National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-01
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Current TransnctIons In the various his.
trIct Omcea.

! Building permits were issued yesterday to Fran
| els Leonard, TO build two brick dwellings, corner
! First and G streets northwest, to cost $1,000
| Thomas d. Furgerson, TO build four brick dwell.
| ings on street, between Fourteenth and Fif-
tecnth streets northwest, to cost $4,000; George
Walkers, to build one brick dwelling, corner l and
| First streets southeast, TO cost 800; Epiphany f.
! +. Church, to erect one brick chapel at Twelfth
street and Maryland avenue southwest, to cost
$3.50; NJ. +. Coughln, to build one brick stable
| corner street and New Hampshire avenue north.
west, to cost $500; Bernard Leonard, to build two
brick houses and store corner Third and T. streets
southwest TO cost $1,000 Mary A. Cushing and
! Elizabeth Varioy, to build one brick dwelling on
+ street, between Ninth and Tenth streets north.
west, to cost $1,000; w. NJ. woodward, to make gem
cral repairs, 93j Virginia avenue southwest to cost
$780, Mr.. Jones, repairs, Four. and. half street,
between and l. southwest, s2j Charles Schuc.
bel repairs, 22l Fourteenth street north west; T.
Animate, repairs, 1922 l. street northwest, 800;
Michael Barry, repairs 5l1 Bstreet southeast 500
Mary Dorsey, repairs, Thirteenth, between q and
II streets northwest sl5: Thomas e. Dante, re.
pairs, $3.50 A street northeast, S2j.
Apatient named Lewis died at the smallpox
The work Of vaccinating the poor of the city is
going steadily on. one ofthe physicians last week
market-house and the fish wharves in that city
, 700 place Yesterday afternoon In GEORGETOWN, and
noon at the Centre Market.
Tho Water Registrar and his assistants are busy
making up list of delinquent water takers. Ho
has already long list and yesterday morning
started out gang OF men to cut off the water.
They have Instructions to make no distinction,
but to cut II of In every instance.
Very good progress has been made during the
mild winter weather upon the new school houses
The one at the corner of Tenth and II streets is
covered in aud much Of the inside work has been
done, and the inside trimmings are now being nut
III. This is most substantial building aud will
accommodate twelve schools. The one at Massa-
chusets avenue and First street is not quite as far
advanced. The High School on street and the
street school, on the Corcoran Market square, are
IN an advanced state, and will be finished within
the time specified In the contract.
delegation consisting of Messrs. p. Culnane,
John A. Herman, Conrad Shafer. and George Vo.
MEL, property owners in South Washington, were
before the Commissioners yesterday morning to
ask that street, between Four-and. "a half street
anu Virginia avenue, be paved with granite block.
They represented the dreadful condition of that
street and that II was nearly impossible. Mr..
Culinane stated that all they want Is an equitable
distribution of the money appropriated for street
Improvements. They were all Taxpayers, and
were willing to pay taxes, but they not willing
to see all the expenditures made In other sections
the city to the entire exclusion of the streets in
their section. During the last twenty-five years
there had not been street betweenV Virginia avenue
and the arsenal grounds and between Four and.a
half street and South Capital street. paved or i'm
| proved-not even with gravel-and the mud and
fifth render the lives of the people not only un-
pleasant, but unhealthy and unsafe. II is not
right and the citizens In that section propose to
speak their sentiments until they have justice
done them Commissioner Dent said he would
bring the subject before board meeting and do
the best he could. Ifthis street was on the sched
ule ofstreets to be paved this season they may be
ableto do something, but ifnot 1t would have togo
over TO another year The authorities would do all
the city,