Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-30
District Government Afaai.s

hour owing TO the 'nclemency of the at az Ila'
II was thought, and the danger @, a relanse
THE QUESTION OF ADDITIONAL, BONDS FROM
TIE TIE DISTRICT CONN fssIONERs
NO SIggestion' in relaU on to any aidi-
dGT9 from f he b Ge5 or SsEs5
been made by the Secre' ,aUy of the Treasury.
nor is he likely TO mo re any such suggestion
n nPPn reair 1S ega opinion The law does
the District Conn .issoners and they are mot
HkeIy 70 oFer a'Iy voluntary bonds. The
SoihliiSsioiieis nave had no intimatiOn of any
lining Vi the KID except through newspapers.
THE OILY UNSETTLED QUESTION
netween the commissioners and the Treasury
uti%ltllls'i It Is plan Of keeping the accounts
OF Of ne blstiict. The Treasury officials think
me NttnmlSSionerS in making drafts, should
DC confined III their drafts to their estimates
VI expenditures for the fiscal year for the
various current expenses, to which the Com
mlssiOners make objection, as it is impossible,
| III Such estimates, to fOrSee what cOntin-
| genCieS may arise requiring unusually large
drafts: AS for instance, the tax paid by the
| Georgetown Cole ge, under protest, of upwards
OF 1900, by act of Congress was ordered to
De refunded as erroneous, and the Commits
sncdsd mad IA to draw for thai amount no
| some more flexible plan may be agreed upon
| today by which the current expenditures of
the District may be met without any danger
| OF deadlOcks.
SPECIAL. IMPROVEMENT TAX QUESTION.
he farming lands of Mrs. Elizabeth Stone
lie north OF the city and east of the lith-street
| road. The land has been assessed for the i'm
| prOVement OF this road s., l27.76, and for the
| Improvement of Boundary street : i,2j079. Mr.
! Robert Christie, as Mrs stones attorney. files
| appncatlon TOT an order OF the Commissioners
! canoeing the assessment for the Boundary
! street Improvement, for the reasons that this
! T. me OF the public streets OF the city of
! Washington, and the lands of Mrs. Stone lie
! wholly outside of the corporate limits OF the
! city: that the assessment is entirely '.errO-
-, Gus ana invalid, being i'll direct conflict
| Nlfh section ; OF the organic act OF Congress
| Of Feb. y, 1911, which reads as follows The
! property Of that portion OF the District not
! included III the former corporations OF Wash,
! Tor the purposes either OF improving the
! streets, alleys. public squares or other public
/ property 81 said cities. or either OF them. nor
/ Tor any Ojbtr expenditure Of Il local nature
! for the exclusive benefit Of said cities o.
| either OF them The result OF this apDlica
li0G VIII GeleEmIne the legality Of the speca,
! lots, bordering on Boundary street
he pay roll OF the police for july has been
| made out and the checks prepared, without
| any reduction from the former rates. and will
| be sent to Major Morgan tomorrow who will
| probably continue the same system of pay
mentS as heretofore at headquarters. This
hcer and his employees will also be paid to-mor-
row, including the clerks and assistants, SAM
tary inspectors, pound service, &c. from July
gales 81, lO206.
THE FLOOD ON THE AVENUE, AND THE PRO
POSED INTERt EPTING SEWER.
Inc following petition was presented to the
District Commissioners today:
'Gentenen:-The undersigned household
erS, DONG business on the avenue, or adjacent
low grounds, certify that our cellars or base
mentS are Hooded with very foul water several
tlmeS each year from sudden heavy rains
backing up from the old canal level sewer and
connections, with great injury to our goods or
other business; While the stencil from these
sewers, partially filled with city filth is con
s!antly coming up through the pipe cOnnec-
tl0ns INTO the houses, and also out at the traps,
all together being very detrimental to health
especially III summer: and We respectfully re-
guest that either the proposed Intercepring
sewer, or some other means, may be immcdf,
ately adopted 10 prevent these frequent floods,
10 clean out the offensive sewers, and purify
the air in and around our places of business,
and improve the general health"
AOSt OF the following well knOWa names
signed TO the petition, are preceded by a few
Ines, stating the great injury to each fro m the
constantly recurring floods; E. q. Wheeler,
opposite market; Levi Woodbur proprietor
e. lanes Hotel; Beall & Baker, floods Several
Zee; n: h. Shea; Samuel 4 Peter f. Bacon
!. Browning 4 Middleton, floods cause great
j. w. Kennedy & Co; Joseph Plat. very bad
y flooded; &, orge Holmes; Peter Fegan: j.
