Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-02
Affairs i'm West Washington.
District Government Affair.".

Mr.. Lewis ]. Davis. for the committee OF the Gar
field memorial hospital. requests an extension OF
the sewer to south line OF hospital grounds on
Boundary street northwest, at head OF 10Th street
Messrs. II. ID. Manley and Charles Early request
that Sewer may be laid at once on street be
tween 1sth and Goth Streets as they are about to
erect buildings on the corner OF 10th and streets
Mrs. Clementna Bridwel and a large number OF
citizens petition that water pipes and sewer be laid
on the north side OF street southwest. bet wet.n
Sd and AZ streets. They state that they are now
building on said property and have no means OF
seMeraEe Ms E. TstsT tns,
laid in alley in square 2s. under the usual condi
tons. which has been approved.
1t Is stated that a permit was issued TO Mr.
Ward on the 9th instant TO erect a two story
warehouse on the end OF the square at Sd and ID
streets and Indiana avenue. The question now a
as livery stable. The permit he signed in express
terms. say the District officials, prohibits the uss
OF the building for horses
The application OF John Fitzmorrfs for a noror
license was approved by the Commissioners yester-
day.
the Commissioners Yesterday disapproved the
application OF E. NJ. Willis TO lay side track from
the Baltimore and Potomac tracks on 18th street
to square go and Water street 10 hls wharf
The District Commissioners yesterday approved
the Recommendation or Capt. Greene 10 repair part
OF East Capitol street laid by W. c. Nurdock in
1879, and TO bring suit against Mr. Murdock and his
bOndSman to recover cost OF the same.
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PROPOSITION REJECTED
The District Commissioners yesterday dIsap-
proved the offer application OF the United States
tieCtIlc LlSnt COMPANY 10 lay wires Underground
on Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol TO 18th
street and place lights at different points sug-
geSted by the commissioners at seventy five cents
per lamp for each night. The company offered TO
place ornamental posts at the points designated
and keep them I'm repair for year The Commits
sionerS state that the cost OF lighting would be
H1 600 more than at present and that IL the city
could afford To pay that sum 1t should be expended
in lighting parts OF the city which have but meager
lighting facilities
DISSATISFIED WITH THE GRADES.
MI. j. II. Robinson, 1907 street northwest. has
written letter TO the Commissioners asking that
street. between 10th and 18th streets be graded
cut down from g to 2s feet. He complains that
while appropriations are made for filling up streets
when below the grade, nothing is appropriated for
cutting down or grading. In the reply OF Capt.
Greene, to whom the matter referred, that
officer states: "1here would be no objection what
ever to put In the estimates item for cutting
down streets above grade, at 10 cents per yard.
but It would be generally imperative, for the
reason that no one would do the work at
that price. The market price Tor eXcavatlng is
about % cents yard. Sunken streets, on the con-
trary, be filled In at the rate OF 10 cents yard
because OF the facility with which earth can ID.
obtained from buildings which are erecting. II
there were any way TO get streets cut down at
similar prices, the District would take advantage
OF IL at once"
TIE EXAMrNATIox OF BUTTER.
Prof De Smedt has made a further report OF the
examinations OF butter, as follows: Samples Nos. IA
and Is, Pearson Bros, is reported as butter sam
pie No 16, Gleason. country butter, Is reported as
Sophisticated; No. IL, Charles GraY sophisticated;
Gated: Nos % and q. @. Stedman, flne butterine:
No. q, do, very common butter; No %. country
butter, butter; No. "a, David jackson, buiterfne;
No ., +. Il. Ward, butter; No. &c, Petersen, but
butter; No. ., Pumphrey, Anacostia butterine:
No. 30, BraSheaTs Anacostia, oleomargarine: No 81
Gray RObey, Anacostia, butter1ne; No 81 Pyles
Anacostia, butter, No. S3, do, DO, do.