Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-28


As stated In 1HE STAR yesterday. Mt Frank &.
VI ard has applied tine commissioners for ncehse
To build warehouse ana ST. tbe al tiie intersection
of 81 ANA ID street. aud Indiana avenue. The Rp-
plical ion has been referred 10 Attorney Riddle, as
II rai-es very lrIep sting legal question. MT.
Ward proposes 10 nave ii'~ building front west IN
such a way that The building Will neither be adj
loincd nor cohlTratrd ia that direction by any
Other hndin-. - provided I'm section O. OF fhs
building regulations. The District Commissioners
think That other sections or The regulstions Lay
apply.
THE caUsEwAY OF THE LONG BRIDGE IN NEED OF
REPsIRs.
delegation of citizens or this District, engaged
IN the Manufacture uf bricks on the south Side Of
the Inng bridge consist ny N Messfs. Walker VIM
sltt and Mt-t. cJlard On the District Commission
crS this morning Ia see what could be Gone In fhe
way or repairs 10 tine cagSeway Of the Long br1age
and the roadway beyond the same. They relare-
Sentnd this highway as beng almost impossible
The Commissioners ,ped that the District OF 40
lmnha exercises no Jurisdiction whatever over the
highway complained OF; that when Congress gave
the right OF way over this bridge 10 The Is. a Y.
railroad one or the conditions was that The CON-
pany was thereafter ID keep the causeway In geo1
condition Or forfeit their right The citizens must
Therefore look Ia that railroad company for relif
The Commissioners yoluut eersd 10 telegraph 70 the
headquarters of the company in Baltimore OF the
request of these gentlemen, so that Immediate
steps be taken on tie n OF the company 70 make
repairs
nl1uDrNG PERMITS
Inspector Entwisc has issued permits as f0Ows-
J. Goldberg, 10 erect twostory stOre.and dwelling
on llth street southeast, between NJ and y; f2,eUa.
Chris KupIr,rt. erect TWO twostory dwellings on
G, between 2ad AID s3d streets northwest; s7,5oo
The Government Of the Districs.
Fr,1n the Philadelphia Times.
Some OF the Washington newspapers are agftatlnR
the question II returning 10 the popular electoh of
a District government This is to insure the re'ur-
renee OF the regime which brought disgrace uIson
itself at the last experiment of this kind. The
present stem Is not quite free and easy as the
partisan papers and managers would like; hence
the demand for return 10 the good old ways Of the
good old times.
The probability that any such course viii be pur-
sued Is very slight Popular suffrage was aban-
doned I'm the District because ft had proved ftsef q
most dismal failure. Not only We're the taxes
which could be levied the people OF the Distinct
squandered with utter recklessness but there vas
good prospect that the revenues OF the whole
country would be insufficient 10 meet and satisfy
the rapacity OF the District ring and the tgno ana
mob OF voters behind 1t.
Municipal government is bad enough I'm comrper.
cal cities, as experience has well demonstrated 10
apply the same methods in Washington, where tbe
people labor under the impression that the govern
laed Is good Tat goose ready 10 be plucked is 10
Invite carnival OF corruption and misrule Qsite
superior, as show. 10 anything this country haa
yel.seen The present government OF the Disfr1ce
is so satisfactory that thought OF its abapaon.
melt should be INDUCED unless the country isrve6v
70 be stolen blind