The Washington times., 1894-11-21
Beard Of Excise VIII Consider No Applica-
tiOns for License Until January-salary
Roll Of the Smallpox FOrce-Commission
ers Preparing Their Report to President

veyor made a mistake. and this is said 10 be
possible; second, idle boys may have trans
ferred the pegs after they were set. and that
is believed 10 be quite probable; the third
assumption is that Mr.. Thomas, the con-
tractor. may have moved them, but as it can
make no possible difference TO him in the
matter Of cost OF construction. and as his rep
utation rs a builder is at stake this is not
given any credence II is charged however
that he was careless in not discovering the
change.
Mr. Thomas was at the District building
yesterday asking TO be remunerated for the
extra expenditure in whirh he is involved by
reason Of the changes necessary. but until the
blame can be located no action VIII be taken.
Meanwhile Mr.. Brady has ordered new sur
yey 10 BE- made
The board Of excise yesterday decided that
owing TO press of business deyolvng upon
the members n connection with the revision
OF assessments no applications for license will
he considered until January. The work of
the board of assessors must be completed by
the first OF the new year. and the labor in
volved is so extensive and varied that the ex-
else business necessarily gives way.
This action does not interfere with firms
that have asked for continuance OF license.
Their business will not be interrupted ana in
case OF rejection in January Of any such APP
plication for License a proportionate amount
new order, if enforced. will, however. serve
10 keep oGt new applicants.
Orders issued yesterday:
That paving he done with asphalt. under
act Of August Z. 1894. as follows:
All alleys IN square 2iS. except 15-foot alley
running from center Of square 10 I street: the
ten-toot AID thtrty-.oct alleys running north
and south. aad the twenty-fiye-ioot and ;hr
ty-loot alleys running east and west il square
PA
That new brick sidewalks be laid on south
side Of Florida avenue. from Connecticut
avenue 10 T street, and on south side OF T
street, ICOm Florida avenue to Nineteenth
street: soath side o. q street. between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets northeast. in
front OF lot los. square 1851: west side Of
. Fifteenth street northeast, between & street.
and Maryland avenue; Twelfth street south
east, east side. L street to Pennsylvania ave
nue.; Fourth street northeast. Doth sides. II 10
h street except in front OF lots %, so. 81. and
81. IN square RS, and lot l, square 77G; D
street southeast. both sides, South Capitol 70
First street.
s5Water connections in Valley street, George
town, between Q and streets
That a new pump be placed in well in
Twelfth street, betweenD and streets south
east.
That sewers in the west side of Fourth
street between 4 and i streets. and in north
side OF B street southeast. between Third and
Fourth streets, be added to the current
schedule
in relation to the barking dog of which Or.
Smith, Of the Medical Societv. complained,
designating il as a nuisance. Attorney
Thomas says: ''Section ! Of article OF the
police regulations was intended 10 prohibit
barking dogs, when they disturbed the COM
fort and quiet OF persons.
The District Commissioners are likely to
approve a the Greater part if not all. Of the
ftrrrD
ing beach, Is TO improvements Those sug-
gesions were thar there be fifty new bath
rooms c0nstructel: that fence be built to
inciose the grounds, and that an ONCE be
built
The present schedule of prices will also
probably be amended so rs 10 permit the use
or bathroom for one hour by the payment
. Of 10 cents extra by the applicant.
Health Ohicer Woodward made yesterday
/ 10 the Commissioners recommendations
1 which nave in view the placing Of his small
+ poZ force on the proper payroll. He sug-
gests thar IS per day be paid AUstin O'Mal-
ley and B. II. Beall, u. D.. ana SO q day
while in quarantine station: $40 per day to
Ll"Wcliyn Eliot. ana SIS while in quarantine
station; - per DAY TO J. E. Walsh NJ D 81
per day 10 Cornelius Parker; y per day to
Shirley Williams and John Wells. 81 per day
10 scott Muad. Alfred Hawkins and William
Harrison. iaborers, and Z. A. Cation. W Z
W
). Ready. special pOlicemen Frank p Vale.
u. D., appointed medical sanitary inspector
In scarlet fever and diphthera service from
October IS 10 November II. 1894 at the rate
o. Sl,5U0 per annum: James w. Kennedy
Rudolph Murphy, and Louis Pfeil. appointed
laborecs in the pound service from October
? 10 November 70, 1894, at the rate OF $40
per month.
The contract for constructing nre-proof
s;airways in the Seaton, Curtis. and Abbott
hoo. buildings was yesterday awarded 20
George W. White q Sons.
Tho Commissioners decline TO appoint
William r. Schomhert TO the position OF a,idi-
tsona. private Of the Metropolitan police force
The Commissioners are preparing a report
ot the officers under their Jurisdiction, which
they viii submit to the President prior to the
Sitting of Conrress
Having understood that the present incum-
bent as druggist 10 the poor in the Third san
Itary district is TO be removed. Powell &
NicAo4s. Of 1901 Pennsylvania avenue have
made application to the Commissioners for
the appointment. The papers have been re-
lcrred TO the health Office
Zachariah DoWning's name was ADDED TO
the list Of those who are in line for appoint
ment as building inspector.
The question having arisen as tothe legality
ot a charge OF 1l1.l5 against the Rock Creek
hallway Company. being one-half the cost Of
repairs 10 bridge No. so. on Connecticut ave
nue., Attorney Thomas opinion was sought
Mr.. Thomas says "the question OF the legality
oil such a charge is not open to objection
Attorney Thomas, in an opinion rendered to
Inc Commissioners yesterday. decides that the
board has no power TO require the removal of
poles by the BrightwGod Railway Company.
now n use on Kenyon street. unless the same
are IN "dilapidated and dangerous con-
dition.
In his report as coroner for the wear end
ed June 30, 1894, DR.. Woodward saws when
ne assumed control of the office the regula-
uon requiring many investigations to be
made was seemingly a dead letter. On ac-
count OF the amount of work thrown upon
the coroner it had become the practice TO
issue death certificates in some cases without
Viewing the body Believing that this method
might lie the means Of covering crime. he re-
fused TO issue certificate in any case in
which he had not viewed the corpse.
He attributed to this resumption of the oh
seryance of the regulation the decrease in the
number of still births reported. The phvsi
elans to the poor being already overbur-
cened, he recommends that they be relieved
oi the duty of making these examinations.
Dr. Woodward SAYS the coroners Office
should DO provided with a permanent home.
lnstend Of having it transferred from place
10 place with each change of coroner He
calls attention 10 the absence of facilities for
determining naicroscopically the elements in
cases OF suspected poisonings. He regards
TINS as the weakest point in the coroner's