Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-07
District Ennroyerreut..

District improvements.
a reToT; from =. ". Cake, general srperin-
f.Tst.- . iLr D District. % the board o. m 80
iic works. - o. the Iressu- condition ~ 20
IUF.t" tIuuroy@T"ruis III that district shows that
80 street frrtt vCSt the work = slowly pTO-
sTe>>IEl. tie sidewalks are laid TO q street
Dor'l west; the wood pavement has been LAID
nom S'F'et northwest 70 shout midway be-
tween and streets northwest; the bed of the
Ioa'i - now being laid ont between street and
Eia; sac LU>et;S 4reI US; u street northwest, be-
tween frfi7.a avenue and New York avenue, Is
ROW CCElilete, except some needed repairs nov
tetTg made from Indiana avenue to West Capt
toi s.reet; the curb hes been iaii from Pennsvl-
vanis ayerue 10 & street northwest, and the
Roadway D: being prepared for paving. Very
Htfls has been done on jth street, between @
and II street,; the roadway has been plOweI M
anu % LETT y sewer has been laid from VI to y
street, Oh the east side OF 9Th street northwest
am 9Th strce's. from NJ TO y streets, TO sc-
con modaie those on the west side OF said street
al -iTett has been paved with Stowe pavement
from II 10 streets northwest, ana from q TO VI
OlrhWesf, and sewer laid from r 10 streets:
also the curb set TO - street northwest, emitting
the square between NJ and y streets northwest
Stree the last report Of the SUPERINTENDENT
netting hes been done on 9TH street except set
wing cCrhS. which now reach 10 l. street north
wet, and grading. h street northwest, between
I'd and 81 streets. Is now having the sidewalk
faic- e street TCT- Invest. between "a ami =
streets, u now being en- 10 conform 70 the new
grade of "a street. = street. from 9TH 70 . h. IS
being completed, ami between "a ard Sd streets
here = No change. Da street northwest, be-
tween 2 and an streets. the roadway Is flushed
also the fcotwsy and the parking l. being done.
On e street, from n 10 9Th street northwest
the roadway Is finished and the sidewalk COM
rieHesf from 9TH 10 9th streets; new coating
At ~ AsGit has been put this road,
NIlch : great Improvement on the Old,
"A Zinc h tile 81 weT has been laid on MaSSarhu
Sttts avenue. between ith and 18th streets on
either side, ard fCotwalhs from 2i TO 81 street.
20 lar a. tie roadway sDG sidewalks are con
ceTIeGi the parking has not been commenced.
NJ large sewer IRON p 70 81 streets northwest,
TO and along this street TO Sth street north-
west, j. Progressing rapidly, ana the work Is OF
rhe hTst class The sewer On sth street. above
rate. AT Mount Vernon Place the square, BE-
tween Sth and 9th streets. Is beautifully laid
out; that between 9Th and sth streets the debris
OF the old market house has been removed and
Is now assuming an altered and improved ap-
pearance.
ACTION OF TIE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
TO-DAY.
The superintendent OF roads, B. n. Carnan
Ter, was directed to cause Finch pipe cui vert
q leet long. with cubic yards of heai-walIs,
70 he constructed on Piney Branch road near
the second toll-gate, where washes have oc-
Cured. General Balloch, superintendent of
streets, was directed TO have the pump at the
corner OF lith and l streets taken mp and the
vel n1ied, and hydrant placed there instead.
Hon u. NJ. BrOdhead Was infoTme in reuIv 10
arequest that New Jersey avenue southeast be
graded TO level with the caTTiageway, that the
SPOT and decide the subject at such time as he
may suggest. InsIec Cunningham WAS d.
reCted 20 see that the contractors proceed at
once 10 lay the sidewalks on Rhode Island ave-
nue., from eth to Boundary street; also to see
that GesSTs- Hewitt K Lewis finish the Dayemept
OF lttL street above x this season. ii possible
Ire chief engineer was directed 70 cause the
contract with Finnegan & Hesdsle To- be ex-
,vI dec 50 a. 20 include the !sying of a I2-iucL
Tie sewer on the north side of street from
Inc alley about 100 feet east OF street 70 near
81 street, with the necessary traps, manhOles
and ateTals; also, that the width OF the CARRIAGE
way OF Indiana avenue AT Sd street " M remain
Unchanged. y. r. WIZARD was informed in
TeEIy 10 petition that a pump be placed on
i,,n street, between and Boundary streets
that The same will INV olive too great expense for
the number of Iersons 70 be Accommodated bu-
that II will be done soon as the necessities aud
ln,eLests ofthe public will warrant. The chief
engineer was directed to cause a contract 10 he
made with Delaware HudnelI TO set curbs and
lay brick sidewalks on Franklin street between
streets.
