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

2 4 law, and the present rate OF taxation remAin
: | stationaryt' 49,
Taxation from ground-oI = value Of
ESQ.,, OOO-A o. 20 per hundred. .,,....., 100
Taxation from improvcments-say $780,. 80
License for upper stories Of front build. :.
Iissgn:: from TWENTY-FIVE store sboai loo
... tSo, 90
All the above l. In addition to the ileeniei
for market people which will be levied By tn,
| corporations hereafter Aa before,
Mr.. stanton, In conclusion, said, tho GROUND
| we take in reference to the matter 10 that The
corporation IL not ehieisnt to carry out the
| plan proposed, and after years OF effort have
accomplished nothing, and are not likely "a
Is6ofsd diliisentiy 10 secure the passage
Of the bill, and u 10 not until after the project
ls fairly started aud likely - succeed, thai
/ comes 10 to prevent the eonsummAtion Of the
| scheme started by private enterprise. what
are the corporation bonds worth now, and
| was permitted TO put on the market another
| miiliobt They would not be worth ATTY cents
| on the dollar, and even now they do not com
mand much more than sevontV.hve cents on
| the dollar
me figures and facts submitted here show
that the public will lose nothing u the eofpor.
AtoTs are permitted to erect the building pro-
posed and experience proves that private
| companies are better capable Of carrying out
such designs than corporations are. Fhe re.
4
shove how many iaenseiuai attempis have
been made TO carry out great sehe mes, and
how they have Az, si6nIlly failed.
tles deslTous OF appearing on behalf Of the
MI stanton. My friend (ColonOl ParsousI
will no doubt have something TO say, and
Judge Hughes, who will appear ia behalf Of
$ senstJT MoiI,!l. Do you appear Mr.. Stan.
MFR. stanton. 1have the honor to represent
the cofporatoIs As one Of their number, hut do
not appear 10 the capacity OF attorney, that 10,
I am not paid for my services here.
Mr. morrill,. I merely wished TO know, 10
order to upderstAnd the relative position OF
the speakers on the question.
House bill. lie said that when the project
was nttbtarted his name had been solicited As
one Of the corporators. Believing that the city
needed the Improvement, but deSlrous OF see.
| log Gil parties harmonlEe, he did not deem ~
| Just to allow his name to appear when there
were go many eltizena willing TO accept the
| honor. He examined the measure with great
| care, and finding that Mayor Bowen approved
/ the plan he gave II his unqualified support
He endorsed the views OF Nj. stanton, ADD did
not believe the corporation of Washington
| could dispose OF their bonds even u they were
granted authority to Issue them for a market.
| house.
MI. stanton stated that the Indebtedness Of
| the corporation at the present time was over
| t2,Ooo,0 900, And from It's present management
was lkely 70 oe psepel iavoltel; What would
| Mayor Bowen. Your figures are slightly
out OF the way. The debt IL not that large
Mr.. Stanton. The Mayer can correct me
/ Judge Hughes said he appeared on behalf Of
/ the corporations to state their views, and give
ST'ehy ne T Tsasp .hs ssn e ns 0
| sidered by the Senate. Hts understanding oil
the bill was that It embodied substantially
the same plans as were so ny, In the Que
There was third bill TO eonstrueta market
house aeeotdinE to plans proposed BY n,
Tar as he had been able to learn, the bill
| already passed by the House was preferred b.
the citizens to Any other. The question was
the corporAtoTs or by the eityi whether
private enterprise should be permitted I,
supply a want long felt by the community, o.
whether the citizens be taxed u 900 900 to pal
for that convenience, and have the make
glutted with corporation bonds.
He Understood the opposition originally
aveuuei but all Jlrsrenees had been recon,
eiIed, and the objections urged on account Of
| the manner In which the building was to be
constructed had been removed.
