Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-14

.Sna eNsots nave gOl pay TOT di tuts WOfk
done last year by Tenley aud Esiiu; bo7idss
tne street averages az least eight feet too mar
row, making about twenty feet OF grading for
which they have received pay without having
i sum up the amount the contractors are
really euttled TO on trree streets TO tbs date.
ss follows:-For grading street, $500 cubic
yards, at II cent?, S!'sSo' gravetius. 3eoc1
q stI ret. 500 cubic yards, at IL cents, sss For
grayeliug q and Is sire {, 5000 square yards
| zone baf,) at 10 cents, go. Total amount for
work mp TO this date, STATS. or Si,3U7 p lpgs
| than the contractors had received up TO the Isl
of August
Since about the LIST Of Angus: part of Mr.
Gleesons force mas oe en- at work on NJ street
| They bave graded and graveled thai sire 81
from Nor q Capitol strs ct TO the T iber, which
viii amount TO not over 5000. This amount
deducted from the advances the contractor
nsd 1t celved no 10 the LIST OF August, (st,S73S'
will leave baIauce now due the Cor oora,iou
OF w ashiu gton of 2 .3U7 %.
consider this fair staten ent, and am sltis.
NED fair meas NJ, ment eftos work " ~ prove
me correct prououuce the Mayors So
ment TO the Councils last Monday night a h-ra.
faced falseh bed, and will prove 1t to bs SO, Il
can have an oppoI unity. The iovestigauon
tomorrow. C,u you make it convenient to 70
along with them! You are at liberty 10 pub-
l'sh this communicative, or show 1t whenever
and wherever you please.
Very truly, J.H. CRANE
MIR. Emery presented petition OF Geo Sayagc
praying remission of q fine; referred M r
Clark presented mem orial with bill TO have
gss-light on North Capitol stra ct, between
and X north; referred. Also, petition with
blu for water mains on I'd strCer lst bel tween
street north aud Maryland avenue; referred
Also, bills to grade North Capitol str, ct bs.
tween B aud G north; and Isl street east, be.
tween b and g north and TO curb, pave aud
gutter on east side OF North Capitol street, be.
tween U ana u north; west side 1st sire ct lst,
between ID and II north, and west side OF
NORM Capitol street, betws en- b aud G north
referred. Alco presented communication OF
James Crutchett in reference to the above pro.
posed improvements; referred. Also, bill to
grade, gravel and park East Capitol street,
IRON LIST to 1lfh east referred.
Mr. champion presented bill to lay a water
man In lin street east, from Pennsylvania
avenue TO o street south; referred.
Mr.. Baker introduced bill to lay a water
mein on : b street west, rom ID 70 l. south: re-
ferred. Also, bin granting permiss :, NJ ,s
Spsan GriswOld to erect a frame Kite en:r
ferred. AIS }, resolution requesting the Sur.
veyor to make 81 ssumate OF TOE cost OF { rs SIC
and giayellrg 18Th street west, from Maryland
avenne TO Water street, and report the result to
IBIS Board passed. Also. concurrent reroIu
ton that the copies CT Webbs' Digest o. the
Corroratcn laws now in the possess On of the
Wafer Register be placed in the charge Of ,os
Mayor. subject to his control and order;
adopted.
Mr.. knight introduced the following:
"ResOired, That the persons summoned as wit
ne 7ses BE- fore committee of this Boa-d shall
not be permitted to publish throurh toe pro.
ceeoIpgs OF Board the matters which they
should testify to before the said commit g. -
Adopt without a division.
Mr.. knight, from Committee on Fire Dapart.
menf, reported favorably on bill appropriatiug
s7c5 so to pay the deficiency in the amoun at ex.
p. nded in entertaining visiting firemen on the
(Messrs. Moore and Morsell.j OornciI Joint
RESOLUTION requesting the Mayor suspend the
Work upon the bridges at Third street We 81 and
r north Fourth west and z north; aud Fifth
n.
the appointments OF joint committee Of two
Alder men aDd three Councilmen to examine
ito tGe expediency Of Constructing a sewer
from sixth street west, aud along sud BONN.
dary streets north, into First street west to
connect with the main branch of the Tiber and
rsqu sung the Superintendent Of Sewers &C.
i've cost OF said sewers and OF the the bridges;
passed. The Chsir appointed on the Joint com.
mittee on the part of this Board, Msssrs. Con.
molly and Emery.
