Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-02-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 7, 1873.
FIGURES VS.. FEELING.

1 RhNi1Ni9 W bC huOhil 40 OiiN iCSb NbIl-
pgressional obstfucti5nist Of District i'm
provements. He has just issued another
! pamphlet against our Board of Public
! Works, under the caption Of " Tammany
the Second" containing the most reckless
and absurd assaults. upon that body of
improvefs. The speech was made in
Congress on the 24ult., and it has since
! been proven that the Hon. members S
Opposition to the Board arose from its
failure to accommodate him by keeping
one of his strikers in Office at a high SAL
airy with nothing to do. The affidavits
made to show this are borne out by the
spirit and want of truth of the speech it.
! self which is beneath criticism and can
be best appreciated by showing how some
of his own figures make out what he calls
fraud in the report of the Board.
Thus he alleges that in paving twenty
nine streets and one alley, length Of
ffty-six miles, instead OF being what the
Board alleges on an average of thirty
two feet in width at 50 80 per yard for
wooden pavement and 50 90 per yard for
concrete, the cost is actually $40 per run
ming foot and amounts to $ll ,S2T POO.
Now, as one square yard at So 80 (the
highest price paid) is nine thirty second
part of the whole running foot, it VIII
cost only Sl2 A instead of $40, as alleged,
or only S37 80 per running yard, and the
entire fifty-six miles will, at the outside
price, amount to 50 1913, ,304, instead OF
$l1 ,S27, ,200-a positive error Of S8, 14S, 1896
with which he commences his charges
against the Board of under estimating
the cost of their work. He charges dis
crepancy of S2O6, ,332 in the report of the
Board as to the cost of 2,473 feet of 80
foot sewer over Tibcr Creek, when his
own statement shows that they reported
that mum Der of feet at $1O2 80 per foot
correctly as amounting to S253, ,4S2 30.
He alleges an overcharge and fraud of
Sl3,391 20 in computing the sum due
from the United States for concrete pave
ment along Judiciary Square, because he
found 9TH street set down accidentally in
the report, instead of 4th street on which
the work was actually done. These are
specimens Of the blundering recklessness
and microscopic littleness Of the man.
TIE MoDoC WAR.
Hon. A. b. Mcacham, of Oregon, with
Hon. Jesse Applegate and Samuel Case,
Indian Agent, Alsea, Oregon, have been
appointed Peace Commission to settle
the difficulty with the Modoc Indians.
Mr.. Meacham will leave for the scene of
operations. 1t is alleged that the settlers
are opposed to peaceful settlement, pre-
ferring determination. But whether the
determination will be of the settlers or
Indians does not appear. From the eX-
likely that the settlers will be generally
wiped out before the troops can overcome
the Modocs by force. 1t is understood
that the President will insist on the sus-
pension Of arms on the part Of the troops,
except for the prevention of attacks, un-
i'll cven-handed justice is fairly offered
the complaining aborigines. This is not
only the proper thing, but the cheap
est, best, ard indeed, for the present, the
only plan of stopping hostiIities and saw
ing the settlers from the constant dread
of a savage descent upon them.
SENATOR POMEROY.
Senator Pomeroy is here and will pre-
sent himself in his seat in the Senate ut
once and make n denial Of the bribery
charges against him. The report Of an
interview by newspaper correspondent
is not satisfactory to your correspondent.
If the showing Of $1,000 bribe money in
the Kansas Legislature, and the charges
made by Senator Yorke was a put-up
job, and was entirely false, the innocent
victim of such fraud should Indignantly
repudiate the election which resulted
therefrom. Instead of this, the report
states that Senator Pomeroy admitted
the fairness of the election of Senator In
gals. 1t would give us great pleasure
to know that Senator Pomeroy was en-
tirely innocent, but the action of the
House of Representatives of Kansas has
demanded his resignation, and the Sen
ate Of his State has requested the U. S.
Senate to investigate the charges against
him. This does not look like his clearing
himself before his own people, though it
is never fair to condemn any man upon
&c parte evidence.
THE NEW SYNDICATE.
The Representatives of the new syndi-
cate in New York say that the national
banks are taking great interest in the
new loan. Their subscriptions are daily
increasing in amount. From London,
also, they have favorable advices, and
expect to close the entire five per cent.
loan of $500, ,OOO, 900 this week.
REPEAL OF THE BANKRUPT LAW.
The opposition to the General Bankrupt
law does not appear to come from regular
business men. 1t is difficult to see why
such an assault is made upon the law at
this time. The N. Y. Importers & Gro
GERS Board of Trade yesterday sent a
memorial to Congress against the repeal.
g. Nj.