National Republican., 1883-11-23
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Business Transacted in the Various District
Offices Yesterday.
Changes In the Fire observation-disclosures
Licenses Approved ana Rejected.

otherwise ordered, Foreman George Spilman,
of truck company B, and Foreman Charles
Merillat, of truck company A, will hereafter
act as assistant chief engineers. The former
will make his headquarters at the house Of
truck company B and have charge at oil fires
west of Twelfth street center in tho absence
of the chief engineer, and the latter will
make his headquarters at the house of truck
company A, and will have charge at all fires
east of Twelfth street center in the absence of
the chief engineer.
Tillcrmau John Sherman will have charge
of truck company B until otherwise ordered.
Foreman Francis Lewis of engine company
No. 3, will take charge of truck company A.
Fireman James Frazer, of engine company
No. 3, will act as foreman, and Private VIM.
Kirkpatrick will act as fireman of that COM
pany until otherwise ordered.
1t is further ordered that Assistant Chief
Engineer VIM. o. Drew is hereby detailed as
inspector of combustibles and fire marshal, to
investigate the origin of all fires and report
upon the loss and amount of insurance of the
same, also where combustible material is
stored.
The following applications for liquor
licenses were approved by the commissioners
yesterday b. f. Boveridgc 3O5 Pennsylva-
niaavenue Michael Dorsch, 1856 Pennsylvania
avenue; Thomas Jones, 1855 Eleventh street
southeast John Kaiser, 15l4 Thirty-second
street northwest; William Nelson, 30i Four
and-a-half street northwest; Louis Naecker 635
Pennsylvania avenue southeast; T. Roessle 4
Sons, Arlington hotel Herman Rupertus. 1l1S
street northwest: John Sweeney, B42 Nir-
ginia avenue southwest; Louis Il. Tavener,
Drovers' rest; Herman Thorn, $50 L street
southeast; Redmond Walsh, 234 g street
northeast; Patrick Ward, 1887 Seventh street
northwest; j. Il. Wright, 800 Virginia avenue
southwest w. II. Wright S11 Thirteenth
street northwest; Marcellus West, Seventeenth
street, between b and G northwest Peter
Wynn, 1101 Eighth street northwest;
John Baum, 430 Eighth street northwest
Thomas Baum, 127 G street southwest; Sam
uel Bien, 406 Ninth street northwest Ed
ward Corcoran, corner Eighteenth and 5
streets northwest; William p. Cole, 1901
Seventh street northwest John +. Chamber
lin, S23 and s25 Fifteenth street northwest;
William Cox, 1880 New Jersey avenue north
west; Emanuel a. DeChard, 1910 Sixth street
southwest; Henry l. Elwood, 435 Seventh
street southwest; Charles Essig, 1900 L street
northwest; Edward A. Fitzgerald, 206 Four
and.a-half street southwest; Hugh j. Pagan,
305 Ninth street northwest James Flanna-
gan, 1922 f street northwest; Maurice FitZ-
gerald, corner of Second and + streets south
west; William H. Fugitt, 532 Four-aud.a half
southwest; John s. Goss 3O3 Four aud d.a-half
street southwest: ID. p. Hannom, corner of
Twenty-seventh and X streets northwest;
Peter Horrigan, 323 Four-and-a-half street
southwest; Harvey & Holden, 1916 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest John Hauser 1920
& street northwest; William Holmus, Ala
Seventh street northwest; AnnaC. Horsch, 302
233 Four-and-a-half street southwest; John +.
Kelly, 202 Four-and-a-half street southwest;
Columbus l. King, 1901 street northwest Z;
Edward Kolb, 81 Il street northwest: Jere-
miah Keefc Sol q street southwest; Charles
G.. Krauskopf, 800 Tenth street northwest !;
Michael Jeahey, i15 Third street southwest
Nicholas Lochboehler, 712 + street north
west Frank b. Mankin & Co., 1874 Eighth
street northwest; Dennis Mccarthy, 10 Trum.
bull, county; Henry A. Nau, 1lO1 Seventh
street northwest; Ed. p Pumphry, corner
Twenty-fifth and G. streets northwest; Il. A.
Sullivan. 1910 h street northwest Henry A..
Strulberger, 3l5 Eighth street northwest !;
Thomas Walsh, 531 Tenth street northwest ;
Chris Pogensee, 800 New Jersey avenue north
west; Jacob Roth, 31S First street northeast :;
Joseph Il. Terrence, 81 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest; Corcoran Bros, corner Thirteenth
and l. streets northwest John Kccfe, 400
First street northwest, and Addison q. Pen
mel, 36O5 NJ street northwest
The following were disapproved: Jos. +.
Carberry, 44S Third street southwest; Henry
A. Hudson, 453 n street southwest; VIM. IL.
Lee, 10 street southwest.
Mr.. John A. Joyce has written communi
cation to the district commissioners, calling
their attention to the ,leaky and dangerous
condition of the high-service reservoir at
Road and High streets, GEORGETOWN. He states
that it has been in an unsafe condition for
some time, and the stream of water pouring
| out on Road street is steadily increasing in
| size. He says the water comes from crack
in the brick bowl of the reservoir running
through fifty feet of high bank. At the
foot of the hill is public school, with large
number of children, and a great number OF
school children and citizens may
at any time be drowned if the rcser.
voir bursts and runs its millions oI
gallons Of water on the devoted heads of peo-
pie who have the misfortune to live in the
precincts of the bursting bowl 1t is also rec
commended that the reservoir be removed
from the present site.
The district commissioners yesterday desig-
mated Nov. 30 as Thanksgiving day in tn
district, and directed that the district Offices
be closed on that day.
Permits were issued from tho Office of the
inspector of building yesterday to George
| McGiinis to erect dwelling on tho Bowen
road to cost $500; Mary Ready to repair dwell
ing No. 6l0 X street southeast, mt a cost o.
5000; Thomas West, to build one brick dwell
| ing, 6l3 q street southwest, to cost $1,000
| William Fegan to repair frame store, east sid
Third street, near Virginia avenue southwest
to cost $25, and w. w. Averell, to build fran,
shed, south side NJ street, near North Capitol
to cost $50.
Tho commissioners spent n long time yester
day in consultation with propretOrs of hacks
hcrdics and hansoms in relation to the loca
tion of hack stands. The following addi
tional stands were settled upon by tw
of the commissioners, but inasmucl
as Maj, Lydccker was not present
the schedule has not yet receive,
the formal approval of the board; On tn
west side of Fifteenth street, north of the en-
trance to the executive ground six vehicles
on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue
between Thirteenth and Thirteen.and.a
half streets, two vehicles; north side o
Louisiana avenue, between Pennsylvani
avenue and Ninth street, four vehicles; norti
side of louisiana avenue, between Fifth auC
Sixth streets, two vehicles; west side of Elf
teen-and-a-half street, north of Pennsylva
MIA avenue, four vehicles; on the south an
west sides of McPherson's square, fou
vehicle; on the south and east sides Of Farra
gut square, two vehicles; on the south side o
Thomas circle, two vehicles; on the sout
side Of Iowa circle, two vehicles on tho mort
side of NJ, between Connecticut avenue an,
Eighteenth street, two vehicles; on til
west side Of triangular reservation, nea
Scott circle, two vehicles; on tn
north and east side of Dupont circle
two vehicles; on the north side of Pennsy
vania avenue. between Eighteenth and Nint
Of Washington circle two vehicles; on tn
north side of pennsylVania aVenue. betWee