The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-02
BY TEL;EG RIA b.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
49, ,,., yy-,stsrn Union Line, office North
-! we wSst " corner OF Main and inh streets.
WASHIN GT0N.
WAsHINGroN, April /.

100000.
The SanbOrn Contracts.
Frederick A. Sawyer, Assistant Sec
.etary OF the Treasury, made his state
neut this morning before the Commit
zee of Ways and Means. He gave his
collection OF the manner in which
he provision authorizing the Sanborn
,ontracts was embodied in the legisla-
i've appropriation bill last year. He
was then a mem er OF the Senate Ap-
propriauou Committee, but had no per-
sOnal connection with the Offering oi
hat amendment in the committee. BE
voted tor it, as he also did afterwards
n the Conference Committee. He de-
ned, with some feeling, the
newspaper assertion that the pro-
y.stoa had been smuggled
.ato the bin, on the contrary the same
proyo,ion had hsen made at several
yevious sessions and was openly dis
Guessed in the Appropriation Committee
ia the Conference Committee, in the
tsaa,e and in the House. He declined
% I'VE any opinion as 20 whether the
.4n00ra contract was or was not in
compliance with the terms OF the law,
alb hat it was technical legal ques-
.o- The solicitor OF the treasury WAS
;at E.oper officer to frame these con-
tract, and he presumed he had done
~.. w..h proper care and attention. He
.sl no personal knowledge Of Sanborr,
3rss.erv, or any Of the persons
Qn,ecled Win the Contracta, aud all
i official act5 in reference TO them
we're merely formal and done in the
.a.4 ar course Of business. He gave
~ typla.ai!on Of the manner OF doing
u.iacss in the Treasury Department,
~ responding generally with that given
..-.yIiay by the Secretary; that is, that
a.rers were brought TO them for their
s..na"urcs, and that when these papers
were checked by the subordinate hsv>
ing charge OF that particular branch OF
'ta business, they were signed without
. ..igIc i lie defended the department
,,a5ust tPe imputstion OF having with.
lid important papers from the COM
ni,tee 10 mantain his personal recol-
lection sud account OF an interview
VITA Beck and Foster OF the Committee
in regard to papers the against recollec-
;ol aud account given OF it by those gen.
j.euen THe point 81 issue however
Tas not q very lmporsant one aud was
merely a question OF difference in uu-
d-rs;&nl n wha The agreement between
them WAS the declined TO give an opinion
as 10 the propriety of repeating and
amending or continuing law as it is, on
the ground that that was legislative
question which was 10 be decided by
the committeeisnd Congress.
Prevention Of Cruelty 40 Animals.
The House Committee on Agricul'
we to day agreed to recommend the
, assace Of 8 bill Tor the prevention Of
cruelty TO auimals 10 transportation by
-s.ro,l-, with sn amendment provi-
"ug ihst animals shall not be kept on
the cars without foCd and water longer
tan tweuty.four hours instead OF
houre, as named in the
or'-inal bin. Outstanding legal tenders
$50. .03C,0 900.
PubIic Debt Statement.
Sxpcr cent bonds, SI,2l4, Cos, l5G five
pr cent bouds. sos, 243, ,45O; total coin
.,aIs, II, ,723, ,9O6,6O0.
Lawful money debt Sl4.6IS, 900;
m2mret debt $6,S52 500
Legal tender noles, 1882 076, ,S31; Ger.
a. stcs Of deposit, S5l 100000; frsc-
loual currency, $40 l02 660 coin Ger
uHcate-. S3S.O4j 600; total without iu-
t.rrs,. $5l9944 497; total debt, 81 265.-
~ 500; total interest, 500, ,676,66l
Cash in Tre&sury: Coin, $50, ,l2l.r
.,0: currency. 1 526. .45l; special de-
.,-.s. 5l.72OQCO; total IN Treasury,
~ @G-G@D.
Oh. irss cash 10 Treasury, S2,l53.'
.' 72S; decrease during the month,
Ba.os ssUeI 10 Pacllc rail.Csd CON
i"...s interest payable in Lawful
woaes. principal outstanding s6+e2S,
.l,, .n.evrs. accrued and not yet paid,
5'6'5j2; interest paid by the United
S,ales, 81, 3>6 sol; interest repaid by
Eans uoEauon o mails, etc. Sj, ,05l 361;
'H.ance o. interest paid by the United
S.ates $l6,&3 323.
Fhc nistriC TnyesiigatIom.
Daring the morning session OF the
District Of Columbia investig CATION to-
day some haH Dozen witnesses were
examined with reference to the special
assessments tor improvements, the bur-
Zen o! the testimony being that proper
~ owners were assessed Tor more work
inan could BE- shown 10 have been done.
testimony was also gwen showing th st
.ue g,r2ct railways grre not required to
pay any tax FOR portionsot the carriage
wav improved bv the Board and used
DR. Their tracks.
Robert ChreSty, one OF the counse !
.Jr the memurislists. called the alteu-
ton o! the committee to statute. at
.2rge, containing the law sppropristing
$4,000, provided the corporation or
D'e1nc! OF Columbia would appropriate
% equal amount to repair the old
cntb.e pavement On Eennsylvauia
avenue west Of Fifteenth street, after
wDiCh he called G. D. Cas,lemsn, who
testified that the Board OF Public
WoTks discovered that act and put
down new paNement on that avenue
at a cost largely greater than the
$4,000 contemplated under the
act OF Congress referred TO.
+ T. Fowler testified that he was in .
i-rssrei in tie Vale Paving Company
in 1871, sad that it was thought best
~ consolidate that company with the
Metropolis Paving Company sld with
tie BJ.lard Company, in which the
witness was interested, and that 10
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