Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-08


Mr.. Hattou submitted the following reso-
lutlonj which was agreed to-
Reiolped, That tho city surveyor DO re-
queated 70 inform this Board At III next regu.
lar meeting whether the abutmenta In Tiber
are sdja,tsd 70 he centre Of said s.Sss,i SIso,
they were located.
Mr.. Hatton presented the following psll-
tloni
Petition 10 he Aidsrmsn and CounciimsA Of he
city Of WashiH0ion, Diffrief Of Colunbfd Your
petitioner would again most respectfully call
your attention to the great and Erowirg evils
10 the mAnaGemcnt Of our public schools and
small part Of the children the advantages OF
the school fund.- second, Of the hardship OF
parents In being obliged TO furnish 90 great :
number OF books. In olden times II child
could master the Webster spelling book and
dAbble to the rule Of three, and could write
only a tolerAble good hand, Il was thought to
be pretty good eduoAtioni and now child 10
required tohAve six or eight books, neither
OF which II can master. and with the SIX or
eight books, as now, the ehildhs body a. well a.
see this evil largely on the increase. Formerly
the sohool-books cost twenty or twenty-five
cents, now the cost for books to q scholar
average at least six dollars year, The quea.
tion should DO asked, are you raising better
man now on six or eight books, than you did
ATTY years ago with one or two books, Again,
10 II fair, Just, or even manly, to keep certain
part OF the children 10 school all the year
round, and keep 4 much larger number out Of
school all the timei Why not grade the schools
and school all the children four months In
year Il IL certainly enough for any Il none ls
good enough for two thirds. IL there not
really waste Of books In the schools every
which 10 hardship to the parent, as well a.
damage TO the ehildt
Aud thirdly, 10 not q reformation demanded
toTs Il sSI s sSos. TsSs as S ssS
never to rest, and 80 far As one can Judge from
their foolish dogmas, and the labor they In.
nist or the intent Mind, soS the ~ they
sake Of q few soAnty ears from . crib they
never do anything 10 all, and who do not APP
Tss,SS to have any more 'S%Psihy in sO IN ,Sa
street. 1t appears strange 10 lockers on why
thinEs are allowed thus to be,
THIS !. said to be progressive sgss ISaasl;
surely In book speculation and impudenoe.
| Certainly reformation should commences In
the school system, II anywhere,
| Respectfully submitted, J. II. MERRILL.
wAsHfSdToE. D. O., March !, 1870.
Mr.. Taylor moved TO refer to the commit.
tee on gas. tLaughterl
Mr.. Boyd moved TO refer to the committee
on the insane hospital. [LAughter.1
Mr.. Hattou. Who la chairman Of that
commlLteel
Mr.. Taylor. DR.. Boyd.
The petition was referred to the commit.
| tee on fubllc SCHOOLS
Mr.. Tlnney introduced bill TO purchase
mathematical instruments for the surveyors
office, aud bill renumbering the houses OF
the city Of Washington. Referred.
Also, bill granting certain privileges TO
| Mrs. ]. NJ. Thompson. Referred.
Tho bill (B. A. authorizing the Mayor
aud fire commissioners to purchase $500
feet OF hose for the use Of the fire depart.
menti Joint resolution aPpropriatlng 800
for the purpose Of graveling Virginia ave
nue., between our.and .a-half and Sixth
streets west, 10 front OF the new engine
house; a bill making au appropriation to
pay the grading and grayellng OF Twenty
first street west, from L street north TO the
boundary; a bill making an additional ap-
propriation for grading and gravellng
Rhcde Island avenue, from Fifteenth 10
Sixteenth streets west; . bill making appro-
priAtions to satisfy sundry Judgments and
claims based upon debts incurred by the cor
poratlon Of Washington prior to July l,
| 1868. Passed.
A number Of Aldermen bills were re.
ferred.
Mr.. slmms introduced bills for the cree
tlon Of lamp posts In the Sixth ward. Re-
| feired.
