Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-14


dsmsgss akd bsnt fits caused by sue I'm ements.
50 thai tho who are ipur-d may be c0mp-a.atsd,
S-eh prevtson. are made in most ii act an ether
ofiee. There ID manifest injustice in repairing
eT sesT sSs
while those who are benefited permitre eaJsy
deDse befor. ,hs committee THAI he local L ssia-
tire ofte District did pass act intended to cure
The came was fosnd detective. me cemmittee rec.
ommsnd that such Law as is above suggested be en-
There Was also much evidence offered i. regard to
the expenditure on the 7Lh stree, road. This rosi
boundary and into Maryisnd. At times its con
dtiSn Was almost impss.abls The testimony i.
large number Of Witnesses. The COMMITTEES ara Of
sSe iS ON ss,i. Of al Of the evidence thai
pITSperly ne,fcrmed and At reasonable expense:
mittee on the Tiber creek sewer 1t was claimed bv
ne memt lists hat il insufcient to carry CT
ey and the pcc paid tho mas
CANT. q large number OF witnesses, some Of them
review of the e' idesce the committee And that the
sewer has the same capacity the sewer built by
which has been amply sufficient 10 discharge the
water: that the amount paid for It's construction
paid the contractors who built the sewer thrp aeh
.ne botshlsai Gardens The prepondersnce o, the
cient size and of such capacity fully warraas ia
constructi'n. and the work WAS most substantially
The memorslsts claiye,l, and offered CIV deuce 70
bih " 'ha1 tue SLASH run sewer was imperfe-tly
Constructed that portions of II fell in. The M
mittee upon an examination Of the testimony, find
that small portion of SAID sewer did fall in, or W
cro~oed IN BY large emhankm falling against
the wall, but that the contractors were required a.
mIit.e of the opinion shat The work, taken as
Whole, wss done that prope' msterf-l was used
the purposes for which il was built
Much evider ce WAS submitted to the committee on
The nemorialists cae tia, thew were t xerT ~
f,ctve, and that the cost OF constructing them was
mony however, OF all petent persons wa that
no COED wood OF concrete pavements be laid for
other cities generally exceeding that sum The
C m9ittee were not able to find that the ,ard
isld Tor less than the prices paid by them, which
WAS three dollars or three dollars and twenty cents
depth With regard to the defects hat were proved
10 eSs ~ some CT the Paysm. nts it is to be ob.er
tempting to lay them in bad weather; but II does
ons laid inferior M,aS Of ,h ln'd do
were the esut Of defects in the alton be-
ise ment and all are to be rem.ded by the
bono ~ every case to keep the paw ements in good
The committee do not undertake to decide how far
tbs Se IN city OF this size, when
concrete pavtmtnts. II NAV be that the wiser
c ci te pu,sse would be- after the heart Of the
and avenues, either Belgian, macadsmized, or
Concrete or wooden pavements. and all new pave
mepts are someH hat exper mental, and will be for
years to come. Time and careful observation alone
can determine their relative value or the vision of
their adoption.
The original r,ap of the city, with its wide street,
upon them reserved to the United States to be- kent
open forever for the pub to such uses only
prorriety and the ginal intention of The
General Government bearing a proportion OF The
.lan adopted because it was 10 be the capital OF
the Re rublie, and tia. it might be adequate the
phetic vision, the Father q the Country saw and
sss meG to comprehend would be Represented here.
the United States has reserved to itself and still
holds So large proportion of the real estate of the
District shows hey ond the necessity of arguBlsnt
the manifest injustice Of devolying the whole ey
mpon those who happen to own some Of the lots of
Warrington. 'O'' u
The question was raised and argued whether the
system OF improvements tina, is being carried out in
me District III not result in too great taxation and
This matter is somewhat important to the peop,e
t me D H., ana the committee feel called upon
Upon the advent Of the District sovernmen at the
debt Of Il CITY OF Washington, the city of Geor ge-
the Of wss nos
from ary records in the office of these
Gates of indebtedness outstanding bills aud claims
NJ ri est nted and presented, trust funds used for
apart executed by the late
sLd assumed 6y the new goyernment. and current
ssry, in order to determine the condition OF the Die
irct hI aLces to convene auditing board aud call
upon the creditors o. the old corporations present
The Board reported the st.te of the Indebtedness
REcAPITULArION OF INDEBTEDNESS.
shin gton D 500 6,O93 y
1t ofteto~n' y 2il .i6S II
Levy Court d q, SIS 81
The BOARD 1nrtLer re port an additional fndeb 'ed
ing
TRUST EUxrs
specis tax s22 s74 o.
Canal fluid ''''''''' esc c,9 y;
Ten year land sinh ing fund.....-...... 1851; s.
Total trust funds. s2s3,sl7 s.
The last a,nount was mIsspplied by he late COR
pay current eN pepses Of the Corporation a,d TINS
u b. came debt for which the lew government is
In addition TO the foregoing were certain incom-
pIet.d contracts, which may be regarded as a debt
Tor the constr uction of school houses and paw
ing OF certain streets, and amount TO S7O7 s3s H.
and current interest upon the bonds the late Cor
poratio1s Of Georgetown and Washington. which
swell the debt ,s entailed upon the District. This
The total iIdebtedness thus Get forth. and N,
an ount s1e s t aa government had to provide,
The indebtedness created by the new poverr.
ment appears from the report of the Comptroller as
Permanent improvement bonds, fautboriz.d.
ySi1oo! %; not issued, s2Doooooh....~. S2oO0,NO
Market stock bonds, "a ui6orzed, $500 S''O'"
$500.
chicago relief bonds, authorized,
Not issued,
......................... 900
The Comptroller excludes the unissued bonds,
but the con mittee regarded these bonds as q debt
although not yet issued, which gives a total al
s ~ adding to th, the amount Of the debts Of
making the total debt Of the District 50 2SI 2T 81
VI the 81 geo e00 loan the Board of Public Work.
have expended S2,000GO0, but nearly one third of
this sum is 70 be assessed upon property improved,
ex pended; SO that but little over one million Of
collars OF the four millions have been used By the
Judio ions expenditure Of this balance the District
will be placed in creditsble condition. and Is thus
improved will. az the evidence shows, be able to
sustain de bt of ten million dollars
Much evidence introduced to show that the
Jour mlinon bonds were uDwi- ely negotiated, AID at
below their value. 1t appears from the testimony
that the loan was negotiated In New York city "a
cents net on the dollar. The old bonds OF the city of
Washin gton before the new goyernm mt went into
opt ration, sold as low 81 cents the dollar Sew
sral leading bankers of WASH eton-ameng tn m
Mr.. George w Riggs, testified that the Governor
negotiate the loan at good figure, Mr.. Riggs be-
ing Of the opinion that the price more than the
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