Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-04
District Government Affairs.


street. on " hich il located the Chjdrcn-s hos
IIfali and asks its repair
hr. L. ;. Emery, one of the almOners of the
poor FOR the county. asks the COMMISSIONS. ) 10
IN upon the proportion of public money for the.
poor FOR the county and turn il over tn the
county board.
The District Commissioners have decided to
continue the watering of y. street S.w., durn :
The present month.
The commissioners have issued an order that
hereafter they viii approve no acquisitions for
the public schools except for fuel, unless first
sanctioned by the board Of school trustees
This morning Inspector EntWiSle. with the
heck and ladder company'S apparatus and Il
force OF ldboTcTS. proceeded 10 Georgetown and
tore down the walls OF the burnt mills owned nv
Nh. Mark Young. nn Water street. near the
atiucduct bridge which lad previously been
CCEdcutHett a. unsafe.
MAJOR Morgan. chief OF police has issued an
order that The policemen. when OH night duty.
sEail wear The army r"VolNers lately issued TO
tutI ny the ordnance DEPARTMENT.
Three thousand GOGT hundred and fOrty-one
DO tags have been ISSUED by the collector of
I&SCS.
The District commissioners have decided.
Under hH ddyIc" uI the attorney. that personal
1aXeS cannot be received by the collector with
cuf ttlt rdSm OF any penalties which may
nave accrued. Persons may make such pay
iHenI under protest. ana afterwards proceed 10
recover The penalty Of such aS have been rlr0-
IenuSly imposed
Inspector EntWi~lC reports TO the District
Commissioners a statement NJ the operation, #
his office Tor the month OF October. showing
That permits were issued fOr - new hriltiu..
70 repairs AMI Is Iincll fr,'i OF waiting ttl..
revenues 10 1hr District from he same Tor per
IritS hcIu S..iI.
IN response IN a petition o. properly holders
OF street. between lsth and I>Ih. fur tue rr-
paving II tuji stTt"t. jhe District CGmmi--jrn-
'IS stat That ti5"y recognize the facts That the
O,O C"hhic>tuue pavement is rough and noisy
and That tie. BE- interests of the city rrit!irc
Rat II a. we'll u others OF the same class
should u rrpdNtG- Tney do not however cp,.-
siGcF GEat they Quit De- justified i'm eXpend!bg
money III felnoNIn- iGtEchentS which are pass
abe. while 81 IaaHy utterly impossible wopian
pa'thithtN remain III The central part OF t:It
city.
r0IlCE COURT REPORT.
Judge Mn. Il. smell. OF the Police Court ms
- ut To the District Commissioners an estimate
Of llI. amount required for the support of thlt
court jul the fiscal wear ending June 81. 1-,o.
amounting. Win salaries and iIr.idpnt9! ~
EeHseS. 10 Sii.NJS. He states that the removal
If file court from he building formerly occupied
[" The present comfortable and healthfu! utIar-
tefe + source OF qualification 10 all, and il is
tuhIlt"ntlN hoped That experience Will prove
The apprehenNlOns ~ those who objected tn lis
lew location To have been grOundeSS
THE REPORT or CHIEF ENGINEER CRONIx
OF The fire department accompanying the re-
port OF the Commissioners states that the eSti-
mated losses from fires from November /. l~T1
Ia June 80 I~s@. Was SI6.95n. and the insurance,
On same Sl3,4 and that as compared with The
same time the preceding year. there is a large,
ftdnCtIOn both In TltS and losses. The anDa-
fatrS OH hand consists of six engines seven
h0s.' Carriages and one Old and one new hook
.ftt iit.titF Tc3s. the furlntf 80 completely OUt
Of repair a to render II absolutely wol tnicSS
lie other one - III good working order. The
repairs t0 engine houses have been Very Slight
tLd OF = temporary character. Those occupied
~ Mes tnd companies need general repairs
and the truck house To hc altered tn receive one
Cf the new engines will need considerable
change The house OF No. = ttieOrgt.t OWN WAS
built over thrIy-tiVe years a-o and is moi
adapted 10 the purposes FOR which it is used
beng too small AMI NOT ahording proper a':-
ctAi!iC Citations; there - insufficient St1bliac
and scarcely sufficient room 10 house the appi-
rdtGS- To remedy this the chief suggests that
Ire old town ball. the property nj the District
inOW unUccupieO} be altered and converted into
sn engine house. which can he done AT rea-
sGndiilt outlay. ana " Ill make one OF the best
engine houses in the District. In relation to
hie escapes, the engineer calls attention 10
ihelf necessity III All large buildings where
great numbers nI people cOngrPgatp. aud quotes
from his report Of last Year, showing the i'm
poftahcc al tins subject. and especially Their
need Ia hotels. public halls and business places
HE recommends iron ladders reaching from ne
ground To the roofs nf all government buildings
A BUILDING REPORTED A. UNSAFE
THIS morning Inspector Entwisle. at the sole
uatlOn al persons interested. visited the Wash
ingtOn Hal. located N the corner OF I'd street
aud Pennsylvania avenue southeast. for he pllr.-
pose ni making an examination OF the building
with reference tO It's safety The result Wn,
that Oh his RET urn his Office, he pIfrialy upti
ned the agent thai -, found the second floor en-
intlS safe bCI the third floor. used for loI-eS
al
iuT occupancy by Il large. audience. He. There
lore gives them notice that not mort. than thirty
or forty persons he allowed 10 occupy il At anv
CHP time and then cautiously. d. MOI To iar Tho
floor. lie also orders that within rbirtv DAYS
they proceed ~ strengthen this floor 50 a. To
prevent accident. al ~ the expiration OF that
iiii-r entirety cease 10 occupy II foraosembla.e>.
