Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-08

"a Egl glst3Oe ana lfOEn } une, iSoSi ID NpVsnosE.
lisr months. 217 h"eEsse, Welding Aa,5is and
he asked why bad the licenses oesn SD loosely
granted by the Mayor, and could see no other
rsascn than that II was done 20 make that 1T
was done to make capital for next Juae.
Mr. Shepherd expressed has regret that the
etu,k man from the Second Ward had ex-
pressed hi m.ef 70 harsily In r-garu 70 the
Mayor, and thoUt b. II .le had copei0 red mo-
meNt he wonld not have made ust OF the Ian
guaea There was great demand fer ta ver ns
ard ofdinaries al the present time, and If .h"rs
~ak not such d~mand there would not be
such fnprl, the licenses were granted most
,)y TO rA:iug fousfs. He did not THU h that
herth laneu mage would affect anything, hDs On
the 9th. hand would work harm: and did not
sc how the syetem proposed IA the first s'c-
urn tf the original bill could BE- carried Ont
be pres. Mt law Was ample iD its provisions.
and u now mnre strictly carried out than ever
bsfer|. II, bis own neigh borhood, during the
a'minista alton tf Mayor Be'ret. house was
kept cJ.ea In direct violation Of law, and Ia
many ere" " here the I.W was no: CARRIED
ont. /, " A. Che fault of the police and corpora
ton ccnktab;es. ae it wss in the case be had
IsieTT+d te He rel uciatad the idea that the
i,c, nsrs we're issusd loosely, for political cap
ital a. tie laI ger ror' ion OF these who had ob.
tsipfd licenses wrrs not cItixsra, and had no
vote; and he deubtei IL Nay or Wallach sought
q ra-el.ct, on.
Mr. MccathrsD was sorry, as q temperance
mnn. 10 fifTrr with bis FRI. nj Of the Second
WaId, (Btr. Shedd) The provisions OF the
rr.tent law were all that the most radical
lis as now in force, and said shat the corpo-
ration having clsssad our respectable hotels
with tayrrns and ordinarise, if the gentle
msn'e hmrl dm+nt WAS adoptd, any paTeon
ii, ing in the nfighhorhood o, hotel, bv With
holding his signature, could cause such ho.s.
10 be closed. He couid not, however. vote for
hotels 10 seil liquor OH their premises.
Mr.. thfdd. in reply TO Mr.. shepherd, eaiA
that he hhd SAID exactly what he intended. He
b. lievsd that there vas no o.ha. good y,eson
for issuing 80 many licenses Il an TO make po-
itt'cal capital He would cripple old John
Eafk corn any way that IA could, aud asked
II II was ne crssary ior I Q els to SELL Iiqur.
Mr. She'd charged that the Mavor did not
ihtst on the tniHiiment 0: all The rec uirenenss
OF ibe Ia " b@fore granting licrn-nses.
Tr. NJ Iarner said In relation to the char9e
OF Mr.. sbedd that the old is " was thirty y.ars
Id 81 was made for the times Nh n the travel
Wst mostly dole by horsrhark, andths hotls
VF1t obliged 10 have stable Rcconu1o iations:
but the tessty Of hotels ha wing sta b,s hayia9
ceased, The Mayer ook the po4 8, ,biiity of is-
suing the license without that uSran:e tee "a ;her
than 20 break hem mp Hltogsthsr
Mr.. Ruff thought that if such was the case
the law should be reps aled and another one be
rassed.
Mr.. ShPdd's amendment vas lost-veas
pays15
On motion of Mr. Shepherd, The bill was Laid
Cn the iahIr-yeas iU, n.ys 7.
TIE following were reported and passed -
gutter cn touth SIDE Of street, from 18TH street
10 Vermont avenue; TO lay cross gutter and
hai 1ootwa ay across 2Oth street, st north side Of
Mr. Noyes introduced q hill authorizing III.
" at.r Registrar 10 grant permission to &. H.
Gfshs m 10 tap the service pipe on south
Mr.. NJ. Larne- obtained permission for J. H.
