Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-27
CITY AND DISTRICT.
District Government Affairs.

Mr.. Geo. A. Caswell commissioner and inten
dant of the Washington Asylum. has forwarded to
the Commissioners estimates of expenses of that
institution for the next fiscal year. amounting to
S55.0O0. including general supplies, repairs, inn
provements, salaries. &c.
THE ANNUAL TAX SALES
commenced this morning in the Office of
District Collector Cook. Mr. Thomas Dowlng
being the auctiOneer. The attendance was not
large but there were many bidders entered by
note The sales will continue daily, SUNDAY ex-
| cepted, until the entire list shall have been COM
| pieted.
THE CORRECT ESTIMATE FOR EXPENSES
of the office of the collector Of taxes District of
Columbia. for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth,
| 1888, is as follows: Salaries-For collector of
| taxes. District of Columbia, $4,000: one clerk as
cashier, S1.SO0: one clerk as bOOkkeeper 81 600;
one clerk as entry clerk. 81 400 one clerk as as
sistant entry clerk, &C., $1,000. Contingent
fund books, printing, stationery, &C., 81 500.
Total, Sll 500
THE POLICEMEN's HATS.
There was but one bid for furnishing the
police with winter hats filed to-day before the
committee on bids This was from Mr.. b. HI.
Stnemetz at S2.65. The bid has been accepted
The style of hat is the same as those furnished
last year by Mr. StinemetZ at S2.15
THE ASPHALT CONTRACTS.
The bondsmen for Messrs. Bailey & Fletcher,
contractors for the asphalt paving to-day.
through their attorney, Mr. Robert Christy filed
an answer to the notification sent them by the
District Commissioners, and the same has been
before the board meeting to-day. The purport of
the answer is that they can get no asphalt there
fore they cannot execute the contracts. The
D0ndsnen are Messrs. VIM. Fletcher, John
Webster and John o. Evans.
TO BE INVESTIGATED.
The District Commissioners have directed In
pect0r Entwisle to make investigation. and re-
port as soon as practicable in regard to the
falling of portion of the building occupied by
Messrs- Barbour & Hamilton. Mr.. Entwisle will
at once comply with the request as soon as the
goods and debris are removed from the ruins
Most of the goods have been already removed.
1t is thought that Messrs. Barbour & Hamilton
Will not loose above 200 barrels of the 900 bar
rels OF flour stored The weight of the floor
ABOVE was 700 tons, to which add the weight
of other goods, the floors, roof and heavy tim
bers, and the weight the iron columns had to
Dear was more than they could carry. 1t has
already been ascertained that the center fOun-
dation brick wall was crushed.
new BUILDING AssocrAr1oN.-Last evening,
at Cosmopolitan Hall. corner of Sth and Z
streets northwest, the Union Cooperative
Building Association was organized by the cleo
tion OF the following ofIicers:-Dennis Connell |
president; Jno. j. Fuller, vice president; Daniel
treasurer; Timothy Costello, Timothy Brosnan, |
Richard Curtin, NJ. B. German, Robert McDon- |
aid. NJ. H. McWhorter Julius Germuiiler, Daniel |
A. Drisc0ll, and VIM. O'D0nnell board OF direc- /
tors; ThOs. A. Rover and Jn0. Moran, trustees. /
After large number of shares were subscribed /
the frSR Wednesdag in October was fixed for the /
payment of dues and making advances.
SCr AGAINST THE DISTRICT CoXNIssIoNERs.-I
H. L. Dawson to-day filed bill against the Dis |
trict Maria Miles and others, to compel the |
District Commissioners to correct an erroneous |
act Of the assessor in charging against the south
half Of the north half of lot 4 square 4O1 amount
OF taxes he paid on the south half of said lot in
1876, under protest, and that the Commissioners |
refund the amount, and that they correct the |
assessment 80 that the amount may appear in
the name Of the petitioner &c,