Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-23
LOCAL NEWS.
District Government Affairs.

rofICE TRANSFERS
BY an order ol Major Morgan, Lteutenants
Austin ana Kelly the st-named OF the 5th
precinct and the latter OF the sthl exchange
paecincts, TO take effect the LIST proximo. A
general trs nsfer OF policemen goes into erect
today. TIE following are the changes In de-
fail:-1st pIecinct-Fowler TO fourth, Marks 20
eighth, Mills 10 fifth, Ridgway 70 eighth; I'd
Janifer ard Clark 10 ffth, Caruthers 10 seventh,
DCwiing ard Graft TO sixth; 3d-Edwards and
Baxter To fourth; 4fh-Bailey 10 5th. Riley ana
Burrows TO third, Burgess 10 sixth, Cole 20 Sec
old: 5Ih-Olfver and Melton 10 first. ClawSon TO
second, Shilling 10 fourth Daley TO sixth. j. j.
Smith 10 second. and Nicholson TO eighth;
6th-FitZpafrick, Aherne. and Ecklon 10 second,
Matungiy 10 fourth, Hurst 10 fifth, Shanks 70
Ross TO sixth, Farfar. Clinton. and King TO
eighth; sih-onutt and Woodruff 10 nrst, Mock
see,, 49, 70 MN, Skeley; Carter, and Powell 70
The county TO tie second precinct
STREET RAILWAYS
1Be DlSir1ct commissioners today addressed
q pote TO Hon y. w. Aldr1ch, chairman OF the
SUB committee on railroads OF the House of Re.
pleSentatfves committee on the Diftrict OF Co
lumoia, in reply TO a request for their views In
regard 10 The provisions or bills 294, 2e5, 2s7 and
299, all relating To street railways. They state
that they aie OF The opnion that the future ex-
tension OF railways should be made upon A
well-sdJusted plan calculated 20 meet the re-
With as lfttle damage to che streets of the city
as practicable, and that the construction OF the
roads should be subject TO the direc'ion OF the
CAtCubNe OI bnt In order 10
secure the carrisgeways OF the city from Injury
arising from bad construction and disregard OF
tie precautions necessary 10 preserve them. A
general Law should be enacted 10 which
all existing as well as all future rail.
road companies should be made subject.
aid all charters hereafter granted should
merely give designated right of way subject
10 The provisions or such general law. The
C0mm1sSioners are unable 10 prepare we'll
digested plan TO submit during the probable
continuation or the present session. and they
therefore recommend that the whole subject OF
street railways be deferred for consideration
until the next session, when they viii submit a
plan and project for general law. There
are OBJECTIONS TO the proposed lines or tracks
ano 70 other provisions In all the bills SUBJ
mltteo TO Congress.
BIDS WE'RE oPEsED
To-Day In the Office OF the District Commfs-
Sioners for resurfacfng with asphalt and wear
Ing surface the following named streets, now
paved with buituminOus psvements: G, from
5th 10 1th NV: 18th, from r TO n NV; 18th,
10 "a. ave. n.w.; II, from 18th TO 22d NV:
ID, rom 4th TO 10th n.w.; VT. ave., from II to 1
ST. NV; 16k St., from Pa ave to ii st. NV: 15H
ST., IRON Pa. to III st. NV; 18th st., from n T.
ave. 10 NV; goth st., from N. III. ave. to NJ sc.
NV; MT. Vernon Square, from 9Th TO 9th Sta n
W; "a ave., from 9th TO sth sts. e.; Il 81, from
Del ave 10 lst n e.; lst., from A to e., and r
ST, from ~ TO 1th s.w.; altogether 81 3sl square
YARDS There were but seven bidders as fol-
lows: The Baily French Paving Co. Jonathan
Iayl0f, James McLain Thomas McCann w C.
MuIdock, Crawford Holman Co, and j. q.
BaoWln. The bids ranged from 81 cents TO 81 so
per square yard No award was made but the
IMPRESSION was prevalent that the work VIII be
given TO w. {. Murdock at 81 cts