Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-03

q spT'aFs fr' VI he cOrspvnF's report, dassd
the Inb OF October last, tDst soe rosd has been
eshhi'riy locaisd for one hundred miles, aud
terminates la The valley o. the Id;tle Blue
rtysr, near the mouth Of Coon creek, ia town.
ssip tear, ranE- tis, est OF tas sixth prtncI-
pal n'Iidis0. N Aarsssll county, Kansas.
Con mics lou. Ts ssnin ed the road CT tie SIN
FfaUc-scc aLe San Jose Failrosd Company.
ana TsrCrssd. under date OF February 6, tSsL
nat, m Its cCustructIon and equipment, ~
ia hIfslr ed he standard OF excellence pre-
tSIised ~ NJ Pacific rsilrOs7 acI1.
1ne Northern Pac &c Railroad Company
superior and ivo RON ne Pseifc cosst nave
esrs sc'ivtly engaged in tue field. Explors-
issss have been made. and the oOmpsny are
sf OpIuicn that - practicable roUs will be
tened No portion % the road nas been csn-
sturtsG.
The Atlantic ard Pacife RslIrosd Company,
Sy aIesolutien of ne board o. direc tors, passed
November %, IStS {, accepted the terms con
offices. snc imDOsI'lsns OF the aet app-oy@s
July p. tst6. granting LANDS 20 aid IN ths con-
tUuCiics o. g Tailrosd and telegraph line from
ne STATES OF MIsSoO-i and Arkansas 70 he
Paeigc cctSt
ThA arcc,.es: ~ chs-ae OF me Capitol e,,er-
sion f'Ps-ts Inc conpie.iou ot the port,co OF
the u wing, ana reiteTates me opinion ex-
pressed IN Ate previous reports, tha. .hs con-
tfsl p.E'tco .s1SId De esssnded % correspond
Win tsoss OF he wings
Te"ssylighrs OF ~ halls OF ne S.nats aud
h0V@ o. Representatives are, on sc-ouu. OF
rs 81 a. dimensions, p-cutiarly sensitive ~
NhFfs'iohs N .smpeTEs1re, which occasion fire.
See7- iTac-UTes- l. Is proposed 70 suosti-
Gs f0E 81 n o.E.Ts OF The same dasrrIn
aon A. tboSs PLACED In the Supreme Ccurt
Treon.
rrsrs TFs serious objections 20 approp-iatjus
tSe CONS ttSs rooms IN each wing as daposi
zones Of pnohc docurnents- They are L sedad
.or IT. 1est To- VnicE they were originally
Sriss gn-d, sud tue floors and walls are eainy
iU3nrSd ana Sefscsd. Il desirable ,hs, an.
dDsutarnts slse Rnsrs
The chamt@rs occupied nv :bs Supreme
Jour i1W library. and Coart Of Claims. and
30 passages between the Sans,a wing and ne
rotpnoA. are wGrr,Sd Tt-h inpTpyst asa,ins
apparstGs out tbs ro.GndL ana the old hall o.
the hoEee o. h=pEsssl are -lIa And
St'en daGI IL - ni@r, % he p--Jad u tns
Aeaith Ss vel a. comfort Of yisi.9rs 7, "a
recon msnueG tnS- in-y % warned 40 IN.
sem- nspper az the other pqszsgss.
II tas CApHol grounds be sKr-udsd 20 @
..rs.-a north and south, as recommended nv
ne architect the CspIsol would oc.upy about
sns csnr-- OF tne enlarged area. II il univar-
sally con -ds6 that ths pr-sen limits are an
Ereiy TOO consrac-sd. Justice 70 .h- siloiuius
prop-'eto-s requires thar !: should a an early
day ~ es-sTnInsd 10 wis, sx:ant thair prop
sTtJ contiguous 20 those limits will bs needed
Tor pooiio Uses Squares numbered SO, $50.
NJ, aid g. were appraised in 1850, by au-
noFIiy OF Congress, As preliminary step 70
Aer purchase. AL permanent improvement
&c the property was sus pended Toe Ssnsrs
81 queDtly passed q bill providing for the
par 'nsse % the squares, bUt limiting the price
mercer . The appraisal @. fS6O. The value os
real ssia;e IN that portion OF the city IS SINCE
Hsn grea'Iy enh1n ICED. In view OF these facts
ue holdSrsof this property have presented a
memorial 20 this department urging that three
elsin,ersstsd appraisers be saIected-oue by
ne government one by the property owners
and the third oy these two; thai Congress
purchased. ana direcr their value 20 he fred
~ me appraisers The propriety of early
kglslstive action Is suggested
The work upon The nortb portico of the de-
psrtinent OF he Interior Is nearly finished. An
estimate mas been submitted Of the amount
seeessary FOR completing IL and paving the
The warden OF the district IaiI reports thar
on the LEI OF November there were in his Gus
tody one hundred and thirteen prisoners of
whom forty-thres were white and seventy
solored During The year preceding that date
twelve bundred. and forty one persons were
committed, seventy-nine OF whom were cen
slcted and sentenced 10 imprisonment at AL
eany- The present officers consists of a war
sen and fourteen guards. TheeXpense OF the
JAIL Tor seId year, Including the cost OF trans.
