Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-15

shIoh MINI ba c,st ia opposition 10 ms Iotat
,ontain The trnthfni ana appropriate UoFds,
Man iSlsyroa .isrPy' N AZ sivl,ory board OF
snginsers ms BEEN appointed By the Hoard Of
Public works. and m -, the names Of the mSn
~ apa w , -Srn 90 ssS
.nd athsr iannraYamsal, acc hslng sIsoutsi
Win ans aivleo All 4 Of srd adyisory
Answer. An adv,sorv board ofsnsiaser,. COZ.
sisiIn, N Gan al al Nsigs Siaa a A Aun.
petsss asn. o. 4 4. D 1 i Sss<son dsasrsi
j. X Barnes and Fred. Law Oimsteal, esq,
was selected Nv the Hoard Of Public WORKS and
ssVersi consaItallons were held Win them (oT.
eeot Ne OimsteaIl in relation 10 the proi sstgl
improysmenta Inc propossd iinpr5ysrnsnts
were generAliv brou uht 10 their afisntion, hut 4
e.nnd ssy Ihethsr ths wsshinrtsn canal and
Inc Misso1ri-syenus saver vera Al any regular
meeting specially presented Cor their eonslaerA.
Tsnth Interroq ,tory. The number Of labor,r.
In ths employ on me ootpor ,tion and in me en-
ploy Of contfaotors on separation work at the
uns 2. sae iSte slees, s os ,.n,,... \, An.
ploy Of the District government on the n Of
Noyember appsars frSm staten snt accompany.
ing letter o. AT: shepherd q February = Al
sibIs fIr me % say what number we're employsd
bT the eontfaetofs III IL bslIsyed. how ever that
only saoh number vas employed az vas nsoss.
IL may bs sadss that shortly amer The election
ne numbsr employed BY The b,ard was In.
creased This vas In order 10 have the larfost
amount Of work done prior 10 the oommsnoo.
Inent II the Wlntsr weather, -
Eleventh IntsrroE Atoty. IL the various funds
Of the corporation have bsen kept separate and
dlstinct a. required By the "a section Of the act
oil Congress, approved July I, 1870.
Answer, Tho act Of Congress approved JAY
I. 1870, related 70 the onesrs Of the ga corporz
lion Of washinrtOn, which were abolished By
the organic act. The iunds Of the present Ter.
ritofial government have however, been kept
sopar Lts an 4 distinct
fwslfth Intsrrovatory. The amount Of claims
held agalnst the Old corporations Of Washing.
ton, 0sorg stown, the Leyy Court aud the new
District NovsrnmenL By the First National
District, and which 10 IN lde the depository for
corporation funds; giving the rate Of discount
At which said claims were bought
Thlrtesnth IuterruEAtory, The amount Of the
corporation Of Waahlngtou sinking fund that
has been held BY the First National ID ,nk, civ.
Ing the lenHth Of time said bank has held said
deposits aud vheth-r Il has paid interest upon
the same, ami ~ %, how muchf Also, the
amount Of funds belonging 10 the present bis.
tTlct government, now on deposit IN said bank,
and vhether Interest 10 paid upon the sane.
roEatories, dealre 70 say that thoy cali fof
trAnsaetlons Of the First National Bank with
its customeu which ought not, on any showing
yet made BY the memorialists, To DO Inquired
INTO. But 70 prevent misapprehonaion sub
nit herevlth, statements 81 the cashier Of the
bank, MARKED IL" and IN" giving the infOr
nation called for.
os,Ss ~. ,,,iii ~ o,,,., ~ Par
ssts Of INA I,salslatnre nrovidins fos me s.ma
has been hypotheoa ted or sold aud ii %, 10 whom
a nd shat nfn0u NIT