Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-13

CORPORAriuN AfFAIRs.

Mr. Brown was called TO the Chair.
he Chair laid before the board communi
cation from the Mayor announcing the ap
proval Of various acts.
The Chair laid before the Board communi
nicstion from Mr.. o. g. Wight. chairman o,
committee en- vocal music, of the Board oi
| school Trustees, asking that the salary of the
music teacher may be raised to s1,oOo, and thai
, an appropriation be made for that purpose
| Referred to the com initsee on schools.
| Also, the report of the Intendant Of the Aey.
! lnm, tor September which was referred to the
committee on Asylum '-.r-
| The following were presented and referred
| BY Mr.. Morgan-PetitIon Of VIM. McCu sehsn
aud others, for the extension Of the gravel walk
| on the east side of square No. l,G21. BY Mr..
| Lioyd-Petition of Daniel Ragan, tor the i'm
! provement Of ID street south, between 18th and
18th streets ", st. BY Mr.. Turton-Petition of
| Jas. ID. Hrainey, for remission Of fine. By
| hf. tiqrdcn-Peution OF Sarah Otterbach and
! others
Mr.. Lloyd, from the committee on finance,
| reported back the Common Council bill equal.
| iz1ng the compensation and salaries OF certain
! Corporation officers, with a substitute by way
! Of amendment. The substitute requires that
| the Ward Commits ssionefs shall not engage IN
any other business. 1t also increases the salary
| Of the Water Registrar to S2,t0o, and abolishes
| the salary OF the inspector and Sealer Of Gas
! Meters, and makes no appropriation for an
| increase Of ealary to :hc Messengers Of the
! Eoards Of Aldermen ana Common Council.
Tbs bill passed rs amended
MIR. Pepper, from the committee on i'm prove
ments, reported back the following bills, which
were cad third time and passed, viZ:-Bill
| to grade and gravel + street south, between
! Third and -Four. and a. half streets west; to
| grade and gravel ID street south, between First
ana Second streets west; to take up and relay
the gnter across X street, on the east side Of
Twelfth; TO extend the masonry Of culvert at
q street south and Fourth street east; to lay a
flag footway across Seventh street east, near tl
to relay and widen the gutter ID street, be-.
tween Second and Third; to grade and gravel
M street, from Fourteenth to Fifteenth west,
"a ra mo 1uff r,,,,lr
| street west. ...
Mr.. Pepper also reported favorably upon the
bill TO grade and gravel ID street south, from
Thirteenth to Fourteenth streets west.
Mr. ttermehle opposed the passage OF this
and similar bills on the ground that the work
could not be completed this fall, and by next
spring an additional appropriation would prob.
ably be required.
MIR. Lloyd said he had introduced the bill
because he believed the work to be q necessary
one. He had no doubt but that 100 many OF this
sort of bills were being introduced, ana would
agree to strike hands with the Alderman and
stop the matter. He desired, however, to have
this bill passed, and would also ask to amend
tho bill by inserting 900 instead OF $500, and
to have 1t extended TO Fifteenth street.
Mr.. Pepper thought this discussion was all
waste of time. He reported all bills drawn
in proper forms, and presented as necessary by
any Alderman, and did not conceive it always
necessary to make personal examination.
Mr.. u'ermehle, in reply, argued that it was
ihe duty OF the chairman of each committee to
examine his bills carefully, and that he was
/ delinquent Of duty if he did not
Mr.. Pepper, in reply, stated that he had been
in this and the other Board a long while and
had been chairman of the committee of i'm
prove ments for seven years, and he woulG not
now be ca1echised and Iold what was his duty
He knew his duty and did it, and would not
st md under the imputation of his colleague.
The bill was finally read Il third time and
passed.
MIR. Tnrton, from the same committee, re-
ported the bill to lay a flag footway at the in
Iersection OF G. street north and Twenty. third
street west: and the bill to gravel foot walk in
the Sixth Ward, which were passed. Also
from the committee OH drainage, MT Turton
| reported formally an act to erect a fire plug
on the south side of f street north, between
thirteenth and Fourteenth west, which was
passt Il.
