Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-19

proposed also 10 sell part OF lot IS, square So
the same section OF Georgetown, on the west
SIDE OF High street, south OF Bridge street.
fronting 6S feet CT High street and has depth
or SO feet The ground is assessed at 81 $50
and the house at $500. making 81, s6O The ob
lect In making the sale of these two pieces OF
property Is that the engine house NAV be
located upon higher ground. The present loca-
tfon OF the engine house In Georgetown is upoa
the low ground, so that whenever there is an
alarm OF fire it is almost invariably necessary
10 make the horses start with the engine on An
up grade. Ii is very desirable that the eng
mouse should he located on a higher grade, 50
that when there is an alarm OF fire they m sy
START upon down grade. To the sale or the
town there can certainly be no objection. Thprs
is another small lot, the Georgetown city
spIlEg, part OF lot 245. square %. The spring
qT,eo Theo up oo 40 years ago it was Dedicated N
located IN Orchard alley. The ground is va
ued or assessed at s4l.
Senator Harris said the property, In its pres
ent condition, is OF no use TO the District, and
tne amendment was agreed TO. The arnAni
ment Tor the sale OF lots at the corner OF l6 h
ana streets northwest was agreed to.
IN RELATION TO FUTURE ESTIMATES
the following was adopted: THAT the annual
estimates of the District of Columbia shall ne
transmitted to Congress by the Commissioners
OF the District OF Columbia at the same tine
that the regular annual estimates for expenses
OF the government are submitted by the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury
An amendment offered by Mr. Harris for an
addltlonal s. ,Oo0 clerk for the police was re-
1ecteu, ana Mr.. Harris amendment for the par.
chase and lifting out OF a steam launch was
ruled out OF order. Senator Edmunds read A
letter he had received from "a highly respected
gentleman" OF Washington, complaining OF
the
PRESENT METHOD OF REPAIRING SCHOOL BUILD
INGS.
The letter stated that formerly a carpenter
called a. mechanical Janitor. was employed At
$1,000 year; that he furnished his own horse.
wagon, and tools, and made all repairs In school
houses; that the present commissioners oo-
taiLed the authority TO substitute an inspector
OF buildings for the mechanical janitor; that
this inspector pays TO subordinate the same
amount Isl ,200) for experimenting the repairs
that the mechanical janitor formerly got for
making them, and that men are now paid ont
of the school fund to make repairs. In short
that the present method costs twice as much as
the old. MI. Edmunds declined TO give the
nam name OF MS correspondent but after consider
able debate proviso in the bill vas pointed OFT,
requiring JanitorS OF the different buildings to
make minor repairs, and it was thought this
would probably meet the case. Senator Wfthets
said there was no provision in the bill authorz-
ing the Commissioners to appoint an Inspector
OF buildings for the schools.
The Dill was then passed. 1t Will now go TO
the House, where the Senate amendments viii
rot be concurred in; then it Will go to a confer
ence committee.
DIFFERENCES TO BE SETTLED IN CONFERENCE
Considerable difficulty is apprehended In re-
conciling the differences between the two
houses Of Congress On the District approprIa-
ton bill in conference. One trouble expected
is In regard to the jail Senator Harris, chair
man OF the District committee, insists that the
L. 5. government should bear all the expenses
OF the jail. He says that In every state and
territory OF the Union the government bears
the expense OF the confinement and punish
ment OF persons condemned by its courts, and
that no exception should be made In the Dis
tr1ct OF Columbia. He says the District govern-
ment maintains its police stations. workhouSe
and like institutions for the punishment OF
offenders against the municipality; that prs-
OnerS in the Jail are offenders against L. S
laws. sentenced by L. S. Courts; that the only
way by which an offender against the munici.
pal laws gets into the jail Is by making an ap
peal from the municipal to the District Su-
preme Court, which is government court;
that this tight OF appeal is conferred by law
and when the offender resorts to IL he Is trans
ferTed from the municipal TO L. S. Court, and
If sentenced to jail 1t is py the United States
and not by the District government. Senator
Harris made this argument before the Senat,
appropriation committee, and IL was SO forcib.e
that the committee struck out the provision
In the District bill, which would have put hall
OF thetNpenSe OF the jail on the District. Tue
Senate Will not yield this point. Senator Har-
ris will no doubt be one Of the Senate conferees
On the District bill. He regards 1t as the duty
OF the District committee 10 look after ani
protect the interests OF the District and itS
people, and be intends to do so. This l.'i
question, IL Is feared, may cause difficulty l.
reaching final agreement in conference ana
the insane asylum appropriation Will also, per
haps, be bone OF contention, as the Senate
Will Insist that the District must not be taxed
more than its share. The street market and
high school question will, Ii is thought, b.