Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-17
LOCAL NEWS.
District Government, Affairs.

pe established hack stands IN the future
sta,;of: ar r. Atins'rong was yesterday appointed
Oh Oh ": :. olive. promoted to additional private
on Tie police force.
The pay rolls Tor the police for December
nave heen prepared and the force viii y,,,sIya
'heir ray eeioIe the holidays
TT IiSitlct commissioners have issued an
Greer abel!shing The hack stand on 9th street
hetWecn PernSy lyanta avenue and u street ana
establishing hack stand In lieu Thereof on sTh
street IN We vicinity OF the Baltimore and Po-
tomac depot, The limits 10 be fixed bv the major
of police 'N'
CHUECH TAXATION
E0er date or November ~. ISTS. Rev A w
lIler, chairman oi the committee on cAurches
On the Subject of church taxation. addressed a
&C communication to the District Comm, ,ianerS
asking IL tie act Of Congress OF June 9lth iN,a
ser @sGe former exemptions oi churrl property
ltCm TAXATION and enforced a tax on such pron-
Gty. ms matter " As referred 10 Mr. Attorney
Iddle, who. on December 4th. rendered an
.diiteIi Iisi tie ith section OF the act of June
2c lH'4 did not repeal the eNemui on art of
JnLe l., lr.o, which exempted chuica property.
DGt II suspended the act for the " II raltn.r
June 80. lS.5. and that the eNenntioa AZ nf
June IA. lSIe. is tie present law This O0ininn
hot being satisfactory 10 MIR. Plzer aud believ-
Ing that the attorney had overlooked an the
IOaLtSCi Jaw IN tie case, he requested a re-
Newal cf this case by the attorney. who. after
a aieSital OF tle case as his reply. states: II
lhibk, upon ful consideration OF this natter
that the act Of June ~ is tmperativp and IN no
prior assessment or valuation had brrn made
the Ia" may be taken as authorizing an assess-
satiSiactCry as the subject of taxation shoriId
be, Yet L am disposed TO resolve nv former
doubts IA favor Of sustaining this UaX l adhere
10 TIE opinion U December 4jh thai CHURCHES
In Tie District are holden for the tax rf 1874
COST OF TEE PROPOSED ooNyEaslox or TIRE rFy-
TRIAL GUARD HOUSE INTO PoLICE HEApcuAR-
TkES.
IN compliance with an order Of Tho n,stya.t
commissioners 10 Inspector OF BUILDINGS En-
tWi>le, directing him 10 examine the old CEN
tTal Guard House. on Louisiana avenue be-
a - afal ..-.t
cost OF hitting it up for a guard house police
headquarters and fire alarm station. The In
Srector IN reply reports that "the property at
present !sin very damp and inSanitary cond!-
tlOn, being about two feet below the ,rrlde OF
LOUISIANA avenue. Ii can be converted into an
eNceNelt station house by raising the nrSt floor
one foot, corcTCtiuE II 20 aS 10 prevent damp
ness. riling the lot 10 grade. and draining tR,
premises pTuEcrlN-3li or which with other re-
ralrs aiq rSi,tlingS, would cost ab0It $4,000:
ara Vie bdHdlng then would only D. suitable
lor station iCuse. its size and construction be-
ing inSu.l c!cLt for the accommodation of polica
headquarters aud fire alarm station The vaIG T,
Of The property is now S2S SIGs-improyements as
above S2.cto: total S30.l0S. six per cent in
teiest cn this amount Is Sl.s0G4S Tho
present rent paid for station house is 81 poo
Should IT, however bc desirable TO concentrate
PONCE headquarters. station houses and firs
alarm telegraph, as proposed. IN a fire proof
building. one could bp put uD az the rear 'front.'
ing or B street and connecting with the pres-
ent building through a corridor. 50 y Il have
an entrance from Louisiana avenue at a cost OF
l.
ing the fire alarm telegraph rs ner en-
closed estimate Of the superintendent, would
make the new addition cost about Sl3,2J0. and
the account would then stand as follows: To
Ill up the present building for = gQardhnuse
S2-ttO; lew addition on street. sii 5ei: removal
OF ilTe alarm 81 $50; value OF tie I5t al 81 per
loot SZ0,,SS; value OF street lot at 81 per foot
s2%so; Va!ue OF present building, S5G00-si9 35S.
