Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-20
The Center Market investigation.

EScl.jroiiCH q tts Books Of the Company.
The Committee Or the judiciary of the House
o. ''i, gate 20 who m was referred the consider
aii'u ~ ilt Te-oiut on 81 inquiry into the opera
ti'N> Ct the Make f-EOu~c COMPANY appointed
Mr: Davis Subcommittee TO perform the pre-
lniTaIy duty Of exam. ming the accounts of tha
company ard hearing testimony i'm relation 70
The chang Of Violation OF charter pref,.TTcd
against th'm, ard he commenced Yesterday.
There Beng present N j. OTdwav, ON TN, mart
OF the CONF any; Adolf CluSs the architect. and
Ny 'arr"1- who appeared on the mart ~ the
b1sSh,Is Who occupy stalls in the market
t0ngrtsss and wished to know if the Legislature
had
TIE RIGHT or INVESTIGATION
possessed l,y Thar body.
Mr. Davis Considered Conrress boa o,,.o--. :,
On TIE Legislature the powers possessed by II ON
81 matters affecting the District. subject 10 an
7roVal or such modification as might he deemed
necessary.
Dir. Crdvay said that after the burning of the
GU mari dollhouse Congress had passed n resoIu
uoh authorizing the company to erect tempo
t IA! sheds jyT the use Of the dealers for which
Ivy were TO charge them such rent a. would
tttdEc the company from loss lie had made
an assessment ON zach according to the space
3ccupied, and the aggregate would only amount
10
4 FAIR TNEEEEsT ON THE MONEY EXPENDED.
making allowance for the reduction in yalue of
the mat rial used when it came to be turned to
ECmc other purposes.
M. OI6vav ,hen produced the assessment
book. and explained the manner in which the
amount " rent was regulated. He said that
every dealer had signed an agreement binding
himse u TO Give - the place when required by
The company. He said many stalls had been un-
occupied. and then explained the tolls charged
the petty dealers.
Mr.. Carroll said those latter charges were con-
ual! 10 ~. lie said the charter gave the COM
Ian the right TO buy out the interests Of the
ds aftTs in nat property they had erected in the
market, and before il was burned many of them
had valuable interests there.
Mr.. Ordvay regretted the loss of the dealers
by the fire, but he did not think many Of them
had valuable buildings. The company were not
had done 80 for the accommodation of the deal
tTs and the public. They had erdeavored TO act
fair toward all, and were delayed in their opera
tons by doing
MT. OTdway then submitted 10 Mr. Davis the
GOOKs OF THE COMPANY,
from which il appeared that the receipts for
rcntfTCm ! a,ruary to Nav amounted TO SII 0E3 H.
and the expenditures, exclusive of payments 20
The city OF SlGCtJ, were S3,S0l.03.
MIR. OruWay said the company had brought
into the city about $4,000, and they will soon
have expended quarter OF a million of dollars
They had large contracts for building that will
require them TO make an additional aSsessme mt
On their capital stock Their expenditures will
he from their stock and no dollar of income from
Ient has been expended for building. He then
TUE CHANGE OF PLAN
from That originally proposed in erecting a one
story structure for the market, which is COM
planned of as a violation of the charter. They
had done 50 on the authority of the commission
appointed by Congress for that purpose. lie had
gone 10 New York and other cities. in company
with Mir. CluSS, To examine the buildings in use
and get Information about the Kind most approved
by competent judges. They both came back
convinced that the plan determined on was the
best. This WAS approved by Mr. Merrill, OF the
Senate, and the other members of the commits
sion- The Investigation will be continued.
To-day :.
Mr.. y. G.. Ordway appeared this afternoon
and submitted other books and papers of the
company for examination. No formal examina-
fon Was made, however, and will not he, until
zone OF the maj kCtmCn. who have been sum-
nOned, appear and give their testimony.