Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-02
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District sovernr en-, Anairs.
, go - ~ m u,Litewash r n street., Georgetown
the Rsfr;cr for thr sc tree boxes throughout
Dr. W W. Go ,f ss cents e,;1e eagh; =,
y =. niS.rict IeSpitai for the Insane. asks that
tbe rnsf government extend gas mains on
can be .sssding to that institution, so that it
y .lshted up dark nights.
Iur so acres OF land in the District of Co.
~ -'eta are taxed at the rate of one dollar on
Ls one hundred dollars valuation, as lands
god exclusively for agricultural purposes.
This is exclusive of all Cemeteries and prop.
itity owned by the United States aud public
institutions, which is exempted by law from
taxation.
Yesterday The Commissioners issued an
order that the duties of sealer of weights and
measures applicable to the district west of
Rock creek be vested in one officer, and desig
mated Mr.. James Small as that person.
In response TO request of Mr.. A. l.. Barbour
that the District pay the expense Of placing
street lamps and lighting LeDroit Park the
ing the public streets.
The report of Inspector Entwisle of permits
granted for the month of July shows 81 new
and 100 lineal feet of vaults The amount
received as fees, which has been covered into
the Treasury. is SO.
Water Registrar Cox has recommended, in
his report to the District Commissioners in the
case of the application of Mr.. Odlum for per-
mission TO use the Potomac water for his
d.,
be conceded TO him, viz: one cent per hundred
gallons.
The assessors are now sitting as a board of
appeals, and quite lively rush IS daily made
OF persons aggrieved at the valuations set
upon their property. Those who desire a re-
hearing should not neglect this opportunity,
as it is the last that can be offered under the
law.
In reply TO communication from the Fire
commissioners asking the removal of the h ~
scales adjacent to engine house No. 5 to some
lppatjtV hot
the scales having been rented to private
parties, they cannot be removed before the
expiration OF their lease.
BIDS WERE OPENED TO-DAY
in the office of Engineer HOXie for the con-
StructlOn OF an eghteen-inch pipe sewer or a
tWofOOt brick sewer as the Commissioners
may elect, on lst, between G and d streets
southeast, as follows: j. &. Stafford pipe, 81 p
per foot: brick, slS5. B. J. Coyle & Co, 81 49,
s2.4S: James Cannon, $l.52 $lS3. J. w. Hur-
ley, informal. VIM. II: Groat, sl.54, s2.O5. o.
Williams & Himber, s1j4, sos. No awards
were made.
BUILDING PERMITS.
ID. Moran, repair frame, $50 l. street south
west; S25. Thomas Dilvan, repair frame, 3l4
l. street southwest: so. w. L. Cooper build
shed, 3O3 II street southeast; so Mary A.
Deggs, construct thTee-StOry brick dwelling
Connecticut avenue, tetween L and Nj streets
northwest: -, 600. John West, repair 4 brick
dWeIllng, hOZ street northwest S25. Richard
b BeaIe TePa1r fra frame house. 70 Park Place
northeast; $25. w. T. HaLIey, repair frame
dwelling, llOl Park stree, between 18th and
Eth and b and streets Ortheast; So.
NEW SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Mention of the two fC flowing members of
the new Board Of Public School Trustees was
Inadvertently omitted fl III our sketches yes
terday:
James B. Nourse, of tue seventh district. is
son OF the late Major Nourse. a wellknOwn
resident of Georgetown, and for MANY wears
has been prosperous farmer, residing near
TennallytOwn. He is well-knOwn in George.
town, and is gentleman of fine education
and popular with all classes.
James f. Farley, a retired Presbyterian
clergyman, is native of Illinois, who came
here at the close of the war, and purchased
property IN the county, near BenningS'. He
highly recommended as a very suitable per-
son for the position of trustee, as he has ieiS-
ton.
The new school board will meet this even
ing at half-past o'clock at the Franklin
building to organize. The members will re-
ctlVe their commissions at the meeting.
THE DISTRICT DEBT.
The District Commissioners have addressed
communication to Hon. Jas. GiIfillan, Treas
urer of the United States, in which they say
- We think it adviSa BILE that a statement OF the
bonded indebtedness of the District of Column
bla should be published by you. One purport-
ing to be a statement of this character was
published by Mr.. Kelly, former treasurer of
The sinking fund commission, under date of
June ~, eighteen days after that commission
was abolished and its duties assigned to YOU
III which very important portion of the debt
was omitted, viz: the 3.65 bonds of the DIS
trlet OF Columbia, principal and interest guar
anteed by the United States These bonds
should undoubtedly appear in any published
statement of Indebtedness of the character of
the one referred to, and we will thank YOU to
have one published now that will be author-
tative, and correct that omission, as the credit
q ia ta6