National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-17
DISTRICT NOTES


PAYMENT OF INTEREST = THE TAX
LIENS-GENERAL BUSINESS
The heavy rein yesterday had the good effect
Of Keeping away IRON Columbia building the
usual crowd Of visitors and IS q consequences the
olieials aud employees mad more tine % attend
10 thelr work.
one or tie vcty busiest men IN The building Just
nov is the eeputy comptroller who Is constantly
eugagcd IN !. suing assessment certificates for
street Improvements ia Washington aud George
ttWn- These reI .ihcates become q LEA or mort
gage upan the Particular property against which
they are issued, ana persons anxious 20 KEEP
their property free IRON ineumerance would 90
vel 10 give the matter prompt attention. The
law provides that these improvements may be
paid Ter IN s per cent. certificates, tpopularly
known IS EreenbaeSs,) which can now be had at
ne comptroller was engaged in paying the
garbage men and the isnitUrs Of public schools.
Commissioner kotcham has succeeded IN col
lecting the COO Insurance on the rec entity burned
school house IN the county.
Inspector PloWmap has been directed 10 make
certain mtRoF and Indispensable repairs 70 the
5 me Commission have decided TO advertise for
proposals for the further improvement Of -Four
ano-a-half street southwest with mheadam pave
The The contractor for the improvement Of sixth
nue. vest has been dlrectedt Orepalr the limestone
{ : The contractor for the improvement OF AdasSa-
ehusetts avenue has been directed 20 repair the
wooden pavem ent on that avenue between sixth
and Seventh streets BOrthWest
The Warrington GasIight Company has been
authorized to erect forr lamp posts o. New Jer-
sey avenue, between ID end streets soatheast.
The owners Of dwellings 1875, l42S and 1880 X
buildings within thirty days, the same having
been found to be unsafe anu unit Tor human hab-
itatiOn.
the south side Of the Avenue called aud held an
interview in regard TO the flooding Of their cellars
BY the backing up Of the water from the canal
oru nna rsnlTn
was IN the power az the Commission 10 afford.
Comptroller Baker submitted . report, which
BY the reports Of the collector 81 taxes for the
months Of July and August. 1874. under the tax
levy for the current hscai year, applicable to re-
imburse the United Statos for Interest pad under
the aet Of Congress, approved Juheao, 1874, is
The following letter zar promptly addressed
% the comptroller;
oFF1CE OF THE COMMISSIONERS
or THE DISTRICT or CoLUMLIA,
pMAsH ~ SIoN ., y: C =, seps. is 1874.
SIN; Please issue 3 warrant payable to the
Of the United States Tor one hundred q I'd thirty:
seven thousand aud tWenty-iour dollars aud
tWeDty-eight cents. 70 reimburse the United
act q Congress approved une 20, isTl
Very respectfully,
slsF s2t4s Commissioner u. Q.
Al Accommodation was received from Messrs
Edward Champln and B. F. Lloyd, trustees OF
the Fourth scnoOl district stating that three
new schools were absolutely necessary Tor the &C
commodation OF pupils. They st lte that they have
secured q seheol-rOOm In the basement Of the St
Johns Lutheran church, located on Four-and-a-
half street, between q and ID streets southwest,
and ask authority 10 rent said room to open an
sdditional primary school and toemplOy . teacher
for sane.
A letter vas also received from Mr.. Geor5e 7.
Mcclellan, stating that the great Increase IN the
number oil applicants for admission TO the public
schools renders It necessary TO secure additional
rooms wherever IL & rOEgiOle to do so. IN the
Second district q room can be obtained for not
exceeding 500 per annum, and ore each 10 the
Third and Fourth districts for not more than
$500 each. On the borders between the First and
Second districts Il is possible that eau be had
for ESQ, Guiding fuel AVID jalitor. which will
accommodate bOtn distTiciA Furniture via be
required as fellows: One set for fntermediate one
set for secondary. and two sets for primary, cost
ing not more than S1,2O0. He asks that the reQui-
site authority be granted for the same.
The communications viii be duly considered Ut
An early day.