The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-20
LOCAL DEPARTM ENT
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
MONDAY, OoToBER 10.
Board of Alderm en-.

MONDAY, OoToBER 10.
Board OF Aldermen.
The Board met at the stated hour, the Pres
ident tJohn Grinder, esd 10 the chair, and
Mr. II. A. Hall, secretary,
CoNMUsICATIoNs.
The following communications were trans.
miitcd to the Board by the Mayor;
To IL. hoard NJ Iiar%en, % e, '''' hAAh
GESTLKAES: The Councils having passed
laws requiring that street north, from North
Capitol street TO Seventh street cast, be
graded and the footwalks on Second and
Third streets east be graded and paved, orders
have been given TO the contractors to execute
them. At the intersection OF Second street
with street the grade 10 IL feet inches, and
at Third street about feet above the railroad
track.
10 order to avoid difficulty with the railroad
company and give them time to meet tho
emergency, several communications were ad-
dressed to the company, to which no replies
were ever received, nor was any attention
paid TO the matter, SO far as my Knowledge
extends, until after the 10Th instant, when
sent him = formal notice that ION The 10th in
hdRf ht irOrk GW be commenced and proceeded
Tith IN ihe idtrs referred 10 hare been fully ere
euird. You trW therefore see the necessity Of
changing the grade Of your road 10 meet he grade
Of said i sfrsd before that timc.n
On Monday last an engineer OF the roId was
sent here to make examinations, and he re.
pOrts that to raise the grade as required will
make communication with the depot imprac-
ticable. To-day the president OF the road
came aud expressed the same opinion.
The question, therefore, Is reduced to this {;
Shall the present depot be removed beyond
the point OF the obstruction, or the Council
repeal the laws now In force so long as
these laws are on the statute books, have
out olc duty to perform, which is, to cause
them to be executed; but, as this Is a most
Important matter, aud affects the Interests OF
the whole city, / have conceived II beat to
submit 1t to the Councils for their final action
before proceeding further. My opinion, how.
ever, Is, that the depot should be lOcstcd As
far north As / street and east OF Delaware
avenue, as the running OF cars over the present
track OF the road has been, and always will be,
an obstacle to the Improvement OF that part
OF the city lying north OF the Capitol.
recommend that immediate action be taken
on this subject.
Very respectfully, your obedlent servant,
S. J. Bowen, Mayor.
Also, n message from the Mayor transmit
ting the report Of the apothecsries OF the
Fourth ward. Referred.
Also, the report Of the register for the year
ending June 80, 1903. Referred.
Also, a message from the Mayor In reply to
a resolution OF The Board, stating that 80, 900
Of the bonds OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company are In the possession OF the
city register; that the total amount Of interest
paid GU the bonds to this date is tlo, 500, and
that the market value Of the bonds. as nearly
- can be ascertained 10 IS cents on the dollar.
Referred, and ordered to be printed in the
Journal.
Also, a communication from General Q: o.
Howard In behalf OF the st. Augustine Nor
NAL School and Collegiate Institute, asking
that Twelfth street east be opened and graded
southwark to the river. Referred.
Also, from the Register, stating that he had,
In accordance with the act OF October H. 1908,
removed the clerk from his office, and that the
Councils have, from time TO time, imposed ad-
ditional work upon his ONCE without giving
sutisieHt force to execute it, The entire time
of one clerk Is taken up In Issuing certificates
Of special taxes under the act OF October y,
4sUTj he has asked before for help, and the bill
failed TO receive action In the Hoard OF Alder
men. He concludes by earnestly asking the
Board to give him an additional clerk, that the
work OF his office may be done W. thout COM
plant from any quarter. Referred
mate Of the City Surveyor who states that
the cost OF an arched roadway over Tiber
creek at the Intersection of l. street north
with North Capitol street, for VIII ch Congress
has appropriated ~ 600, will require an arpro-
priHtion OF %, 900 more by the city TO complete
II. Referred.
requesting the passage OF an Ac' dchning the
dulles pertaining to his office. Referred.
Also, = petition OF citizens, ASA .ng that the
Surveyor ONCE be open six day, In the week,
and that the Councils pass An net appropriat.
lug sufficient sum to pay an rN'ra clerk Tor
that purpose. Referred.
MIR. knight stated that he Understood the
president would be absent, aud noyei that
Han. Croker take the chair. Agreed to, and
Den. Croeker took the chair.
On motion OF MIR, McCathran, the reading Of
the proceedings Of the last meeting were dis
peDsed with.
on the conclusion OF the reading OF the
Mayors communication In relation to grade
A voice outside the bar exclaimed, "darrett
wishes to be Mayor OF Washington"
Mr.. Moore moved to refer to special com
mittee.
Mr.. CLARK moved to refer to the Committee
ON improvements.
On this the yeas AM nsy.were demanded,
following votes and the communication was
referred to Committee on improvements
Yeas-Messrs. Baker, CLARK, Cook, CTocker,
nil MctNhtlFNU-I,
Hays-Messrs, Fcnwick, Lloyd, Morsell,
Moore, and Richards-5.
MEMORIALS, PETITIONS, ETC.
MIR. Cook presented petition to lay awAter
main in Eighteenth, between | aud X streets.
Referred.
fhe CHAIR presented petition to lay sewer
10 i, between Twelfth aud Thirteenth streets
,,Also,N petition for the relief Margaret Lynch.
Also, bill TO remit taxes imposed on St,
Vincent Orphan Asylum, to the amount OF
t3T6O5, special tax imposed for construction
Of sewer In Tenth street. Referred.
Also, n bill to repair Fourteenth street from
II to Boundary street north. Referred.
Mr.. Fenwick presented petition from prop
cry holders r "sEtng water main IN finG
along Sixth to q street Referred
MIR, Lloyd presented the petition Of Angus.
tus keinhardt for the remission Of hne
Referred.
tain citizens against the construction OF
sewers in l., between sixth and SeVcnth, and
against sewer In NJ street, between sixth
and Seventh. Referred.
Also, a resolution of instruction to the COM
mittee to have the surveyor give his attention
to that locality, and report his opinion there
Mr. Lloyd the petition OF Addle Thompson
for the remission Of \ hne Referred.
Mr.. Moore the petition OF - submitting Il
proposition to remove dead animals. Re.