The Critic and record., 1891-05-11
FROM THE DISTRICT CAPITOL.
Items of Interest from the Commits
sioners' ONCE.


sioners' ONCE.
Captain Rossell is in favor of license
board, and says he would not listen to the
stories of turned-down applicants for
$4,000 year.
Lieutenant Gessford of the Fifth pre-
cinct has requested that the police patrol
box at Thirteenth and i streets southeast
be removed to Fourteenth and Il streets.
Wholesale liquor licenses approved
William II. and Joseph Auth, 300 Indiana
avenue northwest; Patrick Connor, 33i
Delaware avenue southwest; Sidney
Ferguson, $40 NJ street southwest.
Inspector Entwisle still visits the Shore
ham, and large force. of workmen are
now engaged in repairing the Railways
and floors. The Railways of the second
and third floors have already been entirely
reconstructed. Ii is probable that the
building will be closed for the summer,
though not by the order of the inspector,
who believes the repairs can go on with
out interfering with the business Of the
hotel.
BUILDING PERMITS lssUED.-James II.
Grant, four two-story dwellings, 6l0 to
GIG Ninth street southwest cost $4,000;
d. b. Croft, two-story- reimbursement
brick, 17l3 North Capitol street extended,
cost $500; j. Quinn, two-story-and.base-
ment brick, 237 Third street southwest,
cost 81 500; X. G. Mangum, two-story
dwelling 16 Eleventh street southeast,
cost 81, ,000 Mrs. DR.. McKim, two two
story dwellings, 339 and 341 d street, cost
$500; Charles w. Handy, two-story-and
attic dwelling, Columbia Heights, cost
$4,000.
PARTY WALLs.-Assistant Attorney for
the District Thomas has delivered an
opinion in relation to the question as to
whether the builder of brick house on
lot adjacent to lot on which there is a
frame house can build so as to build
party wall. The Attorney decides that
the builder of a brick house adjacent to a
lot improved by a frame house has right
to cut away frame house sufficient to
place the brick partition wall equally on
his own and the adjoining lot, the builder
of the brick house, however, being re-
quired to repair the frame house and
make good all damages by cutting il for
the purpose of building the partition wall.
In his opinion he says: 81 have examined
this question with some care and have
reached the conclusion that the right of
lot owner in this city when he builds to
erect one half of the wall between him
self and his neighbor on the adjoining lot
is an easement running with the land.
The right a building owner has in this
city to overreach on the adjoining lot, or
in other words to avail himself of the
privilege of a party-wall is denied from
clause in the conveyance from the
original proprietors to Beall and
Guatt, the commissioners to lay off
the Federal city, which declared
that the lots and squares when appor-
toned should be subject to such terms
and conditions as shall be thought reason
able by the President, for the time being
for regulating the materials and manner
of the buildings and improvements of the
lots generally in the city, or in particular
streets or parts thereof for common con-
venienoe, safety and order Regulations
were made by President Washington and
continued in force until others we're made
by acts of Congress. In 1871 Congress
conferred power upon the Commissioners
in respect to building regulations of the
most Comprehensive character.