National Republican., 1883-09-05
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Current Transactions ut the Various Dis
tricf Oftices.

Current VEnnAnctlOne ut inc NhEIoun utB-
trIcf Onices.
Building permits were issued yesterday to
Cammaclt g. Decker to mako repairs TO lime
kiln, to cost $3.50; John II. Johnson to build
one store on NJ street, between Twenty-f
and Twenty-sixth streets, to cost 1900; s. I.
Brown to make repairs on Bridge street, near
High street, Georgetown, to cost 800; George
Schenck to make repairs on G street, between
Seventh and Eighth streets northeast, to cost
$500; Agnos Thelkeuhl to make repairs at No.
Is Fourth street southeast, to coat $780, Hg
The telephone company will shortly lay a
mile Of underground wires as an experiment.
The tax delinquent list is now ready. 1t
contains tho names of all delinquent taxpay-
ers.
Mr. r. 8. Lacey has requested that horse
drinking trough be placed at Pennsylvania
avenue and streets northwest.
Tho commissioners have requested the en-
gineer commissioners to make an examina-
tion and report on the repairs needed to
school buildings upon which to base estimates
to the treasury.
The following statement of district reve-
nues has been made by the collector of taxes !:
Collection August, 1883, 307277S; collection
August 1882, 39,326.91 deficiency August
two months of the present fiscal year, &c.
385.21. The above statement does not in
clude the water rate.
The commissioners have notified Hon. 8. F.
Phillips, who wanted to put down grano-
lithic sidewalk in front Of his residence, No.
1119 K street, and who asked the commits
sioners to bear two-thirds of the expense,
that there is no adequate appropriation for
permit work in laying such costly pavements
They also state that whore these pavements
have been put down 1t has been at the sole
expense Of the property owners.
Tho commissioners have declined to grant
q permit to the American Rapid Telegraph
Company to erect ten new poles to run wires
to the Capitol. The commissioners state,
moreover, that they may run their wires on
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
wv. Stitt having complained that the Bel
gian block payment on II street between North
Capitol and Third streets is earring, rasp-
ing, deafening, unbearable agonizing," etc.,
the complaint was referred to the engineer
Belgian was the most expensive and endurs-
BILE block In the city, and that the complaint
was unreasonable.
The colored migrationist, Niles, made ap-
plication to the commissioners yesterday to
make an open air speech, which was referred
to Major Dye.
A delegation of property owners on tho
OeNeubu bbTeep TOdQ WalJeu Oh Uue COumiS-
sioners yesterday, and asked that q sidewalk
be constructed on the east side Of the road
Among the delegation were Messrs. +. H.
Stickney, j. A. Sterling, w. A. Galley, j.
Bernard, j. A. Macauley, and ]. B. johnson.
Building Inspector Entwistle has addressed
letter to the commissioners, in which he
states that in returning the letter Of Hon.
Clayton McMichael, United States marshal,
and the report of the health officer of the
District of Columbia, he has the honor TO re-
port that upon examination of the basement
of the police court building he finds that the
bituminous concrete floors in the water closet
rooms and the prisoners cells are in such
disintegrated state that the surface is broken
and uneven, and 80 saturated with water. &C.,
that it causes an offensive odor. The furnace
needs to be supplied with pure, cold air from
the outside. The Water in the basement and
cells was caused by the sewer being OBJ
structed and from a depression in the sur
face of the parking on Sixth street. He rec
ommends the filling of the depression on the
parking, and to pave space four feet wide
from tho building to the sidewalk, as it is
flooring Of the basement with Portland &C.
nienk He also srecommonds to remove the
cell floors and renew them with Portland ce-
ment and remove the closet in the judges
room and put in flushing run hopper closet,
ventilated and properly fitted up. The esti-
mated cost is 1910. He also recommends the
removal of the hopper closets from the cells
at a cost of $3.50. The building needs an en-
tire new roof.
The clerks in the assessors Office are hard
at work preparing the new assessment books
for use. The force will be employed night
and day until the books are finished.