The Washington times., 1894-10-28
CONCERNS OF THE DISTRICT.
Order by Judge Cox Affecting the Garbags
Contract Officially Communicated
TO the Commissioners.

Order by Judge Cox Affecting the Garbags
Contract Officially Communicated
to the Commissioners.
The garbage question has become a. great
an indiction as the ghost that would not
down, and it is to the Commissioners an ever
present perplexity-
The latest phase Of the situation requires
that immediate provision be made to supply
a successor to the late National Sanitary Com
panv. This would ordinarily involve no es-
peeiai trouble, and so far as the District au-
thorities have expressed themselves, IL will De
permitted to give them no great concern now;
vet the city's health being at present in Ieop-
ardy, owing to the outbreak Of smallpox, and
the necessity for maintaining cleanliness be-
ing the more necessary, the uneeremOnious
dumping of an unexpired contract upon the
board simply adds to the current difficulties.
Commissioner Powell said yesterday that
the sureties Wonld, in all probability. take up
the work under the contract but should 1t be
nee essary to make other provision the sure
ties would be responsible for any extra ex-
pense incurred by the District IN excess Of
the contract price.
The announcement was officially made to
the Commissioners yesterday that an order
had been issued By Justice Cox f0rbidding
the receivers OF the Sanitary Company from
carrying out the contract for the collection
and disposition of the garbage The Com
missioHers at once notified the Fidelity Guar
anty Company of Baltimore, the sureties Of
the Sanitary Company, to send representa-.
tive to confer with the Board concerning the
work thus left upon the sureties hanGs.
The Guaranty Company is now responsible
to the District for the proper execution OF tha
contract. Should that company decline to
carry il out the Commissioners will endeRyOr
to obtain a contract with other parties, or,
falling In that, will have the work done by
day labor under proper supervision, holding
the sureties Of the Sanitary Company, IN any
event. responsible to the amount OF the con-
| tract price for which the Sanitary Company
undertook to do the work.
Permission was yesterday given to Post
master Sherwood to erect letteT-box posts at
the following points: Fourteenth and Slough
| ton streets northwest, Fourteenth and Penn
| Yania avenue southeast, North Capitol and /
streets northeast Fourteenth and L streets
| northwest, Fifteenth and g streets northeast,
| Sixteenth and 7 streets northwest, and 'front.'
/ of No. 426 Seventh street southwest.
/ Messrs. James d. Hill, architect, and ". @.
Morrison and Charles A Langley, builders,
| were yesterday appointed a commission to
| examine the frame buildings at Nos. 1882 and
| 1874 Seventeenth street northwest, the re-
moval of which has been required by the
/ building inspector and appeal by the owner
| determining whether or not the order OF the
| inspector shall be carried out. A meeting Of
| the commission at said buildings Will De held
| on Wednesday next at 1 o. clock p. m
| Permits were issued from the Office OF the
building inspector yesterday as follows +. J..
| Augusterfer, dwelling, No. $40 4 street north-
| east as 600; /, Chapel. store, dwelling. and
| stable, No. S1S Fl street northeast, $500;
| Washington Brewing Company, improve
ments to property in square S11 northeast,
| $4,000.
Steam engineers license was granted yes
terday to the following persons, respectively:
First class, II. @. Moon; second class, James
| A. Gill and James G. Henderson; third class,
W. H. Burke, Eugene TapseOtt, and Peter
Petersen; general, David Keller.
/ The Commissioners will grant a hearing on
Monday at IL a. m. to the Association of Mas
ter Plumbers, and Secretary Edmond Mallet,
1 IT., has been so advised.
The contract for constructing the new ward
at the Washington Asylum was yesterday
formally awarded to Peter Mccartney up0n
his bid of SS, 100.