National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-08
DISTRICT NOTES.


Award OF CONTRACTS 1or supplies.
The Commissioners yesterday awarded con-
tracts for the supplies of various kinds until Jan
uary l, 1915, as follows:
Glass No l, embracing stationery of all kinds,
to Warren ChOate 90.
Glass No. 2, for various items, embracing
brCOms, feather busters, letter press, office
stamps, cancelers tape lines, SC, to Warren
Choate & Co. Glass No. 2, item 10, (harness,) to
Thomas Norfeet. Glass No. . stoves, fire-screens,
&c, to H. /. Gregory. Glass No. 2, embracing
all other items in schedule Of said class, to Jos
L. Savage.
Glass No. g. embracing tools enumerated 10
items 6, I, Il, g, S. &c. 81 to 80 inclusive and 81
to IS inclusive and 90 to "A inclusive, to John A
Baker. Glass No. 3, all other items in said class
not embraced in Bakers bid, to Warren Choate
Co.
Glass 4, all items OF said class covering gro.
ceEieF, to Hall 4 Hume.
Class J. embracing fresh beef for inmates of
Washington asylum; same for intendant, and
corned beef and mutton, to Jos. q. Carroll.
Glass 6, embracing dry goods, to Wall, Robin
Glass !, embracing boots and Shoes to Robert
Ball.
Glass s. embracing all kinds OF medicines and
drugs, to z. D. Gilman.
Glass g. embracing oak wood, pine wood, btu
minous coal. &c, to Samuel Emery. Glass 9,
embracing white and red ash ceal, to T. Edward
Clarke.
Glass 10, embracing oats, corn, hay, shorts,
barley, tiaxseed meal, rye chops, &C., to Messrs.
Glass II, embracing school books and furniture,
10 W m. BallaQIy0e. OI0eT lJcmS IN LnlS Class,
not included in Ballantyne's contract, to Warren
Choate & Co.
Glass IT, embracing all kinds of lumber, to N.
Glass -, 1::4hracIng paints, glass, &C., to J. B.
Glass Il, embracing all kinds of hardware, to
John A. Baker Glass IA. embracing csher items
including tinware, &c. not included in Bakers
contract, to Robert Boyd Glass Il, lime, to Z.
G. Wheeler.
Glass Is, ice, to W. H Yerkes.
Glass 16, embracing chemicals, &c, for fire.
alarm telegraph, to stephen Chester.
Glass Il, embracing part supplies for fire de-
partment to Hall Hume. u. d. Gilman. Joseph
L. Savage, Thomas NOrieet, Z. g. Wheeler,
Wall Robinson 4 Co. John A. Baker, and Nc
Knight * Co, for the different kinds of sup
plies.
THE CORPORATION MARKETS.
The heavy expense incurred in the case OF the
market houses has been under the consideration
Of the Commissioners for some time past, and
through the investigation of Mr. Plowman in
spector Of buildings, there has already been a
change made in some OF the market house ar
engagements which materially curtails the eX-
pense. The annual cost Of the Eastern market
Including the compensation Of market-master,
night Waterman. laborer, horse and cart brOoms,
&c., has been SLOT, and the Northeastern market
81. OOO total for both, 2,671. The clerk of the
Eastern market, Mr.. George ID. Fry, now offers,
under the new system inaugurated by the Com
missioners, to take the responsibility Of doing all
this work for both markets for 81, $50, and give
bonds in the sum of s, 600 for the faithful per-
Torrance OF the duties. Under similar circum-
stances MI. JOln W. bOOLl proposes 10 20 tue
same duty at the Western market for $500. This
is q saving Of about $500 in each case, and It is
probable that like arrangements will be entered
into with others for the remaining markets.
CLEANING THE ABLEYs.
The contract for the work of cleaning aud
sweeping the alleys Of Washington and George
town for the coming wear has been awarded to
Mr.. George L. Sheriff, he being the lowest re-
sponsible bidder.
Mr.. W. r. Smith, chairman of the parking
orlo han orar fraH tn ha
planted Immediately.
APPOINTMENTS.
Mr.. ]. A. Stephenson has been appointed mar
ket ma ster of the Northern market, vice Charles
Curtain. resigned.
Henson Carroll has been appointed lawp.lighter
in GEORGETOWN, vice W. T. Burdette, resigned.
]. T. Settle has been rendered a position as
public school trustee, (sub-board for the county
vice S. G. Brown, resigned.