Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-03

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= | for the use Of Center Market: act for tho 90.
tion OF culvert on 9TH street west: act to trin
| ana efavei Indiana avenue, from AK to y
streets ,h west; act to lay gravel fooswaik alon
sylvania avenue to street south; act to pru
vide for deficiency in certain case; act
lay gutter across H street north, west side @
sth street east; act authorizing the opening Q
alley In square 5l3; act to grade F street, fTou
9TH to sth streets west; act to repair Ist stree
west from Mary land avenue to Canal stree,
ana n Lanai street from LIST street to Virgiui
avenue act granting permission to Perae
veranee Fire Company to dispose OF suction
engine now In their charge, and for other pnr
poses; act TO purchase hose for the Westerr
| dose company; act for the relief OF the Amer
lcan HOOK aud Ladder Company No 2: +
revive an act to trim and gravel street north
Iism 80 street west to Tiber Greek, ana TO,
| otner purposes; act authorizing the bniId,ne al
hI aneh sc wer in the Second ward; act to con. n
struet nag footwalks at X street bridge; iainl
81 T. sae GssRRib
Also. veto IN. ssage on the bill amending
| tne act to increase the pay for labor on the
| corporation work, as follows
.;.'oa 's.uIn Wltnout my approval ian act en-
.,ueo an act aes 10 amend an act approved Feb
| Iuary e, 1868, entitled an act to authorize an
increase OF pay for labor on the corporation
work. - :.
'"The act Of February g. 1858, which it is
l RI.
| ment of ar act Of May "a, 1859 which djrectei
| the commissioners OF the sc veral wards of the
| cly to increase the compensation of cable
s1a5 per day, and each horse and cart ST.
| per day, and fixed the pay of men at 81 SO. and
horse and cart at So per day.
| "Ihis p'il Is another amendment proposing
70 Ieare ne pay or compensation Of one KIND
OF labor, "able-bodied men," to be regulated
and de feImined by current prices, while il re-
stricts and limits that OF the other kind-hor.e
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day. -
"Roth the kinds Of labor which it is intend.
ca 10 provide Tor are absolutely necessary and
equally essential to the work; mutually de-
pendent, and without either OF which the WORK
cannot be done. The rate of compensation
should therefore be the same. -
"lf the pay OF the able bodied men is tn ha
fixed by the standard of current prices or
what it is worth, flor take the curi ent nrice
OF TABOR TO mean neither more nor less than 1t
is Wortn,) can zee DO reason WHY the nav for
the horse and cart should not be fixed by the
same sandard-its real value-especialiy as
your Oil provides the horse and cart be driven
Suppose the current price OF labor for able
men should reach the price fixed by this bill as
the pay for horse and cart driver by an able
bodied man, does any one believe that this f;or.
poration could get the horse and cart and able
Bodied man to drive for that pricel And H. ON
Lhe other hand, the current price of labor for an
abIe. bodled man become less, the value of the
horse and cart driven by an able. bodied man
would likewise diminish
My objections to this bill are, therefore, that
the two kinds Of labor required for the work of
thls corporation are eqnaly necessary and es.
sentlal, and mentally dependent, without either
OF which the work cannot be done. A different
rule or standard OF compensation is provided
one capricious and yacillating, the other fixed
and determined. Respectfully, &C.
RICHARD WALLACH, Mayor.
The vote being taken on the question. s Shall
,he th MI pass notWitnstandng the objections of
the Mayor! 1t was lost.
1eas-Messrs. Follansbee. NJ. Larner and
Raub-3.
rNasss1Messrs; S: Barr, Garfield, Ferguson,
Peake, Ruff, shedd, Stevens and Lloyd, (Pres-
The following were INTRODUCED and passed: |
BY MT. Ranb-resolution requesting the Sur |
veyor TO furnish estimate for a sewer on Four |
tsenth street, from the canal to street; direct
ing the Mayor TO instruct the Commissioners |
OF the Second Ward to place stone flags over
tT9m fro D. the canal to E street north: directing the
new jail BY MIR N d rarnef-"e6llig IN ef-"e6lligoa q tAeemu tAeemu
ii wooden bridge on Eighth and streets; to
supply deficiency in grading and grayeiling |
to widen the cutters on Ninth street, from |
street to Massachusetts avenue. By Mr.. Fer |
gUson-resolution asking Congress TO make an |
appropriation TO widen the channel Of Ana
costa river, and remove the bar at the Arsenal.
The following were referred:-By MIR N. d.
Larner-petition Of Chas. klonan and others
for a sewer to drain alley in square i3l. BY |
Mr.. Ellis-petition Of Blanchard and Mohun. |
MIR. NJ. Larner introduced resolution direct
ing the committee on contingent accounts to
inquire it any money has been paid to persons |
Board lin second-story ofClty Hall.) who have |
not rendered an equivalent, and report the |
same to the Board. Laid over for one week.
MI: Gsnneid 9, INTRODUCED INT bill fixing the
ton work to $l.75; aud for horse, cart and |
driver, 81. SO per day. Laid over for one week. |
Mr.. e. Wilson called up the bill providing |
for the appointment Of q harbor master, and |
after a short discuSai0n. durinU Whieh 9ovprAl |
amendments We're proposed and adopted, the |
bill was passed. a-5Es
passage Of the act, and on or about the fourth
Monday In June thereafter, the Mayor shall |
nomina ate suitable person for harbor master,
who shaL give bonds in the sum OF $l,ooo for
Is to enforce and superintend all laws and
regulations for cleaning the docks and wharves
OF the port of Washington, and preventing
stationirg all ships and vessels in the stream
Of the Potomac or Anacostia, and at the
wharves; competing masters OF vessels to re.
move from time to time their vessels, so that
river craft may pass in or out Of the docks, and
to compel masters to accommodate each other,
SO that vessels arriving from sea shall for q
wharves until they have landed their cargoes,
not exceeding three days. ANY master or cap
tain refusing TO comply with the direction OF
in the duties of his ofce, is liable to pay line
for each offense not exceeding forty .nine dol
lars. He Is authorized, with the consent of the
Mayor, to appoint three deputies, and he is to
receive salary of 81. 200, and each deputy $500
per annum, payable out Of the harbor fund.
The harbor master shall collect from each ves-
sell except OF less than Is tons register, fee of
one cent per ton.
The following were reported by Mr.. N. d.
Larner, from the Improvements committee,
and passed Bills to repair culvert at 12th
street east and X street south; to grade and
gravel D street, from 18th to 18th streets; to
supply deficiency for grading Sd street east,
from Pennsylvania avenue to Q street south,
and substitutes for bills to grade and gravel
G street north, from 10th to 18th streets, and +
street from 1U,h to 14th streets.
The bill for the erection Of fire plugs near the
Anacostia engine house, and at the corner OF
II street south and 1lth street east was re-
cd the drainaRa cOmmitfee. and