The Washington times., 1894-05-02
At the District building.

Private A. l. Grimm, of the fire department,
has been promoted to the rank of assistant fore
man.
The commission of Z. s. Davis as an addi-
tioDal private OF the police force has been re-
voked
Paragraph 26 of section 10 Of the building
regulations, adopted September l, lsss, has
been revoked.
TIE Commissioners have directed Capt George
Nee Derby 10 proceed TO Bedford, Va, on busi-
ness connected with the street lighting depart
mcnt
The Commissioner have ordered that water
main be laid in East Capitol street, between
Kentucky and Massachusetts avenues, at an
estimated cost of 800.
In reporting upon the pending bill. II. X. 6O40,
for an extension OF time and change OF route
OF the Washington ard Great Falls railway, the
Commissioners recommended route for the
com mpany with view TO securing the entrance OF
Its line into such union station
second object OF the bill is to have provided
passenger house near .he Peace monument, to
ahoid cover to passengers Transferring AT this
point here is general dissatisfaction over the
present site OF the Peace monument, and that
structure may be removed and the passenger
house occupy its site.
The Commissioners have referred to the engi-
neer department House bill 6SS4, "To commence
the construction OF the Mount Vernon avenue" "
The bill provides for an appropriation OF $lOO,oU
Tor commencing the construction OF the avenue
in accordance with the plans and specifications
Of Col Peter c. heines, United States engineer
Building permits issued yesterday: William A.
Kimmell, TO build dwellings Nos 2S to 239 Oak
street LIE Droit park, to cost $4,000; Bruce, to
repair house at Garfield, d. q; A. j. Fisher, TO
repair dwelling at Ga9 q street northwest: Will
IAN Stockett, TO improve house at 923 North Car
olina Avenue southw st; j. Z. Chapman, to erect
buildings ct 22l Fourteenth street northwest to
cost II ,5OU.
The site for the location of the station, as de-
scribed in the bill, Is unimproved and adaptable
for the purpose Access TO IL by street tracks
from the east, west, and south Is not inconven-
lent The Commissioners are of the opinion that
street car companies desiring to enter George
town from Virginia should use the Aqueduct
should enter the union station, wherein passen-
gers could transfer
The Commissioners have submitted to Con-
gress with request for favorable action thereon,
bill to amend an act entitled "An act to incor-
poratc tho Washington andGeorgetown Railroad
Company, approved May l., 1862" The object OF
the proposed legislation is, first, to secure the
extension of the Washington and Georgetown
tracks o., the Georgetown Railroad Company TO
point noar the Aqueduct bridge, and the estab-
lshment at such terminus Of union street car
passenger station
Applications for liquor license were yesterday
disposed of as followss Allowed-Nathan A
Poole, Wholesale. l209 street northwest; Bertha
Young, 456 Louisiana avenue. Re1ected-Horace
NJ. Cake, LIZ Normandie hotel; II. p. Marshall
and Albert Gleason. Hotel Oxford; John !. De-
vine, Shoreham hotel Otto Toussant, l3Ul Sev-
enth street northwest; Samuel Gassanheimer,
1S29-3l A street northwest; Theodore T. Burns,
T34 Fifteenth street northwest; John +. Chanl-
ber,ain. SIS Fifteenth street northwest, Theo-
dore FELTON,, ~ Fifteenth street northwest;
Charles Kraemer, 1S5 Seventh street northwest:
Charles h GibSs. 40 Fifteenth street northwest;
Fritz Reuter- corner Four-and-a-hah street and
Pennsylvania avenue.