Coputttee, under the re solution OF August 13d
appointing q committee to examine inro the
eparges made in reference to all' ged cha uges of
grades on the q ade book Of the city without
Moore, Slater, Knight Mr..
Baker gave notice of bis intention to move ar
the next meeting OF the Boarc a recon sidera.
non OF the vote by which the Board this even
ing passed the bill repeating that porto of the
act dehping the duties of the Superintendent,
OF Public Schools, which raises the salarie, of
the principals Of the LIST and Sd district schools
up the bill TO close the barber shops on sun
day Mr.. Moore offered as an amendment land
II shall also be unlawful for any person to
black boots In or upon The streets on Sunday"
Lest: yeas, Messrs. CLARK, Emery, Moore,
Slaler, and President (Crocker) 5. NAYS,
Messrs- Baker, Champion, Connolly, Davis,
Ftorsell, McCathran and Stewsrt, - Mr.
Moore then offered the following amendment:
20 I'd IL shall also b. unlaw al for any person
or persons TO drive an ice cart or sell ice on
Suutsys-" After a long debate the amend
ms nt w roh
Morssll and President CrocKer;) navs 10.
The next amendment offered by MIR. Moore
was 10 prob bit The sale OF newspapers on Sun
Bsker, Clark, Connolly, Davis, Emery. Knight.
McCathran. Stewart and Slater, .; nays
Nj ssrs. Champion, Moore, Morsel and Crock.
er, 4. The Board, at midnight, ad jouraed.
COMMON COUNcIL.-President Williams in
the char, and ell the members present.
message wss received from the Mayor an
the approval OF certaiu acts; also
s'aung that it ha, ing been reported that No.
/ eng,ne.house was ins ecure, he had iu str cted
the Chief Engineer to call on Mr.. CIuss, ar.
cbitsct, and ask him TO examine the same; en-.
closing a commupication from Mr. CIuss.
stating that he had exsmin ned the building: that
IL is 2Gxi3 feet long, with two stsries: is not
braced with partition walls; that the front and
rear walls cannot be relied on. Mr.. Cluss
Tt commenos the introduction Of grder, sup.
ported by iron columns, and suggests that the
Mayor ssk for an appropriation of $3.50 for me
purpose.
Also, comm IN ications from the Surveyor, in
AT swer 10 resolution, stating that the grad ing
of 23d stree. west, from q street north to the
csnal, will require 1886 cubic Yards at
fifteen cents, costing 81 ,937 40; that TO pave
Connecticut avenue, from l. street TO Boun.
dairy. on the grade, will require 22,S26 yards,
al fiftssn cents, S3.i23.9O; graveling, 3S,I75H
square wards, at fourteen cents, S553j a.
10 Trim aud gravel New York avenue. from
oh 10 Eth ST. eets will require s.26s yards of
grading. costing Sl,6J3 o.; l6, 1852, yards of
gravelIDg, S2,Sll "a; l. street, from 18th to 13tn
for grading SS2e.g~, grayehng SI,3Sl 6O; giving
the following estimates for grading nd gravel
Ing street south, from tbs canal 70 5th street.
east. i,6575U; l. sire It south, from ID 10 18th
streets csst, StT6.9l; sixth street east from X
10 NJ streets north, .66; Fifth street east
from 10 NJ streets, 3, 362 9l l. street from Ist
street east TO eastern boundary, S4,1O96I; &
street south, from New Jersey avenue to Canal
street S3,O75 Is X street. north, from 10th street
10 western boundary, S3,333, G6 Seventh street
street, S2t O. So; Ninth street east, tom East
Capitol 10 Il streets south, S776 n: III street
4 ortb. from I'D TO oath streets, Sia}79 Also
stain that the eastern SIDE ofCislt's wharf ex.
tends beyond the eastern line OF l1tn street II
feet $ incbs all of which Were referred
Also. a letter from Lewis Mckenzie, presi-
dent Of the oudoUn and Hampshire railroad
Mr.. lex. says: 81 Will be glad to have an
interview some time In October with the two
Boarcs of the City Council on the subject of
our enterprise. with a view OF cooperation ON
the part OF your authorizes TO the great entsr.
pr'se looking to short route to the West 1
do not know how it is to be brought about
Boards, which / now do. II Is not nv wish
dc sire to in terfere with any Of your business
me e: yet prefer saying verbally what I
nave ID gay, and then leave the Councils to act