Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-01
District Government Affairs.

In view of the recent decision of the court in
relation to retail street stands and similar OBJ
structiOns the police will receive instructions to
remove them all. This street franchise can only
be extended to the actual owner of the adjacent
property, who possesses no right to farm it out
| to another
The sealer of weights and measures has re-
| quested the Commissioners to ask Congress for
$500 for repairing the public scales and replacing
the old ones at 10th street and Louisiana avenue
I with new ones.
Rev. G. V. Leech. living at 7l2 9TH street
southeast makes complaint to the Commits
sloners OF the annoyance caused by the street
sweepers on 4th street on Sundays during church
meetings. and asks that the sweepers be directed
to select some other evenings than Sundays for
such duty.
The number of dog licenses issued thus far is
1,274, large falling OFF in the number of CANNES
| in this District.
Mr.. Entwisle. inspector of buildings. has sub
mitted statement to the Commissioners show
| ing the amount received by the treasurer Of the
District on account of building permits issued
during the month of September, as follows: 80
new buildings, SIS; 12O repairs. Sl20, and 12
lineal feet of vaulting, S24-making total Of
S222.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR.
District Surveyor Forsyth has made report
OF the operations of his office for the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1881. showing surveys for prop
erty-holders. 564; subdivisions recorded and
plats issued, 96; miscellaneous plats and ira
cings "a. Work ordered by the Commissioners:
Surveys a streets, roads and alleys, Sc, and re-
| ports on miscellaneous subjects. II. He states
| There has been prepared plat by my predeces-
sOr, in duplicate, of that part Of the city of WASH
ingtOn, called Georgetown, showing new names
OF streets and the location of buildings and their
numbers under the new system Remuneration.
l respectfully ask your attention and
favorable consideration relative to the status OF
this Office, with a view to its re-establishment
upon q more reasonable and equitable basis
oil. -
tach to few offices Of the District and none per-
haps, less fortunate in executive recognition"
His estimates for the coming fiscal year
amount to a 800.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TERMS OF CONTRACT.
The Commissioners to-day issued an order
that the contractors and bondsmen are hereby
suspended from the execution of contract No.
3S4 for reconstructing the south wing Of the
Georgetown market-house, they having failed to
comply with the terms Of the contract. The un-
finished portion Of the work will be completed
by the inspector of buildings, and the cost OF
the same will be deducted from the amount due
the contractors.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: III. Turley, re-
pair frame, 1905 NJ street northwest; $500. s. @.
Mer1ell, erect two-story dwelling, p between
4th and 5th streets northwest; 81 200. T. Sheck-
les, repair brick d0S street; s100 Petit d
Dripps, repair brick l446 and 144S Pierce street;
So, 500. Mrs. NJ. Robbins, erect a two-story
dwelling. L. between 18th and 18th streets north
west; e2, 500. H. NJ. Chapel, erect an office, H,
between 9th and 10th streets northeast; s400
The FALLING OF BARBOUR 4 HAMMr0H's
BULDIN&-Inspector Entwisie this morning
sent a very clear report to the Commissioners
in relation to the causes Of the falling In Of the
warehouse of Messrs. Barbour Hamilton.
He says the center of the building was supported
on line of i've columns on each of the three
floors the lower ones resting on q fourteen
inch brick foundation, The weight Of all the
building materials and the merchandise resting
on the outer walls and lower tier of columns
amounted to ia 21-100 tons, making about lax
tons weight on each column. He argues that
the capacity Of each column was but l2 Is
tons. Mr.. Entwisle concludes: "It thus an
pears that the carrying capacity of the mate
rials were not sufficient for the load imposed
upon them, and especially would an uneuual
distribution Of weight cause the disaster. and IN
my opinion no other cause can be found "a II n
positive that the columns In the first story ana
the wall supporting them gave way first. causiun
the entire structure to fall"
VENNoR's WEATHER FORECASTS FOR l009.-p
An Ottawa, Ontario. dispatch says that vennoQ
the Canadian weather prophet, has forwarde4
TO the weather once in this city complete COPY
OF his predictions for the coming year. and kaI
asked IN return copy OF the prognosticattou[
Of the chief signal 0fcer for the purpose Of CONF
parisOn- vennor complains that heretofore The
authorities at Washington have received HI
forecasts only through the pres, which, inmany
cases. were unreliable