National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-16
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Current Transac,Ions at the Various Dis
trict Offices.

The total mortality in the District of Columbia
for the week ending Saturday, March H. 1882, was
9s, being less than during the preceding week,
or at the rate of 2735 per 1000 per annum. Ofthe
decedents 81 were white males, % white females,
25 colored males, and 10 colored females, making
an annual death-rate of 24.5 per 1000 for the
white population and 500 for the colored; SO OF
the decedents were natives of the District, IS OF
other parts of the United States and 10 of foreign
countries; IA white and % colored were under g
years of age, IS white and colored were 60 and
over. There ga births reported, viz: II white
males, 10 white females, 90 colored males and 10
colored females, making an annual birth rate OF
1913 per 1000 for the white and 20 for the colored
population. Marriages reported, IL; all white.
Building permits were issued yesterday to Cluss
& Shulze, TO build one brick office on street. be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth northwest 10
cost $1,000; Robert o'Nie, to make repairs at 100
street northwest, to cost $50; s. @, Mcdowell, 10
make repairs at cornerof First and streets north
west, $50; Mrs. NJ, Lindner, to make repairs in
Reno near Tennailytown, in county, $50; Alcxan-
der Turner, to make repairs at $50 Massachusetts
avenue northeast, $50; Casper Herbert to make
repairs in county S75 Franz Il Meister, to make
repairs on Seventh street road, $500; Michael
Nolan, to build brick addition at 800 G. street
southwest, $500 John schafer, to build addition
ut 1911 New Hampshire avenue northwest, $1,000,
The following rather humorous letter was re-
ceived BY the Commissioners yesterday:
To Your Honorable Body:
seats on the corner Of Twentieth and streets, 10
accommodate ten or fifteen boys that meet there
regularly II had seats constructed would be able
70 keep them from sitting In my doorway and block
Ing out the few stray customers that occasionally
j. A. BIRCH.
Major Morgan says he will not grant the permit
but will send policeman to interview the youth
| full obstructionists.
The Commissioners have transmitted to the
safety committee the following order: THAT the
order of the ODD of December, constituting board
of examination, &C., be extended 10 include hotels
hospitals, asylums and all other buildings and In
stitntions not exclusively owned and maintained
| by the United states as you may think IL impor-
| tant to inspect"
Mr.. Leonard Whitney, manager Of the Western
| Union Telegraph Company, yesterday made ap.
plicatiOn TO the Commissioners for permit to re.
| place an angle pole at corner of III street and
Delaware avenue northeast with a new one,
| Mr.. w. H. Clarke manager of the Baltimore and
| Ohio Telegraph Company in note to the Com
| missoners yesterday, requested permission 4
erect three telegraph poles fifty feet high, on the
| south side of street, between Ninth and Water
streets southwest. twas referred to the Engineer
Commissioner
Liquor licenses were granted yesterday to Jo.
| seph II. Bateman, 1905 NJ street northwest FRANK
| Junghaus 1A Second street northwest; Franklin
| Lowe, lO3 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; White
| Il Stewart, llO8 Water street southwest.
The Are. alarm apparatus recently removed from
the bell of st. Johns Church, in Georgetown, will
| be attached TO that of Grace Church Georgetown
| per order of the Commissioners and by the court
| esy of the trustees,
The Commissioners notified the trustees OF 81
| Matthews Church, at Fifteenth and II street,
northwest, yesterday that It is dangerous 4
crowd the church on account Of its doubtful
church shall be In future filed to the extont 0
| Its capacity.