Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-11
DISTRICT GovERNMExx.
HOUSES IN AILryA


At recent meeting OF the board Of CouuAp-
sioners an order was passed amending ths
building regulations by adding . sectiou 40
viding that hereafter no building in,endsa fer
human habitation should he erected on cay
alley that j. less than forty feet vide.
The Commissioners did tins on account e
the large number OF permits that we're being
taken out an anticipation Of pending lsgialar
ton which provided for the same thing
After the order had been passed the QuestSoa
arose whether the Commissioners could enforcs
the new order ut once without the customary
thirty days notice In the public print
To be on the safe side the assistant attorney
FOR the District, Mr.. =. +. Thomas was sent foe
TO give his views on the subject He contended
that the Commissioners could enforce the new
regulation at once If they saw it,
The Commissioners ne a board then recon
sidered their action aud Commissioners Ross
aud Rossell voted 20 amend the order by In
sorting a clause providing that IL should nos
80 into effect Tor thirty days
Commissioner Douglass said he was opposed
TO this. The matter important one and
ne Was IN favor OF putting a stop 10 the build
ing OF houses In narrow alleys at once. The
order. however, was passed, Commissions
douglass voting against IL.
| THE OFFICE or SURVEYOR
The Commissioners have written TO Senator
Mcmillan that they have given careful oousio-
Grafton to his request that they prepare
oli to make the surveyor of the
| District salaried officer, and after
consultation with the attorney OF the District
aud other District officials, whose expert
ence and training, in their Judgment quail
| fies them TO give useful advice IN the premises
have prepared bill which they recommend
for Enactment. This bill fixes the salary of the
surveyor at 5000 per annum, puts that officer
under the direction of the Commissioner, re-
quires him to give bond Ia the sum Of s20 600
authorizes the Commissioners TO appoint one
assistant surveyor at salary q
sl,s0O per snnum. one draughtsman and com
puter AT a salary Of Sl.5O0 per snnum, one
clerk ut a salary of 81 400 per annum, one mes
senger At salary Of s60O per annum. one rodm
at $40 per annum and two axmen at Zoo each
per annum, and directs that . schedule of fees
shall be prepared by the Commissioners and all
Ices shall be paid over TO the collector Of tAxes
The blll also provides that the field notes Of
the surveyor and his assistant shall be preserved
and shall be a part OF the public property Of
the District OF Columbia
| OPPOSED 10 MUNICIPAL cHARoH OF TIE oAs
| WORKS
The Commissioners today reported adversely
on House bill i5s4, saying that they do not sss
their way clear to recommend its enactment
lie bill referred to is the one which author
| ICES the Commissioners to take charge Of the
Washington gas works and furnish the citaseus
| and public buildings with light
| MTscELLAsEoU.
The recent order of tine Commissioners Mat
hereafter no liquor licenses would be granted
on G street between 9th and Och streets
applies only to new places and not existing
\ saloons.
The superintendent Of chimney sweeps he's
been placed under the supervision Of the super
| intendent Of police.