Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-27
District Government Affairs.

D1Stf1cC government AnA1rS.
THE NEW RULE ABOUT LIQUOR LICENSES.
Applications for liquor licenses will first be
referred to the assessor for the purpose OF ascer
tanning il the property owners names are all
attached to the application. Afterwards they
are sent to the chief of police for reference to
the residents signatures and for personal his
| tory OF the applicants standing, &c. Then they
| go TO the Commissioners.
THE NEW YORK AVENUE PARKING.
Warren ChOate, DIR. IT. Sewers, W.S. Thomp-
| son, George &. Gorham, Henry {. TowIes, Chas.
owners on New York avenue, between 9th and
14th streets, have sent petition 10 the District
center OF the avenue, Oh each side OF the car
tracks, be resOdded and hereafter kept in re-
condition OF the parking as bad, and what was
Intended to be an attractive feature of the ave
| que has been allowed to fall into neglect. The
petition has been referred by Commissioner
Ludlow to Mr.. Burrows, the superintendent Of
streets, for investigation and report.
THE AoUEDUCT BRIDGE.
In response to the request of Commissioner
Civil Engineer D. r. McComb have made an
examination of the AQueduct bridge ana they
ture is Unsafe for nse esnecialiv win the ,n.Ss
to be carried when the trough is filled with
water We would advise" they continue, 'sfrst,
the bridge be closed until the trusses are
rghted TO their original position, and the
detective portions OF the trusses are repaired
with sound timber; third, the aQueduct being
abandoned, the trusses should then be laterally
braced by rods Of sufficient size as shown in
drawing 'B' of Colonel Abert's report, to hold
them in position" Building Inspector En-
twisle sent with his report as estimate of the
cost of repairs 1t is probable that's report will
be made to the grand Jury as TO the state OF
this bridge, as the Commissioners have no juris-
diction over it.
DISTRICT SUITS IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS.
The estimates for defending suits against the
District OF Columbia in the US. Court OF Claims
| for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth, 1883, as
prepared by Acting Attorney General jerks,
$780, printing, $3.50; expert aid in preparing
total, 1850.
THE NEW POLICE MANUAL.
The proposed revision of the police manual,
made nr Sy ,S changes Of precincts uni
| since the Organization of the force in 1861. The
first was prepared by Commissioner Webb, and
| with but little revision. In the latter part of
Major Richards ihcumDency the book was
revised, but not printed. the revision being then
necessary by reason of many of the laws having
been changed by the District legislature. Under
Major Dye, in 1885, the book now in nse was
revised and was thought to be complete. The
new revision, it is thought will be more explicit
than any OF the preceding ones, and in the
enumeration of officers, the book and page of
collateral, If any, TO be accepted, will be given.
NEW RULE ADOPTED.
The Commissioners have discovered that so
much of their time is taken up in listening to
ness Is often intertered with. Many of these
communications, they say, being in regard to
ening is often wasted. They have therefore
come to the conclusion, while they will not re-
fuse to listen to complaints, suggestions, &C., to
require that they should be put in writing SO
that they may be filed and the subject not be
entirely lost sight of. They suggest that
| callers having business shall put their commIl.
| nications in writing, making their written
| statements as compact as possible, and if they
have a few words to back their petitions with
HOY yVU11 no n0
IMPROVEMENTS ASKED FOR,
Sarah Leary and T. J. Sullivan and others
| request that o street, between 35th and 37th
| streets, may be included in estimates tor sewer
and granite block pavement. ID. ODonoghue
and Sarah Leary and others ask that 37th
| street, between Prospect and streets, may be
| ask an estimate for extension of sewer in the
alley in square AZ. L. T. FOllansbee and Pat
| rick Herihy and others ask that trees be planted
in the parking on the east side OF New Jersey
| avenue, between street and Massachusetts
| avenue northwest. w. w. Mccullough, 511
New Jersey avenue northwest, asks TOR the
| erection OF six lamp posts in alleys of square
62S, where he is building houses. Franklin
Rives asks estimate for paving with Belgian
| OF 16, in reservation 10. He also asks, in be-
| half OF owners on NJ street and Jefferson place,
square with concrete blocks. Benz. p. Snyder.
National Savings bank, asks the Improvement
ct MsT York from h street to North
front Of lots s5 and 81, square $50, may be
permit system; also that footway on north side
Of T street, between 9Th and 7th streets, may
be relaid TO conform with new grade in front Of
lots IA. 10. 16 and IL. square 44O. He also
ing, may be laid on north side of w street, be-
| tween 18th street and Cleveland avenue
fronting lots 162 to 20, square 271. Mr.. Thos.
| street. requests that 1t may be put in proper
condition as soon as its turn comes.
SALOONS WITH TWO DOORS.
In granting barroom privileges new cues.
ton is propounded to the police by the Com
missioners, as follows: "Have the premises
under consideration more than one door front.
it IL necessary TO secure the signatures of ma
| iority of property owners and householders?'
This question arose in the case of Geo. Holmes
whose case Is now pending before the Police
Court.
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by inspector Entwisle as fol-
lows: James Sengerieiter, repair brick dwell
Yesger, repair brick dwelling, iOO6 o street
northwest; 5000. e. ID. Farnham, erect two
dwellings, 7th, between II and I norIheast
| % 900. Justice J. II. Harlan, erect q three.
story dwelling, 14th street extended; S17 900.
Chas. E Nelson, repair brick dwelling 6O1 e
street. u 500 b and p. r. r. company, repair
avenue, Canal and south Capitol streets; $500.
Springman Bros, erect 9 three-story dwelling,
South Capitol and D sts. southwest; $4,000.
Mary #. HarewoOd. erect threestory and
losh ssrssss 30 Par erect Ste eieSi sad
,s1s sSSssliinss so.sSsss ssrsss Dsswssn
dwellings. i3th street, between " and md Bonn. s.
s:sy AnsSn ss
street street between 90th and 21si streets; S5. 10.
osss Ts9sso erce g II Hdwxsias aas
q twostory dwelling 214 ii street southwest: