Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-01

i ior .ne oplfg Of Tenth street Yves. from {
r. p ps'S ay ~ Dame, Lynch. and the s,l
I Ior 'hc relief OF A. r. Forrest were referred q
| tne com mittee on claims.
I Mf Gordon reported back the report Of ths
| inieldant OF the Asylum, which was ordered
| 20 Or placed on the files Of the Board.
MI Iurtoh introduced bill authorizing the
! tayInE OF water main 'loBg G street north
| 1rCm Twenty fourth to Twenty seventh streets
E.sL Laid over informally.
| nu ,nntlccuced bill authorizing the owners ei
fTovdence Hospital 70 erect a frame ward ad-
Joining brick building. Passed.
hINo, from the committee on schools, Mr.. u.
IePor'ed a bill to provide additional school ae-
PPssed oA00iS
The following bills, heretofore reported upon
,a'orabiy by the improvements committee, but
iali over, wrre read q third time ana passed
PHI Tor improvement OF Sixth street west,
@ ,atm north to Boundary; to grade and gravel
FourteeEth streets west; to lay a flag footway
across Twenty. econd street west, on the north
eM."e M OF street north; authorizing the curb
stones to be set and footway paved on the south
front OF square south OF square No. 5sa: and
Dill 10 relay and Widen the gutter on the south
Irons OF squares No. 4s4 and SIC.
The consideration Of the above bills elected
considerable discussion, MT Lloyd contending Z
tnat the statute-hooks of the Corporation were
already overburdened with laws which 1t was
!ound impossible to make effective. Besides,
was SIMPLY giving the Mayor an unnecessary
amount OF labor and trouble The first bill
aoofe mentioned would, he argued, occasion
ah unnecessary expenditure of money. There
the city, and he was for making improvements
where the greatest mum Der would be beuefitted.
u Mr. Pepper, in reply, charged that the Fourth
Msr ara mao been eross sly imposed upon by former
nayols. he did not know what the present
mayer was doing, bnt should look after the
HsueI AS 10 placing onerous burdens on the
d.n6 or ne did not think he had been overbur.
ushed inns yeGr. He was a good and worthy
mayor, however, and he (Mr. Pepper) had not
word 10 say against him
Mr. Utermehle contended that it was abso.
That another outlet and inlet could he had Ia
Tue CITY. Ihe construction of the railroad on
Seventh street had in q measure driven travel
from that 'horouehfare. and it was necessary
that Inc country people should have another
road for ingress and egress
Inc bill for the Improvement of street
son,h, from Ninth to Tenth west, was recon-
The following were laid over: Bill authori.
zing the Mayor to cause a gravel foot. walk to
be mace on the north side of E street south
between Third and Fourth east; bill to grade
ana gravel Thifd street east from L south to
PenI sylvania avenue, and bill to cause the
to be repaired.
mon council were referred, VIE: A concurrent
resolution for an adjournment; bill uthori zipe
W. II. Gunnell 10 erect q shed at Eleventh
street wharf; bill to abate a nuisance in square
315, and bill to repair gutter ON east side of
south.
The following were passed Bill for the re-.
pair OF the alley in uare No. 376; act to amend
an act for a W ater main on Twelfth street West
from street north to Massachusetts avenue:
bill TO take up and relay the gutter on III street
sonh, at 1ts inter.ectton with Fourth street
east; bill to cause the footway to be laid and
cnrbstones set on south front Of square No.
4s7; and bill supplementary to an act to grade
and gravel Fourteenth street west
The special order, the act to regulate and II.
cense livery stables, was again postponed, and
ordered TO be taken up next Monday night, i'm
mediateiy after the call Of the wards.
The following bills were introduced and
oi neg m j ss shs @ Is Resfs
up and relay the gutter on Sixteenth M - street rect
west, across street north bill to repair the
gutter on the south side Of street north from
awenty, = fourth to Twenty.:eventh street; bill
Of street north. from Twenty-third to Twen-
y-fifth streets west; thence along the east eide
Of Twenty fifth street west to the south side Of
d street north. BY Mr.. Utermehle-Bill to re-
pair the gutter across Third street west on the
north and south sides Of X street north, and
also the gutter across New Jersey avenue, on
the north and south sides Of X street north,
and the north side OF L street north; and bill to
pave the passage way leading out OF the west
wing Of the City Hall. Adjourned.
Board Of Common Council-A communication
was received from the Mayor, inclosing the
report OF the Chief Engineer OF the Fire Depart
ment. The Chief reports all the apparatus in
working order, and every company as prompt
IS is possible for them until we have some
means ior giving general alarm without wait
asks for five hundred feet OF hose for Western
Hose Company, and the speedy erection OF their
house, and hose carriage for the Anacostia.
The purchase OF at least one steam nre engine
is urged, together with the erection Of a fire
alarm telegraph, as it would save its cost in
less than year. Had We had the fire alarm
telegraph and one steam engine. they would
have saved the whole cost OF working them for
one year during the past month, to say nothing
Since the last REPORT there has eesn th,rtsen
alarms OF dro; Of which nine were actual fires,
two were for fires outside the city, one tor bon
IRE, and the other the upsetting Of q tar pot
The losses amount % $4,000 on which there
are insurances Tor @l3,OO0. Since the appoint.
ment OF the Chief (December 20, 1922 the losses
by fIe nave amounted TO over 81, 500, one
fourth OF which ne believes could have been
saved II we mad the dre alarm telegraph. and
with an emcient paid steam fire department he
believes oyer nalf would nave been saved.
Mr.. n u. Larner introduced bill for the
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