Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-02

! rrrt temp Of fneness weight, AID value and
| Tor CSolHugirg such bars for coin.
| The repeal o. mobilization OF that part of the
c"irsge set vhich req1ires GOLD coins 20 b, ex-
rtud'd ~ ~ the benefit OF tie half per cen.
! atrasicn INIT, unless thew have been ia circu-
.aiOu TOT certain prtECTilsd Irrio,ls 10 -erurn-
Eerc'd, Oh The ground that in the daiIv tram
'c,,1h. 81 he custorn-hous il cannot lie car
The subsidiary silver Coins being nsuuf,c-
tnTed by the Government on as owl account
ana Tie teicriCrage ct d ference between the
1u'ilOn or H"mirai value OF such coin realized
~ ~. provision SECulr he mace for Tedeeuiug
~ KIND .Ucb Iisresss have become unduiy worn
ircn long circulation. THIS is done in other
.onntfies which. like ours, hSve adopted the
t"iG STANDARD and demons tiZcd silver.
MARINE HOSPITALS.
me recommendations contained in tine last
hInual report Of nv predecessor ~ t. ho-pi;t :
~ New YORK and PittshuTg are renewed ,-i
Oyster Island l. suggested an eligible site
for that at New York.
Instead Of costly alteration and IL pairs 70 IN.
hospitals at Detroit, Cleveland. louisville ard
fortlsbd, the Supervising Surgeon proposes
ior sanitary and other reasons, that compara
tNeV inexpensive wooden pavilion wards be
hu'it on the grounds adjoining, and only such
Expenditures he MADE upon the present build
rss as may be necessary TO tit them for ad-
illustrative purposes
The recommendation ia also renewed Il. to
we IRE tor hospital purposes Of wooden p4vil-
'ch structures. of simple design nd cpmpar4-
hvely small cost. which may be DESTROYED sn
renewed when their continued occupancy rem
''~AA NhAAt'tths' IN lht7N ' tC"- i lhltF
concur.
PUBLIC TrILDIFGs.
IN TIE annual report ct the Secretary Of the
Treasury ioT I>72, the attention OF Congress Mas
Cai'tG 10 the tact that very large sums 1T money
would he needed for the completion OF buti-
irss begun OF auiEorizrd. and II was recon-
mthded that, with the exception OF pavilion
hospitals and q building fnT the acCu mmDh3-
tian Of the Bureau ct Engraving and Print
ing and the surplus files 0f the Treasury De-
Tar;ment, 10 new w5rE should be authorized.
III - Fass
while making no apIrOpT IstICu for the build
ing last named, authorized the cCmmencc mrnt
Of seventeen neW buildings aid the purchase OF
slttS Tor several others. This legislation, to-
gt1 her with the work TTu,Iou-ly commenced,
las impose" an uppTcrcds niec aud ex;raordi-
nary amount az iacor Hgor the Supervising
Architects Office ana hss rendered il ncCes-
saTy to submit estimates in an aggregate sum
much larger than 1 think should be expunied
any year.
II IL mighty impoItau Mt TO limit the erection of
public buildings % such as are imperstivelv de-
handed by the necessities Of the public service,
and where suitable temporary accommodations
cannot he provided A. a reasonable cost. While
& i 10 doubt iTne thar all buildings authorized
- re erected are needed anu their early COM
Ilttio would h. desirable, those in the larger
cities where permanent buildings are impera-
lively demanded for the proper Transaction of
business should have he preference. With the
present organization Of the Supervising Archi-
tecf's nee. II GOES not seem practicable IN n
SINGLE ear to commence or properly supervise
~ construction CT all the buildings authorized
~ Cor gTesS.
NV YORK Cv>roN-HorsE.
The great extent and rapid increase OF the
commerce of the mort Of New York. where are
collected about sixty even per cent. OF all the
aUtits WED on import, goods, las already rem
.i'rtd he custom EoUsc accommodations there
ruit- insufficient. The present custom house
lot may BE- sold TO advantage, when 40 longer
s,UuiTsd, IN part r, mhHrsemeut of the expense.
earnestly @ EWeUd this subject TO the cpu-id-
rt5tOn OF CorgIssS.
TBE SEAL ISLANDS.
taTtaiu Charles BRYANT, agent. and Mr.
