The morning times., 1896-01-19
THAT DOODLE BOND BILL
President WO0dWard's Commit
tee to Investigate.
HIGH COMMISSION OF SEVEN
Several Members Are Committe ed to
the ST,5OO.O0O issue-Extraordi-
mary Conclusions of the District
commissioners a. To Cost of En-
tcn>ionS-Fucts and Figures.

President Woodward of the Board of
| Trad" appointed yesterday the special com.
mittcc which is tu take into cons dcra ton
al of the resolutions prcscntc d TO the board
at its special meeting nn Friday night. ana
TO further consider the subject OF Il more
| conservative and practical plan for ~ -
| ing Naid Chc street extcnsiunJ act and
| amendments into execution.
The committee has been constituted us
| follows. hcs>rs. X. EusS Perry, chaplin
| Brown, \. y. Worlhington, ". f. Mat
| tIngly, I. {. Glover, j. Is. Winner and
| JOSEPH Paul. The object ui The committee
| is To- near persons desiring TO bc heard on
| the subjects ui The various rrsuluI .0us, the
committee thereafter TO report their con-
clusinnS 10 the Board OF Trade.
the Nv" iirst uaiucd gentlemen on the
c"mmiitee were members OF the special
Committee III the directors, who submitted
resolutions ON Friday evening iIdorsing
J The seven and half million dollar bond
issue, which resolution failed Of passage
lhr IhITd gent lrniHn is he who oiIerea Il
similar resolution at the previous meet
ing ot the board, and which Mr.aChapin
brnwnaliaCE,d d SO violently with iaCIS and
figures ihat II ais" failed of passage.
notwithstanding the fact thai 1t l. stated
over and over again Ihat there is the
NAb'"N h'Htl t''tit' Vi OIilllOn siS 10
cost ar the COndrInnl tons, IL is singular
that when the Board of Trade managers
present resolutions for Endorsement, the
hGdrcs. $500 900, are always given.
FIGURES HAyEA CHARM.
The Board uf Trade itself. or at least,
the special committee of the board of
directors, prcfaced its statement to the
board the other night 10y saying that 1t
had become doubtful as to whether the
amount necessary had NOT been under
estimated. Tue members. IL rs arg.ed
may differ - TO law and l. ais Tor ex-
tension, etc, but no one mas yet seen u
setn-otTiclal or official utteraace OF the
board that does not state explicitly the
fIgdrcs ST,0OO.UUO.
Mr. Chaplin Brown has stated publicly
thai Ia" JuUaul would be about SO. .OUO,-
900, and Mr.. T. G. SOmerviIic VINO, by
the va y. WAS NO. put ON the committee. SAYS
II would be about $4,000 600, and the
Commissioners wrote a letter to senator
Proctor, which was produced as Rurry-up
campaign-thGnder at the last meeting iii
which they stated over the signature, OF
MIR. Ross. that the cost OF the GIrSt section
would be S6,GUu,UUU, ard that the cost
of the second section would he S2.UuU.V 900.
This appears to be only 5000, 600 mere
than the $500 600 scheme, and the fig
ures tally wonderfully well.
Where did the Commissioners get this
estimate from? Yesterday in order to
settle the question The Times made an APP
plcatiOn 10 the natural fountain OF all
information on this subject, MAJOR Powell
the engineer Commissioner.
He was asked the direct quest ion what
would he the total number of feet of land
necessary TO be condemned under he opera
tiOn of the proposed extension scheme. He
replied that no one could give that inform
alton now for the reason that the plans
had net been perfected.
He. however, stated quite frankly that
the number OF square feet condemned and
to hc condemned in the first section was
5000 900. and that wo-thirds OF the whole