National Republican., 1883-08-24
THE COMMISSIONERS
Current TrOlsactIons ut tho Various Dis
triCt Offices.

A street lamp will be erected at Fourth and
streets northeast.
A petition for concrete pavement on
First stroot, between G aid ID streets south
east has been filed.
Tho commissioners ut their meeting yester-
day decided to give tho associated charities
5000 out of the poor fund.
A new fire alarm card has been issued, to
which stations for twenty Of tho principal
schbo buildings have been added telephone
only, making tho entire number of stations
no: Tho new numbers are as follows 13s,
BranlIin building, Thirteenth and K streets
northwest 1"O Webster, Tenth and II streets
northwest; 30, Garrett, Tenth and U streets
northwest; 2ts high school, o, between Sixth
Ndd Seventh streets; 2i9, Henry, T. between
Sixth and Seventh streets; 23l, Cook, o, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets; 23i, SeatOn,
l. between Second and Third streets; 23j,
Abbot, Sixth street and New York avenue;
-, Gales, First street and Massachusetts, ave-
nuo; 3l6, Force, Massachusetts avenue, be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets;3l7,
Sumner, Seventeenth and NJ streets: 326, Ana
lostan, G., between Twenty FIST and Twenty
eecond streets; IS, Jefferson, Sixth and ID
streets southwest; 40, Randall, First and
streets southwest: 81, Wallach, PENNSYLVANIA
southeast; IS, Lincoln, Second and Q streets;
6li, Peabody, Fifth and G streets northeast;
6ij LOvcjoy, Twelfth and ID streets north
east; "a, Curtis, Second and High streets,
West Washington; and7 Is, Chamberlain, East,
near p street, West Washington.
Tho health officer reports that during last
week there were 06 deaths, 40 white and A
colored, being at the rate of 1891 for whites
and 36.i6 for the colOred race Diarrheal dis
eases diminished during the week, and there
were two cases of each whooping cough and
measles. Only 6 marriages and SO births
were reported. The physicians of the poor
treated 23O colored and 06 white patients, and
$50 was spent for medicine for them.
The question OF regulating the erection Of
private tree boxes was, mt tho meeting of the
district commissioners yesterday, committed
to the engineer commissioner, it being under
stood that no permits will authorize the use
of such boxes for signs unless constructed of
wiro and of approved design.
Applications for liquor license were ap-
proved by the commissioners yesterday in
tho cases of Lewis Dow, No. 63S Massa;hu-
setts avenue northwest, and John il. Keefe,
No. 260 Third street southwest.
| In regard 10 the blockading of streets in
| cases of sickn ess the commissioners yester-
| day issued the following order: THAT per-
mits to prevent the passage Of vehicles in
neighborhoods where persons are so seriously
| i'll rs to make such n step necessary arc coii-
| fided TO the health department under a limi-
tation of three days time, unless longer
period be granted by the commissioners
But no principal public thorouGhfare should
be obstructed, nor any street car lines be in
terfered with. All such permits shall he no
titled to the major of police and the engineer
commissioner.
James Il. Lyddane, of the police force, was
reduced from q second to first class private
Mr.. John Tweedale chief clerk of the wal
department has called the attention of the
commissioners to communication of the Sec
retary of war on April 30 1882, relative to the
sanitary condition of the Washington bar.
racks, and recommending the construction oi
% retaining wall. He hopes the commission
ers will bring the matter to tho attention OF
Congress.
John j. Rupli calls attention to the condi-
tion of the water ditch and sewer which
causes water from Rock Creek cemetery tC
flow on his premeses.
b. i. Mathoit calls attention to the con
dition of the Bunker Hill road.
| j. G.. G. Kennedy protests against the con
templated removal or discontinuance of the
public pump at the corner of Twelfth ant
n streets northwest stating that it is largel,
used and is of great convenience to residents
in that locality.
Talbert and McCauley have asked for bricl
to pave the sidewalk in front of houses Nos
1919 and 1921 Eleventh street southeast.
Repairs have been ordered to be made IL
the room in which the liquor license boar,
hold their sessions.
Tho following permits were issued from tn
office of the inspector of building gs yesterday
j. II. Knapp, to build one two story fran,
on Thirteenth street extended, near Kent
} saw to cost $4,000; T.. w. Dom, to build on
two story brick on Eighth street extended
near tho county, TO cost 81 100; Henry Smith
to repair dwelling on Rock Creek street, be
tween Pennsylvania avenue and X stree
= northwest, to cost $40; NIastry Hoyberger
to repair dwelling in alley between Sixth an'
Seventh and n and O streets, to cost $3.50
w. b. Jackson, to repair dwelling No. 1lO
, Seventeenth street northwest, to cost $50
!. McV Macksll, to repair dwelling No. liO
H street northwest, to cost $1,000; and Mrs
II. Nolan, to repair dwelling No. 2l2 d stree
southeast, to cost $500.
{ Deaths reported Aug. 90: Mary Ann Lock
wood, trismus nasccntum; Thomas Whitlor
abscess on brain; Rose Jackson, marasmus
Annie Pierce, dentition; Andrew A. Jones
dysentery; Dennis Shelton, cholera infantun
, and Joseph Schreiner, typhoid fever.
LADIES and sickly girls requiring nor
alcoholic gentle stimulaut will find Brown