Evening star., 1894-11-27
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT,
Quarantine Station.

Quarantine Station.
The attorney for the District has for
warded to the Commissioners a lease to re
entered into with Mr.. John E. Lyons for
period OF six months for the property
at the corner of 18th and ID streets south
east, for the purpose Of a quarantine sta
tion.
Ordered to Go Ahead.
Attorney Thomas in response to a request
frCm the Commissioners has today for
warded to them the following draft of a
notice to be served upon the contractors
building the new rgine house on Maryland
avenue, relative to the moving OF the sur
veyors peg:
This is to notify you that unless within
forty-eight hours after the service of q
copy Of this notice upon you you resume
work of building the engine house for the
District fire department on lots 81, 3S and
S9, In square 1O2S. in the city Of Washing
ton and the District Of Columbia, and
prosecute the same in a satisfactory man.
ner and at a rate of progress, necessary in
the opinion of the undersigned, for the en-
tire completion of the work within the
limit of time fixed by the terms of your
contract number 2O1S. the undersigned, Icy
virtue of the authority reserved in said
contract, will suspend you from the work
ana employ other parties to complete 1t.
Wants Information.
The Commissioners today received cir
cular letter from David F. Moreland of
Boston. Mass. desiring information as to
the merit OF the contract system as COM
pared with the system of public works
construction carried on by municipalities.
District Work.
The Commissioners today ordered that
the following work be done under the pro-
visions of the act of August Z, 1904. gov
erEing assessment a1d permit work:
Grading and paving alleys: In square 140,
pave fiftecn-fcot alley with asphalt block;
square III pave all unpaved alleys with
vitrified block: square SO, same; square 4,
pave all alleys with asphalt block; square
3G2, pave all alleys in south half with
asphalt block; square 273, pave all alleys
with vitrified block; square 62S, pave all
alleys with asphalt block; square 14,George-
town, pave alleys with vitrified block, be-
tween 33d and 34th streets; square 112
Georgetown, pave all alleys with vitrfied
block between, Cambridge place and Q
street lay cement sidewalk on east side Of
18th street northwest from N street to
Massachusetts avenue.
That q water main be laid In 18th street,
between COT10ran and r streets.
That a public gas lamp be re-erected on
K street, between Both and 31st streets.
That fire hydrant be erected on
street between 18th and 18th streets.
That a water main be laid in 18th street,
between Oregon avenue and T street.
That catch-basins be constructed at the
northeast and northwest corners Of and
18th streets southeast.
That a water main be laid In Hunting
ton place, between 14th street and Uni
versity place; also one in I'd street, between
L and Nj streets southeast, including q fire
hydrant in each instance.
Not Required.
The Attorney for ths District has ad-
permit for the establishment Of q cemetery
is not necessary. In his opinion upon the
subject he says:
"In case private persons form q corpora
ton for cemetery purposes. they shall
have power to acquire by gift, grant or
purchase any lot or lots Of land not ex-
ceeding fifty acres. and lay the same out
for burial purposes, ETC., and land not ex-
ceeding five acres may he dedicated to the
District for burial purposes. but in neither
case Is permit from the Commissioners
required"
Building Regulations Nodded.
The Commissioners today ordered that
the amendment Of June IA, 1894, to foot
note two Of the schedule of limitations and
provisions relative to the projection Of por-
tions of buildings beyond the building line.
adopted May 2. 1884, be modified by the ad-
dition thereto of the following: Provided,
that this prohibition shall not apply to
suburban place streets sixty feet in width
which have not been built upon"
Bids Opened.
Bids were opened by the Commissioners
today for laying standard asphalt pave
ment on cobble base, laying asphalt binder
and laying bituminous base in alleys in
squares 214 and 21S. The bidders were: For
laying asphalt pavement on cobble base. per
square yard. Barber Asphalt Paving Com
~ poN inc
$1.14; Thomas H. Thomas, 81 cents For
laying asphalt binder. per cubic yard, Bar
Der Asphalt Paving Company, s11; Gran
ford Paving Company, $12O: Thomas H.
Thomas, $3.50. For laying bituminous
base. per cubic yard, Barber Asphalt Paw
ing Company. 50; Crawford Paving Com