Mr.. termehle moved TO take up the nomi.
nation Of r. II. Eorsett, Commissioner of
Improvements Tor First Ward, but on motion
OF MI. TuTton, the nomination was pos.poned
till nc It mt citing.
Mr.. Utermebie. fIom the committee on police,
reported back the bill to license, tax aud regu-
late tayerEs and Ordinares, with All amend.
ment striking out the third section and requir.
ng that The affidavit be signed by six
| respectable 1chiie treeho!dprs. The question OF
tue passage OF the bill was discussed by Messrs.
Lloyd Sargent, Plant, Utermehle and others,
all Of whom agreed that the loose manner in
which licenses were granted was source of
much evil, and that it was necessary To throw
greater guards around the whole matter Mere
grog- shops were becoming entirely too plenti-
full and in order that the bill might be pre-
pared 10 GS 10 insure greater care IN tne grant.
ing of licenses, it was recommitted.
The following were introduced and passed
BY Mr.. forhon-Bill TO have water and gas
conveyed TO the Washington Asylum, and bill
10 purchase hose carriage for the Anacostia
Fire Company. BY Mr.. Utermehe-A resolu-
ton making an appropriation OF $40 out OF the
contingent fund. BY Mr. G ulick-Bill toextend
the sewer at the intersection Of Fourth street
east and Pennsylvania avenue. By Mr. Plant
Bill for the repair of the canal bridge.
Mr.. Gulick, from the committee on claims,
reported back the act for the relief of F.. f.
Barnes, and it was read three times and passed.
Mr.. Plant. from the committee on canal, re-
ported 'avorably upon the bill to pay de1l-
cheney in the appropriation for improving the
Washington canal. The bill appropriates
$6is Is, and is to pay Mr. Thomas for expenses
incurred in his efforts to relieve the canal Of its
mud and hlth.l
Mr. Lloyd would vote against the bill and
would alsocppose all other movements looking
TO appropriations for this purpose, unless he
had posii We assurance hat the desired object
Here We had 1900 appropriation already ex-
hausted. and row another appropriation is
asked Tor. He ventured the assertion that the
Board has commenced m expenditure the end
OF " hich no one could see lie would vote no
appropriation unless he knew what he was
doing. Let gentlemen say how much OF an
affair, and then they would know what they
were doing MIR. Thomas had asked for q
compensation Of $1,000 10 clear out the canal.
1t had been given him, and yet twas not suf-
fcient, and now more W as asked
Mr.. Plant dt sired 10 know what his friend
(Mr. Iloyd) would do with the canal, Itmnst
either be filled up or it must be cleaned. Other
and heavier appropriations had been made, and
all to no purpose, and this experiment had been
at least partially successful, and promised
good results. He thought the money well ex-
pended. - .-as. ri =, #-s
Mr.. Sargent denied that Mr.. Thomas had
come to the Board and asked for either employ
ment or compensation He had agreed 10 try
mis- proposed plan as an experiment, and he
lMr. Sargen) believed it had worked well
The experiment had not cost much money, and
he Mr.. Sargentl believed that Mr.. Thomas
could accomplish his object of cleaning the
canal, and ought to be paid. $50
MIR. Plant argned that any engineer who
would examine the canal wonld find that by
tile dredging process such an amount Of mud
could not be moved for less than ZOO,
Mr.. Lloyd said he would answer his friends
from the Second and Fifth wards by referring
them 10 the proceedings OF the Board relative
10 this subject. Other gentlemen equally as
experienced as Mr.. Thomas had made PROPOSE
uons 10 cleanse the canal, and MIR. Thomas
a2rt ed to do it for $1,000 Others, too, had
mad made propositions, who had as much
means Us Mr. Thomas, and yet none of them
put the work at so low a figure. He fMr