National Republican., 1881-11-24
THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
Current transactions nj the CoIunsbiA
RuttaImrs

The annual report Of the District Com
mlssioners is nearly ready, and will probably be
submitted to the President on Saturday.
Chief Cronin, Of the FIRE department has sent
letter to the Commissioners urging them to 30
amend the building regulations that the proprie'
tors Of large warehouses be compelled TO protect
the surrounding property from fireby placing iron
shutters on their windows In such cases as the
Polkinhorn connngration this would prevent fire
from communicating to the surrounding buildings
The letter was referred TO the Inspector OF Build:
ngs, who reports that the proposed shutters would
only be NECESSARY IN ' ihe @ most st. closely i buit.up
pnces, where the rear Of two or more buildings
were very close to each other He also states that
parties should only be compelled To comply, II the
regulation is made, III the orders are signed by
both the Chief Engineer and the Inspector Of
Buildings.
A consultation was held yesterday afternoon be.
tween the Engineer Commissioner and the officers
ofthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at which the
union depot project was discussed at length.
The chief OF the special assessment division has
completed the revision of the assessments against
alleys IN squares 129 and 100.
The District offices were closed at three ?. M
yesterday by order of the Commissioners. They
VIII not be open To-day.
Dr. G. II. purvishas been notified in reply to hisre.
quest for the mncndnmizing Of PomerOy street that
the appropriation for Improvements In the county
viii not warrant the work. .,o
MT. II; a. willard was yesterday notified, In re.
ply To- his request for an additional gas lamp IN
the alley IN square 25i that but one lamp
W. H. Deggs ct al. have been notified In reply to
their petition for the improvement of Third street
southwest that no estimates for the improvement
of this street have ever been submitted to Con;
grCss aud that nothing can be done there until
Congress has approved such estimates.
The only two bidders for furnishing the District
with 1000 trap.rock were Chase Andrews for
sj.G2j, IND A. B kellogg, for SIPS. The contract
was yesterday awarded to Mr.. Andrews. .
In response to q letter from John I. Mitchell,
treasurer of the Night.Lodgng House, in which
pNDrpggQs desire gel
sncintiun TO remain In the old Central Guard
House for the present, the Commissioners state
that they expect to resell that property soon, and
that amy occupancy Of the Kind suggested must be
subject TO that contingency.
The following building, permits were Issued yes.
torday Margaret Randall, two.story brick dwell
lug, First street, between ID street and Virginia
avenue southeast 81 900; Jacob II. Kengla. frame
stable, west Of Ridge road In county, $780, DR..
William Boyd, to raise stable los Virginia avenue
southwest, SO Samuel Hunt general repairs to
house, on First street. between NJ and streets
southeast, $50.
The following applications for liquor licenses
were yesterday approved by the license board
Philip BrOdrecht, 1918 seventh street northwest
RI NJ Corcoran, 1l02 Fifteenth street northwest;
jain +. Dyer, ll60 fifteenth street northwest;
Charles EDel, Schrclzen Park Seventh street road
james Gulligcr, Seventh street road william q.
lSciier, 1901 Twentieth street northwest; Henry
KOCH 1918 Seventh street northwest; Annie NJ.
Rohr, Piney Branch road; NJ. Y. Sullivan, Seventh
| suect, corner Grant avenue.
The total mortality IN the District of Columbia
for the week ending Saturday, November 10 1881,
was 50, being more than for the week preceding,
or at the rate of 25.l3 per 900 per nnnum. OF the
decedents, 20 were white males, ~ white females,
20 cOlored mules, and % cOOrcd females,
| making an annual death rate of lg.l per
loo S for the White , popupisoon and, and Sla 81:
ported, WED white males, is white females, ~
colorcd males, and p colOrcd females. making all
annual birthnte OF 1876 per 1000 for the white aud
397 for the colored population. Marriages re-
port d., 16,whiI", u; cOlorcd, A. ill.births, s.
white, 4 coloTed, 4.