Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-31
District Government Affairs,

The building inspector to-day sent out circulars
asking proposals for the construction OF steam
heating and ventilation ducts for the Gales and
Webster school buildings, which are now nearly
completed, one On the corner Of 10th and ii and
avenue and 1st street northwest These were not
included In the contracts for building these struc-
lures.
THE FALL OF A CEILING.
About O'Clock to-day the operators in the tele-
phone room at police headquarters were aston
ished by the falling OF the entire ceiling OF the
room In which they are located. Luckily no one
trclan, was slightly injured on one hand.
LICENSED AS BANKERS SINCE AUGUST Is, 1882.
c A. Lemar Co., Sic 9Th n W., amount paid
Edward L. Scott, aOS 5th s. e., 63 cents; VIM. E.
Mathews, 9Th aid n. w, sl.SS; W. A. Stewart,
81 9Th n W., So cents Jos W. stryker 1913 y. W,
Clark. go ~ NV. IA cents; r. A. Phillips, l42s
New York avenue, 6stents; A: II. Van Deusen. 5O9
9TH NV, IA cents; G. l. Hill. $40 n.w SIPS; Jno
T. Arms, SO NV, 81. 25; f. r. Madigan, 9th and
Pa ave. NV, ID cents
The above have taken out licenses to date from
August 1. The license inspector has cases against
them previous to that time as brokers'
THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND THE NATIONAL
THEATER.
In response to an order of the building inspector
for alterations to be made to the National theater
which have in part been complied with, Mr. WV
Rapley proprietor OF that building, has addressed
note to the District Commissioners, In which he
states that workmen are busily engaged In making
all alterations in the theater ordeEed by the In.
SpecIOr Oh buildings winch are practicable; that
the 'NattOnar' is the only theater in the United
States where the audience is beyond the heavy
walls as soon as it passes into the Hobbies; that
the District authorities claimed the privilege of
altering his plans even after the erection OF the
building had been commenced changed the plans
OF the stairway, causing an extra expense OF
nearly $1,000, besides spelling two of his front
stores, from which he suffers the loss OF
at least five hundred dollars per annum In
order to get good endorsement from
the authorities he submitted and complied with all
requests. After the burning of the Brooklyn thea
ter he received special notification make further
alterations which Was done; that one year ago he
received an order to make additional exits from
the gallery by cutting doors through the towers
and placing platforms to the roof OF the front
building-the fiat roofs are almost uninter-
rupted level for four or five houses {some OF them
being Slated and used for clothes drying pur-
poses)-so the entire audience might make its exit
In that way in perfect safety at the same time he
received an order to close the opening from the
top OF the proscenium and to the apex OF the roof
which order was Obeyed: he has also cut openings
in the railing which divides the orchestra from
the orchestra circle opposite the exit aisles to side
doors; also placed the safety rails from the dress
circle to the lobby, and workmen are now busily
engaged building new stairways from the gallery
to the dress circle He submits II he has not acted
as good and law-abidng citizen, and cries
mercy.