The Washington critic., 1888-09-26
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.


Certain worl, was done on Twelfth
and James streets northeast at the re-
quest Of w. II. Burford, and the nu-
thoritcs claim that he refused to pay
the amount he promised. They state
that 81 1928 is still due from him. and
they will send a representative OF the
! Collector of Taxes TO make n pcrgoual
demand on him for the amount, and il
he refuses they will instruct their at
torncy to bring suit against him to re-
cover it,
A claim in favor of Willctt & Lib
hey for S2i5.7O has been returned by
FIRST Auditor Chcnowith. who calls NJ
| tention TO the fact that the requisiton
! accompanying the claim appears to have
| been changed since it left the property
clerk, from Georgia pine ioists six by
| three inches and twcnty-one feet long,
| TO twenty-five feet in length. As this
! little change makes difference of
! s2s.35 in the cost of the material. he
desires to Know by whose authority the
! change was made, and whether twenty
two feet ioists were furnished.
Commissioners Webb and Whcatlcy,
accompanied by Chief Engineer Paris,
of the Fire Department., will so to
Baltimore to-day TO witness the opera
| tion of chemical engine, with n view
| of purchasing one for the Fire Depart
! mcnt next fiscal year.
sewer will be laid on Thirty-fiftll
street, between Q and L streets.
A sewer will be laid on NJ steret, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, next fls-
cal year.
The Commissioners have decided to
eXpcnd 81 80 on Tenth street, between
and G streets northeast.
j. NJ Mcfarland writes that he dis
] 1ilrpg IN l~p inf Int lao N
have to complain OF the dumping of
ashes, etc, on lot 227, Ninth street
| southeast.
Assessor Fish has asked the Com
missioncrs to inform him whether he
shall return the 500 deposited by APP
! plicantS for bnr-room licenses when
charges have been filed against the
parties demanding the return of their
money for doing business without Ii
censes.
The District is doing everything pos
siblc to increase the water supply where
| complaints are made of lack of water.
j. Harrison Johnson of 700 9 street
southwest, called attention to the fact
that water could not he had on the sec
ond floor of houses in this ncighborhood
The Commissioners have approved the
recommendation of Capt. Lusl that the
6-inch main on B street be connected
Wlll lllt ~U-lIlCH lulln uU bllt llUtENtt-
tion of Eighth street to increase the pres
sure.
r. II. Sinclair, of the corner of Nine
tecnth and Q streets, complained of the
inadequate supply of water at Corcoran
street, between Eighteenth and Nine
tecnth streets. In this case a 6-inch
main will be laid to increase the supply.
Proposals were received by the Com
miSsoners to-day for the construction
nG 81 gphnnl,nnSn Eiftb
street southeast between G. street and
Virginia avenue. The following are the
bids: James II. Grant. S24.155: James
Hughes, S23,424: John II. Hewlett
S22, 970; Bright, Humphrey & Co., S26,-
347; George o. Cook $22,333. 81; JOS
II. Law, S22, ,076; VIM. Rockwell. S22,-
021; James l.. Parsons S23,145; VIM.
Il. Garrison, S24,200; Thomas DriscoI,
S23,590.
The Commissioners to-day received
from Chas. NJ. Matthews, trustee in the
case of VIM. King and others against
Francis V. Essex, in equity. check
for S12 2,057.24 in full OF the sum found
to be due OH account of legacy in favor
of the free white schools of George
town, as contained in the last will of
the late Peter Won Essex of that city.
Permits TO build have been granted
to j. w. Little to erect stable, rear of
1913 Fourteenth street, to cost $500 !:
Andrew Frey, two dwellings, 1130 and
1141 Twentieth street, S1,S00; John
Lynch, stable, rear of Corcoran street,
between Seventeenth and New Hamp-
shire avenue.
Messrs. b. III. Warner and M. M. Par
l1er were at the Commissioners Office to-
day to have certain roads and streets in
the county widcned. They stated that
farmers and other property owners have
been cncroaching ON the public roads
from time to time till the abuse has
grown to such proportions that some
| thing will surely have to be done to
check it and to make the encroachers
move hnoI their fcncnS