Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-31


at six per cent, a. Il would be 10 noat big
stone IN a mill-pondt
Mayor Bowen. The porporatlon bill does
dcsignate 10 what use that portion OF the
building shall be devoted. Ceftainiy the ldes
Of hotel was never contemplated, and II that
section had been printed a. he saw II had been
BY 40 examlnauon Of the bill, II should We
stricken out, as y wac not Intended that II
should be part Of the bill.
Mt. Parsons, Whist do you propose TO do
with such an Immense structure
Mayor Bowen, when the building IL com
pleted We can very soon settle that question.
would state that the gentleman construes
that portion Of the blli according TO his own
y,sSs Ihs elll provides that the exterior 81
TO that proposed BY the eompany.
Mr.. Parsons then said that the Mayor had
apRr9piiated the best features Of his bin aud
Mayor Bowen. was not aware before that
u was Dol. Parsons bill.
MI P,r.ons, Neither Ia ~ my bill per;
speak Of 10 a. ny BILL. II II suits my friend
the Mayor, will call q our bill He said, In
eonelusion, that twas for Congress to decide
avenue should be imptoved And beAutined by
a stately structure Or one that would com.
pare fsvetably with the great public buildings
our people were TO be tantsiiasd with great
expectations, aud generations follow them
without relaiiIlnE che great need OF washing
ton city at the present tlme.
Nh. RIDDLn nHJoiNa
Mr.. Riddle, In reply, said u was not pro.
nosed TO make his building exclusively q
mArket.house, and he did NOT IropoSe TO allow
the gentleman TO mlaatate' hla Views, what
they insisted unon was, that the irst noor
should be devoted exclusively 10 market puI.
poses. The selfish Interest o. the butchers de-
handed that, and what they did with the
supetslfuoturo was Aliogo 9th 81 mother matter
Would not have L Known TIA, tSsrs was Z" =
M, .I5ls n ,hs city o. wa'hLnEtSn
DIAL and Mes that Wouldn't shoe" was 10.
oonqperable, aud II did not concern hin
whether the buaipean portion OF the com.
were Accommodated or not
The grand hotel, the boot and ahos storra,
dry goods, mllllnery and haberdahher eAtAb.
llahmenta, 10 fact, everything except what be-
longs about a markethouse was not ohjeo.
tionAblo to the previous speaker. Ha hoped
the committee would bear In mind that the
s,sss .ps ,Sss 90. sSs
most Interested In the building were those
who expected to transact and okrry on bust.
ness within iA walls. 49,.
some Of the speakers, said that the eorpota-
tors hsd aimed entirely to auit the wishes OF
all classes, II vas not q mAttor Of apeeulA.
tion, but grand improvement, In which all
were interested. The cofporatorl had lsbored
most strenuously for the passage OF tn q bill In
the Honse, and for some reason, mystery TO
S% from sSs
had come twelve months ago. strange TO say,
the Councils OF Warrington wero then AZ
unanimously 10 favor OF the project a. they
are now opposed to u, and that, too, with the
approval Of the Mayor.
Mr. Bowen. That was a different Council,
however, from the present.
Mr.. stanton, But the aAme Mayor.
Mr.. rArdon. Let me ask the aentlemAn if
no would be willing TO have hig bill so
amended as to submit the question TO the
people at the next general election whether
the ei1V the should bmiil the
Mt. stanton, II Congress, !, willing to sub
OF Washington, Of course we would have to
kS 10 The seIEseeking Of the eorporAiots, II
was quite apparent that no butcher, were
through Mr., Riddle thst they propose to hold
the stalls In perpotulty. The corporation
should incur the expense Of building the m Sr.
ket-houae and then allow them to use the
stalls AZ they pleAaei and TO accommodate
them in this matter they would have the
corporation iasue Its bonds to the amount Of
= million OF dollars and virtually get nothing
MI. Pardon. Would II not be better for the
corporation TO issue bonds and own the prop
erty than to surrender the franchise to prl.
Would II not be better that the corporation
bonds should be worth ONLY atty cents on the
dollar than to loose this source Of revenuei
Mr.. stanton said he would no longer tax the
patience OF tue committee, for they were, no
doubt, WeAtied with the details.
