The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-14
Summary for Week,

Grand total. ....... 30 $70,795
Municipal Improvements Ordered.
SEWERS.
On west front Of square 93s.
East side of Ninth street, between ID and
Maryland northeast.
Alley in square 1874. ~
ALLEYS.
In square 500, 800.
STREETS.
North Capitol street, between New York
avenue and l. street.
Corner OF Fourth and X streets south.
east.
SIDEWALKS. :
Six-foot sidewalk and three-foot gutter
on X street, from Second street east as far
as necessary.
Builders Exchange Notes.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Exchange was held ON Wednesday even
ing and was well attended. Secretary
King read communications from the Ex-
changes of Kansas City, Mo-, and Wor-
cester, Mass, extending. the thanks of
those bodies to the Washington associa-
ton for the eentertainment of the delegates
from the cities named who stopped in this
city on their way home from the New
York convention and were the guests OF
the Washington Exchange.
A code of rules, TO be followed by build
ers in making bids for architects and
set Of rules governing the relationship of
builders and sub. contractors, were sub
mitted ,i,s to the Exchange for consideration
same. The matter will be disposed Of at
the next regular meeting.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the Exchange, q meeting Of the Certificate
Holders Association was held and the
following officers elected President,
Thomas ]. King; first vice-president, II.
A.. Jones; second ,yice.prcsident, H. +.
The following board Of directors was
chosen at the same time; j. Veihmeyer,
Robert Clarkson, Michael Shea, Thomas
j. Stephenson, A. l.. Phillips, Morgan
Thomas, James B. Lambie, Charles j..
Tanning, ]. Mitchell, r. J.. Hanvey, j. r..
Galloway, Thomas w. Smith.
:. Plumbing Regulations.
II has come to the notice Of the District
| authorities that certain bonded plumbers
have been in the habit of taking ont per-
mits for plumbing work and turning
them over to unregistered plumbers so
! that the latter could carry on the business.
TO correct this abuse, and otherwise
amend the regulations, the Engineer Com
missioner has prepared the following to
take the place of section q:
mo house, building, premises or estab-
lishment shall be connected with any
water-main, public sewer or gas main, or
with amy service-pipe for water, or with
any house-sewer, without permit OBJ
tanned from the Engineer Commissioned
before commencing any part Of the work
OF connection. The provisions of this
paragraph shall apply to all water-mains,
sewers and water-servce- pipes, whether
ON private property or in the public
streets, avenues, alleys, roads or spaces
and TO each separate building, whether
situated on the same or different lots, and
connected or proposed TO be connected
with any water-main, water-service-pipe
public or private sewer, or gas main
The conditions of this permit must bl
strictly complied with and the work must
be done by the plumber in whose name
the permit is given.
"All plumbers are required to notify tbs
Engineer Commissioner of any and al
extensions or alteration of water iixture'
and pipes made inside of buildings, in or
der that the same may be examined"
The q. and D. Canal.
IL is thought that the repairs now bein,
made to the Chesapeake and Ohio Cana
Will soon be completed and after laps,
of two years traffic will be resumed on
this we'll known waterway not later thar
July next.
Apart from the regular business o.
1relEhung coal, gram ana limestone
| which IL enormous, Georgetown and IVES
Washington merchants are directly IN
terested in the resumption OF operations
Seldom does canal boat. with cargo dis
charged, leave without carrying Il con
signment of some kind or other for point
inaccessible by rail- These goods are in
yariably bought for cash. The cessation
of traffic meant u good deal to the smal
army OF workmen who found employ
ment around the coal docks and linz
kilns.
Three OF the latter, located on II lol
Creek, when in active operation furnishes
work for about one hundred men. Al
present probably one-ffth of that number
do all the work required in the same rs
Adjustments.
II has been claimed that limestone from