THE STREET LAMPS.
Tie report OF ". H. Bailey superintendent of
>loet lamps. has been submitted TO Engineer
HoNie. covering from October 81. 1915. TO June
~. ISls- ANA showing Il total expenditure OF
siO2 l2S.5u- The humber of lamps in the north
west portion Gf tine city has been largely m
creased. BN the system OF contract of last wear
sl1-nv0 has been saved the District. He requests
that Tie attention of the police alhOri-
lies be- called IL the great destruction OF
glass and lamps by the DOyS W il bean shooters
He also recommends that the attention or the
citizens bc called 10 this waste OF public proper
~, and requested To protect the lamps in their
respective neighborhoOdS. and is they viii no1
project tiltlIi, he asks authority 70 remove the
lamps or burners until such time as they viii
give them proper protection. He calls ALIEN
zion to the great need of street signs. The csfi-
mate Of gas for public Offices streets and repairs
or lamps Tor Washington ana Georgetown for
the fiscal year ending June ~ I>>u, is SI;6pn
RTIIpINti PERMITS
issued by Inspector EntwiSle: Riggs Il Evans 10
repair brick on I'd, between PENNSYLVANIA ave-
nue. and st. Sc: $50. j. F. Tolbcrg. TO repair
frame corner = and SIS, s.w.: $50. Henry
Rady, TO build frame shed. l!16 New Jersey ave
n.e NV; S25. Jared Mckinney. To repair frame
Hurihy. To repair brick. 10 New Jersey avenue
nv; $50 Samuel l.. Phillips, To construcc :
iouf-stOry brick dwellings on Connecticut ave-
nue.. between y ST. and the Circle; $4,000.
THE STEAMER CITY OF WAsHIS6TOS will take
The place Of the Express on the route between
Baltimore and this city. The CITY OF Washing
Ton Will Iun from Washington 10 Chaptico, 81
MARY = county, and the steamer Sue from Balti-
more I'd ChapticO. where frcights and paS~en-
gers VIII DE- transferred between the boats The
tity Oh Washington Viii stop at all the landing,
ABOVE thaptico at which the ste. and tbf. IN
PRESS nave otch accustomed 10 stop
CHARGED WITH STEALING a HORSE ,Sp RI-G,>-
1tstcfuaS defective COOIneS arrested In RaIri
more Edward WalfOrd, With several aliases
charged with stealing Il horse ana buy,r, Irnnn
A. Il. Dennis, OF East Washington. Walford j.
i stated, Il few DAYS ago obtained a horse and
buggy from Dennis stable bur Instead Of 70
turning the team drove 10 Baltimore and an
teayored 10 sell II.
A WOMAN KNOCKED DowN.-Nary Nichols
was knocked down and seriously injured o. an
uDknOwD colOred man. at the corner Of 9TH and
p streets. saturday night. Or. b. Il. Adams
rendered medical assistance. and found that tine
w6nlans skull was fractured. She was con
vcyed 10 the Freedmen's Hospital by Sergeant
Acton.
SBAwls, iee different styles. from 81 80; clOaks.
ali inc latest styles, from $50; blankets, from
" FER pam; bed comforts, from - cents; new
fsa' dlpSS goods, from IL cents; Atwood black
cashmere, % cents; moh3ir alpaeas, %; boys