Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-03

Unpaid claims for old material appropriated
ty the board of public works from property
holders in Georgetown have been referred to
Commissioner Twining.
Engineer HOxie has been instructed to in
wife bids for the laying OF sewer OF different
size varying from fifteen inches to three feet
in diameter from Massachusetts avenue and
18th street northeast TO Sth street and Mary
land avenue northeast at an estimated cost not
to exceed $500, exclusive of the pipe which
will he furnished by the District.
Through the failure of the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing to furnish to the District
claims against the District, no payments could
Capt. George W. Mckee, Of the ordnance
department, stationed at the Washington
ARSENAL, calls the attention of the District
commissioners to the condition Of the drains
in the neighborhOOd of the District wOrkhOuSe,
the contour of the grounds near to it is such
carried across the road and grounds of the
arsenal magazine rendering the road ,,nn.S
sable. He respectfully requests thu Srains
may be cut so as to carry the wat ..r in some
other direction. ''
The Commissioners to-day issued an order
that Lieut.. r. L. HOxie, the auditor and con.
troller, and the Water Registrar are appointed
committee to open proposals for contracts
appertalnlng TO the engineers department of
the District.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: Thos Virgins,
repair frame hOnse, 23d. between aad G
streets northwest: 500. Wheatley Bros, con-
struct a two story dwelling, Q, between 9Th
and eth streets northwest: 81 OOO Mrs O'DeIl
remodel a brick dwelling 527 AZ street south
west $50. Prof. George Coffin, construct
brick back building 723 2Oth street northwest;
$3.50.
AWARD OF THE FUEL CONTRACT
In the matter OF awarding the contract for
furnishing fuel to the several branches of the
District government for the coming year, Mr.
l. WIN. Gu1nand having removed the impress
SiOnS which existed in the minds of the Com
mlSslonerS that led them to withhold the con-
1ract from him, and give it to the MessrS.
johnson Bros the next lowest bidders, the
Commissioners yesterday finally awarded the
contract TO Mr.. Guinand, whose bid was Sl6.-
ll9.l0; an amount of slS945 below the bid of
the MeSSrS johnson.
BIDS FOR STREET PAVING.
Bids were opened at II o'clock today in the
office OF the District Commissioners for tur-
nishing material and laying stone block
lesson It'll street west, from to Q streets
north, with hydraulic cement concrete fOunda-
ton, as follows :-George B. Abrams & Co,
SIP per square yard. j. G. Stafford. s. q:
George A. Boloch, s3Ofi: F. NJ Draney, s2S7l%;
Joseph johnson and Martin j. Nolan, 500: j.
linformaD: Chas. Guidet, si.O6 IinformaD j
VIM. Buckley & q. Y. Alice, 81. s.: Edward
Mcmahon and J. C. Green, s265j: Williams 4
HimheT, so; Chas. H. Eslin, $2S55; Henry
granite, 1852; Crawford, Hoffman Il Filbert
= %; Thos. Kirby, s2.75; Simon Carmpdy,
80 80 Audrey Gleason and Edward Kelly,
sol: john w. Mcknight q Co. $2.1 (infOr-
mad; NJ. A: McGowan & w. B. Downing
$50; VIM. III. Moher 4 Co, $3.50: w. G. Muir
dock, S3G2; George Neitzy 4 Thomas joyce.
S33,335, Maine granite $39i; win. l.. Ross. Rch.
mond $2.65 and Cape Ann s2.1913: Freel & Ne
Nance, $50: Jonathan Taylor, $50 O'Hare
\ Brennan, $50. This comprised all the bids
which were turned over to the Commissioners
ON bids for schedule The award will lrOba-
bly, be made Monday.
STREETS TO BE PAVED
The Commissioners issued an order this af-
ternOOn that Commissioner Twinng be di-
rected to advertise for proposals for the paw
ing of One-half of 18th street, between III and
Boundary streets northwest, and East Capitol
street.-The entire street between lSt and I'd
streets and one half the street between ID and
9Th streets: I'd. That these pavementS shall
be OF asphaltum, based on sixinch hydraulic
published in the New York Tribune, the Phila.
delphia Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Wash
lngt0n Post, and The EVENING STAR,
THE LIQUOR LICENSE LAW.
The Assistant Attorney for the District MI
Francis Miller, has rendered an opinion to the
District Commissioners in answer to letter
from Mr. Charles Thompson, counsel for GER
tain persons. submitted to him. 1t is in an
swer TO two questions: !, Does the act of the
legislative assembly prescribe the whole duty
OF the Commissioners il the matter of grant
ing ID OF withholding licenses for the sale of in
tOXlcating beverages in the District:' He
says: The question is indefinite, as it does
not indicate what act OF the assembly is re-
IeFed to, but it must be answered i'll the neg
alive. Section 49, Revised Statutes for the
District OF Columbia, requires that all such
licenses should be approved by the board of
police before they are issued. This duty has
been, by recent legislation, devOived upon the
commissioners OF the District, and it REQUIRES
exercise of the discretion of the Commission
eTs to determine the prOpriety of granting
each license before issuing il - The hex. uueS-
lion IS: Have the Commissioners any diScre-
t1on i'll granting or withholding license for
selling liquors by the drink, when the appIi-
cant presents a petition duly signed by a ma
JOrlty OF the owners of real estate and resi-
denlS keeping house on the square and on
the opposite square as provided by law
! this he says: AS indicated above. think
the Commissioners have discretion in this
matter: II Congress had designed that the
consent OF the owners and residents should
be conclusive and binding upon the Commits
have been addressed to them and nothing
would have been said about the board of police
ms board was necessarily better informed re-
spectlng the character of men and localities
than any other body of men, and they had
under their control the means of
more fully informing themselves as to whether
., license could with safety be granted. aud
this fact indicates that the issuing of liquor
licenses was left to their discretion. To this
discretionary power the Commissioners of the
District succeed
THE DOG WAR.
Sixty dog tags were disposed of today by the
Collector OF Taxes, making 2,579 disposed of
since the law went into operation. Pound
master Elnstein is capturing many dogs every
day and now has some sixty on hand waiting
a call OF the owners. Thrty-siX were killed
today. Some of the dogs now impOunded APP
pear to be fine animals and of good stock.
Summer Entertainments.
Tonight the excursion of the Franklin
temperance Legion, on the steamer City of
Washington, takes place. The boat leaves the
wharf at O'clock and returns at II
0 clock.
On Monday, August 9Th, a grand excursion
10 ocean City is announced. on the steamer
Jane MOSeley, leaving at $50 D. NJ, and re-
thinning al n'clnck OF MadnaS