Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-04
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

THE CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL SITE.
The Commissioners nave not as vet decided
upon a site for the Contagious Disease Hos
pitaL Yesterday afternoon they discussed the
matter with Mr.. Archibald HOPKINS. vino rem
resented the Daisy Chain Guild but came TO
no conclusion. Ii Is understood that Mr..
Hopkins favors site within the city limits
while the Commissioners prefer TO GO outside
TIE CITY, Today the Commissioner addressed
a circular letter TO Surgeon General Nymap
and Surgeon General Sutherland ana Drs.
Magruder, Toner. Sewers. Billings. Busey. W.
W. johnson. Bayne. Walsh. Croft. Loyejoy.
hing and Poole, inviting them 10 meet the COM
missioners and give their views on the subject
A BUILDING REGULATION
The Commissioners have adopted q building
regulation requiring an observance of the
stipulation running with the land in the deeds
OF lots in the subdivision OF Columbia Heights
which requires thai no brliding snail be erected
within thirty feet of the street line.
WHEN TIE LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS Nusr
BE fixed.
At the board meeting of the Commissioners
held late yesterday afternoon the Commits
sloners passed the following order:
That the act of March 3. 1898 having
repealed all other laws respecting the sale OF
intoxicating liquors, prosecutions viii be begun
on and after May g. 1883. against all persons
by that time haze filed with applications under
tine said act"
The Commissioners would have issued this
notice before had thev not been requested 70
give the legal representative of the Ecccr men
3 chance TO be heard upon tine question. Up to
this tame. however. The attorney has not pre-
sented himself. Yesterday :he Commissioners
decided TO settle the matter. Co umis-
sioner Ross called upon Judges Morris
and Shepard of the Court of Appeals and
asked when it would oe possible for the court
10 hear the test case of Busch. he was in
formed that the court mad adjourned 10 meet
again on Nay p Commissioner Ross explained
ms interview with the Judges and the Commis-
sioners al once decided to issue the order
CAM APPOINT GAS INSPECTOR NOW
Attorney Thomas today held, in an opinion
to the Commissioners, that they had no power
to appoint an inspector OF gas fitting untn the
beginning of the next fiscal year. or TO REQUIRE
any deposit by the gas companies for the sslary
OF such officers IN advance Of that time
A SEARCH WARRANT NECESSARY.
Attorney Thomas dissenrs from the opinion
OF ex-Attorney Hazelton in his opinion o,
the case OF pawnbroker who holds
PIN stolen without jurisdiction of
this court and refusing 10 give IL
up unless paid the amount advanced on
the same. Mr. Thomas SAYS if the aud OF the
session of the pm. search warrant sht,uid be
sworn out charging the pawnbroker with re-
ceiving stolen goods knowing them to have
been stolen. Without such warrant Mr.. Thomas
thinks the righ; OF the police to proceed IN the
case questionable.
CITIZENS APPRECIATED CAPT. RossEII
A delegation from the Northeast Washington
Citizens Association appeared before capt.
hosseu this afternoon and presented him
with series of resolutions. adopted
at recent meeting of the ass5cia-
ton. setting forth the appreciation he was
neid IN by that BODY. The delegation con-
sisted OF Messrs. j. II. Hinternesch. y. L.
King. Loring Chape.le, Jacob Frech. Evan II.
Tucker. 5. W. Brands. II. }. Frizzel, A II. l..
Holster and Josiah Gillard Millard.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Building permits were issued today - fc,-
lows: John A. Carr, four frame dwellings, 3th
street. West Brooklsnd. $500: J. H. Lewis,
SIX brick dwellings. 712 to 722 L street north
east $4,000: W. A. Lee Leitch. one brick
dwelling. 1867 3lst street northwest, Sc. 500.
MISCELLANEOUS
The District Commissioners have designated
the sewer on Virginia avenue between A. and
9th streets as the pace Tor les. OF the WASH
ington Sewer Compaay's apparatus for clean
ing sewers. ard the test IS 10 take place somor.
row afternoon al CLOCK.
Ed. 8. Day. 400 II street northwest, hss ap.
Piled TO- a retail liquor license.