The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-11

Work Of Copying Them Completed
Under the Auspices Of CoIumbin
Historical SOCirty-ImprOvem
Ordered by the commissioners.
special committee ~ the Columbia
Historical Society. appointed Tor the pur-
pose. has made "a copy OF the manu-
script Journals OF the CITY Council Of
Washington. covering the period from 1872
To- ISIS This committee was composed Of
W r. Bryan. Hugh r. TaCgart and NJ
J. Weller These gentlemen say On their
report that much labor has been given TO
the undertaking. and that the effort has
been attended with high dogre OF sue
cess iu supplying gaps ia the sequence
Of the records by making use of manu-
scripts and in searching the columns of
the National Intelligence The com
mittee has submitted a statement OF its
work 90 the Commissioners with the re-
quest that an item be- inserted in the
estimates 20 Congress 20 cover the cost
Of the publication of the record.
1T is the conviction Of the committee
10 says 90 the Commissioners, that the
value OF the records fully warrants the
labor and money SO far expended The
records contain matter showing the orr
gin and Illustrating the development Of
the present Fire. Police and Health De-
partmeuts, and of the present school sys-
TEN OF the District. and having a bearing
upon a variety OF topics otherwise, which
engaged the attention of the city govern
ment and affected the welfare OF the city
or were considered to be matters of pub
Tic concern Among them may be men
toned the enterprise projected by the first
Commissioners Of the city, called the
tended through the city from the mouth
Of Tiber Creek. on the Potomac. at the
foot OF Seventeenth Street to the Ana
costa. the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company and its proposed canal, To the
stock of which company the subscriptions
OF the District. Of the cities Of Washing
ton. Georgetown. and Alexandra, and Of
the United States were so large as to give
them at one time a controlling interest,
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pauy. the Long Bridge and other bridges.
the public markets. the water supply the
improvement OF the channels of the 20
tOmaC and the Anacustig Rivers the
construction Of the City HALL, now used
by the local courts. the Register OF VIA.
the Recorder Of Deeds. ana the Surveyor
OF the District Of Columbia. the visit Of
Lafayette tue part taken by the city In
Presidential lnauguratioHs, ACTON taken
by 10 iD the deaths OF Presidents. and on
other like occasions the National Era.
the Northern Liberty, and other riots, and
many other matters
"It is estimated that this material.
when printed. viii make an octave vol
Ume OF about 500 pages The cost OF PRINT
ing and binding an edition Of 30 vol
Uuues will be- about $500 The messages Of
the different Mayors Of the city, together
with important reports of committees 10
the two bodies of the Councils, SO far as
they can be supplied. are included In the
work Three other like volumes VIII
BRING the Council records down to the
year ISG'. since which they are I'm print.
The Columbia Historical Society has
already. at its own expense. prepared the
material for publication, and is willing
70 assume the expense Of supplying an
index. and OF supervising the proposed
books through the press II Is believed
that owing To the public nature Of this
undertaking, the District as represented
by your honorable body. should provide
FOR the printing Of the volume The con-
trbutiou Of the society toward the exc
CutIOu Of the project. in the preparation
of this material for tho press. II other
wise done. would involve an outlay far
IN excess Of the mere cost OF printing.
Commissioner MaCfariand has forward
cd the letter 10 his associates. with q mo-
ton that q supplementary estimate COW
eriug the cost of publishing the proposed
records. as requested by the committee,
BE- submitted 70 Congress.