National Republican., 1877-10-18

The pump at Mount Pleasant needs repair.
Mrs: S. J, Richie has filed power Of attorney
from AlbIr Gleason
Dennis Inoney puts In a claim for work done
under the late superintendent Of repairs.
Residents OF GcnrGctnwn complain Of the al.
most impossible condition Of High street.
Steps are requested on both sides of X street.
at Second street east, 10 connect the footways.
A street lamp has been ordered to be erected at
the corner Of Seventh and T. streets northeast.
Robert Armour requests revision Of the as.
scSSments against lots 3S 80 - and A. square 49,
Tho engineer recommends that the unscrvcc.
able horses turned over from the fire department
he sold
The Commissioners d, clre to lease to John G.
stafford the ground applied for by him on street
southwest.
Attention has been called to the inadequate sew
eragc on Fourteenth street, between and
streets northwest
Mr. W. NJ. Gait calls attention to the almost i'm.
passable condition Of First street, between Indiana
avenue and i street
The opening of bids in the engineers oflice,
that was to have taken place last Tuesday has been
postponed until Saturday.
Josiah Dent, trustee Of the Linthicum Institute
complains of the injury. done the estate in the re-
cent Improvement of Water street.
The Commissioners will give Robert Christy
ESQ.,. hearing on the subject of claims against the
District Of Columbia on Wednesday next.
The collector Of taxes has received si76;ls on
avenue, on property east Of Sixth street west.
The Commissioners have informed the prcsi.
dent Of the Central free dispensary Of their inabi
ity To increase the sum appropriated In its aid.
Hawkins Taylor has been informed that the
Commissioners Mt present cannot lay the foot pave.
mcnt on First, from Il to c streets northeast, but
have ordered the gas.
"A petition from the residents of the county asks
thnt the road from Bcnnnc's bridge to the race
| track he abandoned and that a wooden bridge be
built over Pope Spring branch.
| -GCOrgc W. Goolal & Co. propose to lay six.inch
wntrrmainS nj twelve cents per running foot. and
set inntway Stnp.cucks Mt $3.50 each, and all two
ways at Sl.T5 and fire plugs nt $40 each.
WIN. A. Dudley. Of Petersburg. Va, states that
| he has hccu dCfmuieh by Louis Mundh,im and
would regard 1t as great favor " the Commission.
crS would get an officer to recover his money.
Mr.. L. j. Bryant asks that street lamps be erect
ed on q street between New Hampshire avenue
and Nineteenth street, and on the corner of New
Hampshire avenue and Nineteenth street north.
west.
Lawrence Cayanaugh invites the attention Of
| the Commissioners to a power of attorney author.
i2ing him to collect balance due Arthur Flynn,
under contract with Geo. Boswell. and assigned to
Flynn.
Permits to build have been issued rs follows:
J. W Payne, eight Onc.stOry brick buildings on
Twenty first street, between street and Pcnnsyl.
vania avenue; S2HO Thomas Evans, three three.
story bricks OH Fifteenth, between X nd l. streets
northwest.
The Board Of Health invites the attention Of
| the Commissioners to nuisances on Twelfth street,
between A and e streets southeast; Massachusetts
avenue. between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
southeast, and also pump on Eleventh street, be
tween and c streets southeast, which needs re.
pairs.
Tho Metropolitan Railway Company transmit.
| ted bill OF expenses incurred In protecting their
| tracks and maintaining It's line of communication
while the superintendent Of streets was engaged in
| making sewer connection across street, and
think that they should be indemniAed for the ex'
pcnse.