Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-04
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
AGAINST THE SWITCH.

Several days ago Mr.. John A. Hayden, in q
letter to the Commissioners. requested that
permission he granted the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad company to place a second switch
parallel to the one now lying on and serving
the city yard at Delaware avenue between II and
l streets northeast Capt Rosscll put h,s foot
upon the Recommendation in the following in
dorsoment II do not think az would be right
To still further obstruct the street by another
switch, and would therefore recommend that
this permit be not granted" The Commits
sioners have approved his recommendation
LIQUOR LICENSES.
This afternoon the Commissioners met and
acted upon the following applications for liquor
licenses:
Retail approved: o. G. Staples. willard's
hotel; Ernest LeMour 3l2 sth street northwest;
Dennis Mullaney, 1851 ID street northwest; John
l.. Burkhart, 5Sl 10th street; Geo. W. Har-
vey, l0l6 Pennsylvania avenue; Louis
Schmide, 707 9TH street; Chas j. Rehner, BOO
10th street northwest; Patrick ii. Bronan. 52l
9Th street northwest; ii. ID. hirkwood, la23 a
sth street northwest; c. p. Lurig, 1870
street northwest; Johanna Hartnett,
goo Pennsylvania avenue: Henry Alschwee, HIS
L street northwest; Arthur NJ. Baier 1902 Penn
sylvania avenue; John ii. Harris, 405 nth
street; Henry c. Burch, 525 l4th street north
west; L. l.. johnson, Hotel johnson; Charles
Heurich, Az 18th stIcct; Joseph Mechlet, l4O9
and l4ll Pennsylvania avenue, (Solari)
Wholesale. approycd-Chas. IL. Van Sickle,
CD 18th street: A. L. Hendershott, l22s street;
II. J. Pagan go 9Th street northwest; Frank
Hume a Co., S07 Market Space; The Shoe
maker Co., l33I-l333 J. street northwest;
John II. Major, 500 9TH street northwest;
l.. G. Bishop, $50 9th street northwest;
Cropley IL Gwynne, 436 9th street northwest;
Vim. h. Combs, 924 9th street; John ii.
Magruder, l4l7 New York avenue; y. W. Bur-
chell, 1926 I street northwest.
purIplSa PERMITS
were issued today as follows: A. J. Fisher,
three brick dwellings. 6l3 to 6l7 Maryland ave-
nue. southwest; $1,000. VIM. lost a Bro. one
brick dwelling, 235 10th street northeast; 1000
Frank Carver, one brick dwelling. alley in
square 100; 200.
To DE cHRIsTENEp.
The following public school buildings now in
the course of completion are without names,
and Building Inspector Entwisle has written to
the Commissioners asking that names be given
them: One on l. street between 9th and 9TH,
one on 10Th street between Il and 5 northwest,
one on Road street between 30th and 3lst one
on Steuben street between 9Th and oth, county.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The building inspector has reported the COM
pletion of the building erected as an addition
TO the colored public school at Bennings, and
recommended its acceptance and Its Insurance
for $1,000.
According to the monthly report of the build
ing inspector for November there were eighty
six new buildings erected.
The report of Chief Paris of the fire depart
ment for November shows that during the
month there were thirteen alarms for fire, a
decrease of three from the preceding month.
The estimated losses by fire were SI675, COW
cred by an insurance of $1,000.