BUILDING AssOCIATIONs.-Las night the fifth
annual neetiBg of the " sshington Cooperative
Building ASSOCIATION was held at Marini's Hall.
And the secretary, Mr.. y. r.. Thompson, pre-
sented the 18th annual report The report
shows receipts Sll2, 5t-} ~; disbursements,
S1ln.e5532; balance in treasurer's hands,
- sos 10; assets, S1J4 $50 65 The stock account
shows original number OF shares 2 eco; redeemed
and cancelled first four wears. I, OPS . shares.
cancelled by settlement tfth year, e2 1; ca.-
celIed By redemption fifth year. 449 forfeited
Tor non payment of dues fifth yevr, Al; leaving
tota! number Of shares nov On roii, st;.i; mum.
Der now paying return OF advances, 1904; num-
Der not advanced, g.; cash value of one share.
Slco.2J. The report, Il viii be seen, shows the
association 10 DE in the best poSsbi condition,
and the members have great cause for cougrat-
ulattcn. A. the conclusion OF the reading of
me report a uDani Enous vote of thanks was
passed 10 the off GERS. The following officers
were Reelected for the ensuing year DIR. T.
Howard. president; Thomas Norheet, vice
president. NJ. y. Callan, treasurer: j f. ThOrnr,-
son. secretary, directOrs-R. MeNurray, W. f.
Goods, y. II. Free, 7. e. Smart. j. j. Edson A.
). Nose. n. W. Berthong, Augustus Davis, y.
y. McCartv.
At tie seventh meeting OF the Republican
asrc citation, 8 K. Bond, president night before
last j >hsres 80 eco were advanced on, at an
average premium OF - per cent.
Az the twenty ninth meeting of Capitol Hill
No. ?, the same night, =, OcO were sold, at an
average OF 40. per cent.
WASHINGTON To DENVER BY NARROW
GAIGy-Ihe town of Harrlsonburg, Va, has
Just subscribed As 60 20 the capital stock OF the
Washington, Cincinnati, and st. Louis narrow
gauge railway The charter of this road was
Rrsited by the state OF Virginia and the CAPITAL
isSljoO0eGG- IL will he three feet gauge cross
lng the Ohio At Point Pleasant. The survey has
been Dee, &c Go &dn,t at hsrrlsonburg and runs
gap in the Shenandoah mountain, thence west
through Highland county, passing over the
AWSLa0y mountains by low gap into POca-
hoafss county. Ii il not at all improbable that
the r rst member of Congress from ColOra can
noe ali the way on Q three-foot gauge from Dem
yer 10 Washington via Leayenworth -Learsn-
aSeTL (ks.) Ttnes.
TEE THKATERs-To-ni night. by request of q
great many patrons OF the National heater
Mis- Katie Putnam and her comedy company
mn again appear in "The Old CURIOSITY Shop -
In which they made Q decided htt last Nondsy
night. Miss Putnam's acting "a "Little Nell,
end The Marchioness" ELECTED warm praise
from all who witnessed II.
The popular Dick Parker has a farewell benz
- ~ the Tbeater Comique tonight, and his
hients should show their appreciation of hi m
Ne an actor and = gentleman by filling the house.
Besides the numerous acts in which Parker
viii appear the programme is otherwise unusu.
ally attractive.
DIsrR CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT UHIoN
. in contemplation, and at the last meeting OF
Hibernan Society No. I, incipient steps were
taken 20 perfect such an organic alton. COM
miitee was appointed 10 invite the cooper al ion
of similar committees from the various Catholic
benevolent and temperance societies Of Wash
in2ton aud Georgetown. The proposed loo Al
union viii he attached 10 the Irish Catholic Be-
nevOlent Union Of the United States, which re-
Gently held grand convention at Philadelphia.
There are about thirty benevolent societies in
Inc eleven Catholic marshes a tla District