Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-28
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.



favorable action on House bill 1913. ITO
amend an act entitled An act regulating
| the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Dis
trict of Columbia" approved March 3. 1893.
which was referred to them for their views
thereon. The Commissioners have recon-
gested by the attorney for the District.
Medical Colleges.
The Commissioners have recommended
favorable action on House bill 5s73. ITO
provide for the Incorporation and reguia-
ton Of medical colleges In the District Of
Columbia"
Additional Private.
Morgan Bradford. jr.. has been appointed
an additional private of the metropolitan
police force for duty with the Enrich Beef
Company for three years, to serve with
out compensation from the District.
Wants Gas Lamps.
Joseph B. North, pastor of the Garden
Memorial Church of Anacostia, has re-
quested the Commissioners to erect gas
lamps from Harrison street to the church.
He says that the gas pipes are laid from
Harrison street to Pennsylvania avenue.
The matter has been referred to the en-
gfneer department
had Condition.
Robert Strachan of 1914 New Hampshire
calling attention to the bad condition Of
the alley in the rear Of his premises. He
says at the present time there is about q
foot and half of water in the alley, caus-
ed by the snow from the sheds in the
alley. He asks that this matter receive
immediate attention
Dangerous Lamp.
Jesse Smith. corner Of Prospect and
Grant streets. Georgetown, writes to the
Commissioners requesting that the gas
lamp located on that corner be removed.
In his letter to the Commissioners today
he says that the lamp exploded on Monday
night. and. being but three feet from the
building, greatly endangered his property.
Name Of n Street.
Thomas Hyde, owner Of property on Road
street. Georgetown, has requested the Com
missioners to change the name Of the
street designated as ~ or Road street" to
street during the revision OF the streets
by the Commissioners. He says that IL
street or Road street were extended into
the city. eastward. it would connect with
Asks Paving.
John Miller of the firm Of John Miller &
Company has requested the Commissioners
to lay a sidewalk on the north side of K
street northeast between 9Th and 9th
streets. and that the roadway be paved and
graded. In his letter he says that It is at
the present time in an impossible condf-
ton. and is partly covered with pools Of
water. He asks that for the benefit Of the
health in that neighborhood the matter re-
ceive immediate attention.
without Light.
Charles II. Ruon Of ISL street has re-
Quested the Commissioners to place two or
three street lamps on LIE Droit avenue re-
tween s and T streets. there being a space
Of 600 feet more without any light He
also asks that q gasoline lamp be erected
between street and Florida avenue.
Permission Granted.
The Commissioners have authorized the
permit clerk to grant a permit to the
Metropolitan Railroad Company to lay
temporary tracks, not unreasonably OBJ
structive. and to open the street for the
construction Of its underground electric
road on its line on ~ street north of L.
9th. 7th extended and on Florida avenue
from 7th to 10th streets. The company
must deposit 81, 900 with the collector Of
taxes and agree to a number Of conditions
In regard to responsibility for accidents
and damages caused to the streets.
Building Permits.
Building permits have been issued az
follows: Walter A Gordon, one frame
dwelling on Douglass avenue to cost s75O;
N. Auth Manufacturing Company. one
brick building at $50 Virginia avenue SOUTH
west, to cost $4,000: J. T. varnel one
brick building at 2201 and 22O3 New Hamp-
shire avenue. to cost $500.
Licenses Granted.
The excise board late yesterday afternoon
granted bar room licenses to the following:
Gerome B. Weller, 155 az northwest: John
B. Evans, 40 N street southeast; Mary T.
Milovich. 1913 e street northwest and
Augustus Achstitter, 22S c street north
east.
Anxious About the Snow and Ice Bin.
The Commissioners have addressed Q
communication to Representative J. D.
Richardson to express their solicitude for
the passage this session of the Senate bin
relative to the removal of snow and Ice
from the sidewalks in the District, which
has passed the Senate and Is now before
the House committee of the whole. They
fear that the indisposition of Mr.. Heard.
the chairman, may interfere with his op-
portunity to secure action upon the bill.
Favorable Action Recommended.
The Commissioners have recommended
action on the House bill to provide for the
Incorporation and regulation of medical
colleges in the District Of Columbia
Favorable action has been recommended
by the Commissioners on the House bill to
amend an act regulating the sale of intox-
icating liquors in the District of Columbia
The proposed notifications are based on
recommendations of the attorney for the
District.
Work Ordered.
The Commissioners have ordered that the
following sewers be added to the schedule
of sewers to be built In order of their ne
cessity and net In the order Of their place
upon the schedule:
Eight hundred and eighty feet OF sewer
in 10th street northeast between H and K
streets; $40 feet Of sewer in K street be-
tween 9th and 10th streets northeast; $40
feet Of sewer in X street between Sth and
9th streets northeast, and in 9th street be-
tween K and L streets northeast
That the lamp post on the southeast cor
ner Of seth and Prospect streets, George
town. be temporarily abandoned.
TO SEEK FRANK LENZ.
Sachtlahcn to Look for the Missing
Cyclfst.