Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-13
THE CITY COUNCnS

"Ge presented and referred:-By mr.. LarrnaI
,,,h s,r.n. =, James BAYS for lamp post eorae
fth~ick-Petitions of Samuel s. Hoover for
pump on 5th street, between @ aud streets
sne oi Pavine an alley in square Sill BY Mr.
VIA k-fetiion OF VIM. Ebr and others fo
statement of nuisance. BY Mr.. Knight-Pe
nuon OF Charles Cumberland and others fll
Improvement in square 264, in the Seventh
ward BY Mr.. Baker-Petitions, accompanied
with bills, for setting the curbstones and lay
ing the footways and cutters on the north SIDE
OF alter street. between 18th and iith streets
west on the west side of 9TH street, from L
street south 10 Water street; and on the ives
side Of sth street west. from. Ii street south to
street south.
Mr. Richards, from Committee on Improve
ments, reported back petition of J. Il. Fres
man for q sewer on l. street between Ct d auc
7th streets, and 1t was referred to Drainage
CommitIse.
Mr.. Croker. from Finance Committee, re-
ported bill for the relief Of r. A oswaIl
City Register REIN bursting him $3.50 for ex
penses incurred by him IN employing an add
topal clerk IN bis Office for the fiscal year end
ing June "a, 1855.
Mr.. Moore opposed the bill. as being for tn.
pay meht OF an officer who should not hay,
been employed except with the consent of tn.
Councils Neither the Mayor. CITY Register
nor any other official OF the CorporatIoa should
Dc allowed to appoint officers hot recognizcd by
law. He had always opposed heretofore. AMI
should always oppose hereafter, every such
assumption of power.
Mr.. Croker advocated the passage OF the
BILL because the laborer was worthy of mis- hire
The work of the office was very much behind
hand and some one had 10 be appointed The
claim was a Just one and shou Id be pail
Mr.. fenwlek said II was not a question of
Justice, but of the right of any officer of this
corporation to employ clerks TO be paid by the
Mr. Moore-The right TO create a CLERK
Mr.. Richards said the creating of clerk was
anew idea. No officer OF this corporation could
create a clerk.
Mr. Fenwick said this vas a mere play upon
words; but the simple question which they
were called upon TO consider was, shall we al.
loN thIs usurpaticr IF power by the Register ,
MR.. Cook spoke Of the great increase Of werk
IN the Registers office in tie las, year, and the
necessity for employing afdi'i0"al Z oIp and
thought partisan views should not interfere
with the pay Ment of a Just claim.
Mr. More again opposed tie bill. and moved
proviso 'that the clerk herein provided for
not having been anthorized by law, should
he rmU fiatsly Dismissed
The amendment was adop, I'd by the foil wv
ing vote =: Yeas Me-srs. Fenwick, Larman
MeCa,hran, Moore, Morsell, Talbert, and the
President. Nays-Nsszrs. Baker CIsrk
Cock Grover, Knight, and Rich lrds-6 The
bill then 1sscd.
Mr.. Crocker, from Finance Committee, In.
uodnced bill authorizing the Mayor to tit I'm
room IN the City Hall for the Sealer OF
Weight and Measures. The preamble recitas
the fact that the United States is, and has peen
i 10, many yeaIs. prepared to furnish a set of
70 THIS corporation ana that II rs important
they should have them, and provide a SAT-,
hr. CROKER. from same committee, reported
the following substitute tor the Joi,t resolution
Of tue Ouncil on the same subject.
Whereas, on the 18th day of April, 1917, an
acs was passed oy he BOARD OF Aldermen and
Board Of Con- mon OF tie City of WASHINGTON,
Whereby - exchange was made Of fifty thou
sand dollars OF the stock of this Corporation for
my tnous-nd dollars OF the first mortga ,e
bonds of he Ches' peak and ONO Canal com
pany b. airing interest at the Tate OF ) per ceLt
Per annum, payable semi ann ually.
And wE-rva.s, his CvrpoI alton is now nav.
ing Per cent per apnum upon the stock Of
this Corporation so ssued amounting TO slOo
Per year and no acc INT has even be IN re udered
upon the bonds, OF The i.terest thereon due
from the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal com pany
Therefore.
