The Critic and record., 1891-03-27
DISTRICT DOTS.
The Days Record OF improvements,
Building Permits, sc.

Tire Days Record OF improvements,
Building Permits. sc.
TIE METRopoITAN RAILROAD COMPANY
to-day were granted u permit to erect
pOwer-house for an electric-mOtOr railway
on = street, in Georgetown, west of the
bridge. The cost of the building is esti-
mated at $4,000.
DISMISSED THE OrrtcEB.-Private A. j.
Craig Of the Metropolitan Police has been
dismissed for intoXication while on duty.
THE SrRoNG CAsE.--General Butler con-
cluded his arguments in the Strong law
suit to-day at noon. He became much
fatigued and was evidently thankful that
the Siege was over. This afternoon Judge
Cox gave his charge to the jury.
RossELL's RECoNMENDATIoNs.-C Captain
ROssell has made the following rec
concentrations TO the Commission
ers, that contract be awarded Cyrus
A. Baker for laying sidewalks on
the east side Of Twenty street eX
tended, between Detroit and Emporia
streets, on the west side of Twenty-fourth
street extended, between Detroit and En-
poria streets, on the north side of Detroit
street. between Twenty-second aud
Twenty-fourth streets and on the north
side of Emporia street, between Twenty
second and Twenty-fourth streets, i'm the
ubdivision known as "Langdon Park
The cost of this improvement, which has
been approved by The Commissioners, is
| estimated at 81 600.
COMPLAINTS or CLOSING SEwERs.--By
filling up lots on the southeast corner of
| Sixteenth and Erie streets the natural
| drainage lines have been stopped and the
| District culvert rendered useless. The
result of filling this ground up has been
q pond of water that has settled in the
middle of Erie street, necessitatng the
| laying of a pipe to drain the stagnant
water off, which operation costs the Dis
| triCt $500, payable out Of the appropria-
| tion for repairs to country roads, etc
Captain Rossell, in writing to the Com
missioners requesting that the work be
| performed, regrets that such a state of af-
fairs is allowed to exist through the care
less measures governing sewerage, which
permits private parties to close the
natural drainage lines mentioned.
THE PoToMAc ELECTRIC COMPANY, through
their representative, T. w. Tyler have
made the following propositions TO the
| Commissioners regarding the lighting of
the city and District for three years, with
the privilege of laying the necessary wires
"ArC lamps of 2,000-candle power, at $3.50
per year for 300 and over, lights. In
Candescent lamps of twenty-five candle
power at Sl5 per year for 1000
lights and over. Any guarantee that
you may desire will be furnished
as to the full and complete fulhlment of
this proposal. | am aware that il has
been held that only those having electric
wires already established can be given
permits to lay underground wires, and I
am also assured by members of Congress
that this Interpretation of The law IS not
in keeping with the intent and purposes
of Congress when the law was enacted,
| and that relief measure will GER
tainly be enacted at the next session
relieving the District from the monopoly
that has been imposed upon it and Il Is
in anticipation of your beng at liberty to
give the District the benefit of this offer
at the commencement of another year.
that makes this proposal"