Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-11
District Government AnAirs.


Judge Smell yesterday submitted ~ the Com
missioners estimates OF expenses of the Police
Court Tor the next fiscal year, as follows: For
Judge, $4,000; clerk, $4,000; deputy clerk,
$1,000: two bailitfs, at S3 per day each; mes.
senger, $500; doorkeeper, S54O; United States
marshafs fees, 81 ,4OO contingent expenses
acting as judge OF the Police Court during the
absence OF said judge, not less than S4Oo;
BOOKS, stationery. 1uei, Ice, gas and other neees-
sary items. $1,000; witnesses fees, 5000;
total, $17,2lS.
SEWER AND STREET WORK.
The new sewers are now receiving the atten.
gangs of men on them. Pipe sewers are being
laid on Pennsylvania avenue southeast, be-
tween 6tn and 7th streets, on both sdes-a 10
inch pipe on The north side and u IL inch pipe
on tue south side. These pipe sewers are laid
II place oil similar sewers laid by the Old
board Of public works, but the connections OF
that the roots OF the trees on the sides OF tue
streets grew into the pipes and literally filled
them up with mass OF wood and destroyed
their usefulness. Tue new sewers are laid in-
depenuenLly Of the Old ones, Is 1t does not pay
10 lake up the old ones. Mr.. John CudmOre is
the contractor and is making tair progress with
the work. lie Is also laying the same Kind vi
sewer on Rhode Island avenue for the same
reason. A new brick sewer 21s feet internal
diameter is being laid in 3oLn street, West
Washington, which Is also TO be paved between
\ and Z streets. Mr.. John Lyons Is the con-
tractor, aud is making good progress with The
work; ABOUT 100 ieet vi sewer pipe has already
been laid.
UNIFORMS FOR SPECIAL POLICEMEN
Major and superintendent OF Police SAml n.
Walker, i'll Il note TO the Commissioners, asks,
Gin view of the recent opinion of the Hon. A.
g. Riddle, attorney for the District OF Columbia,
holding That additional privates" differ from
the standing force "oniy in that they are paid
by their immediate employers, could be re-
moved at pleasure, and could not be transferred
to another place Oi duty" and "are a part of the
force for all purposes, and under paragraphs
No. 14l aud No. 1873 OF tue manual would
respectfully ask, should not such additional
priVates be atLired in uniform?
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle as fol.
lows: L. A. Ya.es, repair dwelling, 1925 Madi.
son street; $500. VI. Corcoran, erect TWO
story brick stable, alley between 18th and 18TH
and l. and NJ streets, $500. David Y. Green,
cree. u two-story dwelling, 81 street, beLwee.i
II and l Streets southwest; S1OO. ben amir
Beall, erect iOur-Story and BASEMENT store ami
hotel, Pennsylvania avenue, between 4Ia ana
9Th streets; 1000. Z. Z. Carroll. erect two
story stable, rear Oh No. 312 L street southeast;
500. Mrs. 3. Coney, erect q two-story dwell
lug on T. street between Sd and Ala streets
southwest; 81 .2UO. Mrs Kate Green, erect !,
two-StOry dwelling. Z, be.ween Sd aud Ala
streets southwest; $1,000
COST OF POLICE BUILDINGS
Building Inspector EuLwisie has upon request
furnished the Com issiOners with the cost al
the various police station houses, ground and
buildings follows: First precincL, pIU, l51.31;
second, S14,9Y6U1: third, S1O,7OU; fourth,
Si3,ooo.3o; niih, @G,suu; sixth, Sl6,30o.4V
seventh. 3d. 1O; eIsnLh, $l4, 9oS.3l. Totai,
SlU4, lS2.44.