Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-09
District Government Affairs.

District Government Affairs.
| Major Morgan has been relieved from dnt,
as member OF the committee on liquor
ncenses at his own request, and the Commits
sloners have appointed r. p. Dodge, esq.
| Morgan.
The District Commissioners have directed
| Collector Cook to distrain in case of all delin
20th. 1873. These taxes as we'll as those upon
| real property can be settled free of all penal
| ties by payment of the amount assessed with
six per cent: interest; but this privilege ex
| ilth inst.
Edward NJ. Lewis, trustee for the estate Of
! Jay Cooke ( Co., in bankruptcy, writes from
| Philadelphia to the District Commissioners
notifying them that he has paid the tax fol
1876, 1871 and 1873. amounting to sl,663 10. and
protests against the amount thus assessed
| against the property No, 40 Washington
street, Georgetown, formerly occupied by II
D. Cooke, and that he reserves to the estate
| the benefit of any rebate or concessions that
may be hereafter by law conceded on pro-
| perty similarly over taxed.
! Controller A. G. Porter, of the Treasury de-
partmert, in note to the District Comp,is
| sioners, requests that hereafter all moneys
| collected on account OF revenues of the Dis
trict be deposited in the Treasury to the credit
| OF the treasurer of the United States on &C
| count OF the fund for which the collection was
made.
Property holders and citizens living on and
adjacent to square SIG on 7 and q streets be-
tween North Capitol and lst street west, have we
petitioned the District Commissioners for
some relief from the effects OF the constantly
recurring floods in that neighborhood and the
detective sewerage system in that section Of
the city.
]. Whitney, A. &. NJ. Provost ct al have pc
titloned the District Commissioners for a pub
lie read 10 be laid from GienwoOd 10 Brent
wood road in the county. Referred to Major
Twinlng.
MI. joseph Williams, contractor for uncov-
ering the Tiber creek sewer through the b.
tanical gardens, completed his work Saturday,
tie portion exposed being about 300 feet In
length by "a feet in breadth. The odors that
as Slckenine In the extreme. 8nd fears are ex-
pressed that it will produce sickness.
Mr. mcCauley, collector OF garbage and
night soil, has put Oil IN extra number of carts
and horses today to meet the demands upon
this service: On investigation of many OF the
complaints 1t is ascertained that they are ex.
altogether and We're inspired from dishOneSt
OF unworthy motives.
RETURNS OF PERSONAL TAXES.
mr. A. e: Riddle, attorney for the District,
IN answer to the District Commissioners as TO
the legality of personal tax returns made by
one oil our merchants giving merely the kind
Of taxable articles without their vaine states
".hisis no compliance with the law and should
be rejected"
l. There is no specification of credits to be
taxed and debts TO be deducted. These, in
amount, at least, should be set forth. 1t is
probable that a full compliance with the law
would require a schedule of each, SO that the
assessors could Judge whether both classes
are within the law. and they would strike the
balance as they might deem just. But for the
party 10 say that they balance each other is
not decent evasion of the law.
4 The return to the fourth class does not
convey the slightest information in the world
uSeiut tC the assessors. 1t is not the kind of
property that they care SO much about as it's
value and OF this there is no limit. You are
informed of what the stock consists, and
where it can be found. but how much of each
kind, or what its value may be, not word
much less have you anything to lead YOU to
Ihe ayeda . value value Of the stock for the year
named IN the law " Should not the return be
amended the assessors will proceed to assess
1IOm last year 8 assessment.
THE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE PAVEMENT
.. Hon. A, G. Porter. First Controller of the
treasury, IN communication to the District
Commissioners, acknowledges the receipt of a
statement of the auditor and controller of the
District OF Columbia in relation to assess
mentS collections &c, on account of the pro
portion due from private property for cost OF
repaving Pennsylvania avenue, easa of 9Th
street northwest, under the act of Congress
there is now in the hands of the treasurer OF
said District lien certificates on said property
anoGntingto s769.$s. As, there is still bal
Rock Paving Company NimitedJ on its account
for repdying Pennsylvania avenue, from lst
TO 9TH streets northwest, the lien certificates
unon its receipt accepting the same as a pay
ment OF the amount Of said liens on account
OF said balance.
POLICE ORDERS.
Major Morgan has issued a general order 70
the ponce directing them to enforce the old
law IN relation to drivers OF carts and other
vehicles keeping space of ten feet between
prevent the passage Of pedestrians. There is
a penalty OF s. in these cases. Ia view of TIE
frequent accidents which occur in cOnse-
on the rear OF street cars and other Vebi i
Major Morgan has issued an order for the
police to arrest all such persons no matter
Wnether on rear step OF street car or hang
other vehicle. Major Morgan has also issued
an order that one half the section Oh reserve
at the several station houses will hereafter be
permitted to absent themselves on SUNDAYS in
order to attend church.
TIE WESTERN MARKET HOUSE.
sealed proposals have been called for by the
District commissioners for painting the West
ern market house. In connection with this
subject Inspector Entwisle has made report
on the condition of this roof to the District
commissioners. He states that upon close
examination he finds that this roof. and the
the valleys need soldering around the entire
building. Parts OF the roof have been raised
and need fastening down. Tie down spouts
are located IN the inside angles of The brick
piers, and are leaking SO badly that they have
not only defaced the building by the lime being
forced from the mortar over the face and
turned s,t It {, White, but it is destroying the
70 dlslntegrate it IL it is not remedied al once
he recommends that the tin work be repaired,
and 10 change the down spout TO the outside
dispensing with the old ones and substituting
outside galvanized iron spOutS and connecting
by east iron pipes with the sewers; the whole
TO cost about 500. The Commissioners have
adopted the report. and ordered the work TO
be done as recommended. This market house
has been built not quite three years.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwise: Horace Fill
more. repair frame, lis d street southeast:
$40 N. q. Emery, repair brick house, between
and e and LIST and I'd streets northwest;
$500. Hugh Murphy, repair brick, A5 Sd street
southwest: $50. Henry w. Emmert construct
two two story stores and dwellings on Penn
sylyania avenue, between 18th and 10Th ats.
sl.6O0. John Lippold, repair frame house,
1923 18th street northwest; $25. E. ReSher. re.
pair brick house, 1l44 7th street northwest
$40. G. KOck, repair brick house, No. Is H
street northeast; $500. David Haggerty.
make addition to brick building, cOrner Of 7th
and streets northwest 1926. Ellen Riddle.
repair frame house, $50 Delaware avenue
northeast: s75. Jacob Schiefiey, repair brick
house, 927 . street northwest; $500. John
Walter, make addition to brick house, l0lO F
street northwest: $50. John II. Cassen and
VIM; T. Particle, construct three two-story
DICK dwellings on 18th and Pierce streets:
Sg,CtO. VIM. 5. Lewis, repair frame. No. 231
Massachusetts avenue northwest; $780, j. "
A. Shields, make kitchen, S27 18th street north.
west $50.