Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-31
The New District government

The New District Government.
AFFAIRS AT COLUMBIA BUILDING TO-DAY.
Controller Baker has been engaged 70 day in
paying the straggiers among the garbage men
and lampligLteTs who did not come in yssterda-
for their money, and some few District en-
blovees whose rOus have been passed up n To
morrow the clerks and employees S,Laehed To
the late vice presidents office OF sae Board OF
Public Works will be paid, witt the exception
Of those IN the engineers Oft ce and suoeriIt ten
dent Of property. the pav rolls Of these officers
not having yet been audited.
Messrs. Hamilton * WhitmOre, contrac tors
for laying sewers In 18th street southwest, we're
to-day notified by the engineer to proceed with
their work.
THE PoLICRMEN's PAY not REDUCED.
The opinion Of Mr.. Stanton in relation to the
pay Of the police, as promulgated to-day, is as
follOws;-''It is my opinion that section second
OF the act of Congress approved June 20, 1874.
does not reduce the Conversation OF the mem
beTs Of the Metropolitan police force; and tn at
the Indebtedness due from the District TO the
members OF the force is payable out of the APP
preparation Of 81 100000 made by the act of
Congress approved June sd, 1S74."
THE TEACHERS PAY
III arrears SINCE February last, viii, IL is now
inquiry this morning at the Auditors office it
was asceTtained that the Auditor took up frat
the pay accounts OF the teachers, intending
that they should receive the benefit Of their
money during vacation, but his we'll meant in
tentiOns were frustrated by the fact that the
late treasurer of the Washington school board,
received over 50 600 Of the money, as
II appears by the books, for the teachers
salaries asa Tor the month OF March last
call for = 900 due on Oh account OF teachers
salaries for last March. The Auditor not being
abs TO reconcile these duplicated acquisitions
for the same month, would not audit the sala-
nes, and therefore the teachers have not been
paid. Thus II appears, at least until the mat
ter can be explained, that the requisition drawn
for money TO pay teachers salaries for last
March Was not expended for that purpose. As
the matter viii be investigated probably by the
school trustees, We await further developments.
The law requires the treasurer of the public
schools 70 make quarterly report to the board
of the state OF his accounts, and, il il alleged,
that lot more than three or four reports have
been made during the late treasurer term OF
service, extending over three years.
Itfurther appears that this March requisition
for teachers salaries was for over $1,000, of
which nOr quite II, COO wss paid to Mr.. Cowan
as treasurer OF the public schools, whose sigma
tuTe is appended. IL was approved April %,
1874, by A. Hart and +. +. French, of the com
mittee on accounts of school board. The COM
mittee on accounts consists OF four members,
one from each school district. The requi sitiou
20 be legal should have been signed By a ma
Jorlty of the committee. MesSrs. X. Il. Dietrich
and W. Il. Wright are the other members of
the committee, neither of whose signatures APP
pear on the TequistiOn.
TIE CORCORAN SQUARE MARKET.
The committee Of thirty-seyen, appointed at
the large mass meeting held on Thursday of
last week in favor Of the Immediate building OF
the CorcOran Square market, waited upon the
District Commissioners to- dav, at twelve
O'Clock, and were cordially received, and
Their statements listened to with marked at
tenu0n by Governor Dennison and Mr..
ketchsm. x. NJ. Hall, esq, chairman, read
the resolutions adopted at the mass meeting,
and also presented handsomely prepared
map OF the northwestern and northeastern
PORTIONS OF the city bordering on and to be ben
Gifted by the erection OF the market on Cor
eOran square. he urged with earnsstness the
Importance and propriety OF going on with the
work, and stated that the value of the lard IN
the immediate vicinity had been enhanced from
one dollar TO two or three per foot by the pas
cage OF the law Tor the purchase Of the site and
tie erection OF the market-h0use thereon. Gen.
%. ~. Howard stated that about one thousand
people IN his immediate neighborhood How
ara University HID would be greatly accom-
mOdated and benefited by the market on Cor
ccTan square. He had but a small interest per-
sonally. but large interest for the community.
Mr.. X. ". FenWick presented a petition signed
BY over Thousand persons respectfully urging
that the law be executed and the mar ket-hOuse
built without further delay. Mr.. Fenwick said
he had examined ali the laws on the question,
and had the authorities with him 70 show that
the people had night 20 request the Cemrnis-
sioners 20 20 forward with the work. he ursed
thai this was a market-hOuse belonging 10 the
people, and the revenue from the rental OF stalls
would bring back money enough to pay princi-
pa and interest In full within twenty years-the
Emit OF the bonds. he argued that the people
ought 10 own the markets, as by that
means prices could be regulated, aud
4 a. saying q p IN e6penses OF Living effected.
ers, and Thomas Lewis, contractor, were
present by invitation of the committee Of thir-
ty-seven, and explained gil the facts to the Dis
trict Commissioners. Judge IngeTsoIl, Of ILL.,
Iois, said he had on the good faith Of the city
that the market would be erected on Corcoran
square, after the law had been passed, bought a
large property on 9TH street, and many others
had done 50, and now to stop the work would
cause him and others great loss; that his assess
ments had been twice as much since the law was
passed a. before It's passage, and that the revs-
nues OF the city had been greatly added to in
this manner, and therefore public policy, as
well as other reasons, demanded the work TO be
proceeded with.
The District Commissioners entered closely
into all the details, and seemed 10 be favorable
10 doing what the taxpayers desired and tie
peoples interests denanded.
Mr.. Lewis said be would 90 on with the work
Immediately II the Commissioners of the Dis
tTtct would guarantee tn the bonds would be
forthcoming as the work progressed; that he
would take bonds AZ ninety cents on the dollar
II bis dues could not be paid in cash.
IL was intimated by those present that the
people interested would doubtless take the bonds
aud give Mr. Lewis the money, IN order u have
the work 20 on
The METEoPoLITANP Police COMMISSIONERS