Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-17
District Government Affair.".
LIQUOR LICENSES ACTED UPON.

The Commissioners were besieped this morning
oy applicants who had been refused liquor licenses
and acted on three, approving those OF Timothy
sullivan, 1905 4 street northwest; Katherine
Widemayer, Rock Creek road, and Gibson q Bla-
den, corner 4th and Massachusetts, avenue north
west Perhaps the most interesting case which
was brought to their notice was that of Mary Cum
bingham, doing business at 1896 7th street north
west, near the High School. The rules or the
commissioners require the applicant or person
doing business to be not less than 400 feet from
any public school building. According to the re-
within the limit, but II the measurement was to
the actual location OF the bar (Which was in the
back part OF the premisesl II was over 400 feet.
had been granted license under the republican
Commissioners s
THE COMMISSIONERS DO NOT APPROVE IT.
Ip view OF the provision authorizing the Com
miAsioners to investigate and report TO Congress
at the beginning OF Eext session the best method
OF removing all electric wires from the air or
lace OF the streets, avenues and alleys, the Com
mis3onerS have made report disappearing Sen.
ate piil 3065, ''ro incorporate the UNDERGROUND
Conduit and Gable CO. Of the District OF Column
thereon.
MOUNT oIrvEr ROAD.
The Commissioners are in receipt OF petition
signed Ny T. L Holbrook, president OF the WASH
1ngton Hick-Machine Company; Mary T. Fenwtck,
Thomas Y. Fenwick, ]. c. Fenwick, T. T. Brooke
and twenty-five other property owners and resi-
dents on or near Mount Olvet road, between Ivy
City and the Bladensburg road. calling attention
70 3Ofoot strip recently dedicated to the Dis
trict for widening the road, and asking that the
In reply to the petition, the Commissioners state
that there Is no provision In the appropriation bill
other than those named for constructing new
roads II the property owners do the grading,
they can be paid 10 cents per cubic yard Tor the
grading from the appropriation for grading the
SIreesS.
OFFER TO LIGHT THE CITY FOR oNE-HALFTHE PRESENT
RATES.
Some days ago h. o. ClaughtOn, esq.,, and others
called on the Commissioners and submitted prop
osition to them to light the streets u Washington
At one-half the rate now paid. In reply the Com
missiOners have said that the appropriations for
the current 1cal year practically prohibits the
lighting or streets through underground condu1ts
by other than the existing company. The COM
pany making the proposition is the Virginia Un-
foreground Conduit and construction Company.
SATISFACTORY TESTS.
The naval engineers who were recently desiQ-
mated TO test the new pumping engines for the high
service a. the ~" street pumping station have
One engine showed q "duty" OF los, l49,Ol4 foot
pounds, ana the other 103 405 LA foot pounds the
guaranteed duty being 9o,0oooo0 foot pounds.
twenty-four hours, for one engine, and z,7O5,0O2
for the other. The guaranteed capacity At the
day. There are two engines and TWO Boilers du.
piicate plants 1t Is thought by the board that
the high duty obtained Is remarkable for engines
Richard Inch and G. w. Rae, OF the engineer corps
Of the Navy.
THE PROPOSED GREAT rALIs ROAD.
Tne CommAssaonerS nave !epueQ 70 senatof IN
CALLS In relation TO Senate bill 1921 ITO incorpor-
ate the Washington and Great Falls Railroad" that
they see no objection 70 the bill except that the bill
should specify the width OF road It IL proposed TO
condemn or 70 obtain possession OF Tor railroad
purposes
BUILDING PERMITS
were issued to-day as f0llows Great Falls Ice Co,
brick store and once at ga Pennsylvanla avenue
northwest b 0OO,ThO6 3. Paxton, one frame dwell
ing on the Tenieytown road, $500; Albert NcIn-
tosh one brick dwelling az 1926 uth street north
west, e. 500
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