Six Per cent interest on this. g. 9sI 4S: present
rent paid for buildings occupied, 81 100,
which makes a saving OF Ss61 Is by thr present
leases. Willie think il advisable that the Dis
uict should concentrate AID own its buildings
OF q permanent character, yet think it more
advisable 10 sell the Old guardhoJl,e property
and construct 2 building large enough 10 ACCOM-
modate tie District Offices Including police
headquarters fire alarm, health Office survey
or OIiice, Sc.- easy or access and conVenient
10 the commissioners ard the public alike
In their letter oftransmittalto TO Hon. A. =. VIII
Hams, chairman OF House District committee,
Tie COMMISSIONERS say: ''The Old central
guard house property was paid for by the water
department september Sd, 1859. The District
has no night under the law 10 divert ID 90 police
purposes without first paying the water de-
partnent Tor il; that department being wholly
supported by water takers and not from the
general fund Of tie District or Columbia The
estimated value Viz: S23 l0e OF the lot as
given by II inspector OF buildings Is probably
too low. The former Commissioners were
oneTed $4,000 for the property and recon-
menGed 10 Congress to authorize its sale The
Police Headquarters have recently been re-
moved 10 the building at the corner sf Pennsyl-
wanna avenue and 81 street, for which 5000 PEI
lcHt istil- aealiiSl ,5ug Tor the two
buildings heretofore occupied for Police Head
quarters ard the fire alarm telegraph office.
be Lew headquarters was rented before Mr.
I3EderS resolution was introduced Besides
the economy secured by the change the con-
Venience cf the government has beea SUBJ
served.
TIE HEALTH or THE DISTRUr.-The health
health cfiicers report for last month saws:
Inc total mortality OF the District OF Colum-
bla tor the month Of November. isis was
2a6. jdh increase OF Il over corresponding month
OF last year. or at the rate of 222 per 1000 per
aBhuin. The mortality Of the white population
Was lJ5. or aT the rate OF 1855 per I.a00 per an
mum, while that OF the coOred was l4t or at
the rote 3l.:S per Loco per annun. The NOR
tality, as compared with the month ~ October
SHOWS decrease or 50. IN October there were
Is deaths from Uphold fever: this month Dut ?
There were is deaths from malarial feyers last
monlh, and only this month. Scarlet fever
shows decrease Of % per cent: dlphtheria 50
Per cent: diIrhu.al diseases, 50 per cent. Croup
shows an increase OF 30 per cent; phthis.S pull
m0nallS. - per cent; pneumonia, 81 So Der
cent.-of the latter the colored furnish 40 per
cent. The average daily mortality was within
a fraction OF IN. Georgetown furnishes 20 OF
the deaths; Washington. 2l5; the county, %,
ana the hospitals IS. Chasing the deaths as
cording to ages. we find that 1G. Is per cent OF
The white decedentS were years and over; 60
per cent. 20 years and over, and 426 per cent
40 years and over: OF the the coQred 40 per
cent. were and over, q. - per cent 2s and
over, and 2s.4 per cent. 40 and over-showing
that less than oBc-fourth OF the total deaths of
the white and more than one-half OF the col
ored were under years OF age; o. per cent OF
the white GecedentS and only Il 50 ger cent of
the cOiOred arrived at the age OF 20 Years. Near
~ GO PER cent. OF the decedentS from phthisiS
pullnonalls, or consumption, and over one-half
OF those dying from diseases of the nervous
system. were not natives OF this District. The
number OF births reported were 3JS OF which
l12 WcIe White males and l01 white females
making Is more births than deaths or an in
crease OF white population at the rate OF CSC
per 1000 per ahnQm; - c0l0red males and GO
colofed females, an Increase OF by births
over deaths, or at the rate OF nearly per 1000
per annuin. Tie number OF marriages re-
ported vas lc6-A white, % colored. Sill
births, ~.
a GEORGETOWN TAN CASE IN THE T. s. ST.
fRkME coURT-lesterday, in the Supreme
1oufi o1 the niied States the case OF j. :
Melcn agt J- +. Cook, collector OF the District
OF Columbla, ct al. was heard. Messrs A. T..
herllnan. I. T.. Phillips, and w. A. Maury an
PeaIed Tor Mr.. Nelch, and A. q. Riddle for the
Dlslrlct. The plainttn sets forth that he owns
tne Columbia Mills, in Georgetown. valued at
over So,eee that, oy an act OF the legislative as
SemDly OF June 26, 1913, all property, real and
personal, worth over that sum. exclusively en-
ployed within the limits OF the District for
manufacturing purposes, was exempted from
taxation; that, In pursuance OF that act, his
milS were not taxed for the year OF 1874, and
that he was encouraged by the act TO expepd
large sums OF money In improving them, and in
extending his manufacturing facilities: and i'm
Violation or this act In 1915 his mills were "a yed
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