Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-22
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
WANT EIGHTH STREET EAST IMPROVED


The Commissioners this morning gave q
hearing to Messrs. Edward Hughes, A. H.
Frear, N. j. Smith, ii. Lowe, 7. e. Clark, Aug
Getz. W. Ocksteadt, Peter Berbuchen. Morillo
Noyes, j. H. Tibbitts, Geo. Egloff, Christiana
Eglof, John Smith r.. j. Mawhinney and j. IL
Byron, delegation of property owners from
Sth street, between Maryland avenue and
streets northeast In the schedule for street
improvements the above street between the
points named was selected and bids for its i'm
provement invited and received. The Com
missioners, however, as heretofore practiced
held up the contract for this street among
others to keep the improvements from exceed
ing the appropriations. The object of the dele.
cation was to get the Commissioners to hang up
some other less important street and let the
improvements on their street continue Mr.
j. IL. Tibbitts presented the case to the Com
missioners and suggested that the following
streets be left over to allow of the improve
ment of Sth street, between Maryland avenue
and B street: Sd, from to F; A, from Sth to
9th; 18th, from H to Boundary. He urged
that these streets be held up on account of the
few houses there. Major Raymond said tha,
the practice of holding up the contracts for I'M
proving certain streets was an old one. and.
while 1t was done for the purpose of keeping
the estimates from overrunning the appropria-
ton, there was but little doubt that all the
streets held up would be improved. This was
done, he said. merely as a precautionary meas.
ure. The Commissioners promis ed to look
into the matter.
THE NEW 48-INcH MAIN
Col George Fl. Elliot in charge of the Wash
ington agueduet, in letter to the Commission
ers to-day, requests the removing, at the ends
of the NJ street bridge. of portion of the sur
facing of the street and of the sidewalks, and
the excavating, as far as necessary, behind the
piers of the bridge; also for removing tempo
rarily portion of the planking of the bridge,
the object being to make preliminary examine
tions for the route OF the new 48-inch main.
The request will be granted
BUILDING PERMITS
were issued to-day as follows: Chas Gessford,
two brick dwellings. 1909 and 1904 East Capitol
street northeast, $1,000; John Harrison, one
frame dwelling, Pleasant street, Anacostia,
$1,000; Frank Wittberger, one frame dwelling,
Terra Gotta, county, 300; Chas. Sickles, one
Douglass, one brick private stable, rear OF
1888 14th street northwest 5000.
MIscELLANEoUa.
Mr.. Arthur B. Cropley has written to the
Commissioners calling their attention to the
bad condition Of the bridge across the C. and
0. canal at East Market space, Georgetown,
and requests its improvement.
The Commissioners to-day appointed twenty
five additional privates for duty at the colored
camp-meeting which commenced to-day at
Holbrook's Park, to continue three weeks.
The Commissioners this morning gave a
nearing TO Messrs. Lichliter and Heizer, who
called to urge upon the Commissioners the ad-
Instability of appointing clerk whose special
duty 1t shall be to look into the standing of in
surance companies, especially those other than
fire insurance companies.
President Gambrill of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal has written to the Commissioners
that owing to the condition OF affairs the COM
pany will be unable to repair the bridge across
SD street.
MIR. P. N. Dwyer, in letter to the Commits
sioners to-day, charged them with a violation
OF law in not ordering the removal of the frame
house On square 495, which he asserts was
erected without a permit.