National Republican., 1883-07-23
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THE COMMISSIONERS.
Current Trnnsactions mt the Various Dis-
trIct OfliCes.


Current Trnnsactions mt the Various Dis-
trict Oniccs.
Building permits was issued Saturday to
w. S. Jones to make repairs at 12il Eleventh
street southeast, to cost 800. John W. Narn
to build one brick dwelling at I'LL Four
tcenth street northwest, to cost $4,000
II. G. Boden, messenger in the engineers 5
office, has resigned to take effect Aug. 8. His
resignation was accepted to take effect
July 6.
NJ. A. Wood has complained of the made
quate drainage OF the north side of Massa-
chusotts avenue between Fourth and Fifth
streets northwest
The commissioners will not allow single
shade tree to be removed for individual pur-
poses
United States Marshal McMchael has ad
dressed letter to the commissioners invit-
| ing attention to the condition of the police
court building. He states ut is reported to
me by the deputy marshal of the United
States, who is assigned to the duty with the
police court under tho requirement of law,
| that the provision for the care of persons
charged with otfenses against the United
States is of such character as to be detri-
mental to health and offensive to decenCy;
and that it is impossible for him to discharge
his duties with satisfaction TO the public, or
| to this Office under existing circumstances. |
am satisfied that your honorable body will
| find upon examination of this matter that
there is undue negligence upon the part of
| the employees entrusted by you with the care
| of the building, and l should esteem II as a
| favor if you would give such attention to the
matter as may at least partially remedy the
trouble"
The commissioners have granted the Gaines
vile Fire Alarm company permission to in
| I,tpa a pntr taln pnl N
fifth precinct, at their own expense. Seventy
call boxes are to be placed in the fifth pre-
! cnct, and the citizens will be furnished with
| keys so that they can call the police at a mo-
ments notice. They will be placed at Ford's
| opera house, Seventh and e., Eleventh and q,
| Thirteenth and B, Fourteenth street and
! Ohio avenue, Ninth and L, Eleventh and E.
Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenne, on
| + street at Seventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth
on G. street at Ninth and Thirteenth; on II
street at Seventh, Tenth, and Fourteenth; Oh
| street at Thirteenth and Fifteenth, and al
Fifteenth street and New York avenue. The
company will rely upon getting congress tc
appropriate for these telephones all over the
city, provided that they prove satisfactory
and useful.
Gas lamps have been ordered to be erected
on Ninth street between d and southwest.
Mr. Bailey, in charge of the district gas
| ONCE, mas complained UnaU III eSCaVaUlnB LOT
vaults the lamps postssare frequently removed
and not replaced, and the commissioners have
instructed the inspector of buildings to as
certain what violations of this character have
been made, and in future to grant no permit
unless the regulations are strictly complied
with.
A. P. Pardon has asked that sewer bt
laid on II street, between Third and Fourtl
streets northeast, and also that the improve
ment of Champlain street, from Boundary t,
tho Columbia road, be included in the esti
mates for next year.
A request has been made that the con-
tractor continue the block pavement acros:
Road street, in Georgetown, to the entrance
of Oak Hill cemetery.
A permit has been given the gas company
to lay gas mains on the east side of Eleventh
street. from Il to w street; on the west side
from Boundary to w street; on U street, be
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets, and oil
Tenth street, from U to V street.
Gilbert j. Fowler has been appointed a frs
class private ON the police force.
The secretary of the Metropolitan club ha
requested that the pavement in front of th
new club house, corner Seventeenth and +
streets, be laid under the permit system.
The commissioner of the Washington asy
lum has notified the commissioners that fo
some time past there has been largely in
creased flow of water at the asylum.