Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-03

d. NJ. Hammond, a computor in the super
Vising architects office Of the Treasury, has re-
signed to accept a better position in the Pens
J. H. Welch, of New York, has been appoint
ed foreman of the cabinet shop of the Treasury,
vice JAS W. Kemp.
The Grant Obsequies.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HAVE A PLACE IN
LINE-A NEW PALL-BEARER SELECTED-MR.
DEZENDoRF'S COMMITTEE-THE DISTRICT G.
A. r.
Gen. Hancock has requested Gen. John b.
Clark, clerk of the House of Representatives,
to inform him how many members of the
Forty-ninth Congress desire to attend the obse.
quies August 9Th, so that they may be duly
placed in line.
Gen. Clark, the clerk of the House, has already
received several affirmative responses to his
dispatches to Representatives. asking If they
were going to attend Gen. Grants funeral. In
response to Gen. Hancocks dispatch asking
how many Representatives would be present at
the funeral, Gen. Clark said he could not make
a correct estimate, but thought it safe to say
fifty. He now thinks there will not be less than
q hundred.
ADMIRAL, wORDEN AS A PALL-BEARER.
The President has designated Rear Admiral
John l.. Worden to act as pall-bearer in place
of Vice Admiral Rowan, who has asked to be
excused on account of ill-health.
MIR. DEZENDoRF's COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Dezendorf, who was chairman Of the Grant
meeting held here last week, has written to the
principal promoters of the meeting, stating tina t
as Gems. Beale and Burdett have declined to
6e tine @ ee1ed to
the project drop. Gen. Beale in his letter to
Mr. Dezendorf stated that he had after the
of Washington as the place of burial. "As the
family have now positively selected another
place" he continued, II consider it only re-
mains for friends to acquiesce and to refrain
from doing anything which might add to their
grief at the great loss which they, az well as the
entire country, have SO lately sustained"
THE DISTRICT G. A. r.
Department Commander N. NJ. Brooks, De-
partment of the Potomac, G. A. R., has issued a
general order formally announcing the death
of Gen. Grant. The standards OF the depart
ment and posts will be draped in Grape for the
period OF sixty days 1t is suggested by the
commander that an emblem OF mourning,
comrades Of this department place a strip OF
Grape about half an inch in width diagonally
and that the G. a. H. button be worn in the cen
ter of a rOsette of Grape one inch in diameter
comrades Harrison Dinginan, d. S. Alexander,
Geo. +. COrson, Green B. Raum and James NJ.
Pipes are appointed a committee to arrange for
memorial services.
Nearly all the colored servants who were at
the White House when Gen. Grant was Presi.
dent will attend the funeral by the Presidents
permission. Albert Hawkins, the Presidents
coachman, will not drive the horses attached to
the hearse, as the animals will be led by grooms
Arrangements are being made in this city for
persons wishing to attend the funeral of Gen
Grant on Saturday next to procure round trip
till August 14th.
1t is understood that a resolution will be in
troduced In Congress next winter declaring it
to he the wish OF the nation that the remains of
Gen. Grant be placed in the custody of the ma
ton, and be deposited here at the national
capital, in order that national monument to
his memory NAV be erected
At a meeting yesterday of the Labor League,
John Pope Hodnett was appointed delegate to
sentative of the national organization. Mr..
HOdnett leaves here on Thursday morning wi b
delegation OF five for that purpose.
The Roach Contracts Reserve Fund.
HOW 1T WAS THAT THE sHIPBUILDER GOT HOLD
OF IT.
The transaction which resulted in Secretary
Chandeliers handing over to John Roach the
reserve fund. which the contract provided
should be held by the government as security
until the completion of the steel cruisers, has
never yet been explained. It is rather q COM
piicated story. 1t began with the steel shafts
The contract provided that the shafts of the
cruisers should be made of steel, and should
possess certain strength and resistance When
they We're made the test showed that they did
not hay the requisite strength Then the
Roach wanted to put the shafts in anyhow. at
his own risk. A long correspondence was had
ana IL resulted nnally In the shafts being put
in. But on the first trial trip of the Dolphin the
shaft broke. 1t was cut open then by direction
OF the advisory board, and found to be full OF
airholes, not having been subjected to heavy
enough forging. Then another long correspond
ence was opened between John Roach and the
department. Mr.. Roach took the position that
the advisory board was responsible for the
shafts, as steel for that purpose was not known
to the art, and they had no right to specify that
1T should be used instead of iron. The advisory
board controverted this, holding that steel was
known to the art, and mentioned some twenty
vessels provided with steel shafts. They
insisted upon the steel shafts, as provided
for in the contract. Roach said he could not
get them. Here, as it Is claimed Roach was
put in the position of appealing to the depart
ment not to hold him to Il thing he could not
do, but to let him make the shafts of wrought
iron. This they finally agreed to, and the con
tractor was allowed to substitute iron for steel
This, 1t Is claimed, was done us q concession to
Roach. But after this Mr.. Roach came up and
claimed that as the government had thus
changed the plans, involving extra expense
they should advance him more money and
asked that the reserve be given him, to enable
him to go on with the contract. The question
was discussed by Secretary Chandler and the
advisory board and the opinion of Attorney
General Brewster was sought. He decided that
the reserve could be paid to Roach if IL could be
done without injury to the government Secre-
tary Chandler decided that it would not be TO
the injury of the government, and the money
was paid over.
The Cattlemen's Complaint.