The Washington critic., 1888-08-28
THE DISTRICT GOV ERNMENr.

The Barber Asphalt Company was
awarded the contract this morning for
paving the carriagcways on Chaplin and
Stoughton streets with asphalt pavement
on bitumcnous base on such portions as
may he indicated by the Engineer Com
missioner portion of this street is to
be paved with granite blocks.
The Commissioners ave authorized
the purchase of G00,00 granite paving
blocks for immediate use.
The commissioners found this morn
ing that the contract they had made with
the Gamcwcll Police Signal and Tclc-
phone Company to put the patrol sys-
tcm into the third precinct for $1,000,
took all the money they had for con-
structing and operating the system for
the present fiscal ycnr. An amended
contract was accordingly made, based Oh
the same price, by reducing the number
of stations to bc erected from eighteen
60 fourteen. The appropriation act
provided that 81 900 of the i500
should he spent i'm horses and other
equipments.
w. r PoIlSer of Maryland, has sub
mittcd proposed lease the land on
the west side OF james Creek Canal
from q TO N streets. The Commission
crs secured an opinion from their at
tOrncy to their right TO lease the land,
and they have Informed MIR Barker
that they cGnnot do il as the ownership
of the land is unsettled.
H. V. O'Brcn writes the Commits
sioncrs that the streets running north
and south between first aud fourth
streets arc swept twice week and those
running cast and west are swept only
once week. lie clUims that this is
an injustice.
President Lectch. of the Georgetown
Gas Light Company, recently petitioncd
the Commissioners to increase the
amount paid for lighting the lamps on
the Free Bridge. lie has been informed
that $50 each lamp per annum is the
rate fixed by law, and no more can be
paid.
a citizen who is more anxious TO
publish his views than his name has
written tho Comm issoncrs as follows
| would like to ask what business IL
is of Meade Post G.. A. u. in regard to
your action in police appointments. The
honorably discharged men were pre-
fcrred-what fol ? Is not an honorable
well indorscd citizen as good If not bet
ter Where the soldier is fed. clothed and
paid we'll for doing nothing citizen
has TO stand back and never gets q
show As we hove no say here at the
polls, | think you gentlemen might
make d bold front and let Il citizen have
q chance"
nC lUCOTpOIuluTS VI tnt CcOrBt-
town and Tenleytown Railway Gem
panv with their attorney Henry Wise
Garnett had an extended conference
with the Commissioners and their at
torncy ". II. Davis to-day. This road
proposes TO use overhead electric con-
dnctors and the object of their visit to
the Commissioners Office to-day was to
secure the support of the Commission
ers in their efforts to use the Tenlcv-
town road. Congress PROPOSES that
they shall secure the right of way by
condemning strip of land along the
side of the road. The Commissioners
told them to put their request in writing
and submit it to them. They did not
indicate that they would grant the re-
quest
Capt. Symons has recommended to the
Commissioners that the Supt of Gas
Lamps to be furnished with a horse and
wagon. as the nature of his duties re-
quiye him to visit every section of the
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