The Washington critic., 1888-09-07
THE DISTRICT GOV ERNMENT.

The Office of Assistant Supcrlntcn-
dent of Streets, which nays salary of
ST 500 u year, was abolished bY the
Commissioners yesterday This Office
was held by l.. G.. Stanhopc. Louis Bols-
scuu, u clerk in the street department
of the Engineer Department, has been
promoted to the Office of Inspector OF
Streets and Sewers One of the rOdmen
will he detailed In the Office Of the
Superintendent of Streets to do clerical
and otEer work.
The First Comptroller has decided
that the Superintendent OF Lamps can he
furnished with horse. and that the an
imal can be purchased out of the ap-
preparation for street lighting, hut will
have to I've fed out of some apprOpria-
tion specifically made for that purpose.
This was brought about bv tie recon-
mcndation of Capt Symons that the
SupcrintcrdCnt be furnished with u
horse, as Inc could not properly perform
his duty without one.
Marl<ctmastcr George H. Gnddis of
the Eastern Market, in his annual re-
port TO the Commissioners, says the
building is sadly in need of paint and
repairs lie recommends that me salary
of the laborer, which is at present Sl0O,
he increased.
The Treasurer of the United States has
been notified by the Commissioners that
his statement of the District balance of
s21O,55G.23 ON July 81 last agrees with
their reports.
Tho resignation of II. B. Wilbornc, an
additional private on the police force,
has been accepted
The Commissioners will shortly order
additional lights, as follows: One light
at each end of the NJ street bridge across
Rock Creek, to he maintained by over
head wires: one light at southeast corner
of PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Fourteenth
street. and ono light at the southwest
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
! Thirtccn-and-a-half street, to he main
taincd by conduits two lights on Louis
lana avcnuc, between Ninth and Tenth
streets, by overhead wires, and one light
at X and Eighth streets, by overhead
wires
President Hurt, of the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company, has laid
| before the Commissioners protest
against their order requiring his com
many TO Law Belgium blocks between
their rails on Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets.
He prefers 10 use cobblcstones and states
that the Belgium blocks, besides being
| expensive, arc very hard on the horses
Their surface becomes smooth, and 1t is
hard for the horses to keep Their feet.
| Ii is stated by Mr. lIurl tnUU more nOTScs
fall and injurc themselves on these
blocks in one month than on the cObblc'
stones in year. The Commissioners
have not, as yet, acted on the request oI
the company to change the form of pave
ment.
Mr.. Reginald Fcndall, who is one o
the trustees of the Church of the Cove
nant called at the Commissioners of
fee to-day to see the official report o
the Commission who investigated TIN
causes that led to the collapse of tn
structure. He said il was Il very thor
ough and impartial report. Whci
asked by Critic reporter who woul'
be the loser he said he did not llnoN
but he thought the church should no
suffer.
District Chemist Richardson has rq
-t-eei~aa--a letter from Dr. w. w. Laugh
lin, S25 Fourtc cntll street, stating tlln
the water in the pump at Twelfth an
n streets has peculiar taste. Tn
Doctor fears it is iriulious to hcalt
and requests that it. re analyZcd.
The application of John O'Mallv 81
Twcnty-ffth street for bar room i
ccnsc has bccI approved. The aprlici
ton of Ed. Il. Gibbon, corner of Firs
and III streets S. G. for IL bnr room j
ccnsc has beer rejected. Wholesale
0uor licenses have been granted to Han
nah inland, 1l43 TwcnN-third stree
and Wm. T. Whcelan, 43S Ninth stree