The Washington times., 1894-08-31
CONCERNS OF THE DISTRICT.
Applications for Revision OF Assessments
Coming in Rapidly and Work on
Them TO Begin in Ten DAYS

The board Of assistant assessors VIII in all
probability be under the necessity Of procuring
other quarters. Contrary 70 expectations the
owner Of the rooms now occupied By the board,
No 233 First street northwest, has so far declined
TO have the partitions removed from the first
floor, 70 provide a larger space for the sittings
and as the accommodations are inadequate, the
refusal 10 comply Witn the request for more
cOmmOdiOus board room. il persisted IN, VIII
cause a change Of location Tne proposition OF
the board was 20 have the partitions removed
without expense 70 the owner, ana % have them
restored at any time it might be expedieDt 70
relinQuish possession of the rooms
The board OF excise viii mold special meet
ing AT o'clock P. N. to-day 70 consider, among
other matters, the application Of Auneos Cox
Hns for retail liquor license. Collins was con-
victed for selling inrOxicants 70 minors, and un-
der the Law he was denied . renewal Of his
license. Collins now claims tnGt he entered a
plea Of guilty 70 the charge under promise
IRON Lieut. AIHiss. OF the police force, thaL the
confession would not effect his license Thus
the issue IS joined, and the board VIII SIT N
Judgment
The Board Of Commissioners Issued an order
yesterday that hereafter tnsre shall be 10 pa--
tiHl payments made on salaries Of District eH7-
ployees In any month, and that none but
monthly pay-rols shall &c made up and those
fer the last day OF eacR month
The District Commissioners were yesterday
waited On by a delegation of local odd Fellows
and requested 20 cooperate with the fraternity
in effort 10 secure for v ashiDgt0n the next
Dr. arxin.Whife Glazebrook, OF NO. Is Four
teenth street northwest, was appointed deputy
coroner yesterday By tae Board Of C0mml5-
siOners- In6 com p6ns2fIOu attached 30 tAe pC-
sition is s. per diem when actually employed
Sealed proposals were opened yesterday az
the District building Tor the improvement OF
Twelfth street and Pennsy lvauia avenue eX-
tended il the northeast. and also for the con-
struction Of the Georgetown market house and
the Mount Pleasant scnCOlh0use, respectively
~ &ahCuey, engineer at the Girls Reform
School, who is at present paid from the c0ntln-
gent fund OF the school, mas been suggested 20
President Endicott for his recommendation for
appointment as engineer under the provisions
OF the current appropriation act
Unauthorized Weighing q hay vii not be toll
erR1ed By the Commissioners complaint
against repeated violation et the law IN this re-
gard was recently hIed with the board, and the
matter was referred 20 Major Moore, OF the pO-
lice department, for his suggestions. Evidence
OF repeated violations at the scales in 'front.' OF
No. 20IT seventh street northwest has been pre-
sentet, and Il Q case can be made the offender
viii be brought into court. The party liable IS
the seller, who has no right 20 dispose OF hay ex-
cept upon presentation Of q certificate from 3
duly appointed Weigher-
Applications Tor revision are coming in rap
idly nov" said Clerk Goodwin, Of the board OF
assistant assessors, yesterday, s'and doubt not
We viii be down 30 active work II ten days. or
course the business viii have 10 be syste-na-
tized. in order that the same ground viii not
have to be gone over twice, but that VIII keep
pace with the receipt Of complaints
President Emmons, Of the Georgetown and
Z i
ciaI notice yesterday that the taxes due from his
road for the years 1885, a. must be paid into
The treasury without abatement Of penalty. II
accordance with the law quoted in The TINES.
b +. klopner was yesterday placed OF. the list
of additional privates on the police force, 70 do
duty on Eleventh street % Fourteenth street and
Ohio avenue northwest
Attorney $ T. Thomas 20 meet the demand
for the better regulation of lifts elevators
for hoisting material in buildings under con-
structiOn, has prepared and submitted 10 the
I rrrfa an
regulations This is the outcome Of a suggestion
made several weeks since by Secretary Joseph
X. Potter. of the Federation Of Labor, as then
noted in TIE TINES.
The lowest bidder on the removal OF the Old
market house in Georgetown, and the erection
OF a new one in its stead, was James X. Young,
/ who offers 10 do the work for S2,S53
The Commissioners are in receipt OF 80 many
I protests against The rebuilding OF the Knox Ex-
press stables, at the corner OF Second and B
I streets northwest. that n general statement IS
issued 20 the effect that in accordance with the
/ building regulations the permit asked for can
/ not be denied.