Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-01
FROM WASHINGTON.

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c,c,;.I Correspondence Of tho Alexa. GAzErTEl
WASHINGTON. D. c., May l, 1886.
Two months ago. without being asked to
1o 40, the Washington and Georgetown
street car company promised their en-
ployees that their work hours should ne re-.
duced to twelve hours q day on the ISL OF
Nav. The passage Of favors between the
company and their employees yesterday
was mentioned in the GAZETTE OF that date'
TO dav, when the new time went into enect,
all the cars on all the lines of the company
were caily decorated, some of them con,
t.;ninG bands Of music, and the horses OF all
of them covered with sleIghbeiis, as
testimonials Of the gratitude OF the en-
nlnvees. All the one-horse cars have beeh
ramoved from the Pennsylvania avenue
line and more two-horse cars put on IN
their stead. 49,
4 resolution will be introduced in the
House next Monday for an investigation OF
certain alleged frauds committed IN tne
PostofIice Department when Mr.. Hatton was
at its head, and which that ex Official mas
tried to conceal.
ONLY three Congressman accepted the IN
vitation OF the parties interested III the To-
cation of the proposed free bridge across
the Potomac at the "Three Sisters" to visit
that site yesterday afternoon, Senator KID,
dleberger and Representatives Barbour and
Rowell, of the House Committee on the
District of Columbia. Mr.. Rlddeberger
nointed out the beauties and advantages o.
the site, but neither Mr.. Barbour DOT MT
Rowell could see them, though they looked
long and hard. 1t is thought here that tae
only people who want the bridge at the
ssThree Sisters" are certain property owners
in Georgetown who think that should it DC
located there the Aqueduct bridge will be
DESTROYED and their property be available
for wharf purposes. The popular site fol
the bridge is that from Arlington Park, on
the Virginia side of the river, to Potomac
Park, on the reclaimed flats, at.the end o
New York avenue, on the Washington slde
The sub committee of the Senate Judlcla'
~ Committee was in session to day, 1t was
said, with the intention of completing theli
report upon the nomination of MIR. Goode te
be Solicitor General. 1t is stated on the
authority of two democratic Senators tha'
General Malone has failed to substantlate
his charges against Mr.. Goode, and that the
nomination of the latter will be confirmed
In the House yesterday Mr.. Barbour pre-
sented the petition of Susan L. Samuel, O.
Culpeper county, Virginia, that Der wal
claim be referred to the Court of Claims;
There was no session of the Senate to-day
that body having ad burned yesterday until
Monday. In the House to day solution
was adopted increasing the appropriation
for the expenses of the Pan. Electric invest:
igating committee to $4,000. The House
then took up the report of the committee on
rules on the resolution for an investigation
of the system of substitutes, charged to exist
in some, if not all, the Government depart
ments here, which report was adverse. Mr.
Taulbee, of kentucky. the democratic sue
cessor of the republican, J. ID. White, OPP
posed the adoption of the report, saying the
committee had been humbugged by the de-,
partments, and that an investigation shoulo
be made In his speech ms denounced both
the civil service laws and their advocates
saving that Mr.. Pendleton had been made
cats paw Of, and killed himself by father
ing the bill, and that Mr.. Eaton had MADE
more money out of it than any body else
As it was law, however, he wanted 1t car
ried out to the letter. in order that it might
the more speedily be repealed. He was ex
ceedingy severe in his structures upon the
chiefs Of bureaus for the course they pur
sued in regard to the civil service, and mol
only ryeted The attention of the Whole
House upon him, but attracted large mum
Der of the members 10 The space Immediate
w in front Of him. He said the law was q
piece of hypocrisy; it had been conceived in
sin and brought forth in iniqulty.
1t is expected that large number isuch
workmen as are engaged in building opera
tons will be idle on Monday next and iol
some time thereafter, al the employers Will
refuse their demand for ten hours pay fol
eight hours work
The House judiciary committee yes;er
day and to dav considered the Edmund's
anti Mormon bill. Ex Secretary Boutwell,
of Massachusetts, argued against the passage
Of that bill upon the ground OF its unconstl-
nationality.