Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-10
District Government Affairs.

missiOners from J. III. Skfdmore, 10 which he
makes application to build wharf In the open
deck az the foot OF 18th street. between Riley's
wharf ard BradIey'S wharf. He proposes to
build a solid wharf and dredge the dock on
each side. He states that the present ooan
dock Is a nuisance. and Injurious to health
owing to The accumulation OF mud and filth of
all Kinds. The work to be done In a proper
manner and, If necessary, under direction az
TIE engineer or sanitary departments
Inspector Entwlsle yesterday condemned the
porch on north side Of house 2I5 18th street
be In very d,lapfdated condition and dan.
given to remove It. -o '
Building permits issued by Inspector Entwfsle:
Agnes Scheperle. erect two dwellings, 18th or
between and d SITS. S.w.: 50 500 Grav q POGO
erect tnIee-story dwelling On Jefferson ST..
OF 81. Andrews P. E. church. erect a church AZ
l4tn and Corcoran SITS. NV; SC, 2O0
THE NEW STREET CONTRACTS
at s given out are to be put into execution
az once. IL Is likely that the contracts for Law
lng the asphalt pavement may be somewhat
delaye In consequence of there being a scar.
Guy II 20 OF ,o crude asphaltum. The cargo OF the
mCcn-Sougnt-fOr schooner Emma J. Lewis con
s1stS OF asphaltum, consigned to Mr.. II. T. Gran.
1ord, one OF the contractors for laying this kiI
CT ea,P ave ns If as is now supposed this Ts
Sen |s oSt m the recent gale In the Gulf, it
WI VII PROBABLY seriously embarrass the progress
Oh tnls WORK. The contracts for stone Work win
not De lmpeded, as the material is on hand in
T Te eSlrSa Ill., property yard or arriving daily by
Nessel: Inc District government furnishes ali
malerlai for street work except that for the
asphalt streets. AVA 'N0
TIE LIST OF TAX ARREARAGEs
Ior the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880. with
O'ner taxes and assessments previously In ar
reaTs, has just been Issued by Collector Cook
ana can be obtained by tax payers b. caiIin,.
t6T them az his Office. The collector gives notice
against which delinquent taxes stand on tn,
2SLh instant, and continue from day to iay init,
an sucn property On which payment has not
Deen made shall be sold. NV
THE SANITARY Cruisers
yesterday DR.. Theodore Mead. medical san,-
tary inspector in charge of vital STATISTICS.
leeoId clerk Dickson, and sanitary Inspector
scTdonar palroied the river in search OF the
tne schooner Fay, of Chrtsfield, from Havre,de
trace at Holland Point. but could learn nothinc-
-, H. Sco,t houag MI D. Z. McGnn, Chief clerk
the cruise. i'A
SMALL PoX ON MAINE SCHOONER.
oo tass evening Health Officer Townshend re-
S MIN RoIice from T. j. Turner secretary
NalIonal 6oa1d OF Health. enclosing a CODY of a
communication from Dr. E. Lloyd Howard. ma
Tlhe hospital physician of the port of BaItinnra
10 me eect that ON the 9th instant he received
Into iIlaC hospital AloDZO Patton, colored sick
MIN small poX that this patient states that he
snlppeu IN the schooner Marietta Ullnan.
s .a,et tlark smith, at Gardner, Maine, about
august Is; lnat at that time there was man
on BOARD Sick with small pox-ThO left the
HeSSei and was making his way to Philadephia
ms ms Vessei arrived at Georgetown Sept. list.
Baltimore the same day. This morning II was
AIRED at the health Office that the Marietta
human cleared last night from Georgetown.
Gnu lnat s1e Is probably On her return trip to
GarCner. Health Officer Townshend Stared
over 10 Georgetown to ascertain whether or NOT
mere was any sickness On board the schooner
curing the Time she has been staying in George.
DR.. Townshend returned to his Office this
sIterno0h, ana reports that the vessel cleared
Defore he arrived there. On searching about
LOT information, he learned that the captain
oils charged his crew on the day of his arrival
ABOUT TWO weeks since, and Shipped a new
crew. the Old crew all reshipped except two
tlfct. He found the boarding place OF one NJ
them, but he was absent and could not be
found. He then deputiZed DR.. Mackall OF that
City to make further diligent INQUIRY and re.
port by telephone to him. Later he receiyed a
dls paIcn from DR.. d., stating that ne had ascer-
tained that the wife of the captain of the
S SCI was broken out with small pox, when
ne c'eared early this morning. 1t is impossible
70 tell, as yet, bow much smallpox infection
has been spread, but strict vigilance Will be
kept by the health Office. and should the dis
suppress 1t.
THE DELAY IN STARTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The statements In yesterday s STAR, under the
mead OF Delay In starting some OF the public
scnoois1 require explanation. 1t is true, as
stated, that acquisitions were made for furni-
ture by the school trustees June goth 1t is
also true that the order for the same was sent
Dy tne commissioners to the Goshen, Indiana,
school Furniture Company on the SOth OF that
month. with Instructions not to forward until
the school trustees notified them 1.-THE Commits
s1oneTS) OF their readiness to receive it. At that
time S92 desks, teachers desks and tables were
ordered Tor the Force building, and 700 desks for
the Peabody school on Capitol Hill, this being
tte kind OF furniture selected by the committee
OF school trustees appointed for that purpos
oy TIE commissioners. The furniture for the
nigh schools was not ordered until July 10Th, as
the trustee making the requis'tion for these
desks on June 2Sth, called for Whitcomb's,
which Is made in Boston, and estimates had
been called for from the Noble School Furni-
ture Company OF Indiana, tn, figures OF which
were so much lower than Whitcomb's that Or
GERS were given to 1t. These arrangements
were perfectly well understood by the trustees,
aSo the TACT that they could have signified their
II aolheSS TO receive the furniture some two
: e hS before 1t was done. the school buildings
Ceils Iii proper condition for storage and In
some cases for fixing In place, with The excep-
tlOl IT the Force school, in which case delay
ol Two days was caused by the contractor, who
nad not formally turned over his work to the
commissioners.