Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-20

lat a building corner OF 10Th and Q streets
northwest. and ordered that IL be repaired OF
Mr. S. Brown in reply to the invitation of
the District Commissioners 10 furnish proof of
his charge Of non citizenship against b. P.
Davis, school trustee, refers to the Revised
81 atutes, SEC. 9S, PIP 10 aud III, and adds that
he will shortly furnish the proof.
The office of phi, siyian TO he poor for the
Commi,s"ners to DR.. George c. samson has
been dec med by him owing to the pressure of
private practice.
MIR. James Small. sealer Of ~eIghfs and
Teasuies To- this District. has hlcd with the
District a:ithoriiies an Inventory of DiStric
properly turned over TO him by his predeces
soIs .n office.
TIE committee on bids recommended. that
ne contract tof the inpro. aicnV vi 81 w-rS ia
The northeastern section nf the city he gwen
to Henry HimbeI, he being the lowest b,uder
REVISION OF ASSESSMENTS.
i1-day IS the last opportunity in which tn
apply Tor appeals from the assessments made
upon property in this Dis r,ct. and the lists,
after this date, must stand until NV assess
ment is ordered. About two tn usand appeals
have been made, and most OF these eases have
10 be considered de moro and the property re-
examined. Out OF about eight hundred cases
OF appeal where the properly has been re-
examined, allowances were conceded, and in
some instances more than was asked Tor. One
case In point A private school house was
assessed at $4,000. An appeal was taken.
the owner asking reduction to $3.50.
TN re- examination of the premises the
assessors reduced the valuation to 5000.
The assessments have generally been below
The old assessments, and in very few cases
now proceed to re- examine property where
appeals have been made made until all shall
have been disposed of. Afterwards no cor
recrions can be made, excepting Clerical
errors. The assessors do not expect to please
all parties interested, as there are always
some GROWERS, no matter what is done. The
only way for diSaffected persons to get salts
faction is to ask Congress to order another
assessment. and even then they may not get
the satisfaction desired.
BIDS WERE OPENED
yesterday afternoon in the Columbia build
iDgs for removing the arch of the Tiber C eek
sewer where it passes through the Botanical
Grrden, about $50 feet. The first price follow
and stone masonry and the second for strip
ping and hauling the earth. The bids are as
follows: J. j. shiPman- 74c- and 1O1ae. per
j. COyle, tSc. and lSc.
THE CARRIAGE AND NIGHT SOIL CONTRACT
Mr. John McCauley has furnished the neces.
safy bonds Tor his contract for gathering and
removing garbage and night soil for the next
three years ensuing, and the contract will now
be given 10 him on condition that he resign the
place held by him in the COmmissary depart
ment, the law f0rbidding the awarding OF con
tracts 10 government employees.
PUTTING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN
ORDER.
The building committee OF the Board of
School Trustees are rushing the repairs of the
Schooi houses throughout the District, to have
them In readiness at the commencement sea
son. The time is so short that it will require
the workmen to be almost constantly engaged
TO have the work done in time. The repairs
viii be confined to the bui dings owned by the
District, and the owners of school buildings
rented VIII be called upon to put them in ten
upon the school houses owned 10y the District
alone VIII be about $li,0l0. The owner of the
Miller school building OH III, near eth street.
has been notified that the house must be put
slI0 TO $500, otherwise the District viii
vacate it.
THE DOG TAN.
Collector Cook has issued 300 tax tags for
dogs since the law Wei mt into effect. OF these
SIX have been issued free of charge upon appli-
cation of the owners of the animals recurring
such labels Two to the French legation, two
to the English and two to the Russian. The
names of the English dogs are Bully and
Rock" The names of the French and Rus
Slan dogs are not given. 1t is estimated that
there are from L to $1,000 dogs now kept in the
District OF Columbia. Many are at large in
the county and ill Georgetown which have not
been abelled, and in a few days hence COlec-
tor Cook VIII ask the Commissioners to have
tle law enforced by the police, when it is prob
able that instr uctions will be given through
Major Morgan to have all dogs shot running
at large without tags, and when their owners
are known TO have warrants issued for viola
thirty duplicate tags have been furnished to
owners of animals who have lost their tags
When this is done the charge of twenty-five
cents is made to cover the cost of the tags. An
affidavit is required in these cases mat the
tags have been ioSI.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector EntWisle: Theresa Looch
bCehler, construct Il tWostOry brick house, X
between LIST and North Capitol sts NV:
5000. John Long, construct two story brick
dwelling: 4rh, between A and b SITS. Sc;
$500 Thomas j: Harris, repair a frame
house, 2W9 New York avenue; SIS. Daaial
Ciaik k; construct two-story brick dwelling
New Jersey avenue, between X and l. streets
II W; 81 .2D. Jos. LoechbOehler, rep 4ir Il brick
house, l1l4 : ST. NV; $225. VIM Kenaedy,
a three story brick store ani dwell
ing, northeast corner 9 h and r SITS. NV:
FIOl E. Clements, repair a brick house. lois
5 Ii st. NV; 500. Also frame house on 9th
b tween L and M SITS. NV. $50. Collins &
Ward, repair frame, southeast corner 10Th and
L SIS. NV; SIS. w. j. Cox repair a brick. OPS
Louisiana avenue NV. $50. Peter M:Vary,
repair frame house, POS ID ST. s.w;S IS
Educational Institutions.
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