Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-27
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

WATER TAxATIoS.-The following obserya-
lions with reference to the water taxation are
trseted from the able report OF Randolph Coyie,
the Mayor to The City Councils
The total area OF is 26s lS4 $40 square
feet, equivalent to e,llo.sl acres, which 10 thus
divided; Public 2b OOa square feet
building ground I2I, ,o96 ga square feeti alleys,
7l l06 square feetj streets, avenues, open spaces
and canal, li2767, ,226 square feet.
From the above figures we have the following
The proportion Of the area ofthe building g,ound
In the city to the length OF the streets and ave.
The proportion OF the area OF the building ground
to the length Of building front ge I. as ISs to l.
nueH, alleys optn spaces and canal, to the length
OF the sire to and avenues, is as ss;etol.
| The proportion OF the area OF the streets, ave-
nuss, alleys, open spaces and eAnsl, to the length
of the building frontage, Is 10 7G2 tol,
The proportion Of the area OF the building ground
, % tbs area OF the streats, avenues, open spaces
a. The proaoFtion OF the length OF tbs streets and
ay, nues TO the length Of the building frontage is
N We hsys here the data for an estimate OF the
,ost o. wateT distribution throughout the whole
,Ifr ufoyide6 We assume some size OF Waterman
~ he Hyerase for all the streets and avenues.
IJeTeInfore we have taken Blx-inch mains ~ the
,woraEe, which, including the great mains laid By
adm atei tho cost at OHe dollar per foot, which
IVaS the fair Spe Sle cost .
Assuming Ote do sr or Hny G'nSr S sun per iSpS. ,S
otAl amount constitutes Her square 1921 on Al the
b. llldInK gIOund or per foL loot on All the 'front.'
agG But when we come to ma ~ s ,an,,, ,.
as o lots with two or three or ."IS LLi ~
drift away into mere uncertain gu ~N'MoIn ,,n ann
are NAble 10 tax either excessively I" Ip'uh'
GENTLY.
Yet II front foot tax 10 imposed there IN tut be
discrimination in favor Of such lots, for the Cd
Vtous reason that frontage OF two feet on a
Waterman will secure TO the lot all the water
benefits II could require, and frontage OF m hun
dTed feet could secure no more. A frontage tax
t the SSusTe foSt AZ sSasI snd % 1nitor%r eS.
iLctly. Our neighborB OF Georgetown tried the
frontage tax and are In trouble to this day though
Ihey have had the benefits Oftwo aets OF Congress
| tO extTieAte them.
CHIEP QUARTKRMAsTER's New oFFicR.-To,
QIartermSsteT Col 6reene's new headq tsrs, In
| Fourteenth street, between New York avenue and
sf oSS tRs SSpGI osSa
a front Of 100 feet on Fourteenth street The build
ing il made BY connecting four houses built toi
dwellings, but before the houses were completed
they were taken for the purposes herein RAmed.
The frat door is divided into four large airy OIL.
necessary once furniture, rails, desks iron safes
&c. The hTBt OF these rooms 10 occupied as thi
private ofiice oil Colonel Greene, where he can b
Teen during appropriate once hours The ColOne
being practical man, does not assume TO iurnisl
his office up any better than those "f hls subordi
mates. There is not an article in It but that has
Tie next ofjiee on the same door Is CHIEF Clerl
W, X. CO,hns's office, To use the words OF cerl
In the Department, he 10 "tip.top gentleman and
a business man all the way through In the same
apartment are deskS for his asiistants. Ia u,
rear OF thiBis PAymaster Green's ofioe, and Cashie
Hyde'H office. They are aEo appropriately llr
nIshed,
f. A. Homer, the Chief OF the Bureau OF Freed
mAniH Affairs and superintendent of the Govern
, ment farms at Spring Dale, near Alexandria.
The fourth office on the first floor ls occupied bl
Captain King, assistant quArteTmaster, a YOunl
GENTLEMAN OF sterling business qualifications, pa
| fioulaTly in the quArteTmRBteI'S routine. Th
pper part OF the building 10 partially occupied b.
= Jlonel GFeeneis clerks and the balance 10 oceu
nj, Nd for the oiiiee and rooms Of Major Gainei
| tua 20 advocate OF this department The neoesait
Tor appropriate and sltticient quarters for tn
| indg Hadyocate has lOug been felt He has beeI
Isnoe Ted around from post to pillar In this city
nbilge a to have apartments at exorbitant ratei
The d 'fieulty II now finally overcome, and II l
said thI VI the lease OF this new building VIII be
| ISfEe "a wing to the Government