Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-22

The following were passed An act 70 take
| ~ and repair portion of the alley In &C aars
Es les; and bill providing for . deacisn cy
in the instruction Of weF In o sire a nortS
| between Az and 9th streets west
/ 4T. Cl-pnans inIoducs . resolution, which
( was adopted. requesting the rrs departusn,
committee 70 inS uirs the cOet OF sstabIishinx q
1Ys alarn tsIserspA in this city. Adioarnsd
! Common Ce4eosI-A comm unieation was r.
| csivsd from the May or Announcing his appro-
| val OF the following act. For grading and
Gra Yelling street, between Twslfth and rhir-
Nsnh; 70 set curheions and pave foot way on
| the soath eide OF o street north: 10 repair The
stone pavt Aent of alley in reservation II; 10
pave gutter On Indiana avenue and Sscon,i
street; for gravel footwslk north side Of stree.
between Second and Fourth streets saat
Alec. one sn closing q letter from Mr. Thomas
| sspsrintendsns for improvsnt Of The canal in
which hs eoys:-" The plan adopted by the city
1cr ne Improvement OF the canal hS yfns de-
nonstratfa the fact taat it ie the only wav In
which IL ran bs cleaned and purified and ,hs
Increasing amount of hlth and sewerage re-
moved, it will be for the city authority 10 AZ.
tsrmins how far t.iie new sJstsm shall hs AZ
kndea and improved upon.
The reefs Of sraysl. sand, bricks and atAn..
mp the mud and break the current These
should be removed So omuch rs project aboys
low water may be removed without mach ex.
penss by asinE ssnd scow / would also
sulEsftfhat the channel betw esa the Mon unen,
and 1slend be closed entirely by depoeitinG I the
above materisl at that point. BY confinins ths
water to ons'ehannsla . greater depth can BE-
He also suggests that the steam drsdss now
eat OF repair he placed in good order, Re il NAV
be needed for removing the heavy deposit be-
low low water mark at certain points. But
small appropriation viii be needed 70 put IL in
order. Referred to the joint committee on
eEnal.
Also. transmitting the following estimates
from the Surveyor, which were referred To
ceIstruet a trick culvert across Seventh street
and Rhode Island avenue, SS55; for grading
Four and alt street and Mary land avenue
from the canal TO Four-and.a halt STREET
S79g 50.
Also, q comm nication from the Commi.-
slonsr OF the Seventh Ward, asking an addi
tonel appropriation for the improvement of
q street south, from Tenth to Fourteenth
streets.
The following were referred BY Mr. Shedd-
Bill reg ulatlng the landing anG storage OF sand.
fy Mr.. D. ID. Larnsr-Peunon OF Joseph F.
Brown, asking permission 10 extend fuel
vault. BY MI F.rguson-To grad. and gravel
street south, from First street to New Jersey
avenue.
hr MeCathran introduced a bill approprf
atng $4,000 tor the establishment of a fire
alarm ttle graph: which was referred 10 ths
committee on fire department. conmpni-
cation accompanies the bin from W J. Philips,
Superinten dent OF the Philadelphia Police and
Fire Alarm Telegraph, TO Chief Engineer Pea
body, estimating the cost at the sum named
The following bills were introduced and
passed BY n ID. Larner-For the erection of
culHert al Seventh street and Rh1d Island
avenue. By NJ Larner-To supply defieien-
cy for placing sewer on G, between Four
and a half and Sixth streets BY Mr.. Peak.-
To lay mag footway across Seventh street east.
and 10 lay gravel walk on ID street SOUTH be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets.
The following hills were reported from the
committee on improvements, and passed: To
grade and gravel street south, from Sixth TO
Seventh west; 10 repair gutter on south side of
/ etreet, fram Twenty fourth to TWENTY -Say.
srth; for continuance OF sewer on Sixth street,
frrr n l. m ma
second story west wing City Hall with tile;
TO grade and gravel hi street, between Eour
teenth and Fifteenth; substitute for bill 10 re-
duce the grade OF l. street south, between ,Say-
smith and Eighth streets east
The following bills were reported from the
drainage committee and passed: For a water
main along street, from 24th to 25th streets;
amending act to continue sewer on Seventh
street, from street TO Massachusetts VENUE
Mr.. Barr, from committee on claims, report
cd back ihe resolution requesting Mr.. Jno. Alex
andtr 10 return the amount overcharsed by
him for furnishing the Council Cham ber which
was adopt d. The committee say that. making
an allowance Tor loss in cutting. there is an
ovsrGhRrge for 80 yards, amounting 10 es2 28
M. Ferguson, from the same committee, re-
ported bill for the relief OF Z. E. Barnes, Scay-
snssr Of the Elf Ward; which wss passed
Mr, Ferguson also introduced bill increasing
the salary OF the Assistant Clark Of Center
Market; which was postponed and made the
special order for Monday ns1t
Mr. Cnna'id. from = select committees. re-
- = 80 y Va Sotp po-
ration employee The bill fixes the salaries Of
1ommHeichsrs OF 1hproVenen1 AZ SSU; Police
Assistass, toUe, Cisrks OF Eastern and VEST.
ern AsrGsA flOe, AssssnGsr OF Board Of
Aldermen, eco; Messenger OF Common Coan-
cal, SSSi and aDolishes the ONCE OF Inspector of
iss Asnrs The blu also provides that the
Commissionsrs shall dsvots thssr whole astsn-
don - thsif d1uss.
Gr. j. d. LArnsr moved to postpone the col-
alteration OF 0e bill, ana make IL tie spscfSi
order for Monday next.
Ar. Noyss hoped that 0s bill Woald - con.
sidsrsd now.
The motion Of He. IArnsr Uas lost
Ar. n. ID. Larnsr said tAat BY the bill the
salaries Of Tie Commissioner were raissd
equally, while II wnS we'll fnswn that tho
Conotst2nsrsi n As hsseA1, fAird and Bo1rtA
words hao nuch more Work to perform than
thos> Of he other wards. He therefore moved
an amendment making TIE salaries Of the Com
miEsionefs OF the SECOND, Third aad Fourth
ward. esso, and the salaries Of the Others s7as.
Ar. Aoys sonsnds4 mat II Ues mistake
TAI Ne duties Of the central wards somnis.
sionsrs were heavier than those Of the Outside
Taros Tns commhaon0 In MS oWn W314
(Ssvsnta) had 70 20 over IN area Of territory
squAl TO two or three OF The central wards; and
me amount OF expenditure supsrtn0ndsd BY
commissioner was NO fair test Of labor, a.