Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-02
District Government Affair.".

The school teachers and employees OF the
schools received their pay to- day for March.
ment division 10 day Forwarded 70 the COUNTS
sioLer OF the sinking fund lien certificates upon
connecticut avenue from Ii street north to
B9{nhdsTy street Sidewalk assessment
building permits issued by Inspector Ra-
tWSle:-Ihr. HeuriCh, erect q two story dwell
Ing, Goth, between NJ and n streets NV $500.
AuIck Palmer, erect three-Story AMI base
mebt dwelling, Connecticut avenue. near y
street. $4,000. MT. Holmes. erect a private
stable rear OF No. ~ street NV; $500
BIewer q Watkins; erect as blacSsnith shop,
ith street, between street and MARYLAND ave.
nue.; $500. James Robbins, erect two dwelIluys
;, bet"een 18Th and 10Th streets northwest:
S5,CcO. John shepherd, remove frame Loysp
No. l2lI street northwest; S21o.
CORNERS APPRAISED.
The commissioners appointed as appraisers
under the act making appropriations Tor the
District OF Columbia for the fiscal year ending
June 50. 1882. Messrs. ID. b. Clarke, o. c. Greene
ard @. c. Duncanson, who report TO Major
General II. q. Wright. chief OF engineers, Il. :
A. the following as the true value OF the angu-
lar corners at 18th and X streets: The Angles
On the northwest, southwest and southeast
corners sl.50 per square foot and that at the
northeast corner sl.25 per square foot THIS
latter will be purchased by the heirs OF the late
John L. Cooke, ST.. and the difference IA the
price is In consequence OF the Improvements on
The ground adjoining the angle belonging 10
that estate having been made fronting the Old
oc'agcnal plan, as had been fixed by previous
law governing the survey and laying out or the
streets L ard avenues: An parties interested in
this decision were at the Office OF Gen. Wif -ht
this morning to confirm the decision or enter
their dissent therefrom.
NO MONEY FOR oPENIHG SUBURBAN STREETS.
IN response TO communication OF Nc &. +.
b. richardson, requesting that streets and az
enues on Meridian Hill, between 10th ana 10 n
streets, be properly laid out and graded the
Comm sSioneTs to-day sent copy OF the report
or The District engineer department, as fol
lows The proposed subdivision OF Meridian
Bill, now on file in the surveyors Office. is a
very bad one, and would recommend that the
commissioners decline to eXpend any money In
opening any OF the streets proposed by Il. A
careful survey OF the District is now In progress
Tor the express purpose OF afording the dafa on
Which to base Subdivisions of county property
with reference TO the plans OF streets and ave
Dues In the city. The surveys on MERRIAM Hill
VIII De completed during the pr, sent season,
and another subdivision can then be made Ia
my opinion there is no appropriation ami.
cable 10 the opening OF such streets. The an.
propriatfons for repairs of county roads should
De devoted 10 maintaining the roads now exist
ing; and when il Is proposed to open new su-
burban streets, estimates therefor should be
submitted to Congress IN the same manner as
estimates for work on streets in the city. II
this view is correct, no new suburban work
can be undertaken before July LIST, 1882 aud
after the approval OF Congress at Its next SEES
sion.
STREET IMPROVEMENT EDS.
The committee on BIDS to-day finished the
work OF scheduling the bids for the improve
ment OF Louisiana and Indiana avenues, with
the following results stone
exception OF the asphalt pavement. Ffzpat-
rick; sl22lO,s Sc; Himber 8 Fletcher, Sc, SS6.17:
Baldwin, s12 5G5.7,; Fletcher. 1886 O6;
Joyce, so,9ls.s0; Neitzey, sl4 S6l.42; Gran
ford, sl2,sol;f9: Buckley. s13:559.'4i Burns,
sl2.s.2 IN Maioney s9'G65; Murdoch. Sill
pavement: Baldwin, 5000 CO., Crawford, S.
1850. No awards have been made.
NEGLECTED PUBLIC SCHOOL WATER CLOSETS.
Health Officer TOwnShend yesterday ad-
dressed note TO John Ii. Brooks, secretary OF
the board OF public school trustees, In which he
states that few days since he made examina-
ton OF a couple OF the larger school buildings
and found In one that the janitor had been
very negleciful In caring for the water closets.
He says with the system OF flush tanks now
generally in use. proper care being exercised,
there Is no reason why closets should become
Offensive, and would request that the persons
having them In charge be impressed with the ne
cessity for cleansing them regularly" The
building to which he refers [the Peabody he
says 'W bile the tanks had been flushed daily,
or perhaps twice daily, yet the work or washing
them out seem TO have been neglected for some
time, as the sediment from water and focal
matter was found adherIng TO the bottom
and sides to such an extent as to cause
time OF flushing. These tanks should be scrub
bed out at least twice per week and occasionally
washed with solution of sulphate OF iron zone
pound to gallon OF water, which can be pro
cured at very cheap rate and IL this course is
pursued am sure there Will be no reason for
further complaints" He states that he has oil
rected the sanitary inspectors In the several
districts to look at the school house closets reg
ularly. To this Mr.. Brooks replied that the
letter should be laid before the board at its next
same from the third sehool division, in which IS
located the PEABODY building.