Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-09
LOCAL NEWS.
CORPORATION AFFAIRS.

CORPORATION AFFAIRS.
UoUNcn PRoCREDINGs, August Sta.-Bodyd
| er Aldermen.-The President being absent, the
| to order.
Mr.. Plant presented the petition of John
Gordon and others, for the repair OF curb and
| laying OF gutter on Cstreet between 18th and
| 18th. Referred.
| Mr.. Garfield presented communication
| from ID. E. Irving, and asked it's reference TO
| Inc committee on police; and also communl-
| cation from W. W. Kirby, for which he asked
the same reference, at the same time stating
| tnat both comm uDicatIons were highly disre-
spectful in their tone, and should meet with
the censure OF the Board OF Aldermen. They
were not sueh communications as should be
presented to the board, but, as they had been
sent to him, he thought they should be referred
to the committee on police.
, MI Noyes presented q petition Of Mrs. NJ. A.
some action looking to the abatement OF the
embalmirg & establishment OF DIR. Thos. Holiness
which Is adjoining her boarding house. and
which is source OF annoyance to herself and
her boarders, on account Of the stencil arising
by reason Of the embalming of dead bodies. II
Is further requested that the matter be referred
to special committee, and not to the Board Of
Health, to whom such matters have been here
tofore referred and who appear to take no in.
terest in the matter.
MIR. Barr moved its reference to the committee
Oh health.
Mr.. Lloyd said these embalming establish.
ments had been complained OF heretofore as
nuisances, and the matter had been referred TO
the Board of Health, who, however, had appa.
rently paid no attention to the matter He
thought 1t proper that ths matter should be
promptly attended to, and special committee
could best do the work.
Mr.. Canfield said a previous complaint Of
the same sort had been referred to the Secretary
Of the Board Of Health, and the committee on
police had been waiting in expectation that the
Secretary would take some action in regard to
the matter.
Mr. Noyes said that he was satisfied that
he h0,~
the Board Of Health in the correction Of this or
any other abuse. He knew that in the case OF
a similar nuisance Of the most offensive char
acter the parties complaining had been able to
get no relief through this official, whose whole
energies seemed to be absorbed in drawing his
salary. He believed the Secretary (who is sup
posed to he the active officer Of the Board) had
a theory that rotten bodies market house offal,
sunBen building lots, (needing to be con-
demned, bone. boiling establishments, and hide
and offal packing establishments were all
rather salubrious than Otherwise, and should
be encouraged within the city limits.
Mr.. Lloyd said the health law was q nullity,
and the amount paid to the secretary of the
board, as salary, was SO much money thrown
Mr. Barr withdrew his motion of reference,
and the motion tor special committee was
The chair appointed Messrs. Noyes, Nc.
Cathran, and Barr, as the committee.
Mr.. Lloyd, from the committee on finance,
returned the petition of Earnest Webber, for
relief, and asked to be discharged from its
further consideration; SO ordered. Also, from
the same committee, reported back the COM
municatlon Of Samuel Kirbey, relative to the
repair Of alley ia Square No. 43l, and the
papers were, on motion, referred to the city
surveyor.
Mr Barr, from the committee on police, re-
ported favorably upon the nominations of the
following police magistrates, viz: s. Drury,
First Ward; T. g. Clayton, Second Ward; W.
Fourth Ward; and B. w. Ferguson, Filth
Ward. and they were confirmed.
Mr.. Barr, from the same committee also re-
ported back the following nominations for po-
lice constables, and they were confirmed. viz:
James Lynch, Chief Of Police; First Ward,
Simeon Garrett; Fourth Ward, Maurice O'Con-
Busher; Sixth Ward, VIM. H. Lusby; Seventh
Ward, George Hepburn.
The nomination for the Second and Third
Wards were laid over for one week.
Also, the same committee reported back the
following nominations for scavengers, and
they were confirmed, viz First Ward, John
James o. Whitney and Michael Stahl; Third
Ward, Peter SchweitZer and Geo. FosDaght;
Fourth Ward, Joseph Glosbeck and Leonard
Simmerhaden; Fifth Ward, Dennis Nalley;
Sixth Ward, Andrew Burgess; and Seventh
Ward, Lewis Watson.
On motion of Mr.. Lewis, a committee Of one
appointed to urge upon Congress the necessity
of remedying the nuisances occasioned by the
Washington Canal.
Mr.. Gulick, from asylum committee, report.
ed fayorably upon the nominations of Jas. N.
Callan for clerk to the commissioners and j. S.
Walsh tor resident student, and they were con-
frmed.
MIR. McCathran, from the committee on un.
finished business, reported back the petition Of
James B. Fry, to grade and gravel d street
south; bill to grade and gravel q street south,
from I'd to 4th east; bill to trim and gravel New
York avenue, from 18th to 10Th street west; pe-
tition Of John Baker and others, requesting the
repeal OF the pound law; and a letter from
Geo. r. Wilson relative to committee on drain
age, and they were referred to the appropriate
committees.
The following from the Board of Common
Council were referred, viz z:-Bill for the relief
Of the Franklin Fire Company; bill to take up
and relay the gutter On the north side Of z
street north, between 18th and 1ath west; bill
from 9TH to 1th west; bill to construct brick
arch over the creek on North Capitol street,
Third Ward; bill to repair the gutter on the
south eide OF l. street North, from 9th to 10th
streets west, Third Ward; bill to repair the
gutter on the east side OF 10th street ives. from
II to north; bill to supply a deficiency in the
appropriation for laying gutter across H
street north, on the east and west side of 7th
street east; bill to pay for extra work on the
new school house in the Sixth Ward; bill to
improve square No. 677, and bill for support
Of The public schools for the year 1865
On motion of Mr.. Noyes, the Council bill to
lay cutters across l1th street west at Virginia
avenue and U street south, was called up and
passed. 55.# a
The bill to improve the sanitary condition
Of the city was amended in Common Council
SO as 10 appropriate SoUUU lustedO OF $lO.UOO,
and the amendment was concurred in.
Mr.. Plant introduced q bill tor a sewer on
18th street west, from street north to the ca.
nal; and it was referred to committee on i'm
provements. Adjourned. @
Common Counctl.-The Board met at the
usual hour, and was called to order by the
President, Mr.. LLOYD. All the members pres.
ent except Messrs. Edmonston, Stephens, VIII.
son, Ward, and Walker.
A communication was received from the
Mayor enclosing communication from Lieut..
Col. Oberteuffer, I'd Pennsylvania artillery,
calling attention to his communication Of Nav
last, in which he asked remuneration for dam.