Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-09
Dsssrses Government Anss.~.
THE COMMISSIONERS EXPLAIN.

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THE COMMISSIONERS EXPLAIN
The District Commissioners yesterday after
noon addressed q letter 20 Controller Durham
i'm reply 10 his communication OF the 9th in.
slant calling attention to the item Of o1 20 ofs0
saving ing thai IL seemed 20 be an extrsordins.5
demand to make at the beginning of the nscal
yesr, and desiring an explanation thereof Tee
Commissioners In their letter put In official
form the explanation given through THE sTAR
yesterday. that contracts Tor street work were
given out i'm May and June, according TO Gus
tom; that the work was done during those
months; that the money Is now dne 70 the cofs~
tractors. and that. furthermore. the commls-
s,% ,s IN giving out The cSntrac,s have been
made In 1873 authorizing them to make con-
tracts ior work 10 be performed before July lot,
provided no payment should be made until
the lirst controller has received the letter.
and viii render an Official decision. Meanwhile
the requisition will not be honored.
NEED OF A POLICEMAN FOR DUTY AT rms
REFORM SCHOOL.
Mr.. Geo. w. adams, president of the board ~
trustees OF the Reform school OF the District ~
Columbia, in "A communication to the Commis-
stoners, states "that at a meeting OF the true
tees IL was made manifest that the iutrequeues
aud irregularity OF the visits OF police offsosf
at the school aud on the grounds was detrimes,-
tai 10 its Interests. These frequent visits Of an
officer enable him Ia become acquainted with
boys. and his presence Ii n very desirable pa
straintng influence, while on the other hand
without an officer the school has no relief frota
the large number OF spoTismen and others frOSa
the city, and the professional tramps. wlso
roam over it, grounds at viii and i'm defiance,
school, due entirely to their knowledge of the
absence OF police officer, | have l,een Ia
structed by the board 10 ask that you will. u
possible. have Officer Slack. on that beat, IA
rected To spend one-half OF his time ON or abosst
the grounds and roads OF the school and in thai
vicinity. At this season of the year his prs
ence Is especially desirable and In behalf of the
board have 10 urge that you will give the mal-
ter as early attention as possible" The b.aTd
also requests that Officer Slack be given authos-
iiy to pursue escaped boys into any precinct
and 10 make arrests.
AFriR MAJOR DYES PLACE
The Commissioners have received the applt.
cation OF Major W. r. Vaughans OF Con,.cil
Bluffs Iowa, % be appointed superintendent ssi
police here.
SAMUEL sTRoSG's ASSIGNMENT TO GEx.
BUTLER.
The Commissioners have received notice from
Mr.. benjamin +. Butler, of Massachusetts,, THAI
Mr.. Samuel Strong has assigned 10 hiIn
si6.564. 40 of his claim against the District a
Columbia pending I'm the supreme Court OF said
District, and known as law cases Nos. Ia, .08
District defendant This is for attorneys fees.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Taxpayers who have built new houses or
notice Re 1iS ,as
complaints as 10 said assessments cal only b.
heard and determined between July q and
The total number OF dogs impounded durins
the fiscal year ended June So 1ss5, was 3, 100
and the number killed during the same time
by the poundmaster was 1852
Charges OF drunkenness have been preferred
AGAINST the Georgetown arketmaster.
Mr.. VIM. j. Dunnivan, assistant license In
spector, has furnished the assessor OF the Die
lrlct list OF Gs persons and their locations.
subject 10 liquor licenses, who have failed e.
take out the District license, and suggesting
that the list be forwarded TO the police depart
ment.
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle as FOL-
lows. ID TX. Carter. renair brick
northwest; 5000. w. n. Baldwin, repair brick
2o9 street northwest: $500. J. h. Prout. re,
Frank Baldwin, repair frame So7 4 street
northeast: $50. Gumdon q McGill, repaif
frame f1 9la aSth street northwest 500; john
brick, iii 3 street southeast; $500. u
northwest; 500. John Miller erect a two-sfnry
Office, mill, stables, &c; $1,000. Mary NJ. Evans,
erect three-story and basement dwelling. 9th
erect two three-story dwellings, SD, between
and q streets northwest; $4,000. Mrs. j. n
Suckney, repair brick, 1910 Vermont avenue.
f5,OOo Margaret Tracy, erect two dwellings,
9th, between NJ and : streets southwest;
81, 500. c. Skidnore erect two two-story dwell.
ltngs, 18th, between l. and 4 streets southwes.;
$1,000. f. w. Woodruff, repair frame. Iiii
9Th street northwest $3.50. +. T. Avery repair
brick, 7l2 9TH street southwest; $50 Rebecct
west $500. j. +. Coakly, repair brick, parsnn-
age house Foundry church; 500. l.. Sharp,
free1 twos STORY dwellng Grant above
l2o Pierce street northwest 500.
Auction Sale Of stocks.
At the auction sale OF stocks by Duncan son
Bros. to-day the following prices were obtained:
so Washington Gas stock. 42ia; SO do. AN. rs
Metropolitan Railroad, S8ia; 25 do, $751; l.ooJ
1865 bonds, 1l6La: 1000 Washington aud
Georgetown railroad bonds. 1894: so Belt rail-
road stock, Ala; 10 Franklin INSURANCE stock,
42is; Title Insurance stock, lol; IL Soc.sd
National Bank stock, 1OSIz 100 FfremPu' In
surance stock, 4os,: 20 Potomac Insurance
stock, ALL; 300 Riggs Insurance stock. ga: Ios
1884,: 25 Penn. Telephone. 53Ia: Is tieorpetowa
Gas, AZ; 25 do, AZ. Attendance large and bid.
ding spirited.
WHY RosALfNE DID Nor CONE HoME.-Miss
Rosaline Wedge. pretty girl OF I 8. residing on
~, near HaIf street southwest, LEFT home ON the
4th of July to visit relatives. Failing To Re-
turn, her mother com planned to the police, and
y was found that she had married Mr.. w. "a.
Thomas, who is employed at the baltimore ana
Potomac depot
CATTLE MARKEr.-Held every Wednesday al
Queenstown, on the Metropolitan branch r.
and o. r. r., three miles from the city. 4. d.
Means, proprietor. 3o5 head Of cattle on the
market; 100 sold TO butchers "A shipped TO
eastern Market 2S driven back TO county: bal
ance left over. Best sold at 5Ss to 5ia; good
81 to 5t4; fair, 4sa TO 8; medium; AZ TO As:
lambs up and sold. old sheep brought from
2l2 TO 4. Lambs, to ga. Veal calye. brought
from TO q. Cows and calves brought from
SO to $40 per head. state Of the market brisk
Tor sheep and lambs. Dull for cattle.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Frank M. Green has
sold to Mrs. Catherine w. Myer, for S2l 300
sixteen lots in the sub division Washington
Heights, which lies TO the west and at the head
of 18Th street. John Sherman, trustee has sold
10 John NJ. Bacon, for S2.374.78, four lots in
block 81 OF Columbia Heights which lies be-
tween Harvard and Columbia streets, l4th
street and New Jersey avenue, extended John
h. Alley has sold to Reginald Fendall, for
S5,5S2.4 10, ten lots fronting as feet, with q
depth of 100 feet on the north side of /, Just
east OF 18th street. Mrs. j. A. sunderland has
sold 10 Richard L. Petit, for $4,000, two lots az
the southwest corner Of 18th and Madison
streets with n frontage of 48 feet on 18th street
and depth of 126 feet.
MARRIED.
CARyINGToN-MERED At ST. Augusine's
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