Mr.. Venable presented the petition Of G.
W. White and others against the bill 10 pave
l street south, from Eighth to Ninth streets
east. Referred.
Mr.. Boyd introduced bill for the relief q
James Brady. Referred. -
Also. a Joint reselt,fiision appropriatlng
sS,0S0o. tCr ne fsilef OF the poor, to be dis
TGursed by the Mayor aud the association for
the improvement Of the poor. Passed.
Mr.. Williams submitted the following res
olution which was adopted
RsIolpsd. That committee OF I've members
| Of this Board be appointed to examine all the
| sewers now In course Of construction, and re-
| port to this Board whether they are being con
| atructed according to the printed speclhca-
tlOuG, and, II not, what legislation 10 nesessA.
| ~ to have the sewers built according to law
| tee be, and they arc hereby, authorized TO
send for persons and papers.
The presiding officer (Mr. Venable) ap.
pointed MessrI. Williams, Thompson, Beall,
Piper and Mcknight as the committee.
Mr.. Williams introduced q Joint resolution
! snsPsnding the act entItlsd IAN act to lay
water main In Eighth street west, between
D and Z streets south" Passed.
Also, q bill TO trim and gravel II street
south, between Four-and-a-half and Seventh
streets west, Referred.
Mr.. Holmes, from the Committee on
Wharyes, reported Joint resolution In re-
latlon to wharf sites on the Potomac river.
Passed.
Mr.. Burgess moved to proceed to :he con-
slderatlon OF the resolutions submitted by
him on last Monday evening.
Mr.. Taylor moved to adjourn which was
not agreed to.
The motion of Mr.. Burgess was agreed to,
and he submitted the following additional
resolution to those printed In the RErUBLT'
| CAN last Tuesday,
RsSoIpsd, That while the foregoing TeSolu-
| tions express our We've 10 relation to the ter
| FltoFiNl question, that We are willing that the
| question be submitted to the qualified voters
| OF the District at = special election, when Its
consideration will be uninnueneed by any
other question, and when full and fair vote
eau be hAd Ia relation thereto, and that we re-
respectfully but eATneatly request Co siess,
In the event OF It's PNuslns a tsrTpc - By. to
make lite operations Of going into effect De.
| pendent upon vote OF the people at special
election,
After debate until 1888 this morning Mr..
Gaines submitted tho following as a substl-
tutei
Be II rstolrsd, That Congress be respectfully
requested to authorize the people OF this city
| to decide the question Of a territorial form OF
government by ballot at a special election to
be held on the nIst Monday In October, 1870.
The substitute Of Mr.. Gaines was adopted,
and the resolution, as amended, was adopted
by the following vote:
| Yeas Messrs. BeAll, Browne, Burgess,
| Gaines, HattOn, Holmes, Mcknight, Nutter,
":per, Simms, Taylor, Tinney, Venabie, and
tho PreSident-2d,
| Nhgh-"ts bo1u-l'
And at one O'Clock, a. m, this morning
the Board adjourned.
GRoRGETowS CoUNCILs.-Last night the
newly elected members Of the Board Of Al.
deTmen and Board OF Common Council met
In their respective chambers In the custom.
house building, pursuant TO law, for the
purpose Of Giecting an organization.
At $50 o'clock the Joint boards were
called to order by the Recorder, (Hugh Ca.
pertou, esq. } 10 the chamber Of the Board
OF Common Council, when the certificates
Of election were presented, and the members
took the oath Of office, which was admins.
tered by Justice N. V. Buckley.
The Recorder then declared the Joint con.
vention dissolved, when, on motion Of Mr..
Collins, A. N. GangeWer was appointed
temporary chairman.
The Board being called to order, on mo-
tlon Of Mr.. Collins, Mr.. George W. Beall was
declared permanent President Of the Board
for the ensuing term.
Mr.. /. L. PRrkhurst was elected secretary.
Friday evening was fIed upon as the time
Of meeting each week.