porting Prisoners 10 the pen stentiary a. ALBANY
VA thirty thousand seven hundred and tnirty-
sl dollars and forty Eight cents, (S2J, 7364SJ
Pursuant 70 me Requirements OF a ioin, reso
luton, approved March 9 1857, the Secretsrv
examined me public grounds deemed ayailaoIe
1or ne purpose, ana selected as . site for
Few Jail In the District the parcel OF land
known as reservation numbered seventeen
sltGa;sc 81 tne intersection of New JerSeyand
rnfnia svehues, IN the civ OF Washington
TIE "perfsctad plans" Of The building Wers
approved BY board OF di=intsresred and com
pe-snt engineers and architects, and puhIic
no-Ice q the ''lettins Of he contract" was
u
careful consideration OF the PROPOSALS he ae
cep;ec such offered the best terms 20 the
SoNernmsnt- The contractors have executed
oonds ~itn acceptanie sec1rity, conditioned
ter the faitnful performance OF their Engage
mrnts- and he trusts that the work nav with
eet IN eruption b. prosecuted 70 an eaJIy
SOmpletIOl.
Congress. a; its last session. made no proyi.
son for the house OF correction for this Dis
srict OI the twelve thousand dollars appro
priated q the preceding session. eight thpns
Aso dollars nave been paid 70 the Treasurer
Five thousand nv. hundred and I'VE dollars
and nI-y-thTee cents have been expended nv
hsm upon me order Of The trustees in repairing
embarrassing theremporary building up0nfhs
s"vernme farm, IN an attempt 10 render il
NJ for the reception and detention for the TINA
beng, o. TRyenile offenders Une rhou,anb
four hsndred and nfty-seyen dollars nav
been spent IN the employment OF a watchman
and for other purposes OF which he reporr OF
me board dos not furnish specified intorna-
TON The trustees are OF opinion tina, tha
behdlng now occupied cannot be adapted 20
any permanent use. For the erection OF ons
such a. IS required. they suggest that an an
propriatioH OF one hundred hsusand dollarsls
neeessESy. and tney request an additional ap-
preparation of twenty five thousa nd dollars 10
NEE me current expenses OF the iust-ution
They have furnished no detailed estimate and
me secretary submits the subject for consid-
The >ecretory earnestly invites attention .,
tne views expressed IN the last aundal rsport
81 ms oepari me nt' touching the law directing
me imprisonment OF juvenile offenders sen.
iencsd by the federal courts. A modif1ca.ion
OF its Provisions IL indispensable 20 Civ, ~
practical effect IN many paris OF the country
The Metropolitan Police force consists If
5s men, OF whom six are detectives The
sanitary company Of the police have beer
actively employed, and with evident sdvan
tsee 70 the health Of the city.
rms department suggested IN the last an
y oM report the expediency OF creating court
for the tEial of offences Of q minor grade. and
me SUBJECT Is again presented tor coasiderz-
non
During the year ending 3lth OF June I,5.,
mere were admitted 10 the Government Hos.
p'ial Tor the Insane one hundred and nine pa
IIents, % whom elghtv-eigbt were males
he Wnol- NUMBER under treatment was three
handred and ninety, OF whom two hundred
ano seventy three were males. The number
oechaTg-d was seventy seven. Of whom slxty-
six were males The number OF dra n was (
ihuty tnTer, OF whom nineteen were males
Ne whole number under treatment a. the
eiose Of the fiscal yrar was two hundred and 4
epkty- OF " hom one hundred and eignty.e chr \
were males More than half Of these were 4
rom eIVil LIE There have been two tnou.
sand three hundred and fifteen persons treated
since TIE lEs t!tOiiOn Wa opened, one thousand .
and s4xy-fOUr OF whom were natives Tha !
receipts dnIIng the past year amounted 10 one !
hnndr-c and one thousand eight hundred and
seventy one dollar and ninety q W cents And J
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