National Republican., 1883-11-16
rHE coMMl.s1oNnns.
Current TrnnsOOtion. at the varlou. J.

bANa OhhttNs
Messrs. Brooks Burr, John T. siblcy I'd
others ask that q street, between Third I'd
Fourth streets east, be cut down and pavennt
laid.
Tho resignation of Mr.. William Birney bm
the board of school trustees, sent TO the tn-
missioncrs some two months ago, was yosr.
day accepted, and Mr.. II. A. Griswold as
appointed in his place.
The commissioners yesterday approvehp-
plications for liquor licenses as follows: Jnes
ID. DAILY, John Connell, Martin Becker, Jnes
Z. Conners, Margaret NJ. Foley, WilliamIc-
Guire, John l.. Wortban, Ernest Weber, ILL
lam Bartholome, John NJ. Buckley, II ID.
Bowers, Thomas Bowler, w. H. CROSBY,
Luther Cornwall, Lawrence Clark, Clrles
Dietz, John j. DAILY, 10 ,hua Evans, Jnes
Foy. James Ferry, John A. Gleason, A. Him.
Peter Harvey, Frank Kappel, A. @. Lauhrt,
Mary O'Brien, George Charles Reiser, Nry
Ryan, Patrick Sullivan. George w. steprt,
Jacob Schnabel, Joseph Schladt, Joph
Stecker, A. Supple, p. J. Torney, l.. Vansis-
wick, William Williams, Williams & Mereth,
James Wornley, Thomas A. Sullivan, ohm
Robinson, and John Conner.
A memorial signed by nearly forty resibnts
of the eastern portion of the city was broght
before the district commissioners yestefay,
the parties interested stating that thescbols
there are of little service to the childre on
account of the streets being impassable irthe
wet and winter season, the soil being of lay
and no cutters put down. They ask TO ave
B street northeast graded and graveled rom
Twelfth to Fifteenth streets, and some lind
of sidewalk laid as may be deemed pracca-
Bile for winter, and provide q crossin at
Eleventh and q streets northeast. t|
A petition of property owners on Indtna
avenue and G street northwest, between lirst
and Third Streets to the district corhiis.
sioners, call attention to the neglected on
dition of these important thoroughlares. md
says that while improvements havo been made
in almost all directions, this particular BART
of the city has been entirely overlooked
The secretary of war has addressed a Aote
to the district commissioners, asking, inbe-
half of Col. Thomas J.. Casey, CORP of
engineers, in charge of the construction of
the state war; and navy departments build
ing, that n portion of the carriagewa' of
Seventeenth street be allowed TO be used for
the piling of materials for the western wing
of the building about to be erected.
Mr.. John ii. Brooks school trustee, il n
note to the commissioners, referring TO he
supply of heat in the Miner school building,
suggests that the windows on the north md
west sides of the building be frightened. In
reference to this matter of heating the schools,
it may be stated that Commissioner West las
made thorough inspection of the buildiigs
heated by the Ruttan heater, and finds, that
where there is an intelligent janitor, no d f.
ficulty is experienced, but where tue janibr
is ignorant and Inefficient there is some
trouble in properly adjusting the heat.
Building permits were issued yesterday as
follows: To ii. J.. Johnson, to erect five two-
story dwellings, Virginia avenue and ID street
northwest, $4,000 Ii. j.. johnson, to erect
two two-story dwellings, alley between L ard
+ and Twenty first and Twenty ty-sccond streets
northwest, 5000; p. IL. McNantz, to repair
frame in alley rear of lot 129 Sixth street
northeast, $125.
The chief clerk of the treasury has asked
the district commissioners to renew tho com
missions of the following watchmen as sp cial
police: Harry A. Cobaugh, James l.. Crump
George w. Weed, Henry A. Allen, John Bolt
John Connerty, N. II. Crawford Henry Ed.
wards. William II. II. Hill, ID. &. Heiges, +. A,
George IL. jackson, ID. T. Johnson
+. X. KOester Roger Mcbride, John Mcclure
NJ. +. O'Donnel, A. n. Stevenson, J. b. Taylor
John g. Topper, w. q. Watson, Il. G. Wilson
Henry Walters.
No FANCY prices at Fick's, OIL Pennsylvania