The Washington times., 1895-05-12
Friends of EIiglbIes Looking Out
for the Main Chance.
NEW POLICE LIST ON JUNE 80
Justice Smith Says Good Word for
Sergt. DaIey-Second Week of Tax
Collecttons--Pr of Assistant
Assessors--Record of Deaths at the
Health office.

The appointments made TO the police
force yesterday, filled all but one Of the
existing vacancies, Commissioner Tresdell
not having completed the inspection of the
paper sof applicants for the remaining po-
sitiou.
There will be an increase of the force
under the appropriation act for the year
commencing July 1, ,and for these new po-
sitoins there is likely to be a lively scram-
ble. The act provides for ten additional
appointments to the force OF privates and
one additional inspector with the rank of
lieutenant.
The aspirants are all in the hands OF their
friends, particularly those who have au
eye on the promotions. Commissioner
Truesdell has received a great many let
ters in behalf Of all the eligibles, aud there
Is strong pressure being brought 70 bear for
the favorites.
Justice Carroll W Smith has been be-
fore the Commissioners TO. speak word
for Sergt. Daley for the inspectorship
Mr. Smith said he was not very Well ac-
quainted with the Sergeant personally,
but he knew him TO be We'll equipped for the
place, and that he had the best or recon-
meudations.
THERE WILL BE DELAY.
There VIII be no immediate ac-
ton taken by the Commissioners,
bat 1t is confidently belived that the ap-
pointmeuts Will be made before the begin
ming of the fiscal year.
The appointments for the present vacancy
will probably be made early next week.
Workmen are now employed, under the
Engineer Department, in inspecting the
line of the proposed Rock Greek intercept
RnrlnQS made
veyed route, TO ascertain the character
of the soil, and obtaining other particu-
lars necessary as a means OF developing a
correct understanding of the ground.
The aggregate of the tax collections for
the second week, ending yesterday, was
| S293, 616. 90, apportloned as follows:
Monday S37 ,809. 81; Tuesday, $47,-
297 81; Wednesday, $40, 1878; Thurs
day, $57 1888 As; Friday, 500, AL 57 !;
Saturday, SAC, ,979. 80. The total antic-
ipated collections for the month of May
is III round numbers 81 100000.
Building permits were issued yesterday
as follows. Catholic University, for the
construction of two frame buildings, So 800.
John Conner, brick dwelling, No. 230S
| Virginia ayenhe northwest, $500. B.
| j. Edwards, brick dw ching No. 1917
| Oregon avenue, 81 800.
| ASSESSORS REPORT PROGRESS.
The board of assistant assessors are
progressing in their work. at the rate of
about four squares per day. They COM
menced, Oh the assessment OF new build
| ings, at Rock Greek and have just reached
| Four-and-a-hah street. IDithe general as
sessments, upon which the trienniai val
uation is based, they have gone over the
ground from Rock Creek to Seventeenth
street and from the boundary to the Poto-
mac River front.
/ The work onghe annual assessment, which
applies 10 new buildings, is being pushed
more rapidly than the. general assessment,
| for the reason that the former must be
completed7 bythe first OF July of the
present year.
! The record of deaths entered at the
| health office for the twenty -four hours
endiBgat1 o'clock p. m. yesterday, showed
an aggregate Of twelve, nine white and
| three colored, as follows:
White-Prosperi Girard, aged sixty seven
| years; Rachel A. Atchison, aged sixty-fiye;
Susan V. Smith, aged fifty-oue; Margaret
| r. Barr, a ged fifty-three; Elizabeth Pad
gett, aged seventy six, Ella Maugan, aged
seventeen Katherine v Talbert, aged one;