The Washington critic., 1888-09-29
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

IL has been discovered that squares
973 and 07l, bounded by + and 1 and
Tenth and Eleventh streets southeast,
which arc solidly built up, should have
3O-fOot pubhc alleys running through
hem, and the probability is that the
,dl,ys will be opened, and the houses
ana sheds removed These alleys have
been closed since 1910, and 40 years
aNcs have been paid on the ground.
Congress will be asked TO pass bill
pen.ng those alleys, and assessing all
The property in the squares 10 pay
guiiublc damages to the owners of the
land and houses Affected Dy the opening
of the alleys.
Francis Coylc and others have called
the Commissioners attention to their
petitions of 1884, 'SJ, 'S6 and 'S7 Tor
| the Improvement of l street. between
| North Capitol and First streets north
| cast.
Congressman StahlneclScr last evening
received nearly two hundred congratu-
lating kilograms, saying they knew the
investigation couldn't end otherwise than
it did.
| Congressman Anderson, of Iowa, says
| the Outhwaite Pacific Railroad bill is
| dead so far as this session is concerned,
but that it may come up in the carly
part of December.
Neither tho House nor Senate is in
session to-day.
Messrs Hopkins. of Virginia; Town
shcnd, Holman, Dibblc, Cothran and
Dorgan were yesterday granted leave
of absence. They will probably not re-
turn any more this session.
After The Critics report closed yes
terday the House considered and passed
twelve private bills, and at the evening
session disposed of thirty-onc pension
bills
Major of Police Moore has submitted
his estimates to the Commissioners.
They provide for one major and super
intendenS, So, 700; one captain, S1,8O9
one chief clerk, also property clerk,
S1,S00; one clerk, $1,000; four sur
gcons at $3.50. $1,000; additional COM
pensation for privates detailed for Spe-
cial service in the detection and pre-
vention of crime, or so much Thereoi
as may be necessary, 81 400; two neu-
tenants, to be inspectors, at $1,000,
$4,000; nine 1ieutcnants at S1,32O,
S11, $3.50: twenty-five sergcantS at ST.
40, S25,OS0; one hundred and forty
privates, class ., at 81 ,0S0, S151, 200
one hundred and forty-fivc privates
class ], at 5000, $500 500.
A protest from the South Washing
ton property owner and others agalns,
the establishment of freight depot al
west has been put in writing and was
laid before the Commissioners to-day
The grievances stated in the report
are the same that were rccited by ShC
committee from the South Washington
Citizens Association last Thursday il
their conference with the Commission
ers, and which were printed in The
Critic
A. a. Behrend has informed the Com
misSioners that he learned from Senator
ingalls, that on account of the absence
from the city of SO many Senators the
bill to extend the streets into the rcgior
north of the city would probably not bt
taken up before adjournment. lie urges
that the Commissioners get the bill
passed during the present session if pos
siblc, as it will be of great Importance
TO the city to get the bill through at th'
earliest possible date
The liquor license year begins oi
November /, and the first baSch o
applications for bar-room licenses wa
transmitted TO she Police dcpartm en-
to-day for a report as to the genuine
ness of the signatures of houseleeper
signing the applications. and the char
acter of the place proposed to be Ii
, censed.
, John Hogan has been appointed
private on the Police force, vice I
, O'Connor dismissed.
G. B. Robinson. the veterinary SUI
Z geon of the District. has applied for a.
c increase of salary from $500 to Sl,00C
niDrs. Edwin Lee Morgan and T. G
! Addison havecbeen appointed physician
4 to the poor.
The trustees of the Third Baptis
. Church. colored, have pctitioncd to i
: relieved from an assessment of S10.3
for an alley Improvement in 1864.
Benjamin Snyder. president of til
National Savings Bank of the Distrit
of Columbia. has written the Comm
s'oners urging that the present bill /
prepared or similar one providing ft
The enlarge ment of the business of I'll
safe deposit companies.