Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-28
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
Bids OueneI.


Bids were opened by the proposal board
this morning for furnishing the District
with ratural hydraulic cement. The bid
rells, at District cement house, 0S1a cents
in bags, 7Sla cents; at bidders warehouse,
Half and streets southeast, 9i1a cents in
harreiS and Az ceptS in canvas bags j.
G. & j. NJ. Waters-In barrels, at District
cement house, 921a cents; in canvas bags,
io!a cents; at bidders warehouse, 10t5 }2d
street northwest, in barrels, S01a cents; in
canvas bags, 70h cents. James H. McIill
In barrels, at District concrete house.
961a cents: in canvas bags, 79;a cents; in
paper bags, S3h centS; in barrels, at bid
der's warehouse, corner Sd and r streets
northeast, 911s cents; in canvas bags, AZ:
cents, and in paper bags, ISN cents.
Bids Opened.
Bids were opened today by the proposal
board for building sewers in the District
The bidders were: w. F. Brenizer, John J.
Jacoby, Schooler & Wormley, Harry c.
Nichols John P. I.anguey, James McCan-
dish, Lyons Bros. B. J. Coyle, Thomas
Lamb & Darby.
An Appointment.
The Commissioners have appointed Geo.
P. Butler station keeper of the police force
Additional Privates.
The following have been appointed addi-
tional rrivates ON the police force: Edgar
Johnson, L. NJ. Ponton, John Fainter, John
B. Mitchell and Thomas c. Quantrill.
Notes.
According to an order of the Commission
ers, the plumbing in police station No s
will shortly be repaired.
Steam engir eers' licenses have been
granted to the following: First-class-J. c.
Johnson, James o. Kibbey and David Nc
Knight, jr.; second-class-George F. Wilker-
son and Charles NJ. Moore; third class
George S. Beck.
Todny's Orders.
Among the orders issued by the Com
missoners today were:
To reinforce the six-inch mains in
18th street northeast, extended; Ivy City.
Mount Olivet and Bladensburg roads and
the twelve-inch main in Benning's. The
following line Of twelve-inch main be laid
with six-incE connections, with plans on
file in the engineer department., as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of 18th and
K streets and running north on 11th street
to Florida avenue; thence eastwardly along
the line of Florida avenue to its intersec-
ton with Benning road northeast; esti-
mated cost, $4,4S4.
That sewers be constructed as follows
under the provisions of law governing as
sessment work, the same having been
duly advertised and no objections received
thereto:
In the west side OF Brightwood avenue
between Rock Creek Church road and
Whitney avenue, abutting lots 40 to 45,
and and A Of Washington and Rockville
Turnpike Company's subdivision: tract
of land rs 100 acres in the name of ]. T.
Wineberger, fronting IL feet on Brightwood
avenue and adjoining the property of the
Washington and Rockville Turnpike Com
pany on the north and J. T. Wineberger on
the south; a tract of land 1410O acres in
the name of J. A. Wineberger, fronting So
feet on Brightwood avenue and adjoining
the property of ]. 7. Wineberger on the
north and r. A. d. Weems on the south; a
tract of land of three acres fronting 261. 10
feet on Brightwood avenue in the name of
r. A. d. Weems, adjoining the property of
J. A. Wineberger on the north and j. A
Purner's subdivision of part of Pleasant
Plains On the south: lots 26 to 81 inclusive
of J. A. Purner's subdivision of a part of
Pleasant Plains; estimated cost, $2,01S.
In Johnson avenue between r and S, 18th
and 18th streets. square 207, estimated cost
$3.50, one-half to be assessed against lots :'2
to Al inclusive, 81 and 96, square 207; in
street southeast between 10th and 11th
streets. estimated cost $445, one-half to be
assessed against lots to 10, square 975;
in Sd street northeast between r and S
streets, estimated cost s112, cne-half to be
assessed against lots and 10, block ., Eek
ington subdivision.