Evening star., 1877-11-13
The Labor EXCHANGE.
NETTING OF THE MANAGE

A meeting of the board of managers of the
Labor Exchange was held at the rooms last
meeting, ex-Mayor Emery presiding. Mr..
Wall, the superintendent, read the report
showing applications for employment so
lsT: Nhile males, 81, do: females, 800; col
oTed li1ales. 553; do. females. 2T2 total, ,91S.
Employ ment furnished to- White males, I27;
90. females, II; cOlored males, I2i; do fe-
males, lG; total, COS.
Mr.. HitZ read a letter from Gen. lie Due,
commissioners of AgIiculture, stating that
the department required $50 600 paper bags,
and suggesting that they might be made in
thls city under the supervision OF the eX-
charge. In this connection, he stated tn at
when the recUisition for paper bags was
placed on Gen. lie Dues desk for bis sigma
lure, he stopped II and wrote tais letter. The
subject was referred 10 the executive COM
miItee.
a letter was received from Prof Spencer,
el Closing a ticket Tor a course OF lessons iu
the busiECss college, which was accenteI
The report of the committee on cOnS.itu-
ton was made and adopted.
a suggestion was made that the exchange
oTCan1ze corps OF gSides, such as they
have IN European cities, and after some con-
yeTsatiO on the subject was referred 70 the ex-
eCUtlve committee.
THE MARKET HOUSE QUESTION.
Mr.. L. =. Emery inquired a. 10 how the porT
were 10 be relieved this winter, remarking
Il at he understood the c. mmi>sioners had
no charity fond row, and We're va lin : Tor
| The market company 30 pay the rental.
EX-M8yor Emery said that the mark e;
! company was not "a default, having paid its
oil cations 10 the District, and there was on
record ths obi cation OF the District COVE H.
me Mt 10 pay the difference between the oTlzi
usl rental S25 600, Rud the reduced ren al, 4 ?
/ the relief Ot the poor. This amounts now -
q about i CCU or $4,000 The District legISla a
lure ! ad Of a elT own vCitiol re iucai the
/ Ttnia! 10 so 0tc. t1en the Board Of Pu5lIc
| Works we ut 10 Congress. Offering TO >eIl the
! citizens tnteTe IN the City Hal, aud bil,
was iassed appropTiating So c1J therefor,
and fh. money was TO he applied in ereCti ug
q building Tor ID strict Offices. The board
then entered into an agreement to take the
land north of the market FOR the purpose,
and the pa peTs were made out and place on
r cord. IN those papers the teuts. is fixed At
- 300, and IL is there provided that the Dis
tTicJ government VIII ms Ike I'D the differ
~ &C for the relief of the pOOI. IIadditiOn Cd
the 50 0C0 paid by Congress for the Ci,y
h8 an additional $1,000 was voted by the
legislature for the District buildings; the
sewer CCLrPc ions were LAID, the cellar dug.
6nd iLen The work was abandoned. TIE
District government now seeks 10 make the
market company pay this moley, but they
viii ave hard work.
MT. SnlOmOns said he understood that the
pres eIt District government taxes issue as 10
tie il gality o. the act OF the legislature He
must say hat the sta ement made by II Mr.
Emery was news TO him.
Mr.. NJ. q. Emery remark d that he had bat
aNSmSIl Interest ia the market como y; that
be went into IL 10 get rid OF the Old sheds aud
they had done so. putting up in lieu thereof a
building which was credit to the CIIy, and
on their investment they had not received
four Per cent. per anDum.
The question of working a quarry by Ia
borers furnished ty the eXchHuse was re-
ICTrCC To the executive committee.
&r. II. i TullOck was elected a manager
TO fill the vacancy occasiOned by the res
nation of Mr.. j. L. Lehman.