Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-29
District Government, Affairs.

The tax sale proceeded today with quite a
competition OF individual bidders, and closed
With the letter \. IL viii be resumed tom Dr.
TCT morning at the usual hour.
BuiidH 8 permits issued by Inspector En-
twisie: j. :. IaTCOmD, erect three S: Ory Il VEL
ing on Jetlt iaon pace, hear ConuSctieut ave
four twO-st0Ty dwellings Oil @, between 9Th and
'IL SIS. nv; $4,000.
REPORT CT TUE GAS INSPECTOR
The annual report OF inspector OF gas meters.
= Calvert Ford, was submitted TO the District
COR FEiSSlOEerS THIS AFTERNOON, In which he
states that on various occasions during !a5r all
tie tight obtained from the gas was dun and
poor locking, especially in the low portions OF
10 poor quenty of gas, bat prod1eei
Dy efficient pressure and the presence
or HaPthaiinP ia the service pipes. TniS is q
ny dECcarbon which condenseS from the gas In
It's passage through TIE mains. crySta;zing and
choking Upt the services and sometimes prevent
1nC The flow OF gas. On seventeen OCCASIONS
during tie year the gas was OF less illuminating
power than i6 candles. on six occasions IL
coutetnCt an excess OF sulphur over the 90
grains allowed In each 100 cubic feet. He shows
That or twenty-five occasions the gas from the
Georgetown Gas Company was OF less iIiumI-
I&tlEg rDWer than 10 candles, and from
June 2.th 10 August och. the gas sup
pi1Sd d thiS gas company contained a
larger Ter cent OF ammonia than allowed. He
3GyCcaT 6 The Argand burners as the best. Ole
tLOOS2ru three hundred ald nine meters were
Inspected during the fiscal year; one hundred
and efghJy-three meters We're tested. A large
proportion or the gas meters now In use are
very accurate Ge1SnrerS. He recommends that
The law be modified SO as to require the Wash
irgtCn and Georgetown gas companies TO re-
place meters within a specified time which have
been inspected, proved and sealed
a WOMAN CHARGED WITH PERJURY. - This
morning, in tie Police Court Mary Hall c3l-
oTed, Was charged with perjury, Cd the 22d OF
this month, when David 0'Burch and Richard
Minor wire fined for being policy writers, and
her husband, James Hall. was charged with
allowing these men TO Sell policy In his house
In Mayors Alley. The perjury consisted In de-
PENDANT swearing that she had never seen
OBurch write policy. and never bought any
from him. solomon Con1ee testified 10 seeing
defendant buy policy ticket from OBIrch on
the 18th OF september. Another witness testi-
lied 10 seeing defendant in the same house with
OBurch while he was writing policy. For toe
defence, David O'BuTch testified that Mrs Hall
never played policy with him. Mrs Hall then
took the stand, and denied ever buying having
bought policy from O'Burch while he lived In
her house. Defendants counsel. Mr.. A. Il. VIII
iians, asked that the case be dismissed on The
grounds that the law requires TWO witnesses to
prove the falsfty OF the statement made By de-
Iendant, and that there was only one witness
who Swore positively to TIE falslty OF her Jes,i-
mony. Mr.. Howe, the prosecuting attorney
stated that the government had produced teSC1-
Tony enough TO justify the court ii sending
the case 10 the grand jury. The court sent the
case 10 the grand jury.