The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-09

In,sn e coSSotLr.
Committee.
At the conclusion of tho reading, Mr..
Moore said he had no objection to receiving
the report, but wanted 1t prlnted In the jour.
nal that he might have an opportunity TO
read 1t, and make some remarks upon Il at
future meeting OF the Board.
Mr.. Champion, Of the Fifth ward, one Of
the members OF the committee, said Il would
be observed that he had not signed the re-
port, as he did not agree with the report Of
the majority. lie would state briefly his
reasons.
AMER abiding TO the time occupied In
hearing the evidence, and that he was pres.
ent every night excepting two, he had ar
rived at different opinion from the ma.
Jority, and was satisfied that the contract
was not awarded TO the lowest bidder, and
that every cent paid out on the contract was
done contrary to the terms OF the contract.
There were other Irregularities which had
come to his notice during the investigation,
but lie would not at this time mention them.
lie was very well satisfied that tho state.
ment made was fully sustained according to
the evidence given before the committee.
He had not had time to prepare written
report, but thought he had briefly given the
reasons for differing from the majority OF
the committee.
Mr.. Moore said he had not read the pub.
lished testimony In detail, and wanted time
to read 1t before voting upon the resolutions
offered with the report. lie hoped time
would be given. The resolutions exculpated
the Mayor, and therefore reflected upon the
person who had brought the charges to pub.
lie notice.
Mr.. Connolly, after referring to the state
ment OF Mr.. Champion as having been con-
scientiously made, said the majority were
conscientious in exculpating the Mayor from
the charges made, aud which had been fully
and honorably investigated.
The majority of the committee were pre-
pared TO vindlcate their report, and he
thought that time would fully sustain the
assertion made. Amer all that had been
done and said, the evidence concurred In cs.
tabllshing the reputation OF Mayor Bowen.
He wanted no haste 10 the matter. lie
wanted the members to have ample time for
speeches, to make examinations oftcstimony,
or whatever else was necessary to give them
a chance to fully consider the subject before
voting thereon.
lie then paid the highest compliment to
Mayor Bowen's integrity. officially and other
wise, and said he would stand before th c
citizens OF Washington with a higher power
and noblcr reputation than ever before. 1t
would not matter what position he hereafter
held, his fame was beyond the rcproach Of
calumny.
Mr. Moore sail he dill not wish to post
ponc the subject unnecessarily, but since the
committee had ocCIpirl seven weeks In ac-
cumu'atlnS testimony, Il Was hardly Just to
Press tho acceptance NJ tho report before the
members had time 10 examine the testi-
mouy.
Mr.. Connolly was In favor Of postponing.
whatever time was necessary should be given
to those desiring Il. The friends Of the Mayor
had nothing to fear from postponement or
the strlctcst scrutiny. Evidence Of that was
clearly manifest In the effort which had been
made during tho Inve-lis Ition by the news
papers of Washington generally; for, not
wlthstlndinS the pihliratlOl ofrcports, leak
age, and all the ell irtS N lc to prejudice the
case, the plh,ic min hi not been educated
In the direction sought. 1t the considera-
tlon of the report b. pOstp Ined two weeks.
On motion, the report was ordered to be
printed and made the subject OF special or
der this might two wcck4.
At tho conclusion of Mr.. Connolly's re-
marks there was some applause from the
spectator" assembled. ani faint hiss from
some dissatisfied Olt,il Ter.
Council amen linrnt IL the bill making
approprtd ioI- ont of the water and general
innd Tor the h'Cu year cudiug June 80,
1870, a. follows! For compensation to the
coroner, Including fees for witnesses and
jurors, for the quarter ending 30th June,
ls6oipayable out ofthr general fund, 5000. As,
was coneurrcd In.
Common Council bill to pay J. o. Gle
phane 81 ,OjO for reporting testimony taken
before the Investigating committee and pro-
curing the extra copies required by the said
committee, and for furnishing stationery,
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Chase, from the Committee on I'm.
provements, reported fayoraby on bills to
grade and gravel Twenty-sixth street west,
TO repair and regravel Pennsylvania avenue,
from First street east to Sixth street east;
to grade Twentythird street west, from q
street north to the canal; to grade North
Capitol street, from d to @ street north,
and to gravel the same from d to q street
northi to grade and gravel II street north,
between Twenty-thlrd and Twenty-fourth
streets wcsti TO trim aud regravel New York
avenue, between Ninth and Thirteenth
streets west; to trim and rcgravel ]. street
north, between Twelfth and Fifteenth
streets west, all of which ware passed.
The special order Of the evening was the
consideration of the bill to rcnumbcr the
houses In the city of Washington, which was,
aiter some discussion, passed.
The bill provides that the numbering of
the houses on the streets designated BY let
tiers shall commence at North and South
Capitol streets; the buildings on the first
squares east and west respectively shall be
numbered from to not exceeding 100; the
second squares 100 to 200, and so on; proyid-
Ing that In all squares broken by fractional
streets the numbers shall correspond with
the fractional increase or decrease of the
dimensions of said squares; that all streets
designated by numerals shall be numbered
In the same manner, commencing at East
n nUNit 1l al nH ~ Al
OF said street west to the Potomac; and the
buildings on all avenues running to and from
the Capitol shall be numbered in like man
ner; aud on all other avenues the number
Ing shall commence at the terminus nearest
one OF the cardinal streets or coordinate line
on which the numbering from the streets
commences the numbering on the first
square Of each avenue to correspond with
the numbers or letters Of the streets Dor
dering said square, and with the numbering of
the buildings upon the streets bordering on
said square. The odd numbers to be on the
right hand side going from the points of COM
menccmeut, and the even numbers on the
left hand, allowing II number for every rs
feet OF unlmprOvel property or Government
reservations, and for every fractional re-
molndcr OF 10 feet OF more, after the division
Of each space by said distance; provided that
OF all squares that have been divided aud
laid out Into building lot, the front feet for
each number shall correspond with the
width Of said lots rcsprctiyclyi and In all
cases of churches, school houses, stables,
manufactures, hotels, public aud other large
buildings, permanent or temporary, mum
Der for every ~ feet Of foltagc shall be as.
sigued. Oth"r sections Of the bill provide
Tor the details Of the mpli Of lctLerlnp-thc
Mayor to ca lsc the nluIbcrb TO be but on
where owners do not attend to 1t, sixty DAYS
after being notified, 49,, ~. Also, that the
number, letter or name of every street and
avenue shall be affixed to the corner build
ing OF every Intersections; the numbering to
be commenced anl completed us soou as
practicable.
Council bill to set CuIb,tOncs and pave the
footways and cutters Or tho east side of
Nineteenth street wet, between Pcnnsylya-
MIA avenue an ! |. street north, was passed.
Mr.. Emery, from the Committee on Claims,
reported fuvnrIb.y the bills for the relief Of
James McGranu, Daniel $. Hardness, l.. +.
Clark, Ephrlum Wheeler, Moses Minister,
Isaac Beers, j. \. Tilbrrr, Chas. Weschko,
Connolly Il E-lin, G"nrg' W. GOOdall, T.
aud \. Schneider, q. W. Phelps, George T.
RObb, DamI,l Connolly. George W. RundIctt,
john Menu, JdstuS X User, Geo. Sorbcck;
all of which were passed.
The BDarl then alJpurncl.
board Of Common Council.