Henry ". Elliott. assistant agent Of the Treas
lTy Department, AT the seal island. OF Alaska,
ocI cur IL the opinion thai the law OF JulV /,
lSlt- providing that OF the one hundred thDu-
SAT 8 -,als 20 lee taken annually, the proportion
~ one quarter nom -. George Island i Alto
EetEor 100 large. and Trims che PTopO ion he
tween the TIVE islands shOuid ne tighty-ti7u
tlCU~ard from, ST. Paul. aud fifteen thousand
tfom st. George. ! am OF opinion that thr law
II Juiy !, lS1A. above referred 10. sh0ulI b. 50
altered that Vie proportion {" be taken from tue
separate island, may be fixed by The Treasury
Department, and changed from time 10 time
Tie course OF thu seals may render 1t necessary.
LOUISVILLE IND PORTLAND CANAL.
IN he ''act making arpr" i-iaii'ris Tor me re-
par, preservation. and completion Oi certain
Tutlic works on rivers and hsrhor>, and tor
other lur ,O-eS,' approved March 8 1873. the
following appropriations and Provisions are
matt
..FCr completing the louisville and Portland
canal. ON. hundred thousand dollars; and the
Secretary OF the Treasury is author Zed AID di-
rtCtet 70 assume, on behalf OF the l Bttrd States.
the control aud manage m-ut Of the said canal,
in coriDT nifty With the terms OF the joint res0-
lufi"n OF the legislature nj the state Of Ken
tu6ky, approved March .. 1872. at such time
and in Snci ruannrr - in his Judgment the in
rsIestS of the United States. aud the commerce
th'IeOg, nay require, ard the sum OF money
necessary to enable the Secretary of the Treas
ury to carry this provision into feet is hereby
Appropriated: PrDrldfd, That after the [ DIted
States shall assume control of said canal, the
toll. thereon Ca vessels propelled by steam all
E.-ftEg ,Ir frS4t fl ~ INV nd m
AL other vessels IN proportion"
The resolution - the state of Kentucky re-
cites The facts that All the stock OF the canal
company belongs to the United States except
five snaIes owned by the directors, that the
property or the company If subject to "A mort
gsge to secure bends therein mentioned, and
that the company may owe other debts; and
dlrect- the Louisville and Portland canal cum
rshy to surrender the canal and all the prop
erty connected herewith TO the government OF
the United States upon the terms and condi-
tons therein specified. the sixth and last of
which ia "thst the government of the United
States shall, before such surrender. discharge
SAID mortgage and pay all debts due by said
canal company, and purchase the stock OF said
directors"
The United States, by repeated acts, have
manifested the intention OF taking possession
Of this canal ard maintaining II for the benefit
and imyrG ment Of the navigation OF the Ohio
river, and the Importance of consummiting
that Intention at as early day as possible Is APP
parent. AS long ago a. Is55 the United States
had become the owners OF all the shares ia the
ccmI any except the five shares held at the re-
quest of the then Secretary of the Treasury by
the directors. to enable them 20 retain their Of
ices ard keep up the corporate organization
and the management of the business of the COM
Vsuy. Since that time Congress has at differ
snt times made appropriations and expenditures
for charging and improving the canal to the
amount of more than million dollars, for
which the Treasury has never been reimbursed.
Recognizing the great benefit which would
accrue 10 the commerce OF the country border
ing on The Ohio river, by the United States TAX
lug possession OF the canal and reducing the
Tolls thereon, steps were taken to ascertain the
debts of ihS company, and t. devise plan for
Cauying into effect the provisions OF the appro-
pIistioD act above cited.
1t II found that the unsecured floating debt of
the company, after deduoting cash ON n and, /,
not large. and may be easily sscer.ained and
paid, and that tie five shares of stock may be
obtain ed Of the directors by paying therefor
one hundred dollars per share, with interest
from February ., le6i
In ADDITION 10 these debts, there are outstand-
ing eleven hundred and seyenty-two bonds Of
the company OF 81 goo each with coupons at
taehed, bearing siX per cent. interest, payable
semi-snnuaily. of these bonds. S373 900 will
mature January /, 1876; $780, .O00 will mature
January 1. 1851; and 500, 900 will mature Jam
uary l, 1886.
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