Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-27

Observation-Disclosures Blake, so1 LIST street
southwest; John ]. Brosnsn, 500 Az street
southwest; Charles E. Clark, l250 nth street
southeast; Catherine Griffin. $50 az street
southwest, and Robert H. KEEP, oil 81 street
southwest. Wholesale, dissilowed-James Z.
Willet, corner Wisconsin and B-andywine
streets, county.
Application for bar room license for $50
Pennsylvania avenue northwest made by
Thos. Fitzgerald today.
SUPERINTENDENT DUSS's RENT
Superintendent Dunn of the Municipal Lode.
ing House has grievance, and has applied to
the Commissioners through the superintendent
of charities for relief. He says when he
came on he was to be paid salary
TO nav SOS per month for the use of two rooms
in the building, for which the District pays
nothing. During his incumbency he shows,
in a detailed statement. how be saved the
District $685.. 60. and requests that he be re-
lieved from the payment OF rent Supt. Tracy
has recommended his request De grained aud
the Commissioners have approved IL as lar as
the current fiscal year is concerned
PLEA FOR BLOCK PAYMENTS.
The representatives of the Washington As
phalt Block and Tile Company, together with a
number of the stockholders, appeared before
the Commissioners this morning at a special
company had not been awarded q contract for
laying asphalt blocks. MIR. W. S. Wilkinson,
president OF the Maryland Paving Company,
explained that for the past zen years his com
pany had furnished the Distric. with blocks.
Over n quarter of q million wards had been
laid in the city limits without counting those
laid in the alleys. They had gwen great salts
faction, and not one cent had yet been paid for
their repair. Tho freight, however, became
such consideration that Mr.. Patrick
Maloney, the contractor in this city, organized
q company; $4,000 was paid fog a license 20
do business and a $4,000 plant had been
erected. During the years wnen the asphalt
pavement was costing 25 per square yard
the cost of asphalt blocks was at So. and ez-
perience had shown them to be the equal of
any pavement kaown.
Mr.. n. H. Shea said it was great hardship
to smut out the local company when il was
in its infancy. A great deal OF money
had been invested In the plant. and home in
dustr,es should be taken Gaze of. The asphalt
block pavement was the Superior in many
respects TO the sheet pavement. 1; was cooler
IN sumner and easily repaired. Then. again.
IL was attractive to the eye ana looked more
IKE natural stone than an artificial pavement.
The Commissioners decided 10 award the
company about 5000 square yards.
BIDS FOR A NEW SEWER.
Bids were opened by the Commissioners to-
day at noon for constructing a main intercept
ing sewer between Easby's Point al a 18th street
southwest The following contractors SUBJ
United bids: Is. J. Coyle. Sanford 4 Brooks
National Construction Company and II. l.
Crawford.
GAMBLING AT JACKSON CITY.
The Commissioners this afternoon, In nc
cordance with the suggestion of Mai. Moore
contained iu his letter of the 10th instant
touching the condition of affairs in jackson
City. wrote the following letter to the governor
OF Virginia:
"1he Commissioners Of the District Of Co
lumbia have been advised that gambling is
practlced TO a considerable extent in jackson
City, in the state Virginia. in close proximity
to the District of Columbia, and TO the
great Generalization OF the youth of
the District. They assume that you have not
been advisad OF the fac:s communicated to them
and venture to bring them TO your attention
with the respectful suggestion that they will TO
the full extent of their ability gladly cooperate
with the state authorities in suy means which
YOU may see fit to adopt Tor the suppression Of
this evil
BUILDING PERMITS.
Permits were issued today as follows: John J.
Lyons. one brick dwelling, 1888 street north
west, s., 500. F. F. Detweiler, eighteen brick
dwellings, 2625 to 2725 P street northwest,
$4,000. VIM. Mayse. two brick dwellings,,
1856 and ABS 4th street northeast, $4,000. B. b.
one brick dwelling and store, 1000
street southeast, $4,000.