Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-09
STEWART Va. CRANE.
The COmmittee Attempt q Meeting-A
Ftzzle

Aldermen Stewart and Slater, two members
of the committee to investigate the official con-
duct Of j. H. Crane Is Commissioner OF the
Fourth Ward under Mr.. Bowen, met at the
City Hall last night, Alderman Shepherd, the
ex-Commissioner of the First Ward, secretary
OF the committee. The meeting was called at
O'Clock, but even at O'Clock there was no one
ST. hsnd tSe1 Then came
Stewart Still no signs Of q meeting. Then
comes MIR. Crane from the meeting of the Water
Board near by. He inquiries If there is going to
Alderman Slater replies, "Well, 1 don't know;
do you, Mr.. Stewart" The latter seems mum,
and then after talk over the election pros
mentioned parties And the two reporters, Are
you going to have a meeting 2" and really the
only one present anxious for q meeting Of the
said he did not believe Mayor Bowen nor Mr.
O'DOnohue either would be on the witness stand
Is expected tonight; In fact, he didn't think
the committee wanted him (Crane) there either,
as they had fixed the meeting night on the only
night of the week 1t was incOnvenient for him
to attend, being the regular meeting night Of
the Water Board, as he had informed them.
They wouldn't postpone it, however, and still
look at 1t; they wouldn't meet. Ii it hadn't
been from what fell from his own lips; there
never would have been any talk about this mat
contractor for which was Mr.. ODonohue, who
one day told him that he was going to slight the
work to the tune Of 81 200, which ne proposed to
Bliss, the superintendent, and he (CraneJ the
commissioner. That story Crane at once told
to Mr. Bliss. He in turn told it to Mayor Bowen,
and tried to persuade him to say that he (Crane)
had agreed to accept the money. which O'DonO-
hue positively refused to do. The contractors
attempted to evade the terms Of the contract in
every particular, and refused to keep open the
one hundred feet; tried TO use salmon instead of
,,ard brick, and iron traps costing 500 instead Of
the pattern agreed on, costing $50. When in
they informed him. that Mr.. Donegan
said it would be all right. They had progressed
far enough to have laid two traps, and in passing
ones; he at once informed them that they should
not use them; they said that Mr.. Donegan had
agreed they should use them, and they would;
ne G5sns Insisted they should not that the
the War Department; then o. DonOhue explained
to him that all the castings for the traps were
made, and unless used would be a loss to them
OF over $500; II he would not say anything about
they would give him 1900. This offer he had
refused at once, and the traps as called for by
the contract were used. That was the only at
or his partner, Costello. He (Crane) even re-
monstrated with Donegan who said these were
the same traps as called for, when he immedi-
Department and showed him to the contrary.
The contractor made an attempt also to lay the
sewer with one course of brick instead Of two as
called cal I for; But anyhow he'd just like to see
stand: Neither Of them appearing those present
Tin all fivej dispersed.
TIE AVENUE PAvEMRrr-Proore,s of N,
Work.-The work Of laying the wooden pave
ment on the Avenue is now we'll under way on
all the sections except the third, between 9th
Is to be put down, and Mr.. Brown, the attorney
for the Robbins 8 Co., states that the first lot Of
the sections-the blocks being keyed to a board
tvinh in vufd ~ ha,n
and the work of laying on that section
Miller pavsment-on the frst section. from
they have laid something over one square, north
OF the track; the Follansbee pavement, con-
tracted for by Messrs. Linville s. Evans, is being
laid very rapidly by Mr.. Albert Gleason, who
has the sub-contract, the square between 18th
and 18th, north Of the track, being about com
pleted, and they have now commenced at 18th
street, and are working eastward On the Stowe
for by Mr.. Lewis Clephane, work has been
commenced, and, with the force employed,
Will be finished as soon as those on some Of the
other sections.
MEDICAL.-A regular stated meeting Of the
association class Of 1870, Medical Department
Georgetown College, was held at tho college
building, corner Of 10th and + streets. Besides
the usual business, an interesting discussion
ensued as to the therapeutical action of certain
medicines topically applied in surgical diseases,
and the conclusion was arrived at, that progress
has been and is being made by the profession in
this direction, as many diseases heretofore
obscure are now readily diagnosticated and sue
cessfully treated.
SALE OF AN INTEREST In THE NATIONAL
HOTKL.-The interest of John withers, de-
ceased, in the National Hotel, being twenty out
OF three huntaed and fifteen undivided parts of
the improved lots in square I491, known as the
National Hotel, was yesterday sold at auction,
by Green s Williams, to j. g. Mcclure, Esq,
for 81 900.
PATENTR lssUED.-The following patents
were issued to citizens OF the District of Co
lumbia for the week ending November 8, 1870,
and bearing that date:-Pad and trunk lock
Andy M. Adams; preserving meat fish, oys-
tiers, &c, Julius +. Dotch; apparatus tor parlor
croquet, Albert p. Eastman.