Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-13
The District in Congress.

IMPROVING THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
Major Randolph, who has a proposition to
improve the sewerage system of Washington
by building main sewer from the arsenal to
18th street, was again heard in advocacy of his
plan by the House committee on the District OF
Columbia this morning. Lieut.. Hoxie was
present He said that, so far as he had ex-
amii ed Major Randolphs plan, he considered
it feasible and good one. Major Randolph
SAID that, by utilizing some of the sewers
already built he could construct his proposed
tion at an expense not to exceed $1,000 per an
mum. He said that he would give ample bonds
to complete it in three months after the date
of the award of contract to him, and would
ask for no compensation until board of Off
GERS, appointed for the purpose, reported that
he had completed the contract in accordance
with the plans and specifications he asks to
have adopted.
FLOUR INSPECTIONS.
The subcommittee on the Judiciary of the
District OF Columbia committee have agreed
to report bill equalizing the charges for
flour inspections in Georgetown and Wash
mgton; The law at present allows two cents
for each drawing and two drawings for flour
inspected in Georgetown, and one cent and
one drawing for flour inspected in Washing
ton. The bill agreed upon allows one cent and
cities. '''n
SUPPRESSION OF BEGGARs.
The same sub b-cOmmittee have also agreed 10
report favOrably to the full committee the bill
for the prevention of begging in Washington,
by making it the duty of police officers to ar
the streets, and to take them before a Justice
OF the peace, who shall ascertain if they are in
need OF the neceSSarieS of life. and if so to no.
tl1y the District Commissioners for relief: and
IL not 10 sentence them to thirty days in the
WOrkhOuSe.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE will
at or
Tuesday morning in the Smithsonian build
ing.
NEWSPAPER CHANGEs.-The Union is to be
merged in the Post ON Monday and the latter
paper will move to the Globe building now
occupied by the Union.
HOPES OF SAVING THE SCHOOL APPRopRIA
TIoN-Speaker Randall will on Monday ap
point a conference committee on the little de-
hciency bill, the Senate amendments thereto
having been nOn-cOncurred in by the House
This is the bill which has the $4,000 school ap-
so tar as this item is concerned, the hitch be-
tween the two houses being on an increa Sed
appropriation for railway postal service.
COMPETITION FOR KEEPING OF DISTRICT
CoNvICTs.-An effort made by the Kings coun-
ty, N. Y" penitentiary authorities to have the
District prisoners and United States prisoners
from the southern states recently ordered to
unsuccessful with the Department of Justice,
The principal reason urged why these conyicts
should be sent to the Kings county penitenti-
ary was that it being nearer to Washington
the cost of transportation would be less. The
department considered the proposition, but
the Albany penitentiary authorities Offering to
take the conylctS at ten cents day il has
been decided that they be still sent there The
department. formerly paid twenty five cents for
their support at Albany. This reduction makes
IL considerably cheaper than it would be to
send them to Kings county, and about as
cheap as 1t was to keep them in Baltimore, in
Guiding the gre ater amount OF transportation.
This arrangement Of ten cents day includes
all the prisoners heretofore sent to Albany.
about 3eO, and aggregate saving of about
$500 per annum.
PROPOSED COMPROMISE ON REsUMPTIoN.-
The Senate committee on finance yesterday
agreed to several important propositions
which will be formulated into bill TO be CON
sidered next Tuesday: These were, that after
july lst next greenbacks shall be received at
Their face value in payment Of custom duties:
that the Secretary of the Treasury shall sell u.
). 4 per cent. bonds for greenbackS at their
face value that SO much of the national bank
ing act as authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to retire eighty per cent of legal ten
der circulation upon the issue of national bank
notes be repealed that authority be given the
Secretary of the Treasury to reissue green
backs, and that all laws or parts of laws which
have been construed by the Secretary of the
Treasury as giving him authority to cancel or
retire greenback circulation be repealed
There are only three votes in the committee i'm
favor Of the absolute repeal of the resumption
act. These are Messrs. voorhees,, Wallace
and Jones OF Nevada. The propositions herein
OF compromise and substitute for the House
Dill TO repeal the resumption act
John Chamberlaln's club house at Long
Branch, with three acres of ground was CnI5