Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-26
The AIuesiuct Bridge .

Editor EreRing Star: Please allow me through
known to the people of Washington and George
town the ungenerous and selfish course pursued
by the aquedrct bridge company, owning the
Georgetown, as shown by their conduct on deco
ratien day. Instead OF reducing the enor-
nous tolls usually charged, they increased them
TO the extreme limits of the amount allowed by
their unjust charter, making All addition OF IS
per cent. to their usual tolls, which are at least
fifty per cent. higher than should have been
permitted in their charter and no doubt las the
writer has good reasons TO believe) at least
double the amount they expected to be allowed
by Their Charter to take from the travelling pub
&c, as Congress allowed them all they had the
face TO ask for, in consequence of no one OBJ
jecting when they applied for their charter,
while they expected il to be cut down at least
one-half. 1t was reasonable TO expect that
on the day that has become a national holiday,
when many thousands of their fellow country
men make their annual visit TO decorate the
graves OF the thousands OF the nations heroes
that sleep their last sleep in the national GEM
et6Ty at Arlin gtOn, that this company, who have
already received, it is believed, several times
their original investment for the superstructu.e
over the canal aqueduct of the roadway, should
have thrown open their bridge free on that day,
as did the turnpike company owning the turn
pike leading to Arlington II ON the Long bridge,
and more especially as the splendid stone piers
upon which this bridge is built were made with
loan of 5000, 600 from the United States govern
ment some thirty-seven years ago, and upon
which not one cent of principal or interest has
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will at its next session insist that this company
shall, in consideration for this enormous loan,
amounting now, with the interest added, to
about one million dollars, maintain henceforth
free bridge. y. Il.
FIRE AND ACCIDRNT.-Yesterday morning,
about 11.30 O'Clock, an alarm was turned in
from box %, for fire in a frame house on 9th
street, near Boundary, which was eStingushed
before the arrival of the department, with only
a tTifing loss. No. hose carriage, driven by
NJ. Joseph Parrish, foreman OF the company,
in turning the corner of 7th and NJ streets, was
upset, throwing several of the men into the
street, injuring none but the foreman, who was
badly cut about the arms and otherwise bruised.
He was taken into the drug store of Mr.. Cassin,
who kindly furnished bandages and medicines.
Chief Engineer Cronin carried the injured man
to his residence, on the corner of 10Th and M
streets.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES FOR ALLEGED MALL
CIoUs ARRRsT.-To-day Mr.. Michael Thomp-
son entered a suit for Clinton Rice against Ed
ward W. Hale, "for falsely, maliciously, and
without reasonable or proper cause" appearing
before Luther G. Dawson and making COM
| plant, charging him (Rice) with having on
August 10th, 1872, feloniously and falsely
| counterfeited and uttered es true the name of
j. X. Lewis on q certain Treasury draft, upon
which complaint a warrant was granted, and he
| (Rice) was arrested, but subsequently dismissed.
Damages were laid at $50 600.
| ABATK THIS NuIsAsoE.-The police cannot
| do a better work in a small way than to arrest
| all boys found with India rubber sings or snap
/ guns, as they are varlously called. Unless
1 something is done at once to stop thar use ALI