The Washington times., 1894-06-13
At the District RuiIdiups

Reports of the sanitary officers show a total Of
$50 nuisances reported and s94 nuisances abated
during the past week.
The Commissioners recommend favorable con-
gressional action upon House bill 7349, "to provide
for the appointment Of public administrator in
the District Of Columbia"
The Commissioners recommend that an appro-
prtation Of s8 600 be included In the pending Dis
trict appropriation bill TO provide elevator for
the Home OF lncurables in Georgetown.
Referring to House bill 1850, ITO provide for tie
organization Of a naval reserve battalion in the
District Of Columbia" the Commissioners recon-
mend that the House District Committee refer
the matter to the Secretary Of the Navy.
Representative Livingston, Of Georgia, with
representatives Of the proposed Gas and Elec-
tric Light Company, appeared before the Com
missioners yesterday and urged their indorse-
mont of the bill incorporating that company
District Attorney Thomas yesterday sent to
the Commissioners an opinion, in which he holds
that 1t Is unnecessary for an applicant TO pass
an examination 70 obtain a master plumbers
license if the Commissioners see it to grant it
without his SO doing
Last week the food inspectors of the health
department condemned 2sS pounds OF meat, 110
lunches of radishes, 100 punches of rhuoarb, $50
cabbaRes, 144 cymblings, 1858 cucumbe-s. 10
bushels OF peas, 10 bushels Of beans, % punches
OF fish, and l2 bushels of miscellaneous fruits.
The building inspector yesterday issued per-
init to NJ. Endicott, chairman OF building COM
mittee, for the erection Of ST. Andrews church
at the southeast corner of Fourteenth and Cor
coran streets, to cost s2 PAS to be built by j. A.
Rodbrd, of this city. This structure will be one
story high, 100 feet deep, seventy-two feet wide,
and fifty feet high, OF press brick, with a con-
crete foundation, and steep, slanting roof.
Messrs. Murdock and Harding nre the architects.
Applications for liquor licenses were yester-
day disposed Of as follows: Anowed-Thomas IL
Pickford and Frank n. Smith, Wholesale ga
Louisiana avenue northwest; George w. Kain,
906 Thirteenth street northwest; William Nc
Aleer, 433 Eleventh street northwest; Frederick
N. Hermann, 522 Eighth street southeast; I'd
ward Murphy. 1925 Twenty-frst northwest, Re
Jected-Rfchard Sommerfeld, wholesale, AIS
n street southwest; Alice Moran, 2s05 NJ street
northwest: Michael j. Cannon, wholesale, Sls
Fifth street northeast; John j. FIdler, Frankfort
avenue near District line.
The Commissioners have ordered that section
12i OF the plumbing regulations Of the District
be amended to read as follows: Means shall be
provided for thoroughly flushing all soil pipes,
drain pipes, and water closets copper-lined
flushing tank shall be provided for every water
closet. The flushing pipe Of each tank shall
not be less than one and on e-Quarter inches in
diameter. Every water closet shall have a
flushing rim No long straight hopper or Offset
hopper closets shall be used within a building
AL outside water closets pertaining TO new
buildings shall be placed Immediately adjacent
thereto, and shall be flushed by a tank located
within the building. In altering old buildings
outside water closets will be located and flushed
of plumbing may, with the approval Of his Inn
m mectate superior, authorize, when necessary,
the use Of straight hopper closet located TO
the best advantage, and flushed by means of an
approved hydrant hopper cock. the waste Of
which shall be connected with Q sewer"