Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-15
The District Com
RBQUIsITIoS FOE FUNDS To PAY THE HM

| RBQUIsITIoN FOE FUNDS To PAY THE EN-
/ PLoYEs.
requisiton was ade upon the Treasury OF
the Unit ed States yesterday by the Commission
for :6l6, 600 to pay emp Dyes and laborers OF the
1 late Board of Public Works, as well as those of
The late District government. or this an punt
| s2s9,e00 are to pay employees OF the District
| proper, including school teachers, fireman,
l laborers and others. and 1917 900 are TO paw
| those of the Board of Public Works. The law
REQUIRES that $4,000 of the appropriation OF
$1,000 ,0O0 shall be used TO pay laborers en-
ployed by contractors on the public works the
amount to he retained from that due such con
| tractors. The Commission has therefore nott
/ ned the contractors TO forward their payroll.
as soon possible, that the labOrers NAV be
| Paid. The pay-rols of the old government are
| also being arranged, and the work OF paying the
| employees sill be commenced in a week or ten
/ days.
TODAY.
The District Commissioners and Lieut.. Hoxie
| have been present in the COiu buildtns
| during the entire day; the former holding con-
situations with various parties. Mr.. George F.
| Baker. cashier. of the First National Bank Of
New York, Moses Kelly, OF the Metropoli an
| Bank of this city, and District Treasurer Will
| SOD, were with them for some time consulting
| as to what action is TO be taken with the tax
| lien certificates and other District securities
held by the banks named, they being the largest
Mr.. Nathan Sargent, president of the board
| Of trustees of the reform school. presented
| tabular statement of the moneys due that ipsti-
| tuition, amounting to s15 ,25775. The question
L
1 ont of the one million three hundred thousand
| appropriated by Congress, and the matter was
referred to the attorney Of the District for An
The resignation Of Mr.. b. II. Warner as school
| trustee was received and accepted.
| Lieut.. Hoxie has been attending to the routine
time from this duty to the finishing up OF his
list OF contracts and description Of the work
| in progress, &c.
The Commission has paid the amount OF
Il interest Morton
Co., OF New York, amounting to S225, 900, and
the collateral securities in sewer bonds amount
ing to 100000, have been returned and were
yesterday deposited in the Treasury DEPART
ment with Gen. Spinner. The interest on the
| loan; amounting to gil 600, was paid the firm.
III is thought that the payment OF lsborers,
| fremen and policemen will be made next week
The clerks in the controllers office are busy
making out psy-rolls for amounts due the fire
men ana police, or, rather, revising and con-
solidating the pay-rolls for the past thirteen
months.
Mr.. Church, of the board of audit. and his
clerks, are busy receiving claims and arranging
them in classes for examination.
The Reported Breeze i'm Gen spin.
ner's Omce-The General says :. w ait
Day or Two"
Gen. Spinner at one O'Clock to-day with the
thermometer way up in the ninetes was in
his office, affxing that potent signature
which clerks" greenbacks and coin ont OF
banks, 10 batch or miscellaneous papers.
representative OF The STAR entered his Office
when the brusque chief elevated his blue eyed
orbs and said: "Well what are you going to do
about it?'
This was good prelude to open up converse
ton upon the subject of the reporters Grand
and without restraint, it was Opend up n this
wire.
General, there has been teleCraphed from
this city information to the effect lat You CON
templated resiguing unless you were allowed to
control the appointment ts in your own Office.
"Why, dids't see anything of the kind
"How about the truth of of 1t, G eneral?"
"Well, you wait day or two"
"But, don't you want TO say something con-
corning it? The STAR is anxious TO inform ITS
hundred thousa nd readers Of your intentions"
well, don't say anything about it, just wait
"Ah, General, the telegraphed statement in
addition asserts that certain appointments re-
qqested by you were not confirmed
'Well, can tell you one thing, they can put
people in my Office without consulting me when
am out; but they can't do it when am in"
And again the General splurged away at that
and ssid. 81 ought ID have been cut out for a
tailor, have got so much elbow power
Leaving the Ireasurer's office, the inquiry
was further extended, and a call was made on
Assistant Secretary COnant, who was Gaits
busy trying TO assuage the griefs of some dis
charged female CLERKS.
Mr.. Conant, always reticent, said it was thu
hrst information he had OF the publication; that
he had 10 misundeI standing with aneral spin
ner' ana that be knew OF no reason which would
induce his resignation.
"They say, Mr.. Conant, to be brief that
Treasurer Spinner wanted certain nominations
confirmed, which were declined by you, and
that he has made up his mind to resign unless
ne can control the appointments IN his own Of
fee"
"Well, there is only one power to make ap-
pointmeDts in the Treasury department and
that is vested by law in the Secretary or the
Treasury, and in no one else"
So much for the interview. Now for the ru-
NOR. 1t is said that since the departure OF
Secretary BIistow, Gen. Spinner has nominated
list OF clerks to be appointed in the new re-
demptlon agency in charge of Mr.. Graves
Among the number was DIR. Mary l.. Walker.
Mr.. Conant declined to confirm them, and gave
as reason that all applicants should be sub
Ject 70 civil service rules When Mr.. Con8nt'
decision was communicated to the "Wa tch Dog
OF the Treasury" he waxed wroth, and choss
eNplenves In giving vent to his feelings not
counte nanced by the third commandment.
One thing is certain, that the rumor has some
foundation, Judging from the quoted remarks
of Gen. Spinner and Mr.. Conant, which give
significance to it. The public, no wever as Gen.
Spinner says, will I" have to wait day or two,
ard then we shall see what we shall see."
IL may be proper to add that Mr. Conant saws
that DR.. Mary Walker has not been recently
nominated for clerkship.
SECRETARY BELKNAP will return 10 the city
tomorrow.
Loss OF THE GOVERNMENT BY THE CsI-
cAGo FIRR.-Mr. George 8. Bangs, general
superintendent of the railway postal service,
goes to Chicago to- night to look after the inter
ests Of the Post Office depart ment in counec-
ton with the burning of the post office in that
city last night. The government loses between
$4,000 and $4,000 by the destruction OF the
office.
On A QUESTION submitted by the Controller
of the EurrpuPv bag