When IL was proposed to form this company
Snsso ~ Ra%sS SnS sS s9es ws e.
should designate the name Of a certain mum
Der to represent the corporation. After a free
the number would be equitable, and accord
| ingly the namea Of Henfy ID. Cooke, W. b
Todd, b. y. french, john n. ElTAns aud T, u
Connolly were substituted for the names oil
ave gentlemen previously on the bill. Ofthai
number he noticed one present, Mr. Connolly
he did not know why opposition had been
especially when Il was understood lat Mayor
| Bowen fully Aeeeded to the plan as proposed
| in the House bill
| GDDRRss OF HAYoR BOWEN.
| Mayor Bowen next addressed tho commit
tee. He said he did not appear As an Ind.
viduNl, but as Mayor Of Washington, At the
request and under the Instructions OF the City
Councils. He came 10 present their wishes In
regard to securing the site for the market
houIe which the operation proposed TO build,
lie then submitted resolutions adopted by the
Councils, protesting agAinIt the transfer Of
the franchise to private company.
Mayor Bowen then reviewed and explained
aud wherein they dlfrersd from those IN the
eoTpoTAtors' bill. He next took up the bill OF
the eoTPoIators, aud criticised y BY sections
| to accept the franchise OF the Centre-mAtket
| ground, but were very careful TO specify that
| only hne articles should be sold there, while
| hay, wood, and other material usually sold 10
the market space must be disposed Of else
| where.
thing LEFT entirely to the corporation to ar.
Mayor Boweu. Just sol Tha-e5F5oTstIon
can take care o. ne has-And wood, while the
eotporatofs eploY Tie benefit Of market rents,
and have eSsldsiVs jurisdiction over the prop
i-7sJudge Hughes said that there were features
| Ia the corporation bill Inconsistent with ex-
| iatlng corporation laws.
Mayor Bowen. did not know that. hut II
/ It IL so, the bill can be amended In that par
| ueulAr He did not believe In granting to pTi.
/ yRte companies such Unlimited authority as
| the bill proposed In his experience he had
learned That such power Was never sought
before the bill was passed by the Senate II
| should DO amended In many ways For In
stance oSe section allowed Any person pres,
| subscription to subscribe for the whole
amount OF stock, provided the neceHsary cash
was put down 20 secure the subscription, lie
cOBtended the books should be opened to all e,
aud such advantages stricken out Of the ball
Another section gave the company the pur-
chase for ninety,nihe yesrs, which was an ex-
the main features Of the bill Why pFiyl.
lege as valuable TO the city as to q private
company should be delegated ioF that length
The next Objectionable feature was the
amount stipulated to be paid for this fran
chlSe, Wis $4,000 per year. Was that = just
slowed BY the bill
Mayor Bowen then said the income from the
Centre-maTket this year would be not lees
incurred Ia making extensive repairs, and the
net income would be about t3O,O00, He stated
that these Improvement would last for many
CURED for some time TO come. One OF the
reasons why the income had not been larger
tOf many years was tnAt me OccupAnta OF
stalls expected yearly that = better market
building would be erected. such q structure
As the city needed would doubtless have been
put up at the beginning OF the war but the
troubles at that time checked the ente rpFise.
Again, In 1904, the corporation was progress
log with the foundation OF the new bulldog
when Congress inteTfeTed.
10 reply to the remarks Of MIR. OluaB, he
would say that he did not see why he should
come here add yilllfy the corporation As he
hAt done tonight In the paper read by Mr.
stanton. lie hardly knew how TO speak OF
such conduct, but the lightest manner OF al.
ludlng to It would be to call 1t aoAndAlous.
WhatTlght had he to soAndAlize the city whose
pet he had been and whose purse was filled
with corporation pap. lie had been consulted
on all occasions, he had been treated In the
klndest manner, and for him to speak OF the
city and It's officials ~ he has done was truly
scandalOus. IL was matter Of establishment
lie had been paid large sums OF money for ser.
vices rendered, and he must repeat that for
him to come before the committee and attempt
to prejudice the corporation that had nOuT-
ished him was simply BeAndalouG.
MI uluss, lnteTruptng' AZ long a. Mr.,
Bowen has been mayor have not received
one cent for work done under his Admlniatra-
tion, and the corporation was now In his debt
for work dOne during the whole OF his term.
Mr.. Bowen continued with the statement
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