Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-18
ne Avenue Paving Com mission.
HOW THE SPACE BETWEEN THE RAILROAD

n
TRACKS Is TO BE PAVED.
The commission to pave Pennsylvania
avenue, which, under the law, has the right
TO decide on the kind of stone with which
the railroad track and the spaces between
the tracks shall be paved, has notified the
company that they will be required to pave
With stone blocks OF dark color and a blue
stone curb inches thick, to be placed along
the on tde OF the outer rails-the sizes OF
the paw 1g blocks to be not less than IL
iLces By inches on the upper face. This
does ava WITH the present unsightIy con
bse.stone ,vement used by the company,
IA IA VIII ia a greatly comparatively speak.
clE'n'ission Is of the opinion that the rail-
road tack al best detracts from the appear
alice of Tie avenue; but, OF course, can do
nothing but follow The Instructions OF Con-
grers In The matter of paving. Toe railroad
n pany express their willingness TO carry
out the Instructions of tue commission.
1HE PAVING CONTRACTS.
Before noe king the AWARDS for paving the
avenue the commission came to the conclu-
sion That all pavements into the top layer OF
which coal tar or its products enter largely
do not meet the requirements of the Law
under which they are acting, being OF the
opinion that the Grahamite aud Neuchatel
pavements are OF equal merit, and that paw
ing with either or both does fulfill tue
requirements OF the law. Toe Neuchatei
pavement is TO be laid on a bed of hydraulic
coocrete, SO that the fou ndatiOn is one solid
sheet OF stone. as Ii were, from the railroad
Tracks TO the curbs on either side. Both the
Neuchatel pavement ito be laid from LIST to
6th street, and the Grahamite pavement
(,fom 9th to 18th street) are regarded by the
commission as genuine asphalt pavements.
Political Notes.
If our old tee total friend, Gen. Carr
greeDback candidate for the Vice Fred
dency, doesn't want to be accused of being
drunk before election, let him abstain from
eating soft she'll crabs. Tney played the
mischief with B. Gratz Brown four years
ago. '"'Dr. Levin j. Woollen, who was
nominated as the democratic candidate for
Congress in the 4th Congressional district o!
Indiana on the sth instant, is q native OF
Federalsburg. ''''HOn. Henry O'Conor, OF
Iowa, well known in Washington, spoke at
the republican meeting in indianapolis on
TUESDAY evening, but the central committee
were obliged TO cancel the rest of his ap-
Polntments on account OF bis unfortunate
personal habits. Mr.. O'Conor was with
drawn from the canvass Ia Ohio last year
for the same reason. 1.-The state conven.
ton OF the greenback party in Indiana met
at Indianapolis yesterday to I'LL the yacan.
c1es on the state ticket. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing both the republican and
democratic parties, and characteriZing Til
den as corporation thief and railroad
wicker" demanding the coinage and re-.
turn of the silver dollar to the list OF coins.
and calling for the taxation OF government
bonds and greenbacks. The republican
convention OF the 4tn va. Congressional
district, TO nominate Candidate for Con-
gress, met at Farmville on Wednesday. DIR.
JorgensoD, white, and De Mortie, colored
the two candidates, were largely repre-
sented, JoIget son getting q votes and De
Nortie Is. The De Mortie party claimed
unfair dealings, and held a con vention OF
their own In the court house, where their
candidate YVES unanimously nominated. De
Mortte says he Will certainly run. ..Af
the democratic convention for the 4th Wis
consfn Congressional district yesterday,
VIM. =. LyDde was Tenominated. ....Hon.
w. Z. Whittborne has been nominated for
re. election 10 Congress from the 7th Tonnes
see district. ''.HOn. John Boyd, has been
nominated for Congress by the republicans
OF the 9Th illinois district, To succeed the
present member, Hon. Richard H. Whiting.
.'''S. b Packard, the republican nominee
for governor OF louisiana, has addressed a
letter TO General Nichols, the democra .ic
nominee, proposing joint public discussion
OF The issues involved in the peniing can
vas.