Evening star., 1867-05-29
LOCAL NEWS.
Corporation Affairs.

"a gee Corporal tion Affairs. @"
BOARD OF ALDERMEN, May 2S, 1s67.-The
board met pursuant to ad tournment; the
vice president (Mr. TurtOn) In the chair.
Council substitute for the bill to license, tax g,
and r. uate uraEce companies, as take n
up. MI. G ulick al vocated the adoption Of the
substitute, because Of the necessity for some
l. gislation on the subject. He explained the
difference between the Council substitute and
the Alderme s bill; after which the substitut te,
by way OF anne adment, was adopted, and the
bill passed. Mr.. McUa:hran moved that the
secretary be an thoriZed to return to Rev y. u.
Meador his petition for Improvement of the
alley in square 4s3; agreed to. On motion of
Mr Gulick, the resolution making an appro-
priation for the contingent fund Of the Board
OF Aldermen was amended. Mr Lewis intro
duced bill to pay George w. Eslin for work
done in the alley in square 52S-laying flag
glng, stone pavement. DC, amounting TO
S43l .32; referred to the committee on improve
ments. Mr.. A. Lloyd moved the appointmen n t
OF a committee OF two to wait on the Mayor to
ascertain whether he had any further commu-
aication to make to this Board, previous to its
adjournment sine die; agreed to, and the Chair
appointed Messrs. A. Lloyd and Barr as said
committee. Mr.. A. Lloyd introduced a
to pay Messrs Snow. Coyle Il Co. tor publi-
caiion OF the official proceedings of the two
Boards, and the Corporation ordinances In
the National Imtetligencer, and advocated its
passage because they had lost money by said
publication. Mr. McCathran opposed it, and
said II this appropriation was made the Cor
pOTatlOd mao DetLer make q provision In every
contract given to the lowest bidder that the
contractor would have his losses made good If
ne took the work at too low rate. Mr.. Tur-
ton said no contract was made, and that g ZOO
was certainly worth rs much in 1867. and
appropriation so far had only been made for
$3.50. Mr.. Gulick stated that misapprehen-
sion existed in relation to the matter In 1859
and 1863 the Corporation paid $3.50 for the pub.
licatlon; in 1864 they paid $500, and in 1865
paid $1,000. with the understar ding that
$3.50 was to be applied to 1864 This made an
an average OF $3.50 for each Of the years, 1864,
1865, 1866. 1t was not considered that the ap-
preparation paid for the work done, but that
the official publication was worth something
finance committee had reported adversely on
two similar bills for the reasons stated
MI. McCathran moved to strike out the word
further" and insert extra" so as to read
was rejected: Yeas-Messrs. A. Lloyd. Owen,
and Turton-3. Noes-Messrs. Barr, Gulick,
Lewis, NcCathran. and Tait-5. Council res
olutlon requesting the Mayor "to have posted
up at each precinct of each ward the initial
letters Of voters entitled to vote at the different
precincts was passed. Mr.. McCathran moved
upon the Board Of Common Council. and in
form them that thus board had concluded its
business, and was ready to adjourn sine die:
agreed to, and the Chair appointed Nessrs.
McCathran and Owen as said committee The
board took a recess. and on reassembling Mr.
A. Lloyd, from the committee to wait on the
Mayor, reported that they had been unable to
nSd him in his office. Council amendment to
the bill for paving H street north, from 4th to
1th streets west, was not concurred in. Mr.
NcCathran, from the committee to wait on the
Board OF Common Council, reported that the
committee had performed that duty, and We're
informed that the Board of Common Council
would communicate with this board when
they had concluded the business before them
council bill to repair the centre aIIey in square
36s was passed. The board took a recess and
on reassembling adjourned to meet on Thurs
day evening, June 9th
COMMON COUNCIL.-The following bills from
the Aldermen were passed For relief of F.
Murray; to pay K. A. Waters for printing the
Corporation laws; bill for remission OF q fine
TO Edmund Burke: for laying water mains in
llth street, from to o streets. and in O street,
from 9TH to termont avenue, and in Vermont
ayeEue. from 9th to M streets; for relief of j.
W. Nye; defining the limits of the Northern
Market: for footway on east side OF Sd stree
west, between New York avenue and p street
for footway and cutters on the east side of l1th
street, between and X streets: for water
main on 14th street to V street, to 18th. to r
street. to l4th; to pave carriage way of street
north, from ith TO 1th streets west; for footway
and cutters on the south side of p street north
netWeen lith and 18th streets west; do, north
side of A street south, between 4th and 9th
streets east; do, on south side of Virginia ave-
nue., between 9th and 7th streets west: to grade
and gravel Boundary street, from Rhode Is
land avenue to eth street. for relief OF Sias
Holmes; for water main in Virginia avenue
from \ street to the Canal; for erection eff a
between M and N, with an amendment
The following were referred:-FOr relief of
m Buckley to erect bridge over the creek
at Sd street west and p street north: TO grade
and gravel 30 street west between New York
avenue and r street north. An act authoriz-
ing the Mayor to have hand bills printed and
posted with the precinct boundaries. was laid
on the table. Mr.. Anderson offered resolu-
uon req Nesting the Mayor to have posted, at
each election precinct Of the different wards,
the initial letters Of voters entitled to vote at
60 rNra vote xrThI ! Iah
dermens bill giving Commodore Shubrick
permission to erect an iron railing, We feet
over the building line, was rejected on its third
reading; as also bill authorizing the Mayor to
contract with Samstag and his associates for
the removal of night SOIL Aldermens bill to
repave alley in square 1868 was taken up and
adents substitute ute of offered by Mr. Morsell was
ment to bill granting certain privileges to H.
M. Thomas, was concurred in. At IL 90 the
Board adjourned to Thursday, June 9th.
MEETING IN THE SEVENTH WARD.-A mass
meeting OF the Conservative voters of the Sew
enth Ward was held at island Hall, Seventh
Ward, last night
The meeting was called to order by Mr. r.
II. Graham, on whose motion Alderman G. S
Noyes was called to the chair
Mr.. Noyes, In taking the chair, thanked the
meeting for the honor conferred upon him by
gathering of prominent citizens of the ward,
who had come there to show their appreciation
Of the services OF the men who had so faith.
fully represented them in the City Councils
He had not come there to speak Of politics
the city was perhaps overstocked with that
article already-but he wished to give mis-
testimony to the faithfulHess and efficiency
with which his colleagues in the councils had
discharged their duty. Though all had not
been done for the interests of the ward that
could have been wished, it had been through
no fault OF its representatives. 1t was no
fault OF theirs that the numerous acts passed
for the benefit of the ward through their
labors, were unexecuted through the poverty
OF the city treasury. They were men who have
now become, through experience, familiar
with the duties of their position, and expe-
rience was an important element in the capacity
OF a councilman to properly discharge his duty.
W the single new nominee on the council
ticket, Capt. Gedney, he would say that no
man was better qualified by his integrity and
business capacity to adequately represent the
ward.
Messrs. Jonas Ellis, E. s. Allen, J. T. Gas.
sell, and w. D. Wise were elected Vice Presi-
dents, =. =. Anderson and DIR. G. P. Fenwick
Secretaries.
Thomas E. Lloyd, Esq, the candidate for
the Board OF Aldermen, was called upon, and
said for several years past he had been honored
with the confidence Of the citizens OF the