The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-19

IL is altogether probable that with Oh
o@Sinnihg OF the fiscal year the Distric
VIII commence operating it's own tele
phonic exchange.
BY an act passed August II, 1894, the
assessments for water mains were changed
IN rates from | Ia cents per square foot
TO SID per front foot. Complications as
To the adjustment OF assessments having
arisen, the Commissioners yesterday is
sued an order TO govern the matter and
render the provisions OF the Ia W plain
In the opinion OF the Commissioners it
is the intent of the act approved August
| IL, 1894, THAT assessments for laying
water mains in the District pending at
the date OF the approval OF said act, on
which there Were not at that date any
arrears OF payment, should be adjusted
on the new rate OF assessment estaD-
lshed by that act"
In other words. the Commissioners hold
that DO part OF an mstaIlmcut is overdue
! until after the period within which the
! Whole lnstailment is payable without
! penalty
REA RRANGING SANITARY DIVISIONS.
| Health Officer Woodward has under con
! sder1tion proposition 10 rearraagc the
sanitary divisions presided over by the
| physicians to the poor with a view to
equalizing the work. There are now eight
cen divisions. Sixteen OF the physicians
I employed are OF the allOpathic school. and
two homeopathic anu some OF the dis
trIcts are quite large and out Of proportion.
The president Of the Society OF the Ply
slcianS to the Poor has been invited by Dr.
woodward to submit a plan that win
meet the views OF the society, when he
Wal probably issue the order.
In order to FACILITATE the cleaning Of B
street north west from Seventh 70 Twelfth
street, Lieut.. Afniss made a suggestion,
now being considered blythe Commissioners,
that regulation DE made to close the
wholesale market at p. m. Gaily except
saturday, and on Saturday at 4 D. m
+. A. Bond, the Sealer of Weights and
Measures, ana Henry c. Jones, have been
invited to confer with the board in re-
gard TO the matter.
The Commissioners issued the following
orders yesterday:
That q water main be laid in Virginia
avenue and d street southwest, to establish
required connections with Sixth street.
hat catch basins De constructed as fol-
lows, AT EortEeRst corner of First and
Seaton streets, northeast corner OF First
street ard Rhode Island avenue. northeast
and northeast corners OF First and Z streets
northeast and northwest corners of First
and V streets, and northwest corner OF
First and Thomas streets
That construction Of sewer in d street
southeast, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, be authorized, in accordance with
approved specifications and under permit
system; also, upon same conditions i'm Four
teenth street, between street and South
Carolina avenue, and that nty HneaI
feet Of twelve-inch sewer be Constructed in
Fourteenth street. between street and
South Carolina avenue
That public hydrant be erected at the
corner of Ninth and / streets southeast.
That Linden street, between Wilson
and Pomeroy streets, be temporarily closed
to vehicles.
M0RTUARY RECORD.
Record OF deaths reported to the Health
Office for the twenty-four hours ending at
o'clock p. m. yesterday: White-Thomas
Lunny, aged 70; Rogenie Davis. 60.
Catharine Fadely, %; Robert T. Phillips,
40; Margaret Luck, So, Joseph Murphy.
81; Oscar GEM, 80; Thos A. Keane, %.
Colored-octavia Parker, aged 52 years.
Richard Ward, 40; Edward Dodson. 90
Clarence Deloney, five months: Milton
Smith, five days
Bids were opened for the second time
yesterday for the contract for cleaning
Pennsylvania avenue by hand. The fol-
lowing persons submitted proposals. Albert
IL v
Rusk Ralph Wornley 4 Co, VIM. Ryan.
and John Lee. The lowest bid was by VIM.
Ryan, who agreed TO perform tie service
for $21 so per day.
Building permits issued Yesterday:
A. Behrend, six brick dwellings,. Nos.
742 to 752 Twelfth street southeast, So
600; E. II. Sheridan, four frame dwellings,
OTIS 10, II and Is, fronting Capital ave |
lue, Ivy City, $500; Mrs. NJ. Sbugrue. |
.wo frame dwellings, Whitehaven tract. I
Conduit road, 81 800: P Halloran, to
enlarge brick dwelling and stable. No. |
26o6 L street northwest, 81, REQ: John
" alter, Improvement TO store, No. 932 I
3 street northwest $500.
JUDGE KIMBALL AND OLD GLORY.
Judge Kimball has appealed TO tie Dis
rict Commissioners tor the loan of a
rational flag with which TO adorn the
police court flagstaff. The Judge is anxious
10 have the emblem ready for the Clio
ious Fourth, to inspire q spirit OF patriot
SIN in the ranks When the van pulls out
IN its holiday excursion to the workhouse
lie viii be gratitied1f the District has a
pare flag in its locker.
TWAS ordered yesterday that the park
lg space between the brick pavement
nd the building line non the west side of
quare 631 on First street, between C and
streets rlorthwestl be abandoned and the
pace eStaDlsHeu as sidewalk.
Philip Jerome Hayden was appointed as
n additional private on the police force
Or duty on the Charles Manchester.
An order was issued yesterday in ac-
ordance with publc9act 105, closing an
Hey in square 694.
F. A Bluudon obtained the contract. by
rider issued yesterday, for making certain
improvements to the District stables, the
netting $400.
The wholesale dealers were represented
efoTe the Commissioners yesterday by 6.
|. Hensult, who submitted a proposition
'r change in the plan for dividing
aymarket SPACE for the accommodation
the probable reuters.