The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-14

Bre,st Major general and CEN '..ion.s e Bureau
By.s,v OF I. D. ~ 4. T., |
wAsHTSaros. June 10, 1879.
= DsAs sia: sent in a petition to the city
authorities to have refunded to me aome
pipes TO houses on Fourteenth street, east Of
the Capitol, I complied with the usual con.
ditions. The money borrowed from an edu.
with the city bonds at their market value.
Very truly. yours, u " HOWARD
orrIcs OF wArEp REaisrER,I
wAsuisoros. July .. Fp.
j. ". Acknish, ssq, Common Councilman FVih
nard dnd .a ,hs hanoi 10 .eSnow,eSse the
receipt Of your favor OF the Ith instant, and to
say In reply that there are o793 feet OF six Inch
Isid by the FresGmen's Bureau from Third
street east to Fifteenth street east, to supply
the tenement houses In square 1854. We paid
'ss M i. wssop ps a sSs T.s o
about Is cents per foot, We paid To- cents per
four Inch Pipe. Presunlns that you, desire
| this Information for the purpose OF ADJUSTING
the matter with the freedmens Bureau, lwill
bureau OF the Introduction OF water Into the
houses for which the bureau 10 indebted to US
is the sun o. saas IN; Item regard Is IS an q.
presented aud shall be glad to do so, and to
est f which Sh ' you may desire before you report
y" Very i respectfully. your obedient servant,
! 3. X. BOND, water Register.
! II will be seen from these papers that Cen
eral Howard charges 8,793 feet Of sx-inch
water pipe at sl.30 per foot, $S,S30.00. 1t
will also be seen that the water registrar
states that the contract price Of the corpora
ton for six-inch water pipe, including the
laying Of 1t, was el.liIi per foot. The cx-
cessiyc charge In General Howard's bill,
therefore, amounts to sl,052.92, or very
nearly 1871 per cent, saying nothing OF the
pense which, II the work had been done
under corporation officers, would not hav1
been incurred. The question is, and II Is n
question ofa purely economical nature, why
this advanced price should be paid TO any in
dividual who, unwilling to walt for the au-
thority OF law, assumes for his own benefit
the execution Of work appropriately belong
Ing to the water department Of the corpora
ton.
The offer to accept payment In bonds Of
the city, ct their market value, Is not respect
! full either to the Mayor or the Councils. 1t
may be q temptation to some members TO
allow the claim because there is a surplus Of
the bonds authorized to be issued, but II
should not be forgotten that the act Of Con-
|
| we'll as the act Of this corporation, prohibit
their issue, except for debts contracted prior
to the inaug dration Of the present city ad-
ministration, and that both Of these acts also
require that the bonds shall not be sold, paid,
or exchanged for less than their par value.
That their market value is much below the
, face Of the bond, Is known to every intclli'
gent person In the community, and that the
debt for which II Is proposed to accept then
ipp mil tn ha Inn n rati n
the present city administration, Is shown oil
, the face Of the account Of General Howard
as above stated by himself. Therefore, he
cannot, In conformity with law, receive bon,
In payment OF his claim.
Mr.. Moore hoped, In view of the exposi.
ton he had made, that the bill would be re-
called for further consideration, that the
claim of General Howard may be settled a.
cording to equity and without violation ,
law.
The resolution was rejected.
Mr.. Emery offered the petition Of George
Savage for the remission Of fine. Re
: ferred.
Mr.. Clarke presented bills: for tho cree
+ ton OF gaslghts on Capitol Hill; author
c izlng the construction Of water main ii
s Second street east, between b street anC
Maryland avenue; to set curbstones ant
pave the footways and cutters on the ives
side of First street east, between d and 1
G streets north; North Capitol, between @ ant
I II streets; North Capitol, between B and
streets moth; to grade and gravel Nortl
Capitol street between b and streets north
: and First street east, between B and north
all Of which were referred.
c Mr.. Champion presented bill to lay
d water main In Tenth street east from Penn
sylvania avenue to Tenth street south. Re
ii ferred.
J. Mr.. Baker introduced bill to lay a waite
main on Eighth street west from d to
/ street south. Referred.
: Also, bill granting permission TO Mrs
Z Susan Griswold to erect frame kitchen
Referred.
Also, resolution requesting the surveyor tC
make an estimate of the cost of gradn.
and grayeling Thirteenth street west from
Maryland avenue to Water street, and repor
: the result to this Board. Passed.
e Also, concurrent resolution placing copie
t Of Wcbb's Digest, now in charge Of tn
water register, In the charge Of the Mayor
i subject TO his control and order. Passed.
: Mr.. Knight Introduced the following;
Resolved That the persons summoned aswi
9 uesses beiors a committee Of this Board shs
; ceeiinss Of this board, the matters which the
l should testify to before the said committee.
: Adopted.
{ Mr.. Moore offered a paper addressed TO hi
colleague and himself In reference to III
a charge made against Mayor Bowen by ]. II
q Crane.
o Mr. R,kcr ohIccteJ tn tho reading of m
n.nnr p AMI U Ui that IL he rea1 70 m
q paper, anu moved that IL pe reau 10 VI
e special committee; which the chair rule
| out of order.
! Mr.. Moore moved that IL be read.
~ ,Lis ,horo ,yas son,a daha,a a,J r,,II,
w tn,s tneIS "a1 So'ne u1ou'o, ""u hu"
decided Dy Vole-v yeas, nays.
! The secretary then read the document, a
. ! follows;
y wLsHIsl1oS, Sept. 81 .
l. " SSrs, Emsry and Moore, Members n TIE BurT
h ~ Aldermen f1nrth Ward
n uEsTLEAss since my communicates, ser
Ia TO the board OF Aldermen on fhe 3Oth ut, wa
" written, hnd, on going over the matter car
fully with hgures, thatthe fraud charged upo
the Mayor, former Surveyor, and Messt'
n OBeirne Co, Ia much greater than l at M
a., supposed,
80 The following 10 the estimate for gradi
81 and grayeling h street, made by the survey,
,e before the work commenced, VIZ:
X street, number cubic yards grading, 400 70,
~ II cts. ........................ G.,tc)i
street, number square yards gravel
ing, 600 }, at 10 cts"................ G,0OO.l
lOlhl estlmhtt.'.. .tlO|C ~
This 10 the surveyors estimate OF what /
II should cost TO grade and gravel street tn
Il entire length. Add to this 3 for grading