Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-05
District Government Affairs.

Colonel VIM. keySer, vice president of the
fhe niS3rca ana oceS onI hToad was at
ing made to arrive at some equitable basis of
taxation for the property belonging to this as
well as other railroads entering the District or
Columbia.
COST OF THE SMALL PoX SERVICE.
Health Officer TOwnshend in report to the
District Commissioners states that the expenses
incurred in conducting the small pox service to
March 1st was as follows: Expended under au-
thor1ty of the National Board Of Health from
January 1St to February Is, for vaccine virus
$3,025; compensation of employees, s., ,165; total,
pensation Of employees to March lst is s4I5 In
addition to this there is rent OF building used as
an ambulance station, $50, and telephone ser
vice, s45; for stoves and hardware, forage, fuel,
harness, medical supplies, repairs to wagon and
ambulance, canned goods lumber. &C., $421. 80;
making a total of $sO1.56. This added to the
expenditure from the National Board of Health
as above, makes total cost OF Ss,o9l.5O.
COLLECTIONS IN April.
The report of the collector of taxes, John F.
Cook, for the month of February. shows the fol-
lowing collections: General taxes and penalties,
s24, ,6o2;44; miscellaneous, including licenses,
making total OF $S5, ,101.1s.
THE NIGHT LODGING HOUSE.
Mr: A. s. S0lomons, vice president of "The
Night Lodging House Association" +" has made
report to tho Commissioners Of the District,
showing that the house was re-opened on the
26th December last, and that during the month
of January they sheltered 927 persons, of whom
2s were colored-males $40; women and children,
II; all but 2a1 were single, and 127 were.unable
to read and write. Americans, 597; foreigners,
$780, Average per night, 25. Meals furnished,
1854. For February the number cared for were
SOB, OF whom were colored and 4 were women
and children. Unable to read and write 25:
married, 80; Americans 270; foreigners 230.
Average per night, II; number of meals sup
piled, 1,200. The nationalitieS of the bench ,
ciaries were: Germans, As; Irish, IS; English, 42
Scotch, is; Canadians, Is; Welsh, IA; French,
y: Swiss 6: Italians. 5, and Danes 5. AS an
indication OF the trades and professions of these
wanderers In search of employment, it is of in
terest to know that they were ulvided as follows:
Artists, g.; bookbinders 6; blacksmiths, IL; ba-
kers. IA; brfcklayerS, Is; butchers, 10; boiler
makers, 5; clerks, 13; carpenters, Il; cooks, 16;
cabinet makers, 4; cigar makers, Z; engineers,
II; farmers, %; f1remen, 12; gardeners, s. har-
ness makers, 9; hostlers, IL; hatters, 6; iron
workers. I; jewelers., 8; laborers, 3S; machinists,
painters, 26; plasterers, a. plumbers, z; pint
ers, 13; peddlers, g. railroad men, IA; school
teachers, Z; Sailors %; shoe-makers, IS; stone
cutters, 12; Stone-masons, Z; stewards, 8; team
sters, 15; taflors, 5: timers, I; telegraphers, 81
walters, IA, and Weayers, 16 The supenntend-
ent, who Is physician, has, by direction OF the
health officer, vaccinated every person who has
curious fact that tlCO and OiteldC per cent. OF
the inmates were colored, Notwithstanding all
worthy colored applicants are always admitted.
quite number OF young men have been at
tracted thfther to enter the naval service on the
training ship stationed at our navy yard, while
many lodgers were personally looking after PEN
sions and claims before the departments As
class, they were apparently respectable, and
few, any, were Of the genus tramp"