Mayor Bowen. / would like to have the
gentleman tell me under the provisions OF his
bill what would be done 10 case the books
were opened, and some one perton should
stand ready TO subscribe for all the stoeki
Mr.. Stanton. Mayor Bowen would have
equal opportunities With the rest
Mayor Bowen. But that does not answer
my question. No doubt would be permitted
to subscribe II l was the urst person GU hand
but docS not the gentleman know that tho
provisions OF the eOmpAny's bill allows \
ltuEle person to absorb the entire stock II
siSSds rsaSy G u sSS.oriSs nc eStpe e Sm5S6
Mr., stanton. That Is news to me, for have
heard nothing Of ". expect to subscribe for
m much Of the stock as Gao pay for, and |
suppose Mayor Bowen can do the same.
twas intlmAted that Alderman Connolly
would like to say Eomethlng on the question Il
the committee would indulge him.
MR. CoNroLLY's REMARKS,
Mr.. Connolly said that was a mistake. He
had no such dosirei but since he had been
called upon he would explain that he came
s 1ss5s .S Hs SSsRSs Gs 70 PS SS
40 he had been anticipated In that by Mayor
Bowen that portion Of his duty had ceased. II
that he was one OF the eofporators named in
the bill. ........ E.r0 ...
The Views enunelAted by them were Adyo-
Gated By the speaker many years ago, and he
had lAbored 70 impress upon the citizens OF
Washington the impo rtanee of erecting q suit.
able mafket-house. But the proposition did
not seem to hnd supporters theD, and OF
10 response to tho question which plan he
now favored, Mr.. Connolly declined, for the
reason nfst stated, TO express an opinion.
believed, to represent The corporation, and
the committee could understand the position
In which he was placed. ....
Col. Pitcher advocated the construction OF
the mAfket.houae by the corporation.
senator Morrill,. Who does the gentleman
for what party does he ,apPeAri
Dol Piteher., Nooue ia particular. lie had
expected to live here for ten Year, TO come.
II the committee would indulge him he would
brieny state his views.
Gents himself We will hear what no has to
&r. Pitcher then gave bis reason why the
eorpoIaiion should be allowed to erect the
Senator NORTH. ! presume thea that the
The question arose during the evening re.
gArding the specifications .ir Tho bill 81 1t
passed the House In reference TO the manner
In which the building should be constructed.
MI IoBAngus explained that the speoin-
Committee on the District Of Columbia, and
that he had intended to have submitted them
to this committee for EXAMINATION, which he
Senator Morrill, i presume that tire com
mittee will favor some pisa for 4 market.
house, and Il 10 their desire to hArmoni1e the
wants Of all. But suppoaing. gentle men, We
fall In this aud Congress should make an APP
and build II, would you take II on
theiI hands Would you consent TO ratne
Dislntsrostsd specialization one, would
not.
senator Morrill,. some one objeetG Well,
gentlemen, we will examine the plans sub.
mltted. .... ."..# .#I|. -. ....
Al 10 o'clock tho hearing ceased, and the
liHefent plans and drawings wero left In she
for the Inspection OF the
members Of the committee. sN .f-
The members OF the committee appeared 10
take great deal OF interest In the subject,
and whatever may be their yieWa regarding
the dlnerent plans, they are unanimously
agreed that a new mAfkst-house IL sAdly
needed. -75- Ivy
LOCAL BREvITIEs.-The chief engineer OF
he nrc department has received 1000 feet OF
leather hose from Gates 4 son, 81 Lowell,
Massachusetts, which has been placed 10
ohATge Of Engine Company No. 4, Thih 10 the
the department.
Catherine Ragau was arrested and com
mitted TO Jail on Tuesday for assault and bat
terry on her husband, Patrick RagAn.
Private Thomas DOlAn, company X, 9Th
United States cavalry, has been assigned 70
duty Aa messenger at the Executive Mansion.
OticeTg Peastef, Brown, White and LAWYER,
on Tuesday night, paid an oilelAl visit 10 q
house near the depot and arrested Sarah Sulll-
van, the pTOprietress, aud sally BFowh and
Rachel Scott, eoloFed, the former eh Arged with