The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-22
WASHINGTON.
Reducing the Hanber Of Revenue
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Reducing tha Hamber Of Ravepue
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WARRINGTON, October 2l.-The Com.
missioner Of Internal Revenue will
commence at once making cut sch edules
for reducing the number of collection
districts to eighty, ss provided by the
Act Of June 9th, 1879. He is OF the
opinion, however, that q saving 'iu COL
lection receipts can be better effected
by abolishiug the Offices Of Assessors and
the retention OF the Collectors.
suPervtsinE Architects MaIlet,
in bis annual report to the Secretary of
the Treasury, says that proposals were
invited for site for the proposed new
government buildings in Cincinnati, but
it has been found impossible to obtain
proposals for . piece Of property we'll
located and OF suitable size. Propo-
sails were also invited for the purchase
Of sites for the proposed government
buildings at Fall River, Massachusetts, !;
Utica, New York; Philadelphia; Port
Huron, Michigan; Little Rock, and
Sacramento. Mr.. Mullet reviews hrs
recommendation for the purchase of the
Merchants Bank property at Baltimore,
which adjoins and forms part of the
Custom House building In regard to
the iron building at New Orleans, in-
tended for q Marine Hospital, he says
that it's location and the building are
unsuitable for that purpose, and advises
that the building be sold or given to the
city of New Orleans. BE also advises
the sale OF the Marine Hospital at
Pittsburgh aud the erection OF Pa
vilion Hospital in its stead.
Contracts Awarded.
The contracts for furnishing clothing,
hats, groceries. paints, oils, glass, dry
goods. slate, steel, pig iron. ship chan
dlery. betting, machinery, tools. station
sry and various other supplies to the
various navy yards during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1873. have been
ordered by the Bureau Of Yards and
Docks at the Navy Department as fol-
lows: Samuel Adams & Co., of Ports
mouth, N. H.; Ezra Evsrs. of Rock
port, Mass; Trickey & Jewett, and
Elijah Howe, Jr., Of Boston; D. Bab-
cock Il Co., Woodbury. & Rice, Hyatt
& Spencer, James S. Symingtou, Geo.
H. Creed and J. w. Durpea, of New
York; L. L. De Rochimilt Of Newing-
ton, n. H.; Hugh Kelly, John Turner,
L. H. Fall and Mullete Il Bradbury,
Of Charleston, Mass; R. j. Neely d y.
H. Lindsay, OF Portsmouth. Vir-
ginia; Andrew A. Mccullough and
TYLER Martin & Co., OF Norfolk, Va;
William B. Moore, Joseph I. Savage,
William Ballentyne, r. A. Brown,
Thomas Moser and George P. Goff, OF
Washington, D. c.; S. c. Carroll, E. Fl.
Shepman, Watson & Pitinger, Of
Brooklyn; Paul j. Fuid, J. w. Gaskill
4 Sons, John Lawrey, Jacob Reid, j.
Golfer j. Son, G. Il A. Schmidt, Ander-
son IL Dunlap, Griffen Il Woddock,
Thomas Mcconnell, P;sisted d McCol-
lin, OF Philadelphia; J. B. Robert and
George P6effer. Of Pensacola, Florida;
D C. McKeving and j. r. Orrid, OF
Warrentou, Florida; A. Rover, Of Val
lejo, California; J. E. De Lamontsgo,
II nfortb, Kellogg & Co., and Whittier
4 Co., of San Francisco.
Naval Change.
Commodore Basrod B. Taylor has
been detached from duty st the Pnlla-
delphia Navy Yard and ordered on duty
at the Bureau OF Yards and Docks.
Financial.
Several delegations of business men
will be here from the West this week
10 urge upon the Secretary OF the Treas
ury the policy Of Issuing 44, 100000
in new legal tenders, which he has
authority TO do under the existing law.
II ia not definitely known what Mr..
Bou,welrs views are. but there is reason
10 believe he will indicate to the delega-
tons what bis policy in the subject ls
to be.
seuator Wilson's Successor.
7, ia possible that Mr.. Boutwell, may
he elected Senator to fill the vacancy
made by Senator Wilson should he be
elected Vice President. The Msssa-
chusetts Legislature meets in January,
and it is expected that Mr. Wilson will
then tender his resignation rs Senator.
II is understood that General Butler
will not be q candidate against Mr..
Boutwell,, bu, will use his influence 10
elect him.