RuWlalo 10 WITHDRAW " p-. Ition from the fAee
Hr. Raub offer. a TeeoiulJH dirrcups tho
Mayor to inform the Roard what emo aus Of
mt hFy N" fonnd.mas:sr hss paid TO Uorpo a.
uan. Adopted.
Mr.. Kelly introduced bill, to grade and
gl el 24th strret, from Pennsylvanis ayeuue
TO + street. Referred.
hackney carriages, cabs And other VEHICLES
was taken up 81 read by SECTIONS.
Tie first section was adopted.
The sreond section, fixing the terms Of liz
ceEse, ~as read, when
Mr.. Noyes moved 20 strike out that portion
Increasing II e rate for icens es for street cars
and oulibuses from ten to thirty dollars per
Mr. Shepherd said that this portion 0, the
bill h. desired particularly to bs emf ,roed. We
1 All been accused OF being poor, yet wi N any
vaiuabi. 1fencnne is To Be given out it Is
quhtiy lsei lated out Of our hands, and he
'hcueh' t'at II was an outrage on us to give
this tR;uRb:e franchise - ase our streets with
out sivins ihe city an equivalent. The city
q ed 10 revenue from the railroad Sompany
1t goes into the pockets Of those men who hap
rPn 10 own the stock. All the CITY reoe,vei
from tie road was ten dollars per car, aud he
had been told by the president that the com.
wf re obliged to, but as matter Of courtesy.
I he read was making very large profits he
contsnded, and II the Corporation has any CON
troI over the road this amountehould he e1ac.ed
from them.
mr. n. Larner was In favor Of the amend.
menf. In New York, II q person rode but a
sauare i. was Ave cents, and five cents re-
pta;ed on every car. The company were pay.
ing now $40 TO 9eorGetown and BIO to .his
city, on each car. The citizens had an opnor
thnity TO take the stock Of the road, and il was
their own fsuit IT they did not take 1t. The
attorney OF the corporation, who happens 10 %
also the legal adviser OF the company has
given his opinion that under the law Of Con.
RTess the city could not collec. the $40 o. each
car. He thought If the company cot a good
charter it WAS the fault Of our citizens. The
company had recently paid the corporation
e2'W. Certain parties, In his opinion, who
had been disappointed, were making war now
upon the company because they could not get
q charter. The expenses OF the compsny wers
grt atsr than those OF other compsutss else.
where, and they were paying their hands.
conductors, drivers, &c, better than any other
Nr. Noyes said he thought there was an er
yoneous idea as to the enormous profits realized
by the company, especially under the present
high rates for wages here. and with horse fead
nearly, If not quite doubled in price. In Phil
adelphia and other cities, where the increased
2 PxpeHsfs were by no means rs great as here.
they were yet found 80 onsrous that the COM
panies were raising the price OF fares to cents
fer tickets and transfers. Hero the COMPANY
cannot raise the fare beyond cents, and thew
charge nothing additional for trarsfers as n
other cities. Another consideration was: that
the street cars do not use the streets but run
on their own rail and keep I6 feet OF the s.reet
IN repair. They disbursed every day as0g 70
H ople In thts District; have 400 persons en-
pioyed; paid last month 300 for licenses. in
sddinon TO tax on property, which is over
..,7OO; and have expended over S25OAOO In
w as sh'ngton. Further, the gentlemen who
invested the most In this road are rs.idsut,
!" no have, and are now expending large spms
IN this city, and should they be treated we'll.
Will eXpend more. In this respect they did
more than many OF our wealthy citizens who
70 not invest the money they make here in i'm.
proving the city. He did not believe In kiIlinr
ha goose that laid the golden egg.
Mr. Shepherd said that no man was bettsr |
pleased than be was at witnessing the entsr.
Prise Of some OF the stockholders or this ROAD |
I he road was making money, and he ,hon ght |
mar the Corporation should have GONE Of i.
H. mad leen informed how the stoch bad h.en
aksn. a party got !oge.her. went to q uanki in
drew large amount OF money.
md cs me here and subscribed 20 two..hiris OF |
No stock. When those OF our business men |
avg TINS they declined to take stock.
MI Noyes inquired if our leading business
men were at any time inclined TO take the stock |
II knew that many Of the most prominent