, 1879-05-13
account OF sptrtts, $6,25 on nceount Of tobacco
nl ciExrs, 81, 103 on nceuunt Of beer, &C. lao for
Special licenses, aud $25 sas pnI1 for exports.

account OF sptrtts, Il, ,2o5 on aceount Of tobacco
mil ciExEs, 81, 103 on nccu,int Of beer. Sb lW lor
special licenses, aud Se5 was paid for EXPORTS
4 new counterfeit e5 Natinnal.bank a"tc has
t,c tame pnlate IS iho Ts,naq,a tic llnnoycr
counterfeit SIS which madv tlcir appearance
two Of ihrcc years ago: THIS GountrFleit Z on
tho rawlinE National Bank of Faw)i'iE, N. l.
Con. Tyner anl The other Washington officials
visited tic posto oEllce yesterday nnl made m
pressing their entire sntsfact'on at tic w'rtngs
porary loestIo,. 'Tiiey lcit last evening" for
Omaha, tntend!nE to stop At Dubuque; Dason. sra,
20 directly to San Francisco, stoppanT At sSst
Lako Ci.y and other places on their way back.
HAD MATERIAL AID QUEER CuNTnAc7s-
The trials Of tho indicted Cuftosn-l ionss con.
tractors now II, progress DO not to!eh uuoh 81!
tho queer contracts and questionable material
Of Gen. Mcdowell. It Will bc remembered That
about Six months ago tint gentleman rejected
sunio corrugated iron which was not up to
grade md sent 1t bacK to tho contsactore. The
when No 20 was sent. Tlis iron Was destined
as the support Tor tic concrete OF Thy floors be-
tween tho beams, and wns furnished by Dwight
Il flnys, Of Springfield, Mass. In order to save
iron was oolted to the beams nnsl corrugated
Iron lcId IN That way instead OF being laid on
tic 1ougo OF the beam, rs Ia tho usltnl mothod.
Tllis ang1a.iron wAs bnttcd to the beam ny
isa!f.tnc bolt, and this bolt in great measure
hos 10 support tho entire weight OF the concrete
abuvo.
firm for putting In the Iron lath!nE on the cell
nEs Th,s contract "as swasea tdn5lnS tie %
the conspiracy cascs now Oh trial. The speeli,
cations called for American iron, No. p a,.l
hat quality wns put In. The work was finished
ind the lathIng all to nbout three months ngo;
| tllut tho mat erfa1 used is H]Iat ,ts known ~
stovc-pIpc Iron. In due COURSE Of tfmo the
concrete was put on ab0yc, mil in tue operation
some Of the water oozcd down on tue lnshlnE.
That The lathIng is badly rustcd md eaten away
to st1ch IN extent a. to create serious doubts na
tuuslcnt Mcdowell reported this fact to tho atl-
| thoritcs sume ttmo RGo. but no notice has bccn
| tnkcn Of the communication.
| Another chapter In thcs0 lnth contracts haa
come to light during the Inst week. Some weake
ngo. the ncting Supervising Architect, John!
| Frazer, advertised for bids Tor the Turing and
lnthing OF The cornices. n1ut this same firm waa
among the bidders. rhu bt1e were 10 be opcnGd
nt Washington, hay Q. The announcement ts
now Tnadc that the same flrm are the lowest
sde ass here to 10 Tfry
Hcro permitted to hantl In supplemental bid and
their proposals On which tho contract was let arc
actually dated May 8, two days after the bids
we're opened. Nar Is thts ALL. Without further
notice, antl although the advertisement only
called for bids for tho cornice work, they have
now been awarded the work for thu walls q.
we'll rs the corniccs. Their hgurcs for the cor
nicos aro 101$ cents, aud for the walIs 23 ccnts
In yieH Of tlle facts as given iu regard to tn
lathfng already put In, 1t woufd scum to bo il't
troper thing to hare tic matter thoroughly. fn
vcsiiaatcd by exports betore any more work +
done which may ultimately havn to be replaced
From ali accounts Mcssrs. Dwight IL Hoyt scet1
work viii probably 90 on, nntl about the tim,
the bu.latny Is completed exclusive fcpatra vii
| be in OrlCr.