National Republican., 1883-05-22
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Current Transactions at the Various Dis
trfct Oftces.


Bids were opened in the commissioners
Office yesterday for laying asphalt pavements
with granite blocks adjacent to railway
tracks on the following streets: East Capitol
street. Fourth street to Eleventh street;
Eighth street southeast, X street to NJ street
Maryland avenue southwest, First street to
Third street; Massachusetts avenue north
west, Fourth street to Seventh street. Rhode
Island avenue northwest Fifth street to
Ninth street; Eighth street northwest q
street TO l. street; Eighth street northwest
N street to r street; Ninth street northwest,
street to Rhode Island avenue; Tenth
street northwest, o street to X street;
Twelfth street northwest, o street to Rhode
Island avenue; Sixteenth street northwest,
II street to Boundary; II street northwest,
Third street TO Fourth street; l. street north
west, Sixth street to Eighth street; l. street
northwest, Twentieth street to Twenty-fifth
street N street northwest, Fifth street to
Ninth street; o street northwest Sixteenth
street to Seventeenth street; p street north.
west Ninth street to Fifteenth street ii
street northeast, North Capitol street to First
street; III street northeast First street TO
Fifteenth street, Pennsylvania avenue south
east Eighth street to Eleventh street; North
Capitol street, b street TO o street First
street southwest, Pennsylvania avenue TO
Maryland avenue; II street southwest,
Seventh street to Ninth street; o street
northwest, Thirteenth street to Vermont ave-
nue.; q street northwest. Vermont avenue 70
Fourteenth street; Thirtieth street north
west N street to z street. The bidders were
Messrs. II. L. Crawford and A. l.. Barber. No
awards were made.
Bids wore opened in the commissioners
Office yesterday for furnishing 100000 as
phalt compressed paving blocks and for 80, 900
granite paving blocks us follows w. s. Will
kerson offers to furnish 100000 asphalt blocks
at $62 per thousand; John Booth offers to fur
nish granite blocks for from $40 to $50 per
thousand the Richmond Granite company
proposes to furnish same for from 1870 to
$50.75; the New York and Maine Granite
| Paving company, for from $4650 to $54.50 per
thousand, and the Western Granite Paving
company, of Virginia, proposes to furnish for
$47.90. No awards were made.
| A delegation of net trap fishermen were
| before the commissioners yesterday, and
asked that fifteen days extension of time be
granted them, as the season had been so
backward A man named Neitzy also called
and stated that the season had been good
one and asked that no extension of time be
granted. Tho commissioners will consider
| the matter
Lieut.. Arnold was relieved by Lieut. Austin
from command OF tho fifth precinct yester-
day. Lieut.. Arnold assumes the duties of
night inspector.
A delegation Of citizens yesterday pro-
tested to the commissioners against the To-
eating of the old Garfield church at the cor
ner of Seventeenth and streets.
| There has been for some time past a
dispute about the responsibility of physicians
aud students at the Washington asylum for
the care of smallpox patients. Commissioner
West yesterday notified them that there was
no occasion for such duty, and If there was a
physician would be employed for that work.
The commissioners have had numerous ap-
peals from women for assistance or support
while their husbands are serving terms of i'm
prisonment for wife boating. Mr.. West has
endeavored to secure some method of punish
ing the husbands and not the wives in such
cases, and proposes to request the next con-
gress to improve the law.
The commissioners have been petitioned h
request the superintendent of police to issu
an order prohibiting children from riding ol
the platforms of bobtail cars.