The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-10
PERMIT FOR A new CHURCH
North Carolina Avenue Meta0diStS
to Build One.
Orders Issued for Sewers, Water
Mains and buildings
for Construction.

The members Of the North Carolina Ave
nue. Methodist Protestant Church Society
are preparing for the construction OF a ne W
| house OF worship on the site OF the old one
at the corner Of North Carolina avenue and
Eighth street southeast.
| In order 10 avail themselves OF the site
named, and at the same time retain place
In which to hold Divine service, 1t will be
| necessary to remove the old building, q
| Small frame, to another location.
site has been selected, and yesterday
| the Commissioners issued an order author
izing the building inspector To grant a ger
nit for the transfer, application for Which
| was mace by william A. Dodge, secretary
OF the building committee.
The bLiiii.g will he removed to what
is KNOB WI as Market square, on the corner
of Seventh street and North Carolina ave
nue., and In order TO afford passageway,
the Carolina poplar tree on the north side
OF b street, Immediately east OF Eighth
street, and the linden tee, in the parking
at the southwest corner or Seventh street
and the avenue named, Will have to be
sacrificed.
condition of the permit IS that the old
structure shall be taken fro IN Market
square, and the ground restored to its
original clear condition as soon as the
new church edifice shall be sufficiently
advanced in construction as to admit OF
occupancy for purposes OF worship.
1t will require about four months to
advance the building to the stage when
it can be So used. o.
Orders were issued by the Commissioners
yesterday as follows:
that Ianip-pos III Il street northeast.
between second and Fourth streets. be
temporarily diEonti nued, pending the
grading OF said street, upon completion
OF the grading 1.-THE posts are to DO re
erected.
That catch basins be constructed as fol-
lows, chargeable to appropriations for re
pairs to concrete pavenients: AT northeast
corner of Connecficut avenue and Q street;
on east side Of Connecticut avenue, be-
tween G aud h streets; on north side OF
street. betweeie Twentieth street and
Connecticut ave1ue, total estimated cost,
$3.50.
That old bydrant at Fifteenth and L
streets northwest he removed
That sixty feet OF eigbt-inch sewer lie
constructed in the north, east, and west
alleys, OF square 316, to serve lot II.
under the provisions of the permit system.
That the water main ordered to be laid
in Chestnut avenue, Takoma Park, be ex-
tended eastward about 800 feet.
That the alleys in squares 72l and 557
be paved with asphalt block under the
provisions of the assessment system, the
intention to do the work having been duly
advertised as required by law.
A permit was issued yesterday to the
Washington Gashght Company for the
construction of a brick addition, 6Ox63,
clear story with slate roof to the building
inclosing the gas purifier on lot 2, between
g and II streets, on Twenty sixth street
northwest. The structure is estimated to
cost $4,000.
l.. L. Brenninger also. obtained a permit
for the construction of a block of four
dwellings, at Nos. 246 to 1881, inclusive,
on Kenesaw avenue, Columbia Heights,
TO cost ST 5000.
Andrew Oehman will build wo dwellings
at Nos. 1103 and HOS Seventh street
southeast, to cost So 500.