Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-04
DISTRICT
INVESTIGATING rHE CLUE ROOFS

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The Commissioners are quietly engaged
looking into the .~elub-room" question. IL 10
known that there are in this city q number Of
professional gamblers who, 10 practice their
nefsrious profession, Organise clubs for ''mu-
tuA benefit" and receive charters This 10
merely . way 10 defeat the Law. for there 10
really no club and all one has 10 do TO become
q member Is to sign his name In a book. Liquor
flows freely in these places and no license 10
required. Gambling 10 prscticed with open
doou. Col Robert 10 especially anxious 70
setals this question and b giving it consider
able attention.
10 THE COLUMBIAN HAnnoSy CEMETERY.
The Commissioners this morning received .
long answer from John H. Brooks, secretary
OF the Columbian Harmony Cemetery, TO the
statement Of VIM syphax and other complain
ing lot holders of said cemetery, Who had .
hearing before the Commissioners and urged
the passage of Senate bill 35sS. Mr.. Brooks
denies in toto the statements set forth by the
complaining parties and submits several srgu-
ments setting forth why The bill should not
become q Law.
KSerSKER scHoErY RRsioys.
Assistant Engineer ". Kesley Schoepf has
rendered his resignation His successor has
not al yet been appointed Mr.. Schoepf. who
has been in the employ of the engineer de-
partment for five years, resigned to accept the
chief engiueership Of the Rock Creek Railway
Company and also to attend to the engineering
work OF the California syndicate.
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued as follows: T. @. Kimball.
one brick dwelling. 14l7 G street northwest:
$4,000. John II. Click. four brick dwellings,
600 and 607 Rhode Island avenue and 600 and
6t2 on alley; a .200. G. B. Bra1ton, two brick
Dwellings, 9ls and go 4th street northwest;
$4,000. James A. Healy, brick dwelling, 800 II
street northwest; $s.o00. T. A. Newman, brick
dwelling. $40 L street northwest; OIL. 500. A. p.
Fsrdon, three brick dwelling, 923. Gas, 327 10th
street northwest; $40, 900. jos. g.. Owens, one
brick dwelling, 94a 25th street northwest;
$4,000. John Walter, jr., one brick store and
dats. SIS 18th street northwest; q 5000. r. b.
Howison, one frame barn and stable on Half
street between 7 and I southwest; $500. J.w.
Duvall. five brick dwellings. GAG to 654 Z street
northeast; $4,000. q. w. BoDell, one brick
private stable in alley between 10th and 2lst,
l. and NJ streets northwest; S1.00a. Geo. Drew,
one brick private stable in rear of 1918 Linden
street. lie Droit Park; 5000. Christian Heurich,
one brick music hall, southeast corner sth and
was also issued TO I. F. Richardson to make
general repairs to dwelling 1872 L street north
west to cost $4,000.
BUILDINGS DURING NAY.
The report Of the inspector of buildings for
the month Of May shows that permits we're
taken out for the erection Of 227 new buildings.
an increase Of 81 over the same month of last
yeas.
VITAL sTArIsTICk
Tn report Of Health Officer Townshend for
the week ending May 81, shows: There were
1l6 deaths in the District. White. 81; eolored.
30. There were % marriages and Sc births re-
ported.
MISCELLANEOUS
The commissioner have received q letter
from Mr.. A W. Kellogg, assistant postmaster
of the Senate, in which he strongly opposes
any bill that will surrender Maryland avenue
northeast to railways and asks the cooperation
of the Commissioners