money drawn next morning from
the treasury before an inqnisition could be got
out, or other action taken don't See, Mr. Chair
man, how you can remedy this matter
Mr.. Fearson.-The way of doing business by
my friends party IS very much like mailrobbing
IL the danger of rObbing the mail is too great
they rob the post office before 1t stars The Lord
have merc y on such party. and hope the devil
The remainder of the gentlemans remarks could
not be heard on account Of the laughter which
greeted this sally
Mr.. Williams exonerated the committee from
the charge OF delay in reporting. The Mayor
knew that a majority Of the Boards was in favor
of suspending the sale until the 10Th April He
knew the matter was pending here, and was it
anything but courteous to paw some attention to
that fact: He had not treated the Board with
common respect.
After some further remarks bv Mr. williams
Mr. Tenney again rose, and stated that he had
tried to have the rent of butc