National Republican., 1877-07-17
Raising n Resistance Fund.


The following agreement has been drawn up
by some Of the property holders on the line Of
the pavement laid on Pennsylvania avenue,
and will be circulated for signatures among
those interested:
We the undersigned. owners OF real property
fronting on Pennsylvania avenue, between first
and Fineenth streets northwest, In the city Of
Washington, hereby agree to pay the sums by us
respectively subscribed for the purposes following:
l. To employ counsel TO institute aud prosecute
In the supreme Court OF this District and In the
supreme Court of the United States, IL necessary,
one more suits, tn contest the validity Of the re-
cent assessments made against our said property
for the requirement. Of said avenue, between the
limits aforesaid.
> To lay before Congress fully the manner in
which we have heretofore been assessed for the
worthless wood pavement laid on said avenue BY
authority OF Congress, to the end that We may OBJ
tain relief from The said assessments, and protcc-
g. TO collect the necessary proofs to lay before
the courts and Congress that the said requirement.
best material was not used in the construction OF
said pavement; that the same was not laid In the
most substantial manner, and without unneces.
sary delay, as required by the terms of the act OF
l. To judIcially, settle the question whether we
may be perpetually specially assessed to keep in
repair great national highway.
The District InJuncted.
The application OF the Washington and
Georgetown Street Railway Company for an
Injunction against the District Commissioners
was argued before Justice wylie yesterday.
This suit grows out of the recent paving of
Pennsylvania avenue. When the District
Commissioners made the assessments to pay
for this improvement the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company was charged
with l0,SS669 as their share of the expense.
They demurred to paying S,6I0.i2, which
was charged for the blue-stone paving laid
along either side Ofthc outer rails Of the track,
and abutting on the pavement, on the ground
that the work was done without their consent,
and under the law they had right to control
two feet beyond their rails on each side Of the
roadway. The Commissioners declined to re-
duce the assessment, and the railroad company
came before the Chancellor praying an injunc.
ton They were represented by Colonel
Enoch Totten, and the Commissioners by Cen
eral William Brney. As the company ad-
mitted that Sl2, ,207.27 was their proper share
and for which they were liable, the Court or
dcred that this amount should be paid over
to the District, and, on condition that 1t was
done, granted a temporary injunction on the
collection of the balance until the final hear.
ing Of the case.
Tn. Capital Publishing Company Beaten.
Justice Wylie yesterday in the Equity Court
gave a decision In the case of the Capital Pub
fishing Company against George Hill, jr, a
paper manufacturer of Georgetown. The ac'
tiOn was brought on an amended bill TO re-
strain the defendant from prosecuting bank
ruptcy proceedings against the Complainants,
which had been begun and order to show cause
made, also to prevent the negotiating OF GER
tain notes held by the defendants, and praying
that they be ordered in court, where II the
debt were proven, ample security for Its pay
ment would bo given. His Honor, having
fully considered the case, decided to deny the
injunction, and dissolved the restraining order
This action Of the court leaves Mr.. Hill free