The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1894-09-23
CONCERNS OF THE DISTRICT.
Major Moore Reports the Enforcement of
the Sunday Law as TO BARRIERS Has
Not Been Relaxed.


Major Moore has returned to the Commits
sioners the request of the labor committee
that an order be issued for an indiscriminate
closing of the barber shops, with the infor-
nation that there has never been any relaxa-
ton in the enforcement of the law. even on
Inauguration occasions and other periods
when the city has been filed with strangers.
Major Moore gives the names of twenty-nine
BARRIERS who were arrested during the Pythian
encampment among whom he says will be
found some who conduct hotel shops The
record shows that in most of the twenty-nine
cases fines were imposed and sentence sus-
pended.
The Commissioners yesterday ordered that
the following streets be resurfaced with as
phalt during the current fiscal year: Dupont
Circle; Nineteenth street, Dupont Circle to Q
street: Massachusetts avenue. Sixteenth street
to Dupont Circle; Twentieth street northwest,
New Hampshire avenue to Connecticut ave
nue.; Rhode Island avenue. Seventeenth street
to Connecticut avenue; Washington Circle,
north side: Seventeenth street northwest, E
street to New York avenue; NJ street north
west, Twenty-sixth street to Rock Greek; Con-
necticut avenue, II to / streets; h street
northwest, Fourteenth to Fifteenth streets
and Ninth to Tenth street, intersection of
Thirteenth street and New York avenue,
south side; street northwest. Fourteenth to
Sixteenth street; NJ street northwest. Six
York avenue northwest Fourteenth to Fiji
teenth street; F street northwest Fifth to
Sixth street north side: NJ street northwest,
Sixth to Seventh street; Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. north inter-
section and intersection of Pennsylvania
avenue and E street from north curb line of
Pennsylvania avenue to south rail of Belt
railway northwest; Tenth street and Pennsyl-
vonia avenue north and south intersection;
Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue. south
intersection: Louisiana and Pennsylvania
avenues, south intersection; Pennsylvania
avenue to First street northwest, around
Peace Monument; II street, south side. and
North Capitol to First street east; First street
northeast, B street north to East Capitol
street; Seventh street and Louisiana avenue,
intersection, asphalt block; Twenty-ninth
street to Dumbarton asphalt block.
1t was ordered that the pavement of h
street southwest, South Capitol to First street,
be completed.
Charles Scott and T. R. Offutt were yester-
day appointed additional privates on the
Metropolitan police force for term of three
years.
John O'Connor was transferred from the
probationary to the permanent relation as
fireman in the District fire department.
E. B. Donaldson's resignation as additional
private in the police force has been accepted.
Elmer Sinks was yesterday appointed night
WdtcnIndn ttC the ITlrlS reform SCHOOL.
Building permits issued: Michael Burk. two
dwellings at Nos. 1921 and 1928 H street north
west; $4,000. w. H. Gardner, four dwellings.
Nos. 2102 and 2104 Eighth street and 2103
| and 2105 Ninth street northwest; "a, 900. Jor-
don Il Richard, dwelling on Pierce street.
Anacostia; $500. Watkins Towlson, dwelling
on Shepherd road; $500.
The Commissioners are seriously consider
ing the propriety of abolishing the metal coal
chutes and recurring such labor-saving ap-
paratus to be constructed of wood.
United States Treasurer Morgan notified
| the District Commissioners yesterday of the
purchase by him of United States 4 per cent.
bonds to the amount of $4,000 at SNAPS, and
that he had placed the same to the credit OF
the firemen's relief fund. The investment
| aggregated SO, 427, inclusive of the premium.
| Sealed proposals were opened yesterday for
| furnishing the District with cement, sand
| pebbles, broken stone, sewer brick, and Port
| land and natural cement for the current fiscal
| year.
| Attorney S. T. Thomas has submitted q
draft of police regulation to compel owners
or others having the care of vacant lots on
J any improved streets or avenues, reservation
| or public reservation, to keep such lots cleal
! of weeds, and to have the same removed
therefrom whenever in the judgment OF the
health officer, it is necessary for public health
! Supt. Mckenzie has informed the Commits
sioners that the portion of Fourteenth street
from E to II southeast is in bad condition
and that machine sweeping thereon is an ex
| peRse for nothing.