IT, Crane; ThOs. Z. Young: VIM Coppinger
secretary Colonization building; VIM. j. Mar
lin, Dubant'S restaurant, very badly flooded
Frank Hume, badly flooded; Mrs I'D Gil
mans man, !, drugstore, badly flooded; T. S. Smith,
perVisOr Baltimore and Potomac railroad,
;Street and yard flooded two feet; John II.
Semmes, st. Marc Hotel, and store corner 9th
street and Louisiana avenue, both badly flood.
ed, strongly endorses intercepting sewer:
Robert Callahan Marble Saloon, badly flood
e ed great injury to business Perry = Brother,
mar d; John McClelland, flooded four times in
one month, great injury to business; Champ
lin Hilton, livery stable; VIM. Kennedy, six
n don
nooded hVe feet, great damage; Finley & Sup
pee, chesapeake Saloon, often flooded and
Anthony Buchly, undertaken.
The "lnterceptlng sever referred to in the
above petition is the plan of Mr.. A. Watson,
proposed to the District Commissioners. II is
10 run an lntercepting sewer in f or street
from eth to 18th street, and thence diagonally
across the White Lot, with a rapid fall to the
river at 18th street, above high tide and river
floods. 1t is intended to cut Off the low parts
OF the city from rain floods, and at least three
1Ourths or the mud and city filth, aud also to
cut on The high parts of the city, including the
RCst and Patent Odicts; Treasury, White
from the foul and poisonous sewer gas which
now comes up from tie sewers on the low
grounds.
NO NUzzLI>c; OF DOGS REQUIRED UNDER TIE
LAW.
=, MANY OF Oul citizens do not appear to un-
derStand the present dog law, and are muZ-
IN: ztLng their animals under the impression that
the old regulations are still in operation The
aGt OF congress, approved June 18Th, 1873, ap-
phcabe TO this District, reads: whenever il
ShalI be made to appear to the Commissioners
that there IS good reason for believing that
any dog or dogs within the District are mad.
1t shall be the duty of the Commissioners to is.
sue proclamation requiring that all dogs
shall, for period to be defined in the prOcia
NATION, wear good, substantial muZzleS Sc.
curely put on, so as TO prevent them from bit.
ing or swapping; and any dog going at large
during the period defined by the Commission
erS without such muZZle shall be taken by the
pOundmaster and impOunded, subject to the
provisions OF the act" No such prOclama.
ton has been issued by the Commissioners.
although they have directed the health officer
20 notify them whenever, in his judgment,
there are mad dogs running at large. Until
such proclamation shall have been issued the
muZZnng OF dogs Is unnecessary
THE CONTRACTS
lOf the work OF finishing the new almshOuSe
have been awarded as OllOws:-Carpenters'
work j: g. NaylOr; plastering, w. Menden-
hall; painting, CrOSSfeld Il COOmbS; stone
Work, Burns & Benner; iron work, White &
Bro. The whole cost of the work Is estimated
at $2,Sl3
STREET LAMPS
have been ordered as follows Two at 5th and
Il streets southeast; one at 18th and streets
northeast; one on Sth, between and Z streets
southwest; one at corner New Jersey avenue
and . streets northwest; one on f, between
Dth and 2lst streets northwest and one cor
neT 9TH and b streets northeast.
BUILDING PERMITS
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