Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-08

book; passed Alec, reported a bill making
an appropriated of s2-SU TO purchase fuel for
L distribution To the poor of this city; passed
! Also, reported back the bill 10 regulate the
pay OF the Register fixing his salary at 81 COO
per annum,) and 20 provide for the appoint
| ment Of an assistant register. with an amend
| ment allowing the assistant sI,utQ per annuua.
instead OF sl,2L0, as it was in the original bill
| amendment adopted. and the bill passed. AIso,
| rporteo a substitute for the joint resolution
authorizing the Register to furnish each police
| magistrate with copy Of the corporation
laws " hen published, and the ubstiiute was
psssed.
] Mr.. Gross, from cisims committee, reporred
| adversely on petition OF Hepry Butler, asking
| 10 have quit claim deed for his property err
1 roneously sold foT taxes, and the com mittee
! was disc harged from Its further consideration,
| tien.
! Mr.. Owen, from the Second wsrd delesa-
| uon, reported I'D dyersely on the bill author
| lzng payment for repairs TO the 18th street
| sewer, ana the committee was DISCHARGED
| from it's further consideration.
Mr.. Quick introd uced a bill 10 extend the
grading OF lst street east; referred 20 the CON-
| mlttee on Improvement
Mr.. Noyes introduced a joiat resolution OF
| mehle, deceased
Mr.. ThOs. Z. Lloyd. president, spoke in
Ieeline terms OF the deceased, and ssld ne
| possessed a quality he always respected. the
N nhood TO assert his opinions. whate yer they
| might be; that he never az ked whether a
measure was popular or not. but whether 4
vas right. When deceased left the Corpora
non IL was a loss 10 that body, and he was for
| long time a most efficIent member of me
boaro OF school Trustees. AT the last meet
Ing OF this Board he sat by the side OF the
speaker, who little thought then that he would
be called upen 10 speak at the ne II meeting on
the demise Of one so highly esteemed in this
The resolution passed, and the Board there
upon adjourned.
COMMON couscrL.-The Board met at IN
usual hour; Mr. Moore, President, in the chair
and all the members present except Messrs
carroll, Marcbs, Mulloy, Peake, and TaIbert.
mesFa,Stvvas received from the Mayor.
announcing hts approval of the following
acts To construct a bridge over Tiber Creek
at street; amending act TO continue the sea
wall on the Potomac; and act for the improve
ment OF the Potomac river.
The reports Of the ward apothecaries for the
quarter ending December 81. as follows
ward, ID u. Ridgeley, SIS white and S coIored
SsleS. Second Ward, James N. CaIlan, n
white, 3e colored psupers; 2S3 receipts $40 a5
third ward, Geo 7. Musser, Is white. ? col
ored; ca receipts, S3i 90 Sixth Ware John
L. Bates, So paupers; IS3 receipts, sal 70.
Seventh Ward, T. V. r. Boswell. = white.
coioredi 393 receipts, sl726o Referred.
Also, report OF lntendant of Asylum
The Following were introduced BY Mr.
Drury-Petition asking the removal of Certain
buildings oa north X street. referred. BY Mr.
Moore-Bill vesting in the washin gton Canal
Company all the right and interest OF the cIty
IN the washington city canal referred and or
aered to De printed The company referred
4 y.
Charles KNAPP, Thomas Berry, Henry LIVES,
W. J. Mur-agh, p. +. Bacon, v. wiileti, r.
Mohun, Saml Norment, and Joseph +. VOL
Iard. 1ne Dill proposes TO i've tins company
the city s interest in the canal for thirty years
and they are 10 narrow that portion between
80 and 17th streets west TO 90 feet, finishing IL
oy January 1st, 1872; all the benefits of the re-
| Claimed land going 10 the company, who are
| to receive rbe wharfage, &c., and have sole
authorlty te run passenger boats on IL for the
ume specined.l By Mr. Meade-Resoluuop
requesting he Commissioners of Police repre-
| senung the city 10 oppose any increase OF the
force, as they believe the force is amply sur
heient for all purposes. fMr. Peugh moved
70 amend by inserting ssand that This corpora
| uon Is unatle 10 pay a larger force than the
! present one, winch was accepted. After
some debate the resolution was referred By
Mr Dudley-Petiuon of John Watt and O.
w: Tucker for the remission OF a fine.
Mr. Peuga moved that the reg ular order of
business be suspended, that the special CON-
mittee on the com nication of J. w Gar
rett president Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
read, in relation TO the Point Of Rocks road,
be taken up; which was agreed 10.
| Mr.. Wright said he would oppose the bill
unless some proyiso was made that parties
whose property IL injured should be remuner-
Mr.: Peugh argued in favor OF the bill, in
winch ne spoke of the fu tile efforts made hare
some years ago to establish the Metrop oIitan
| road, and urged the great benefits the city
would derive from Its construction.
At this point the bill from the Aldermen
| having passed that body, was taken up in lieu
Mr. MorseII said that the committee held
that the construction Of the road would en-.
nance the value Of property generally. He
hardly thought that any properly would be
| deprecated in value by the road
Mr.. Wright asked IL a raiiread on a public
street did not dePreciate the value of the
properly on that street, -
Mr. Peugh In answer said that the Howard
street warehouses in Baltimere. costing sbout
haIf as much as dwellings on that street,
would sell for three times as much as the
dwellings .."'s
Mr. Wright moved TO amend the second sec
uon OF the bill so as TO provide that no track
shall be LAID IN the centre OF the street He ar
gued that the constituents OF the members.
whose property along the line of the road
would be depreciated in value thirty per cent,
would hold the friends OF the bill respon 81 BILE
He dad not pretend to deny that the road would
benest the city generally, but property holders
on the line would suffer. He asked what
cities allowed railroads TO run right into the
centres. :
Mr.. Peugh replied that trains ran throusb
Newark at twelve miles per hour; that trains
crossed Baltimore every night in two dirpe-
nons also. through Philadelphia, Syracuse,
and other places. =
Mr. Mead asked that the consideration OF the.
ing. -
Mr. Moore remarked that whether the priyi-
leee was granted or mot, the company could
exercise these privileges for fourteen years lon
ger. =. - .
Mr.. Drury hoped that the motion to postpone
would prevail and proceeded 70 argue that the
Under the operation OF the previous cues
ton, the vote was taken on the amendm menr
OF Mr.. Wright and it was lost-yeas 6, nays
TO-
The consideration Of the bill was then post
poned until next Monday night; and the board
adjourned. .- y
THs CoNING MILL BETWEEN CoLIYRR AND
observation-disclosures excitement has oeen
created in sporting circles by the proposed
mill between Sam Collysr and JOHNNY
McGlade, for e2,00O The parties have been in
training for the contest for some time past he
former under the tuition and supervisor OF
the renowned Aaron Jones. the trainer OF the
"Benicia Boy" and the latter under the pu-
pllage OF Dan Kerrigan, at Fordham, West
chester county, New York. On SATURDAY. a
deposit OF 500 side, from the hackers of The
relative contestants, was made. leaving the
hnal deposit OF $500 from each side 10 make nm
The S2,0O0. which pile must be IN the hands OF
the stakeholder by Saturday next, Jan uary 10
John English puts mp the deposits on CoIiyeris
BEHALF and Sam Davis does the like for Mo
Glade. The scene Of the encounter has been
agreed upon between the two psrtes.-N ".
Herald. =
SOysters are scarce in Richmond
STrichine has been discovered in a hor
butchered at Littleton, n H, last veek