Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-08
District Government, Affairs.

| District Government Affairs.
! The contract OF putting a tin roof on the
! eighth precinct station was yesterday awarded
! TO w. Burket.
An amendment was made TO the building
| regulations yesterday that ..in no case shall
awnings, now or hereafter erected, interfere
/ with stIeet lamps or trees"
John RideOut, attorney for claimants for pay
as jurors in the case of the coronerS inquest on
| Florence A. sullivan. deceased. June nth 1873
to-day placed on file claims OF tho jurors 70
services, under the recent decision OF Attorney
Riddle.
Upon the question as TO whether the last or
ganic act, making permanent form OF govern
ment for the District OF Columbia, conferred the
power TO fix the salary OF the District Surveyo
and give him the necessary clerical aid, the at
torney for the District expresses the opinion
that no such provision can be found, but there
is no lack OF authority for equalzing salaries.
so long as the estimates are not exceeded.
The report OF the superintendent OF street re
pairs TO the District engineer states that the to-
tai cost OF labor and material for the S months
ending June 30, ls's, to have been $S7,36a; from
June 80 TO october IA, 1875. $l9.44. 04.
Lieut.. James f. Boteler took charge of pre-
ciGct station No. yesterday afternoon, In place
OF Lieut.. Hurley, resigned.
The superintendent OF street repairs was to-
day directed by Commissioner Twining To till
tie holes in Pennsylvania avenue southeast, be-
tween I'd and 4th StS
The commissioners today anpointed Mr. Jno
T. Thompson an additional private on the Me-
trop0lltan police force.
The District commissioners have approved
TIE estimates OF Commissioner of the Aims
house Cdswell for the furnishing of the new
WolkhouSe. the cost 10 be S2..s $3.50.
PAT OF JURORS AND WITNESSES SUMMONED BY
THE CORONER.
Under the recent decision OF Attorney Rid
die, in relation TO the pay OF Jurors and wit
nesseS in cOroner'S inquc,tS, Coroner Patterson
was Yesterday directed by the commissioners
10 make estimates OF the a!nOun: reuuired TO
pay such jurors and witnesses from the time of
the passage OF the law. July p. 1874 creating
TIE once or the cOronei. with eo oimateS for the
same purpose for the fiscal wear ending Juna ~
1919.
REPORTS REQUIRED BY THE L. :. TREASURY
controller A. g. Porter OF the Treasury de-
paTtment, has forwarded a letter to the District
CommlSSlonerS stating taat the treasurer OF
the District OF Columbia has forwarded his
monthly statements for July. August and Sep
1t mber. in which be reports collections from
various sources, in addition 10 the amounts re-
ceiyed from the collector OF taxes for the Dis
trict; that in order that the amounts reported
In these statements of the treasurer as collected
by him may be verified. the controller requests
that the officers OF the District be required TO
report each month the amounts when should
be charged 10 the treasurer under each OF the
heads on account OF which he makes collections
and that said reports be forwarded TO the First
Auditor or the Treasury as soon after the end
CT the month rs practicable.
THE SURVEYORS REPORT
District surveyor j. 4. Partridge. in hiS report
TO TIE chief engineer, states thai since NOyem-
ter Is, 1871, he has made 40 surveys on orders
from property holders: cert fied platS issued of
ubdiVisions, 10; made surveys OF two squares
III this city: do. OF squares for the numbering OF
houses ID; lots in this city, ;; streets in Wash
lngton and Georgetown. <: streets and roads in
the county. 6; alleys in this city. IL: also the
west line of Beatty q Hawkins addition to
Geo1 get0wn reSuryeyed Special assessments
and pro rata adjustment OF taxes unon 232 lots
In 43 squares. were prepared for the collector
PiatS or SUBDIVISIONS. &c. furnished Superinten-
Gent o1 assessments and Ja5eS. l23; platS show
ing s96diE lslons OF property IN Fayette, Dunbar
ton, west and Stoddard streets, Georgetown,
together with list OF property holders and as
Sess1Eent for water mains in these streets, have
been prepared and furnished the water regis
lraf. representing y squares and l24 lots; alb
stfact OF titles TO property in this city. s. search
OF titles to property in Georgetown. 6l Plans
OF the special survey OF the wharf property
in Georgetown. embracing the river front ly-
ing between Rock Creek and the Auued,lrt
bridge and south OF Water street: also of the
range OF squares lying west OF RccN Creek
nave been completed and placed in the hands
OF the board OF assessors. AS an example of
erroneous records and lines in Georgetown he
mentions the west line OF "Beatty and Haw-
KIDS addition where he found a deficiency of
l63 feet in three-quaiters OF a mile. involving a
less or over $4,000 square feet Of valuable ground
between this Lire and Rcck street. Other I'M
n0itant errors are Known 10 exist. and he berS a
continuance OF the work. lie recommends a
plat-book for the county. showing all SuO-li-
visions and their areas Wit hin the limits OF ce-
tain roads as boundaries, 10 be kept in the Of
nee, Which would also furnish valuable inf0rma-
to W IHc dSScoSoiS anu tle paDIc. lie Sug geSt )
that all piatS properly belong In the Surveyors
Office and should be Kept there, and thinks that
the county property has so increased In value
that the time when 1t must he reSurveyed can
net be remote. He refers TO the practice pre-
Vailing among contractors, which demands at
tentlOn and rebuke, which is the ordering of the
survey OF single lot In long square, and then
erecting block Of houses from the basis of this
survey, by which process the Office is cheated
out OF legitimate fees. He calls to notice the
lnadeQuacy OF the compensation OF the Surveyor
nd
sronsibilites of the office, and suggests that the
status OF the Office be established upon more
reasonable and equitable basis. The estimated
expenses OF the Office for the next year are
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