National Republican., 1883-10-12
THE COMMISSIONERS,
Current Transactions at the vari6us Dis-
trict omces.

trict Omces.
The attorney for the district has decided
that the agent Of the Mutual Reserve f und
Life association is an insurance agent within
the meaning Of tho license laws
The commissioners have allowed the claim
Of Joseph Roemmele for reimbursement for
expense for removing remains of relatives
from the old Holmead cemetery.
Inspector of Buildings Entwisle and Chief
of the Fire Department Cronin have com
pleted their inspection of the theaters in re-
gard to their safety in case of panic or fire,
but will not report until they have examined
all the public halls and other auditoriums
Patrick Brennan writes to tho commits
sioners that he was permanently disabled in
February, 1882, by falling over rope fast
oned TO the pavement at the Masonic temple
to hold an awning, and asking for some re-
lief. Tho commissioners referred the com
munication to Mai Dye, and instructed him
that ropes should not be allowed TO obstruct
sidewalks or endanger pedestrians and in
quiring whether the district had anything to
do with this case.
Jacob +. Staub, inspector of flour for
Georgetown, has submitted his annual report
to the commissioners, showing that during
the last fiscal year he inspected 63.7S0 barrels
of family -four 221 of extra, 3,505 of super
fine, 2,279 of fine, 222 of middlngs 800 of
rye, and $40 of crowfoot, the total amount
being 70S67 barrels
This amount the report states, is extremely
small considering the number of mills in
Georgetown in active operation during the
entire Kcar, but this is due in geat measure
| to defect in the law, which declares that all
flour manufactured in the district shall be
subjected to examination by the inspectors
but imDoses no penalty for violation of tho
law, and this allows manufacturers TO ship
Hour in large quantities without having it
examined, while of the flour manufactured for
local trade only that which is put in barrels
is inspected, while that sold in bags is not
subjected to inspection.
For these reasons it is believed that only
about one-quarter of the -four manufactured
| in this city is inspected, and this cannot be
materially increased until congress inserts q
penalty clause in the law, which will make its
enforcement possible and enable the inspector
to see that every barrel of flour manufactured
in Georgetown during the year complies with
the law in quality and weight.
Commissioner West was at the Columbia
buildings for a short time yesterday, but
went home suffering from severe cold.
| The building inspector has condemned the
two buildings lone of brick and one of wood
in rear of Nos. 929 and 931 d street north
west on account of dilapidation making them
dangerous to life and limb of the occupants.
Mrs. Bridget Murth, Conrad Strunagel, and
others, as property owners on Fifth street east,
between X and l. streets north, square S06,
petition the commissioners that sewer be
run along said street. from L street north, to
connect with sewer about to be run along
Fifth street.
Mr.. John L. f. Carlin complains to the
commissioners of offensive odors on Twelfth,
between and d streets southwest
MIR. w. G. Avery, proprietor of Edgewood
dairy, asks that the commissioners cause the
street lamps to be lighted until daylight.
M M, hn, 1,.,I . tto
missioners to furnish him with asphalt brick
for paving the sidewalk in front of his prem
ises, No. 1922 street, has been informed that
the district cannot undertake to furnish
other material than brick for sidewalks un-
less the difference between the cost of ordi-
nary brick and the more expensive material
is paid by the individual.
Changes in the fire department, which have
just gone into effect, are the promotion of
Joseph Lehman from fireman to foreman of
No. 2; the reduction of G. Clark (by his own
request) from foreman to fireman of that COM
pany, and the transfer of VIM. Leeman from
No. 3 to No. 2.
sioners by Mr.. Il. w. Whitaker for the owner
of the building at the corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and Four-and-a-half street, recently
used as police headquarters, for damages done
the building.
Public Printer Rounds has requested the
appointment of w. Ii. Murphy as an addi,
tional private for duty ut the government
printing Office.
Citizens have requested that the offensive
odors in alley between Twelfth and Thir
teenth and q and ID streets northwest, be
abated; that sewer be placed in alley in
rear of lots "a to sc, square 1863; that the
practice of allowing hill horses oil the Wash
ington and Georgetown railway to stand In
front of lsreal church, corner First and
streets, be stopped.