Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-12

HE h-srREET BRIDGR-Edit9r strr. NOW
ina. ne organization of the Board OF Aldermsa
and Common Council n completed, II Is
earnestly 20 be desired that, with )ut Wasting
time in political crimin stions aad rrerlmina
no s, The Corporation may pro nply proceed
10 leglslate on such matters 40 are most pressing
for the benefit Of The whole comm unity Among
these matters there il no one Of greater i'm
portanee thansthe K-street bridge across Rock
Greek Its prompt construction fnvoly,s NOS
only the interest o. tn s. s y, ,h o' hs
extra carriage paid on Washington merchsa-
die lruded AZ Georgetown wharves since
tue destruction Of the bridge would SUI
Ace 70 recoosuuct it upon the best re-
liable plan that has yet been proposed.
Let our CORPORATE Act promptly IN this mat
ter. Determine what they can afford to pay
lions within that amount. demanding reliable
Donds from every party propo ing ET.s, to
contract if the proposal shall be accepted;
second. that the structure shall stand a certain
specahed weight equally mposed on its sur
ACE; nird, that the bridge shall be in piac,
within - days from signing and sealing AID
there can be no doubt that the work will be
done and satisfactorily. am a suffer E.o.n
the delay in this business. as is every o.he.
WASHINGTON MERCHANT.
TIE POTOMAC FRoNr.-The st,amer Wa.
Waset- faWkC, rom Cone river and way land
ings, r Iehed Potomac Ferry wharf Sunday
nighf, with large number OF passengers, and
Inlge lnvolcfs Of poultry. country p-odnca,
osu IA su nsu Inc STEAMER ARROW, sack
pole, made her usual trip to Mount Vernon
and Marshalis L.nding.
CARERS Whcrf-Arrived-Sch John p.
thlm man, Hiatus, from Havre-dc-Grace with
Ii2 tons OF COIL for A. Wood Il Bro; Thomas
): Tull, Cooper, from Spe -utia Island. with
10 tons of coal for George T. LA lie, il Son:
Zenia and Alice, Gerald, from Chow wan river,
n. G., with lumber for +. Mohun X Sons.
S1iled-St' .mer Pioneer, Olden. for Accotink,
light; schr. Father and Son, Stewart, for Eliz-
abeth river, Va, West Branch, with manure
for II. kirr.
JoknScn's WFdrf.-Arrived-Scars Tropic,
Banks, from Salisbury, Nd, with lumber for
Samuel Norment: Statesman, Malone, from the
same port, with lumber for T.. b. Church & 20.
R6ey'S observation-disclosures Columbia.
Harper, from Baltimore and intermedia', land :
lngs, with merchandise and passengers; schrs.
Annie l. Gibson, Bernard; JamC A. Hooper,
Bailey, with po'atoes for market Ann Jane
Smifh, with wood for Briscoe & 20. Sailed
Grace, light.
FocIer's Whd!f.-Arrived-Scho Tropic,
Hanhs, rom Salisbury, Md, with lumber foo
X. NJ. Major; E II. Kirk, Burnett. from Albany
n. u, with lumber for J. d. Evans & Co.
Sailed-Schr. Wake, for George own, ID load
coal for an eastern port.
EdyS WhdIf-Arrived-Sch Edney Har-
WOOD, HARDWOOD, rom Baltimore. with hay for
the Government; Ssrah Ann, Bennett, from
" uantico, with wood for Clark; Tho. L. Car.
Clark, Cora Smith, Williams, from Dumtries
with wood for the Agricultural Dep 'rtment
BeByS W arf-ArrivCd-Steimer Hi Liy-
'rTs'0n, WATSON, fIom Baltimore. with mer-
Name, Ven Name. from New York with ie3
b4les of hay for the Washington and George
tow n Railro- d Company.
BRUINS Wbc f.-ArrivPd-Schr. Samuel I.
Travis, Appleby. from Havre-dC-Gracs, with
coal tor y L. Brown Il Son.