National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-16
THE NEW GOVERNMENT
THE WORK IN AND ABOUT COLUMBIA
QITTI nTNE

Yesterday was but repetition of the busy
scenes of preceding ones in and about Colum-
bIa building. The Commissioners and Lieuten-
ant Hoxie arrived early, and soon had tner
coats of and were at work with the routine
Among those who were IN consultation Win
the Commission were Geo. F. Baker, Of the
First National Bank, New York; Moses Kelly,
of the National Metropolitan Bank and Treas
urer Wilson. The conference was In regard to
the action necessary to be taken with the tax
lien certificates and other District securities,
large amounts of which are held by the banks
named. Hon. Nathan Sargent, president Of
the Board of Trustees, submitted letter and
statement of the sum due that institution,
which amounts, with interest, TO SIS, 257.75.
Mr.. Sargent was extremely anxious that the
amount should be paid out of the one million
three hundred thousand appropriated oy Com
gress. and the subject was referred to the At
torney of the District for an early opinion.
Mrs. Bolivia A. lockwood called, and pre-
seuted certain claims of school teachers LOT
| salaries. which were referred to the Auditor.
The resignation of Mr.. B. H. Warner as a
| school trustee was received and accepted.
Lieut.. Hoxie was busily engaged in answer
ing questions, attending to the routine WORK
| of the office and finishing up the list OF con-
tracts spoken of yesterday.
| Mr., Thos NJ. Plowman has been authorized
| to advertise for proposals for certain necessary
| renairs and changes on the Eastern market.
| The Commission have paid to Morton, Bliss
q Co. the sum OF 1925, 600, being amount ad-
yanced BY them on 100000 worth of sewer
| certificates, which have been returned and
pIaced in the United States Treasury. The
| interest on the loan, amounting to Sll,OoOi
was paid the firm. A.
They have also made a requisition upon the
Treasury for S616, 900 to pay the employees OF
~ NJ ha n pTbliH 8,
! OF this amount $4,000 is to be paid the
| school teachers, firemen and other employees
| of the District, and 1917 900 to pay the en-
! nIoyees Of the Board of Public Works. The
| pay-rolls are being now arranged, and the
| work of payment will begin in week OF Ter
days.
in payment, but it is stated that many Of the
pav-rolls had to be made over in consequence
| of an opinion by Mr.. Stanton that the twenty
per-cent. reduction began June 20, the date o.
the approval of the bill.
| Under the law the sum of $4,000 of the
appropriation is to be paid to the laborers en-
ployed by contractors on public works, the
| amount to be deducted from money due SAID
| contractors The Commission have notified
the contractors to send In their pay-rous al
once, and several have already complied Inc
order was general in its nature, and those con-
tractors who have always paid promptly want
to know whether they were included in the
order.
In the board of audit, Mr.. Church and hi:
fellow clerks were busy in receiving, receipting
for and arranging claims IN classes for eXamin
alton. In reply to question as to whether
the auditors certificate of the Board Of Public
Works would be accepted as prinlG Jdcis eVi
dence of debt, simply requiring the approval o
the board of audit to make them convertible
Mr., Church stated that it was the evident in
tent of the law that the claims for which they
were issued should also be audited. This MAJ
probably cause some trouble, as in many cases
the certificates have passed into the hands
third parties.
In the registers office two clerks wer
busily engaged in issuing licenses to lon!
string of weary applicants. On account OF TIT
small force they have to stop at O'CLOCK, Il
order 70 make the proper record entries.
In the collectors Office there was but littI
going on: now and then taxpayer came
and deposited, but mostly in small amounts.
, Mr.. Cassin, of Georgetown, called upon th'
Commission to urge the improvement OF Fay
cite street, which was one of the streets II
cluded in the original bill, but which has NJ
yet been commenced.
The Northern market commission are uTg1n
the authority to negotiate the market-hous
bonds, and proceed with the erection OF tn
structure They claim that one hundred an
twenty thousand have already been expended
and that under the law it is necessary that II
work, which was suspended on account Of II
depreciation of the bonds, should now be IT
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