Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-24
District Government Affairs.

In June last the merchants doing business on
market sent to the District Commissioners a
numerously signed petition praying the Com
missioners to cause well to be sunk on or near
between 9th and 10Th Street Streets. w The ' PETITION iu
was referred to Lieut.. Chas. d. Townsend who
returned ret, 1t with the following endorsement:
There is no appropriation which can be used
for digging wells. II the applicants are willing
to pay the cost of sinking the we'll it is recon-
mended that the District OF Columbia furnish
the pump. The Commissioners approved this
endorsement.
THE LUMBER TRADE OF wAsUINGroN.
The Commissioners have received from Mr..
Thomas X. Riley, lumber Inspector, a detailed
fiscal year ending June 80, 1885, showing that
the number of feet of yellow pine lumber In
feet, s, JAG, 759. -' ''''''
THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE NATIONAL
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL.
The Commissioners addressed a letter to First
Ccntroiier OF the Treasury, Hon. Milton ]. Dur:
ham, calling his attention to the clause in the
2 District pt appropriation approx act approved February
purchase or construction of building for the
National Nat Homeopathic Hospital association OF
ers be authorized to make requisition for the
amount and pay the money TO the association
for the purchase of a building and site such as
toi and the Commissioners (as provided in Inc
last clause OF the section In relation 10 public
the ttls to the property being taken
ute seems to be silent both as to the site and
the proper one to receive title, and there is
therefore case proper for Interpretation, and
the commissioners respectfully ask the con-
trolier's views thereon.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Major Dye has reported to the Commissioners
lists of casualties which have taken place
within this District on the B. d O. and B. a p
railroads since the goth day of June, 1884 to
July 22d, 1884, inclusive, from which it ap-
pears that On the Baltimore & Ohio road three
white and three cOlored men were killed or
died OF their wounds, three white men were
wounded, one white woman killed, and two
white women wounded and four mules killed
On the Is. & +. railroad one white man was
killed, three white men and white boy
wounded, one white woman wounded, two col
ored men killed and one colored man wounded1
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle as fol-
town; 500. Walter Brown, repair frame on
Ridge road; $3.50. J. B. Webb, erect six two
story dwellings on Bladensburg road, county:
S,4oo a Peter Mccartney, erect three two
avenue between oath and 25th streets north
west; $4,000. Randolph Bleifurs, erect three
two-story and basement dwellings, Maryland
avenue between 18th and 14th streets south
east; $6,oOO. l.. York, repair frame, 41S Frank
lin street northwest; S175.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. u. Jones, superintendent tor the new PEN
sion building, asks the appointment of F. F.
White as additional private to do duty at that
building.
The Commissioners are In receipt of q letter
from U. ). Treasurer c. N. Jordan informing
them that in response to his advertisement he
has received proposals for the sale of bonds to
the sinking fund OF the District of Colum bia
He gives the rates in detail and adds: "1AlI the
foregoing proposals have been rejected, the
rates charged being considered excessive"