Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-23
District Government Affairs,

The District Commissioners to-day issued an
order that the government offices be closed on
the 24th instant in accordance with the prOclama-
uOq or The President Of the United States making
IL day OF thanksgiving and prayer.
southwest waited on the District Commissioners
this morning to ask that that street be improved
Dy laying Of sidewalks, cutters, &C. This street
oeen included In the schedule Of streets to receive
Improvement 1t was arranged to let this matter
lay over this year and see what can be done next
COL Parker, consulting engineer for the B. and
U. railroad company, was yesterday before En-
glneer commissioner Twining in relation to some
Oh the minor details OF the plans to be submitted
py the commissioners to Congress for the Selec-
tlon OF site for union depot in this city,
Building permits issued by Inspector Entwisle
140s 10th Street, s1,4oo ". F. Downey, " erect q
carriage house, L, between 10th and 18th streets;
800 Margaret Randall ct al, trustees, erect a
and Virginia avenue southeast; 81 200 jacob ii.
fkaeennsla, a stable, west Of Ridge road, county;
The contract for furnishing 5000 trap rock
blocks for the District government was to-day
awarded to Mr.. Chase Andrews.
AM, Mr.; W. o. Roome, chief OF special assessment
DIVISION, has completed the revision of the assess
hehts against alleys In squares 72s and 799.
LIQUOR LICENSES
The liquor license board have reported favora-
Oily upon applications from the following: Samuel
Brannan, Henry BOegehOlz, Michael Biggins A.
c. Campbell, Joshua Clark, JAS B. Daily, VIM. c.
Jaws, JOSnud Evans, JOln >. GOSS, Theodore
gohansen, j. W. Kearney, Christ'r Horner Pat
Lynch, Marco Larenzi, Jas. McNally, E. L. Morgan,
Francis Muller, VIM. McDanels. Henry Middleton,
Dennis OSuliivan Mrs. Catherine Pfefer, julius
Pach, X. ID. Pollard, Michael Rupert, John Scott,
Henry +. Schormborn, Herman Stiebleling, F. J..
Iodden, B1rDara Vonderheib, John Wunderlich,
y. ID Wright, John L. Worthan, Jacob Xander,
Phillips Brodricht, r. j. and NJ. Corcoran, JnO r.
Dyer, ChaS. Ebel, Jas. Gallagher, VIM G. Keifer,
Henry Koch, Anna NJ. ROhr and NJ. p. Sullivan.
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE
Mr.. Cronin, chief engineer OF the fire depart-
ment, addressed letter to the Fire Commissioners
again calling their attention to the necessity for
q greater supply OF water in the business section
OF the city, and says Gin the event of an extensive
fire 1t would be impossible to eXtinguiSh it be-
cause OF the small size OF the water mains and the
have at once in all the principal streets-at least
thoSe which are well built up-twelve inch mains,
and In the vicinity OF the Arlington. Ebhitt VIII
laruS, Hamilton House, and Government Printing
Office, additional fire plugs should be erected The
Old nine inch plugs should be at once changed to
the regulation size OF ten inches" He says: ssI
urge this matter upon your attention because of
the danger OF an extensive and destructive fire in
the many costly buildings erected during the past
rev years, and now In process OF construction.
would state in this connection that at the POlkin-
horn hre the supply OF water was very meagre.
ana the IRE plugs insufficient. Some time since
asked that number OF new plugs might be
erected In different sections and among them men,
toned several in the immediate vicinity of that
nre 1Or including the city post Office the two hO-
tets, The two stables, the old Intel1igencer building
the establishment Of Moses a. Son, and other bust
ness houses In the neighb0rhOod, are some OF the
most lnfiamable buildings in the city" This was
referred by the fire board to the District Commits
sioDers and by them referred to the Engineer Com
missioner.