Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-08
District Government Affairs.


District Government Affairs.
MR.. MILLER DESIGNS.
The District Commissioners yesterday ac-
cePted the resignation OF Mr.. Francis Miller, as
office in order to give more attention to his pri-
waite practice. Mr.. James q. Davis has been
appointed 10 succeed him.
MIR. WILSON'S BID.
Mr.. VIM. a. Wilson sent note to the Com
missioners stating that his bid for the building
OF the seventh precinct, station house was
opened twenty minutes before the time set
IN the advertisement. and protested against
the award of contract being made for the build
Ing Secretary Iindall, who receives the pro-
posals, has endorsed on a leaf OF the letter that
a man handed him an envelope simply ad-
dressed to the Commissioners, with nothing to
indicate that it was bid, and he opened it as
he would any ordinary communication with
out knowing its contents. His explanation is
sustained by the signatures Of eye witnesses.
cn,s SfrttE .rsn ESs y; TEE sEeSiS, aEfoRg
mitted report of the operations OF the fire de;
Rartment Tor the month of June, showing that
there were lB fires an INCREASE Of four over the
The est@ated loss % M Ro $s s eos
cred by an insurance of SO, 1875, against a loss
MON a. loss wt
month Of the Preceding year. The totai mum:
year ending June 3Oth, 1885, were as, with
loss q $i5,a59 and an INSURANCE Of $13,2 26
sansn r1 Mh Sss t e and a
Win s asfs E'1a ssr q esrFs
total number of fires for the year Were 1875; loss
S2476 $40; insusance, $139,695; against 148
n5es, With loss OF $55, 957 and an Insurance of
S39332 for the preceding year.
WRITTEN ARGUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED.
=, jne commissioners yesterday decided to con-
slider Written arguments Of counsel engaged in
the birney-Lovejoy investigation =
TROUBLE ABOUT CONTRACT
Yesterday Mr.. Columbus Thomas contractor
for reconstructing government magazine No.
to suit 1T it. for the purposes of work house for
asylum, was notified by Building Inspector En-
twisle that "the mortar used III the construc-
be OF inferior com position, being principally
sand or inferior cement, and not composed as
required by the terms of the contracts He was
not be accepted, but must be taken down and
constructed With mortar conforming ineompo-
sition to the stipnlations Of the contract. This
notice was served upon Mr.. Thomas, and soon
afterwards the Commissioners received paper
signed by Mr.. Thomas and his attorneys, set.
ihum S1 with the D Sis te of columbia
TO reconstruct and complete number one mag
azine building for work house for females, located
On Tue grounds OF Washington asylum" &C.:
that May goth following he entered upon the
execution OF this contract, and has worked att
con constantly and faithfully until he received 20
would condemn his work. He asserts that in
the construction of his work he has observed
thC bSiAlS Va HIS COutFdCI, LQIG ne mas used III
barrels of cement and laid $4,000 brick, and
that it would be unjust to condemn this work
Without W. a givlng him an Opportunity to be heard
counsel before final action be taken. Action
VIII probably be taken this evening after an
inv se by the Inspector and Engineer
Of macadaa pavements, at IS PEI dei h.pe''er
The total mortality an II sbe District of Column
Or this number Sc were white and 81 colored.
for the white, 4577 for the colored. and 1913
for the total population. The principal causes
of death We're consumption, II; diarrheaI, ~;
s Marriages. xaS
white and colored.
MISCELLANEOUS
Victor Anderson, of 600 18th street southwest
states in note to the Commissioners that he
is building IS houses on the corner of 9Th and
A streets southeast, and asks the Commission
ers to lay pavement and curbing under permit
work.
issued by Inspector Entwisle: w. w. Leiberts,
RiSon Tnrner ana /
s,rests dwsligg 9Th between and
tWo-story dwelling at Ivy City; $3.50, Cleo. W.
Gissell d Co, erect a private stable, Water and
erect an office, sol @ street southeast; $50. p.
u. Corcoran, repair brick and frame, southwest
corner 10th and New Hampshire avenue; $780,
S. Bisber, repair brick, eds sth street south
east; 81 800. John II. voorhees,, erect two two
story and ATTIC dwellings, 14th street extended;
$4,000 ~. Kaufman, erect a two story and
cellar dwelling, corner Sth and streets south
basement dwelling, B, between Isl and Sd
streets southeast; $4,000. Jas. J. Shedd, erect
two three-story and cellar dwellings, II street.
between 18th and 18th streets northwest;
ST. 500. w. Fl. Reed, erect two story dwell
Ing, northeast corner Pierce and Jackson