National Republican., 1878-07-22
business Transacted Mt tho Columbia build
Ing saturday.

business Transacted Mt tho Columbia Build
Ing saturday.
Several complaints have been made Of the
condition Of some Of the meat offered for sale
in Georgetown.
Poundmaster Einstine has been ordered TO
cnfor o the law aud take up all unlicensed
dogs running Mt large
The erection of street lamps has been order.
cd at the corners of Fifth and X and Sixth
and streets northwest.
Licenses have been issued al follows: Thomas
ID. Hodgkin, notary public; A. +. l.. kecsc,
notary public; George +. Dunlap, commission
merchant
Tho citizens Of East Washington have pro.
tested against outsiders interfering aud ro.
commenting the appointment Of trustees for
the third Jchool district
The bonds Of William Y. AtLrc. George W.
Balloch, Leonard IIuyck, Thomas I. Gardner.
Thomas X. Wallace, J. r. Burch. and Mayhuw
Platter have been received from the Office of
the MtOrncy.Gcnvrll.
Permits issued for vaults, awnings. &c, do
not authorize interference with tho lamps,
sewers, trees. or other improvements and In
cases of vaults there shall be fur feet clear
between the inside line of the curb aud such
vault.
seventh street northwest Is TO be paved with
q stone block, fixed in concrete bed six
inches Ia thickness. The proposals will be
invited Immediately, and the advertisement
will be inserted in one paper in this city, New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
| An order has been passed permitting. as n
general rule, railroad companies in the District
/ to pave the horse tracks of their roads with
small cobblestonCs of nearly uniform siz,, but
I the pavement between the inside rails must
conform to that Of the contiguous street.
Inspector Entwisle has issued tho following
permits to build: Dennis llaggcrty, three two
story bricks, on High street, Georgetown.
$3.50. Rcpnirs-ii H. Larombc, minor re-
pairs, at 2ls seventh street southeast, $50
Bank of Washington, change stone front, 500
W. II. Dyer & Brother, shed, $40; W. II.
Rhodes, new roof, Sl5; A. X. Brent, summer
kitchen, $50.
Application was made to the Water Regis
trar for permit TO open n swimmmg.schoo in
the central paint of the city, for tho purpose
OF teaching the art Of swimming and other
aqueous sports. and for general bathing pur.
ppies. The Registrar suggested that npplca.
tion be made to the District Commissioners,
and when the application came before him in a
specific aud tangible manner he would do what
he could toward granting facilities for such an
enterprise but from the present demand aud
supply of water 1t did not look very cncourag.
ing, as many families cannot now get enough
for ordinary culinary and sanitary purposes.
lhc petition OF propcrty-hOIders ana resi-
dcuts Oh VI street northwest for the rcpIving
of that street. between New Jersey aud Yer.
mont avenues, which was laid before the Dis.
trict Commissioners on tho Sth instant, hav.
: ing been referred to Lieutenant lIoXic, he has
reported back that this was one Of the frs,
wood pavcmcnts put down In this city. The
condition of the street has been for some time
, under consideration by the Commissioners
aud necessity for rrpavimg 1t is manifest
, The street Is an important thOroughlare, join
ing the Deaf and Damb Asylum and George,
town by the M.strcct bridge, and being con
timuation of Bridge street through the mos
thickly settled part of the city OF Washington
, The cost for necessary repairs will bc ahOu
! I5OOO.' II Is understood that the plan pre-
pared by Lieutenant IIoxie some time sincI
contcm?ld,cs tho rcpaving Of the street with
iirst-c!aSs concrete pavement and parking 81
much Of the street rs lies within tho prescu
curb line, leaving the footwaks on either sid,
and the roadway in the centre to bo provided
for ont Of the width now covered by tn,
wooden blocks. The Commissioners have re
Ierrcd the case to Commissioner Twining L
, receive favorable consideration whcu the stat
of the District funds will allow.