Rssoieed. &C.. That the Mayor he, and he is
session of the SAID 5000 in bonds Of the said
Chesapeake an6 Ohio Company, Whist am CUNT
of II terest has bse paid thereon and the mark-
an Ire rssnisr mss,,ns an" 20 ms ooa,d
ton was ayr ed to and passed.
Mr.. Croker, from the slma Committee re-
ported favorably on Council bill providing for
the issue OF coupon bonds TO liquidate the
rOatiDg debt OF the Corporation.
The bill Is the same which was published
IN full IN our report OF the proceedings Of the
BCard OF common Council a few weeks slnce.1
Mr.. Moore srsted that he, as a inority of the
CON mIttseI objected - the bill. As fnaEcisl
M assure. esigEcd to afford Temporary relief
from the weight of debt banging on the Corpo.
could BE- dcsisned. He had asked the commit
tee not 10 report the bill This evening, bur to
give little more time for It's consideration
The Mayor should b. re9uested to send in an
exhibit OF these hosting debts, which it is
claimed amount 20 double what the late Mayor
sand was due The dara should be sent TO the
boartis. The Register hao made up this Ast,
and BE was not conscientious in the discharge
of his duty. He (Mr. M y meant nothing per-
sonal, bat that officer wss apt TO assume power.
III IS now stated The Evaporation owes nearly
Di'siion Of toiiaTs. What was the use OF pay.
ing interest Gn ssoo,cs, - provided for in this
bill, " hen the debt was estimated at S55J,OUJ.
and Congress appropriated sSoO.0O0, which
would leave only quarter Of q million. Some
OF The claims presented may ha re been paid;
some may have been rejected by the Corpora.
ton. II the debt excse1e ID " hat he bad stated
II had been contracted without authority and
IL they made arrangements TO pay his
wnhoct inquiry, other debts NAV be
contracted without warrant of law. he
argued that putting se0O,G0 worth of bonds
In market would depreciate them, and said il
P rosIaed fos Go 5onss OF as small de-
did shey intend 10 do with such small denomi.
na.ioDsl Pay the labnrers in these deprecated
>bondsl He had not seen the bill until las, Sat-
urday. and Yet without consideration il Is to
De rushed through; bill which would neces.
state the leyylng annually, for the sinking
fund and interest Of $500, being 20 cents addi-
uODal to the Assessment. A. the expiration Of
ten years, for this passing relief. IL would cost
the Corporation S13js,O00, as follows. Princi.
pal, See0JtN; interest, S3s0.Ots; loss on accumu.
latisn. S+-,@1 expense Of issue, $4,000; total
81 ,S5s 80, ana no surety shat ihe end Of the
Mayors term Of office they would not be as
much in debt rs now. The Mayor estirafes
tie debt, he was informed, al S5SO,OOO. Why
not provide for only that amount, and relieve
ourselves of the necessity of issuing the greater
amount OF SS0,UC0 By late act Of Congress
S3Uu.UCO was appropriated 10 indemnify for
expenditures incurred ON Government prop
trty. What has become of this sum, or what is
10 become of ut II deducted, It will leave a
debt, according 70 the Mayors estimate, of only
s25O,OeO Why should ssio,OO0 bonds De issued.
and run ne assessment, for ne present and
succeeding years, To s1.6O or 81 10 on the 500!
He ooJected TO pressing this measure through
IN all It's deformtty and extravagapce Here
was an item Of $1,000 for issuing these bonds
He had once prepared bonds of the denorri ma
non OF slOo, ana to the amount of sSaI0O and
the whole cost OF the issue was ips $50 sO
Section was Illegal, he held IN taxing the
general fund, IN be contributed pro rata nv All
the wards, when some OF the wards-his ward
for instance-were out of debt 1t wouIo b.,
unfair 10 tax such wards 10 pay the interest on
debts contracted by other wards He had no
desire 10 cramp the present administrator. of
the city, because every propertyholder was in
bonds run ten years, and the Corporations is 10
pay interest for that time, with the money o.
part of il in bank, perhaps, 10 pay the debt on
" hieh the bank gets interest Thus the Corpo-
ration, BY paying interest ard losing interest.
actually pays ~ per cent on part Of 10. He hsd
heard n stated that IL was the intention Of the
present city government 10 pass this measure,
so that the old creditors would have to take
The bonds While the new Creditors would get