Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-09
District Affairs I'm CoEgrsss
MEETING OF THE HOUSE DISTRICT COMMIT

VI Idk HOUSE
TO-DAY.
The House District Committee held a regular
weekly meeting to day-Judge Cotton presid-
ing. MessTs. l.. F. Simpson and Il. H. Slime
metz, committee from the trustees of tue
fouhdry Nj. l.. church, in this city, appeared
before the committee In behalf OF the bill Civ
Ing the trustees authority 10 sell certain lot OF
ground belonging to the church. The bill WAS
referred TO Messrs. Hendee, Pelham and Clark
WhoJ IL was understood, would amend it, aui
report II TO the committee at its next meeting.
The bill to authorize the National Gas aud
Iron Company to supply the public buildings in
washington with gas, was referred to the su D.
committee on gas, consisting OF Messrs. Har-
mer, Cotton and Eldredge and Mr.. Leach was
added to the committee. The bill to incorporate
the Washington City and Atlantic-coa all
road Company was referred to the railroad com
mittee, consisting OF Messrs. Rice, Elire,i q,
and Hendee. Several memorials were referred
10 subcommittee. communication was re-
ceived from Mr.. Frederick Bates and Georo,.
L. kaub, asking that they be notified when III.
committee have up for consideration the bill
enlarging the powers of the board of health
Judge Rice said he had Investigated as chair
man OF the subcommittee to which il had been
referred, the bill authorizing the Baltimore and
ONO railroad company TO construct lateral
or branch road from the Washington branch To
connect with the Metropolitan branch, and be-
tleved II should pass. As his colleagues had not
yet fully examined the bill, its consideration
mittee.
Mr.. Pelham, from a subcommittee, to whom
vas referred the bill for the purchase OF the In
dustrial Home School buildings in Georgetawn
said the committee were prepared to re9ort ad,
versely on the bill itself, but Mr.. Barnum had
suggested that a bill be drawn up providing for
me purchase or farm near Washington for
sara school. The matter was recommitted TO the
committee.
TIE DEAD LETTER Overwhelming the
month of March there were received at the
dead letter division of the Third Assistant POST
master Generals office 35i ,967 dead letters
classified as follows: Ordinary letters which
failed to reach the parties addressed, 2lS 99I:
drop letters, 1904; held for postage ana mis-
directed 4O, 400; hotel aud fictitious 20 4t;: re-
glstered, l67; originating in this country ami
returned from foreign countries, 81 ,23l. Daring
the same month 1S5, 045 letters wers returned 10
the writer's, of which ,0i2 were ordinary let
tiers; 2,Il contained money; 1851 valuable pa
pers, such as drafts, checks. notes, SC, ami
l,II property OF various kinds. The number
sent out per day was over : 800.
SANBORN, with his counsel, was before the
ways and Means Committee again to-day HIS
counsel stated that the question which the com
Inlttee had asked his client some time since
touching bis expenditures was one in his onin
ION, which the committee had no right to ask
and which certainly would be barred out in thS
courts. His client, however, had concluded to
answer this question against his (counseI,s)
advice, and he would read a written statement
In reply 10 II. He then read the statement
which shows that S. collected under bis CON-
tract about 1927 900. of which the government
received about S213 900. His expenses in collect
ing the money, not including the expenses OF his
late trial in BROOKLYN, and those incurred in
attending the sessions OF the committee were
ABOUT $4,000. He was examined at some
lergth as TO details OF his expenses. but the
examination elected no interesting facts, exec ..
that he stated In answer to a question that he
would collect certain income taxes amounttng
10 from $4,000, eco to $4,000, 900, due from per,
sons at present in Europe, for Is per cent lie
would collect them for this small per centare
because he was already in possession OF the In
formation in relation to these unpaid taxes Con.
Butler was present during the session of the
committee, but as his name was not alluded n
In any connection he remained a quiet spec
tator.