Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-23

DP .fYtct Government Affafrs.
The District Commissioners will endeayor {
| pfF dre the passage during the present sessio
,an CONGRESS n OF law increasing both the waite
| regulated In accordance with the amount c
water used by the taker.
mi MT lanes Small sealer Of weights and meas
ufes, mas made writer. report of the amour
| OF lees received by him from August 1st 1875
| 10 Aprll ISL, 1879, showing the total on Goa
SEXES 10 nave been sS5s.50; and from stores
| niarketS ana elsewhere during the same time
aitogeiher making total of $1,33s.s0. Tn
| commissioners nave ordered that hereaICe
OF coal scales shall De MADE , quar- r
1 one dollar.
| Mr. P. S. Smith, clerk OF the Washington
| District Commissioners asking that the sale O
scale No. at the wholesale market be post
poned until August !, 1873, and that the com
| has been disapprOved by the Commissioners
The District Commissioners to-day made ar
order ''that the treasurer and assessor and con
trOller are hereby appointed a committee tt
revise the method OF keeping the accounts OF
the District and report such notifications as
they may deem advisable therein to the Com
miSSionerS without delay
AN INVESTIGATION.
District commissioner Lent Is engaged to-day
In hearing testimony in the case OF charges
made by some of the inmates Of the almSho1se
against Mr.. CasWell, commissioner OF the asy-
lum, and Col. E. F. M. FaehtZ, the 1ntendent.
The examination takes place at the work.
house.
PETITION OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE PROPERTY
HOLDERS.
Messrs. columbus Alexander and Albert Gin
gria, owners Of private property fronting ON
Pennsylvania avenue, between 18th street and
Rock creek, have filed petition by their coun-
sci Mr.. Robert Christy, with the District Com
missionerS, asking for leave to be heard by
counsel In relation to the recent revision of the
asses sment against private property for i'm
provement Of that avenue between the points
stated. and they set forth the following facts:
1. That Adolph Cluss, late member of the
board OF public works, furnished counsel for
Cfngrfa With stat ement In writing showing
that the assessment OF the board of public
works against private property on this part OF
pennsylvania avenue was greatly In excess of
the true amount; that it should have been
$4261 O3 instead OF $29 203 OS, or lis cents per
front foot instead of 81 ,211, as assessed by the
board.
2. That they learn with surprise that the
Beard OF commissioners by their recent ''re-
Congress, approved June 10th, 1878, instead of
reducing the original assessment OF the board
OF pubic works, have largely increased that
$50, O4s 9o-an increase of s9,s42s2 against prt-
8. The exhibits filed with the petition show
Of the Treasury Of the United States amount
ing to more than $1s6,0Co Also, an itemized
account OF the expenditures by the board Of
rightfully charged, upon which Adolf CIuss
bases bis assessment, was grossly erroneous
and excessive.
INTEREST ON UNPAID TAXES, ETC.
The District Commissioners have addressed
note to Hon. Eppa HuntOn, chairman of the
House District committee, In which they refer
to the letter OF taxpayer in this District
complaining Of the interest On unpaid taxes
which had been referred by the House commit
tee to the commissioners for their exami-
nation and remarks. The Commissioners state
Ia reference thereto tnat In their last annual
report they recommended to Congress the
passage OF an act reducing the interest upon
delinquent general taxes to six per cent In all
cases where no outstanding tax lien was held
by third parties; also that the rate OF interest
upon unpaid special Improvement taxes levied
under the act OF the legislative assembly APP
proved August 10, 1871, should be reduced, In all
cases where no lien for said special tax is In
the hands of third parties, to six per cent.
recommendations. bill to this effect was
prepared by the House committee and was
directed to be put upon Its passage In the last
did not oee. The BIZ fu nth rue extepdSd tas
provision Of the act of June 10, 1878, providing
for the revision OF special assessments, to the
paid up assessments; measure approved by
the District Commissioners.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle:-Thos. P. Simp.
son, construct three story brick store and
Robert I. Fleming, construct q wO-story brick
dwelling, F, between 21st and 22d SITS. NV;
81 300. JAS. Henntng, repair frame, 1888 10th
ST.; $50. Geo. Schlerf, repair frame, GIG st.
st. me-; $25. E. w. Anderson, build addition to
brick house 465 st. NV; $500. JAS. A. Green
construct a brick store room, NJ, between 18th
and goth SITS. NV; $780, Edw'd Temple, repair
iron steps corner La. ave. and eth ST.; $215. ID.
B. Graf, construct a two story and basement
brick Dwelling, vt: ave., between and o SITS.
NV: s.. 400. j. B. Moore, repair frame, SIT goth
street northwest; G. A. Clarke repair brick, 30l
I'd street northwest; s. 300. Ezekiel Hughes.
construct Two story brick dwelling, /, between
list and ed streets northwest; $500. Robert
west; $50. A. Herman, repair brick, 4O7 AZ
street southwest; 500. y. Nixon, construct
shed 1882 10th street northwest; s25. Mrs s. g.
johnson, repair brick 800 street northwest:
$50. John A. Carr, construct two three story
brick dwelling, Sd and g street northwest;
H,lO0.