Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-26

w. A. Ragan, pilot; }. f.. Mcintosh. engineer:
:; A. Wineberger, medical purveyor;. J. T.
Chancey, first mate; T. H. Harper, second
mate; John Penn, steward.
District Government Affairs.
Thos. Bowling. auctioneer. has sold for the
District government the O-street market house
sheds for S207.5
TREsPAssERs ON GOVERNMENT PARKS AND RES
ERvATIONS
Judge Smell to-day sent note to the District
commissioners inclosing paragraph clipped
from The STAR relative to the relaxed efforts of
the police and the courts in the enforcement of
the laws for trespass on the street parks. He
states that the article is evidently based upon
some misrepresentation; that 1--WE never refuse
warrants, when asked for, on information filed
in District cases. Whenever your attorney
files his information. warrants will issue,
without question, as a matter of course. The
number OF cases that might have preceded would
have no effect. as numerous examples show in
your trials with market cases. The cases al
luded to suppose must be those instituted upon
the idea that an act of Congress had annulled
certain ordinances. think it would be we'll to
have those cases early settled so that the court
may be relieved from doubt upon the
question of the validity of important
ordinances. These cases have no ref
erence, however, to the ordinary trespassers
on the parks and public reservations, which are
invariably promptly punished, and there is not
single appeal in any of these cases. The APP
pealed cases are those where reservations and
streets have been used for business purposes"
Commissioner Morgan sent the cOmmunca-
ton to Major Brock. stating that there is some
mistake about there being an order of court
which stops the issuance of warrants. If Mr..
Padgett refuses, then report the fact to the
Commissioners.
SHORT WEIGHT OF COUNTRY CORN DEALERS.
Mr.. James Small. sealer of weights and
measures, made raid on the country corn
dealers this morning for selling by short
measure, and confscated six barrel measures,
all of which were one bushel short in five
barrels. There has, of late. been considerable
complaint among consumers, especially stable
men, about these country dealers.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle:-ThOs. Collins,
erect three twO-stOry dwellings, H, between 9th
and 18th streets southwest; 81 800. VIM. Smith,
erect four two-story dwellings. 9th, between /
and streets northwest; 81 600.
THE New TRACK ON THE BALTIMORE AND PO-
MAC RAILROAD is being laid from the Baltimore
end OF the line, and in short time the con-
tractor for grading from Benning's nOrthward
will be at work. and it is expected that the time
is not far distant when the line will be double
track all the way. The Baltimore Su, of to-day
says:-"The distance between the two cities is
forty-two miles, but as there is already double
track at this end as far st. Agnes station, and
from the other end as far as Benning's station.
the actual number of miles to he laid is thirty
two. Some little work was done at ST. Agnes
last week, but as there was disagreement be-
tween the contractor Mr.. Francis McAdams. of
Philadelphia, and some of the laborers relative
to wages. not much progress was made. The
laborers demanded 81 .25 per day. The contrac-
tor refused to accede to their demands, and
compromise was effected by which the best men
are paid 81 20 per day and the others s1.10. 1t
is thought that the road will be completed in
about year. 1t was supposed at first that not
so long time would be required but the great
number of small hilocks to be leveled, bitches
to be filled, &C., will make progress on the work
slower than was expected. Mr. McAdams con-
tract with the company is to build the road as
far as Patapsco, about four miles from ST. Agnes
He may, however, continue much farther The
road will be used from station to station as soon
as laid-in the same way as the double track to
st. Agnes is used at present"
The Free Bridge.
To the Editor of the Star:
Gen. Eppa HuntOn has urged upon the Secre-
tary OF War the prOpriety of surveying a site for
the proposed free bridge at Georgetown at a
point about 500 feet above the aqueduct. as well
as the site at Three Sisters islands This inter-
mediate site was carefully surveyed by the free
bridge committee several winters ago, and maps
OF their work have been placed in the hands of
the Secretary of War. This site is as advanta-
geOus to the citizens of the District and Virginia
as the aqueduct itself, for it would connect a
bridge with Arlington and Fort Whipple. and
the roads of Alexandria county, just as the aque-
duct does. The cost of bridge on it will not,
it is claimed, be any more than on the Three
Sisters island site, while at the latter gravest
engineering and road difficulties are involved in
the erection of bridge and proper approaches;
hence the need of the survey requested by Gen.
Hunton. Should the government be unable to
purchase the aqueduct from its present owners.
then the question of other sites becomes of SUI
preme Importance to our citizens. KY.
RUN THROUGH BY HACK POLE.-At Fort
WORTH Texas, Henry Taylor, a hack driver. ran
tally injured him. The pole of the hack ran
through Wilson's body. Taylor was arrested on
charge of murder. A witness heard TAYLOR
call out, Get out of the way or will run over
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