Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-24
AIeERhdFIa Affairs.
The Alexandra Gassiis Of Yesterday ave

lne Alehhnufa oassHt OF yesterday eve
ming has the following, ..'H
Ar TINS sENI MONTHLY MEEriNa Of the
Councils ls.t hight Mt. Turner offered re.o.
chairman, whose duty II shall Be- 10 examias
and report to this Council the humber on rail-.
road sS@psSlso S.iI ne street, o 5an.
personal property owned By such rAlltoad
eompanlsil and the amount Of taxes paid BY
said RAILROAD eompAale. TO the city corpora
tionn which being again read At the request
Of Mr.. Martin, that gentleman asked why the
city ASSESSORS did not do what the resolution
wanted a speslal eommitiee 70 do. lia special
sess railroad property, why not make gene.
raj reAsseasmsnt1 For his part, he thought
AgenetAi reAsse,sment ought TO be made. rhs
assessors were In duty bound to Asnsaa pro.
petly railroad As well as other sorts Of pro-
MI. Turner said he wa, much surprised q
and Washington railroad paid no corporation
tax. When the subject OF Imposing tax Of
one cent for oseh passenger carried oVat thi.
the msAsurej but he did not know thst the
railtoAd was 90 favored that II paid 90 city
tax. There seemed to have been . neglect on
the part OF the assessors to do their duty IN
this particular. TaEation should be made to
conform to the new oopatltution, and there
was eettAinly somethlng wrong Ia Asystsm by
from taxation, while upon slmuaT, properly Of
others the taxes we're collected. ..
Mr.. Martin said that u the Eenlleman would
sxsmiae The subject Thoroughly, he thought
Mr.. Turner said that he had obtalnod HIS 10.
formation from Mfr. Stevens.
| The debate WAS eontinusd for q quarter OF
| m hour longer by Messra. Turner, Baker, and
Harmon 10 favor OF the resolution, and Mesara,
| shirley and Martin 10 opposition to II, Mr.
Shirley stAting that the reason the road was
not taxed was that none Of the only ptopertJ
! II possessed, Its rolling stock, was stationary
| IN the oilyI When II was adopted, and MesaTs
Turner, baker, Harmon And Marlin Appointsd
! under II,
THu three story brick dwelling on the north
| weat corner Of fsirfaN aud Duke streets, be-
Longing 10 Mr.. h. b. Dowaham, has been sold
! to Mr.. James Mclean for 1000,
TVS two story framed house Of Mr. W. II
Barley, on TIE north side Of cameron street
sstNssn Ply, and 81 As.Pa; has beea sold Il
AMAs was sees to climb the fsnee OF the 10
90 WAshingtou street. adIolninE the liver,
stable Of Mt. LeGE, and attempt to enter oD'
ofthe windows on tho north side Of that sta
Gutmised that he wsS bent on mischief,
yopuE man who had been watching him .ho
At him several timei with q revolver. Tbs
reports ofths platol soos attracted = crowd :,
tho locality, And a Thorough search was mad
! for the supposed tneendiary, but he had mys
trriouily disappeared and could not he found
" WAS rILD and pleasant early thls morn
noTthws,t about 4 O'Clock, and IL turned cool
! and soon after cloudy, and there was = spit o.
snow about l71o O'clock. The streets wer
dlsNgreeAble in oonssqusnee o. the clouds o
walls duripE the day. ry.r Hr0 20. l10
Tpu IynohburE train cane 10 crowded iaa
night. II contained larger number Of pas
seusors than has atrivsd here for month"; past
FegIH yisu sontinus to arrive .lowly W n,
| smAlI cargo. They come In punches and sci
| hiEh-the price ranging from 10 70 - cents pc
| busch.