Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-19
District Government Affairs.

The Distinct Commissioners to day made a
special d. posit'with the Treasurer of the United
States TO provide for interest due July Let, lS74
on cOupO.s ana bonds of the District of Cotum-
bia, which has been discovered through the re-
port OF the sinking fund commissioner, and
which had not been provided Tor By preyiOus
payments. The amounts 50 found due are
S5.C36 in coin and 81 ,703 in currency. These
sums will he a special account, and can not DO
dlyeTtgd tor other purposes.
ESTIMATES CALLED FOR.
The following circular letter was to-day sent
20 the controller, auditor, engineer, collector,
water req i>traT, superintendent OF assessments
coroner, school trustees, nre department. and
police commissioners:
OFFiCE or TIE COMMISSIONERS OF TIE Dis
TRICr or COLUMBIA, Washington, ID. c., Nov.
j., 1874 Sir 4 am directed 70 request yDu ID
please forward TO this Office before Saturday,
the 2lst instant, an estimate OF salaries and an
lteUlzed estimate Of the contingent expenses OF
your tffce from Decs mber I, 1874, to June 81,
le.5, and similar estimate Ior the fiscal year
ending June SO, 1e76. Very respectfully,
WV. TISDALL, Secretary.
DELEGATION OF HACKMRN
from the Arlington hotel stand, headed by
MeSsTs. m. l.. UTell and Arthur Shepherd,
called upon the District Com missiOners 10 day
10 get ali answer to their appeal to be re-
lnststed at n cir OId stand On Vermont ayeD-Ia
opposite tbe LOJel. The whoe case Vas again
D esented 20 the Commissioners by the twO gem
tlemen naTed, and by the hackmen present,
with request that should not their appeal for
reinstatement be granted, that they be ALTO 7ed
TO occupy the portion OF 1jH street nearest to
the hotel, together with portion Of street
On q Z line OF Lafayette square. After listen
ing 10 the arguments, Governor Dennison
stated that as the case now stands
the Commissioners nov present must b ear from
Dir Blow, Who is yet absent, but who had been
Titten 10 upon this subject Immediately after
their interview a few weeks ago; a. a matter OF
courtesy. IL would not be far 70 reverse his ac-
ton Of removing them TO the statd they no
occupy on 10th street during his absence aud
without his consent The Commissioners had
not heard from him upon the subject. but are
expecting adyices from him daily, and until
that time they mast try and do the best they
can. He acknowledged the force of their ar
gUments, and that the order now in force
se, med TO be hardship; bat under the cirCu n
stances they were compelled to the CONCLUSION
not 10 interfere for the present.
LIGHT WANTED.
To- day, Rev. Mr.. MeadOr. of the 5tl Raptist
Church, presented petition signed by thirty
Ciuzens and property holders residing ON VIZ
gina avenue asking that gas mains be laid and
lamp posts erected on The line OF that avenue,
between the canal and Ith street; representing
mat since the running o. the cars there it had
become very dangerous u pedestrians, and
besides the citizens wished 10 introduce gas
into their dwellings.
Con missI0neTs Denn'sOn and Ketchan
promised to give the matter their consideration
ard referred the paper TO Engineer H0Sie for
examination as "a the necessity OF the case and
report The complaint about the dangerous
cOnc ition 20 the public travel on tLis avenue
SEE ms to DC well founded, many casualties au1
accidents having occurred there.