The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-02
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Ns,TY INSTRUMENTATION, Geo. W. Niggs
r,nt Z, Gorge II. Plant have had ten fine three
erect.ti on the north side of q street. between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth. They frontlo feet BY
70 deep: The NANTES, front trim mings, and steps
arc Of pure white marble. There are ten rooms
In each building. There will be an iron railing,
length OF the houses. They are built on the
PhiiaicIphia style, and will have all modern i'm
Mr Robert Hart is the contractor, and y to erect
the buildings, grade the street, lay the pave
ment and put up lamp posts, for the sum OF
The following gentlemen executed the work;
Carpenter, Robert Hart, esq; brick.work, NJ.
T SSn Evsn.; 'front.' trfmmings and steps, Mr,
N g. Emery; %.ntlss mr. ' so%erS ssneYTGhr s
Messrs. Risgs and Plant have contracted with
thu. ssme gentlemen for the erection Of twenty.
are be built Of Ike material, and on the same
style. They will front on Coreoran, between ,,s n
TSHr r ,ssee a OF ave- hnaared set IT, Hart
eommen sssi work on them, and u they ave tat
simiie Of tpe aforementioned, they VIII add
greatly to ahe Improvement o. 'h"' 0'e'''" Vi
On tie w,,st aide of Fourteenth street. between
ni AIM rs sresed Il Is az iest trout by Il
deem The first floor Is intended for astore-roorl
with open 'front.' the second and third hn,ns ns
carpenter work himself; the brick-work IS being
done BY Mr.. John Chapman; plastering by Car
1T. Henry Moore is about completing hand
some PrssseG,efinS s
'front.' Taar,ssatS on and hofs streets
froRts u feet by 90 deep, and consists OF icn
roonx. This building has all the modern IN
incest OF sey we ever saw for convenience. There
Is a dining .roOan, kitchen aud panuies IN tns
library and fne hall third floor, four chamber,
and bath Goom. There are hne marine mahti :,
nal, 4 HhPPllck:
yer, - Middleton; plasterer' Washington Men
dinghall.
nre,sed-brick front residence on Vermont ave
nue., between NJ and streets IL fronts Il zee
by 81 feet deep consists o. "ns ToS ans, WIZ ~
wood work himself; bricklayers, Messrs Roger
/ CIsseI; Mr., Jacob Nehmyer the stone work.
Fourteenth street DR.. J.W. Thompson is having
a fne two. story with basement and attiel franz
Swe y asep. when completed this viii be
handsome house, with very heavy corniee and
French roof, and will consist Of seventeen ysrl
i..ss r00 IT. Tfi.' T Ss ~ %oiSF
WORT; ME- Harvey the srieki plumber an'
sH The following n two.story frame dwelling
are being erected; Two on'the north side Of NJ
near Sixteenth street; they are laid or into 10Y
Watson. They front i feet BY 2. deep. carpen
ter, n Eekhatd, brieklayeEs !. T. Mart t.so,
Bsehe, esq, and are 20 feet froat BY 81 deep an
consist Of Ave rooms each; SnTpsnte5 work
,ncr Of Sew seventeenth and Madison streets; It |
li6 feet by ~, and consists OF six rooms. Carpei
ter, j. Kane; tin roofing by Palmer Co.
]. T, Heath Co. erected one, 2 feet s by ~, NJ
line six-horse power boiler, for the purpose {
manufacturing lounges anu extension '"pies'
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MEETING OF SESBkgH WARD CoSs ERvATIvEi
A meeting Of tiie conservative citizens Of III
seventh ward was held last niKbt at Island Hal
corner OF Virginia avenue and Sixth street, while
Wm. Maginnis allied the meeting IL order, An
n, n,otion. be was declared temporary chairman
I'D Ss SSss sf he meeting
to select Avs delegates to represent the ward
the So Sepas S Sere then made and tMsGsr
Henry DenSher and WIN. Mockabee acting .
teliefs) ballot was had, and ths name
Mssisnis, +. Bowling, Dauiei Mosksoee' r. Han
mersley, Francis Guess. ,.,,., ~ ~
Col. Thos. b. Florence was then saiies ~, -
made a few remarks, saying that lhefe was ~
much necessity to say any thing, as so many q, hs
assembled at the meeting that # LOCKED S ,b t.s
never was a time when the necessity was mo- 9,
apparent than the present ior the n emo;Sfa,,
party to unite In order TO a ,hn n.ons Nj
not know the objects Of the Central club, yet b
thought II better to organize 70 the ware thn
elected would guard well the Interests Of q
people. He believed there were some men In ~
ranks who cared little for principle, but he stoe
4 solely on principle. He did not know where "
| authority came from for the calling OF the co.
II Vention, and he looked with suspicion on "
II movement, and warned all to keep sharp loo,
4 out to It's actions. The Democrats have grei
II work to perform, and he believed thorough o
s.sniza ton would accomplish victory over "
/ Eadical party. II liberty Is worth preserving
>worth hghting for.
| -, It year the election here was a great fare
| md be hoped II you'd not again be repeatG
thTough tSe fault OF CONSERVATIVES In not regl
II nrfnasand ~, ting Col. \. then spoke OF nation
politics. and ALI to tLs present GiSS n
sHps Sid II orrn lIatiOn was the need,
thing vote may q due S'f to- fut %
III generations that the present ma o'erne ~ gu
should pass into other and purer ham IN IN
III e. LLOYD was next called, who said the p.'nc
III Piles he entertained at the last election he sti
M Entertained. He believed this was white man
Il Soyernment and should be ruled by white mer
and so long as he retained life he would 9dh =,
time would come when the white child would
crowded out OF the schools BY negro ehiiuIe
and white labor crowded out OF the navy var
the arsenal, and the workshops by negroe