National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-16

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since fsooof more than az times the anoant az
Ear Sey yee hss bee, time when tns intere.t
| Of 0ovsTument here was not eqnal to that OF the
private property holder even mvS RIO aooe o. me
therefore, at this point would stand thus: o
Expended by District Of Columbia, S20.a7S,41o 20
Expended BY Goserrment 4,eoo,6s6 ~
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| To reimburse District Of Columbia
excess OF expenditures one half Of
o'nefenco LeS. ,A1 W
To make the aeeount square, Congress shouid
This is the exact statement Of the account be-
tween the national and local governments At this
and avenues, including the system Of sewers.
ne then examines the several branches Of the
i
the committee, As near as am able. nom data
| which have procured from officers OF the Govern
me ent; ana from FEDERAL resord. Prsss,s mha as
done In this regard.
He gives the history Of the police department Of
| the city since 1t was the AUXILIARY guard, and
count Of This service ~ while the District
has paid q, III, e43.3a
WATER DEPARTMENT..
He traces the history Of the building Of the
aqueduct, and shows that by the act Of Congress
IL to be built for the Of the United States;
the General Government Il should be stopped
and to @ans
forever prohibited It as source Of revenue. 1t
shows that the United States have expended in
constructing the water works g. 500 600; while the
District has expended q, 10000. .s.r 4
He next traces the history Of gas in the District
Of Columbia, and shows that the United States
have paid IN lighting public parks squares and
and Board OF Public Works have paid cas- os7.2 ..
He shows that while tho Government formerly
WassinStons and deor9eto~n and al Of The pub
but that the District is now paying siso,oOo an,
avenues and streets while the Government is pay,
ing about a 600 annually for lighting around the
Capitol and Presidents house. - = .-r --s--.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
He next presents the account Of the health de-
partment eince the new government. Congress
has appropriated tes,o0o; the District govern
uent IS, 0o0. a-
YIRE DEPARTMENT.
In this department he shows that the United
States pays not single penny, while the present
city IRE department since 1ses has cost the Dis
trio: teo5, 900. n. -..r. g.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
He next presents In strong terms the argument
In favor Of Congressional aid to our public schools
that from an expenditure IN 1851 Of t26o0o the
schools have grown TO an expenditure varying
from $500 900 TO eco 900 annually; that from loo
that no people Of color were in school in
over 1900 children Of school age unable
to get into the public schools; that only
about n per cent. Of parents are taxpayers;
that nearly 81 per cent are children Of parents in
Government employment; that nearly So per cent
are children of colored people, and he explains
why these classes should be provided for. and how
it is impossible for the District eminent alone
land have been given to States and Territories
for school purposes, besides many millions OF dol
lars; that since 1850 the total expense to the Dis
trict government has been $2,l6s,000, while the
General Government has donated General Jack
sons stable lot, valued ct 9, 900.
He comes next to .....-.... ......r.-.
IRE AcCoUNT-sECoED STATEMENT.
Ihave thus, Mr. Chairman, gone over about al
the expenses which enter into the local govern
ment, and will again state the account with the
United States, as affected by the items just men
Expended by old corporation. and the new govern
ynent for fInnroveuents since k20 37k ll0 10