The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-10
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The city surveyor, Mr.. p. II. Donegan, In
reply to certain resolutions Of inquiry, says
The probable cost Of grading and crawling
B street north, from Third TO Eighth street
east, is as follows, grading s515.s5; gravel
and gravellng Eight street west, from
street South to Water street; grading, So
374.10; graveling, t1,248.56; total, a.
620.66. Also, q profile Of Twenty third
street west. from the circle to W street
north, showing the cutting to amount to
LIZA cubic yards; the filling, 475 cubic
yards. Referred to Committee on Improve
ments.
Mr.. Stewart presented petition of various
parties for ga pump In square ISL, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets west;'
and for sewer trap In alley In square 253.
All Of which were referred.
Also, resolution requesting the Mayor to
inform this board at Its next meeting eff In
his opinion the office Of canal commissioner
Is Of any further service TO the corporations"
also the Office Of physician to smallpox hos
pital. Consideration postponed after some
debate until next session.
Mr.. Stewart also presented &c. CO. bill to
regulate the districts of certain wood and
coal measures In the city OF Washington
which enacts that the boundary Of the Rock
Creek district shall extend as far east as
the west side OF Seventeenth street west |;
the First Canal district from that point to
Twelfth street west. He asked that the
rules be suspended that 1t might be imme-
diately passed. To this there was objection,
and Mr.. Chase raised the point Of order that
1t was out Of order to Introduce bill out OF
the regular order, which was sustained by
the chair.
Mr.. Stewart also presented bill for the
construction OF barrel sewers In u street
north from Eighteenth to Twenty,First street
west; and also in / street north to Rock
Creek. Referred.
Mr.. Chase introduced bill authorizing
James Williamson and Alexander Patterson
to construct an ornamental wooden fence In
front Of their square, 276 on l. street north
also, bill to grade and gravel Boundary
street from the toll-gate TO Rock Creek, and
appropriating $4,000 for that purpose. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Connolly offered bill regulating the
advertising and sale of real estate for taxes,
and Tor other purposes; when enacts that
from and after the passage OF the act, no
lot or part OF lot shall be advertised or sold
Tor arrears OIL taxes upon which the amount
due shall DC less than ten dollars. That OK
tended descriptions OF lots or parts Oh lots
shall not be given In the advertisements,
and the printers charge lot any one lot or
part oil lot advertised shall not exceed I'VE
dollars lot any such description. That the
collectors extra commission on property ad-
/ vertised shall DC Two per cent All acts, &C.,
Inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealcd. Referred TO COMMITTEE ON Finance,
and ordered TO be printed.
> lie also offered q lengthy paper from the
Commissioner OF Agriculture on the trees
proper for ornamental uses In this city
which was ordered to be printed In the jour.
nal for the information OF the citizens OF
|, Washington generally In making their selec.
tions Of shade trees.
, Also, protest Of citizens against construc-
ton Of a sewer In L street north, between
Sixth and Seventh streets west. Referred
Mr.. Morsell offered q resolution request
ing the Corporation Attorney to inform tho
Board whether or not the corporation has
, the power to impose O tax of 80 per cent pei
I annum on all taxes not paid according tc
!, the law, or at the rate Of 2H per cent. pei
= month. Adopted.
! Mr.. Moore offered a resolution requesting
the City Surveyor to inform the Board what
> grades of streets have been altered without
authority of law, as stated In his communi
! cation to this Board of the I'd instant, and
state the several points at which grades have
thus been illegally changed. Adopted.
Also, a bill authorizing the construction
!. of q bridge over Tiber creek at its intersec.
? ton with G street north. Referred.
l. Mr.. Clarke offered the following: An &c,
4 to grade aud gravel street north, between
- Fourth and Eighth streets east; to lay Ger,
!, tain footways and curbstones and pave foot
ways on the north side of B street north, be.
tween Second and Third streets cast; pro
c viding for cleaning, painting and repairing
= surveyors office an act authorizing the
T Mayor to employ an additional lampllghteri
all OF which were referred. An act making
, appropriations for the support OF the publit
schools of the city of Washington for thu
fiscal year ending June 80, 1870, and to pro
vide for the payment of the proportional,
h., part OF money required by the act of Con
:, gress, approved June 20, 1864, to be paid /,
!, the trustees Of colored schools; referred ant
6 ordered to be printed,
o The bill approprlates slO5, 100 for thu
salaries OF teachers, ESQ, 100 for the paymen
OF all other expenses OF the public schools
10 including the care and rent of school-rooms
n fuel and stove fixtures, general supplies
o &C., and the salary OF the treasurer and sec
rotary of the board Of trustees. Providing
for the payment of the amount due trustee
OF colored schools, the sum Of $50, 5Sj.0s
The bill also authorizes the Mayor to antlci
10 pate revenue to an amount sufficient to pa!
70 the teachers salaries the months of July ani
!. August, 1870.
q Also, presented a bill for the relief of DR.
q j. b. Gardner, Of the Fifth ward; which wa
o passed.
Mr.. McCathran offered the petition Of "
NJ. Slower, of the First ward, asking to b.
10 reimbursed for damages done his propcrt.
on the night of the Sd Of June last, whe
his store windows and globes with content
l. therein were broken and destroyed by mob
+ with bill appropriatng s40.S0 for that pur
If pose. Referred.
q Mr.. Champion presented petition of prop
| erty owners for curbing and paving and gut
tering on the north side of Il street south
N from Twelfth to Fourteenth street cast, &C
" companied bya bill to do the work as prayed
for. Referred.
IN Mr.. Baker presented bills TO set the curb
"a stones and pave the footways and cutters o.
"a the south side OF L street south, between
n Second and Third streets, and on the mort
he side OF Z street south, between Four-and-a
haii and seventh streets west; for the relic
OF the Washington Fire Department, appro
10 prlatlng STI6'5O to pay the deficiency In tn
amount expended In entertaining vlsltlnl
ilretnen on the 4th OF March, ls09-al
n whieh were referred.