Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-02


SPRING OF 1885.
Mr.. Gwynn Harris, inspector of marine prod
uets, has made report OF the quantities of shad
| and herring caught in the Potomac river for the
spring of 1855 as follows:
Herring landed in Washington
during the month of March-........ 2,91l
April. $500, 213
NAY o,9l2,O66
June...................... .... 81 ,S13
lOtdl
Landed in Alexandria 3,911 ,1S8
trap-neis .......: .. 100000
Shipped to baltimore by vessels 71,SOO
Total catch of herring . 15,497,O19
Shad landed in Washing ton ...... 125,4OS
Sh;id landed in AleXanGria......-....... 1879
Shipped TO Baltimore per steamer..... $500
Sold on the shores and from trap-nets.- 1890
Total catch OF shad. 157,6o7
FISH INSPECTIONS.
Inspector Harris reports the marine products
inspected and condemned during the quarter
ending June so, 1885, as follows: Herring in-
spected. 9,711 ,122: do. condemned, 127.G7S;
shad inspected, I25,429; do. condemned, 80:
punches fish inspected, 67,424; do. condemned,
:: clans Inspected, Isl ZOO: do. condemned
$$S,o2o; crabs err INSPECTED, S54,5oo; do CON
els; do. condemned, $50 bushels.
THE EQUITABLE c. b. AssoCIATIoN.-This
association held its GOTH monthly meeting at
the office of the association, 917 F street, last
night, George w. Hardness in the chair, and
made to the shareholders amounting to
1000, at an Average premium of IS per cent.
Affairs i'm West Washington.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS = Hermoine
Lodge, No ~, 4: of p installed the following
Delzell. c. C.; j. u. Blair, " G.; e. +. Harper,
prelate; j; L. Gladmon NJ. at A; ]. A. Paul, l.
SmIrrING NEws-Schooner Bavl,ss Wood
arrived to-day with 0S6 tons of Ice from Ken
nebec. Schooner Carrie Norton arrived with
500 tons of ice from kennebec. Schooner EN-
nerson Roakes arrived with 700 tons of ice
from kennebec. Schooner Freddy l.. Porter
NOTEs.-Workmena are engaged in repairing
the hydrants in this place and it is hoped and
exp that they will next tackle the defec-
ana barges are at present engaged in blasting
the rocks in the Potomac opposite god street
wharf.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER
At ] A. a,Great Falls, temperature. 60; con-
dition, 6: Receiving reservoir, temperature.
Al; condition ut north connection, 81 south
connection, 20. Distributing reservoir, tenn
peratnre. "A; condition at ini1uent gate-house,
81: effiuent gate-hOuse, 33. High tides in the
river to-day at 1922 a. IN. and 1882 p. m.
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR
STREET EXPENDITURES INvESTIGATIoN-A
joint committee of the city council is now in
Nestigating the allegation that the appropria-
fiscal year. The appropriation bill of May 81,
1854, contains an item: "Cieanins and repair
ing streets, $500" The annual accounts con-
tain, under the head of Streets" these items:
Cleaning streets, S2.I2S.37; repairing streets,
S2,S246O; repairing Union street, $50 Pitt
street sewer, S99-total, S5,4O9.O4." 1t is
claimed that these expenditures were made in
the regular and ordinary course of business.
Under the city ordinances, 1.-The superintend-
ent OF police 3 shall not expend any money
in the public service unless the same shall have
been specially designated by law or by order of
tn city counci but this section shall not be
q. strued SD as to restrain him from the eX-
II n'iiture of sums not exceeding twenty dollars
Tor the removal OF nuisances.' This provision
was doubtless intended to give power to clear
away promptly any, nuisance affecting the pub
lie health; but for L great many years a wider
whenever the various committees on streets
have found useful work which could be done
ty continuous expenditures OF twenty dollars
each they have felt at liberty to order,the work.
In this way much work is done. The eXpendi-
lures on streets have always exceeded the esti-
mates.
NoTES.-R. l.. Carne, with party of ST. John
cadets, two Of thcm Henry Douglas and
Charles Homller, Washington lads, is making
a tour to the Philadelphia camp and then down
the Jersey shore.-Mr. u. W. Whiting has
changed his weekly city Item to a daily and
the FIRST number appeared yesterday afternoon.
The funeral OF Mrs. Virginia Atwell took
place this atternOOn.-U. $. Gauger Dearborn
has been notified by the Treasury department
that his appointment is revoked.-John r.
Hill has bought the often sold house, belonging
To the Pascoe estate, on south Fairfax street, for